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• 5 Children, 33 Adults Have Died From Flu-Related Illnesses In Maryland

  21-02-2020 23:55
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Two more children and four adults have died from the flu in Maryland, according to the State Health Department.
  There have been a total of five pediatric and 33 adult deaths from flu-related illnesses.
  The State of Maryland released its latest report with numbers from last week.
  This comes as the CDC says this is a record-breaking year for pediatric deaths from the flu.
  Health Experts Urge Caution As Flu Remains Widespread In Maryland
  This flu-season, 105 childr
  
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• American Craft Show Happening In Baltimore This Weekend - CBS Baltimore

  21-02-2020 23:34 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
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• American Craft Show Happening In Baltimore This Weekend

  21-02-2020 23:34
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Local artists and crafts enthusiasts have filled the showroom floor at the Baltimore Convention Center for the 46th American Craft Show.
  The three-day celebration of crafts attracts more than 45,000 people.
  “We love being a part of the local community,” said Keona Tranby of Marketing and Communication. “We’ve really cultivated a lot of relationships over the 46 years, you can imagine.”
  One of those relationships is with Parkville native Amy B
  
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• Lamar Jackson Game-Worn Jersey, Helmet To Be Displayed At Pro Football Hall Of Fame

  21-02-2020 23:18
  
  CANTON, Ohio (WJZ) — Lamar Jackson had one of the best seasons of any quarterback in NFL history.
  Now, he will be immortalized in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
  A jersey and helmet worn by Jackson will be on display at the Hall of Fame for the Pro Football Gallery to commemorate his MVP season.
  At just 23, Jackson was the youngest quarterback to win that award.
   
  
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• Man’s Body Found Near Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant In Baltimore County - CBS Baltimore

  21-02-2020 22:30 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
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• Man’s Body Found Near Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant In Baltimore County

  21-02-2020 22:30
  
  DUNDALK, Md. (WJZ) — A man’s body was found Friday morning behind the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant, officials confirmed.
  Police said the body was found a channel of water behind the plant in the 8200 block of Eastern Avenue in Dundalk around 8:24 a.m. The Baltimore City Public Works Department later said the body was found in an inlet pipe.
  The man has not been identified, but the public works department said it was not one of their employees or contractors.
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• 28-Year-Old Woman Who Thought She Had A Cold Nearly Died From A ‘Broken’ Heart

  21-02-2020 22:17
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (CBS Local) — A Missouri woman said she nearly died of a heart condition at age 28 because she tried to ignore the symptoms.
  Zearlisha Kinchelow of Kansas City thought she had a cold. She is a nursing student and busy raising her 7-year-old son, so she said she just kept going.
  “I would walk a short distance. I couldn’t not breathe, so I started taking my son’s inhaler, like, treating myself,” she told KMBC.
  A week later, Kinchelow had blurry vision
  
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• Mary Washington 2020 Baltimore mayoral candidate profile - WBAL TV Baltimore

  21-02-2020 22:13 via wbaltv.com
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• Mary Miller 2020 Baltimore mayoral candidate profile - WBAL TV Baltimore

  21-02-2020 22:13 via wbaltv.com
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• Woman Wins $100,000 Lottery Prize After Taking Grandfather’s Advice: ‘Good Job, Granddad’

  21-02-2020 22:07
  
  MEBANE, N.C. (CBS Local) — A Virginia woman visiting her grandfather in North Carolina won a $100,000 lottery jackpot after taking her elder’s advice.
  Kaitlen Raney, of Saluda, Virginia, was visiting her grandfather in Mebane over weekend when the two went to buy a lottery ticket together on Saturday.
  They stopped at Hawfields General Store on North Carolina Highway 119. Raney was about to buy a $1 scratch-off ticket when her grandpa told her to take the risk and buy a Ruby Red 7&rsq
  
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• Baltimore Weather: Snow-Free February Could Break Record - CBS Baltimore

  21-02-2020 21:59 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
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• Baltimore Weather: Snow-Free February Could Break Record

  21-02-2020 21:59
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — For the first time since records have been kept, Baltimore may go an entire month of February without seeing accumulating snow.
  As of Friday, no measurable snow has happened in the Baltimore area this month and no snow is in the forecast. With just eight days left in the month, if the pattern holds, February 2020 could be the first February in 150 years to not see any snow.
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• New Mom Rushes Into Fire To Help Save Truck Driver: ‘God, Please Let Me Get Out Of Here’

  21-02-2020 21:57
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (CBS Local) — A woman who was driving home from the hospital just three days after giving birth to her fourth child stopped to help save a truck driver from a massive fire that shut down two Indiana interstates.
  “We see a plume of smoke, huge smoke, it looked like a warehouse was on fire,” Holly McNally told CBS affiliate WTTV.
  McNally, 35, was on her way home with her mom when she pulled up on a tanker hauling jet fuel, which had overturned as it was trying to exi
  
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• Baltimore County lawmakers criticize use of Trump alongside Nazi, communist symbols in high school history les - Baltimore Sun

  21-02-2020 21:48 via baltimoresun.com
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• Gas Prices See Unseasonal Increase, AAA Mid-Atlantic Says

  21-02-2020 21:45
  
  TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — After several weeks of decline, local drivers saw a hike in gas prices this week.
  According to AAA Mid-Atlantic, rising crude oil prices and a slight dip in local gasoline supply numbers are contributing to the increase.
  AAA warns that drivers could see more fluctuation at the pump in the near future.
  The gas price average in Maryland as of Friday is $2.38, which up five cents in the last week, down eight cents in the last month, and up five cents from this date la
  
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• Statewide Balloon Release Ban Passes General Assembly, Heads To Governor’s Desk

  21-02-2020 21:33
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Bills banning the intentional releasing of balloons have passed both chambers of the Maryland General Assembly this week.
  Senate Bill 28 and House Bill 13 would ban intentionally releasing balloons into the atmosphere, establishing a civil penalty of a $250 fine.
  RELATED COVERAGE:Bill Banning Balloon Releases Statewide Passes In Maryland Senate
  Queen Anne’s County First In Maryland To Ban Helium Balloon Releases
  A New Maryland Bill Would Fine Anyone Who Release
  
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• Statewide Balloon Release Ban Passes General Assembly

  21-02-2020 21:33
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Bills banning the intentional releasing of balloons have passed both chambers of the Maryland General Assembly this week.
  Senate Bill 28 and House Bill 13 would ban intentionally releasing mylar and latex balloons into the atmosphere, establishing a civil penalty of a $250 fine.
  RELATED COVERAGE:Bill Banning Balloon Releases Statewide Passes In Maryland Senate
  Queen Anne’s County First In Maryland To Ban Helium Balloon Releases
  A New Maryland Bill Would Fine An
  
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• 2 More Teens Arrested In Fatal Shooting Of Bradley Brown

  21-02-2020 21:28
  
  BRYANS ROAD, Md. (WJZ) — Detectives in Charles County have arrested two more teens in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Bradley Brown.
  Brown, the son of a Prince George’s County Police officer, was fatally shot in the 3100 block of Warehouse Landing Road in Bryans Road on Feb. 18 around 8:30 p.m.
  Mikayle Qawwee, 19, and Keshawn Belasco, 16, both of Waldorf were arrested and charged with first-degree murder and related charges Friday.
  Mikayle Qawwee (left) and Keshawn Belasco (right)
  
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• Police: Man Celebrates Sobriety By Getting Drunk, Stealing Motorcycle - CBS Baltimore

  21-02-2020 21:27 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
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• Police: Man Celebrates Sobriety By Getting Drunk, Stealing Motorcycle

  21-02-2020 21:27
  
  MESA, Ariz. (CBS Local) — An Arizona man celebrated four months of sobriety by allegedly getting drunk and stealing a motorcycle, authorities said.
  Jackson Brady Hanley, Jr. rode his bicycle to a motorcycle shop in Mesa on Feb. 11, grabbed a Kawasaki motorcycle and pushed it down the street, according to court documents.
  A customer who saw him went inside and told an employee, who then called the police, CBS affiliate KPHO reported.Man celebrates 4 months of sobriety by getting drunk and s
  
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• Thurgood Marshall’s education began at this West Baltimore school. It’s set to get new life as a community cen - Baltimore Sun

  21-02-2020 21:07 via baltimoresun.com
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• LifeBridge expanding hospital incubator to house dozens more biotech startups - New York Business Journal

  21-02-2020 20:55 via bizjournals.com
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• 5 More Cold-Related Deaths Reported In Maryland - CBS Baltimore

  21-02-2020 20:47 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
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• 5 More Cold-Related Deaths Reported In Maryland

  21-02-2020 20:47
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Five more cold-related deaths were reported in Maryland in recent days, bringing the 2019-2020 season total to 32, the latest report from the Maryland Department of Health shows.
  The latest reported deaths from between February 11 and February 17 include:A woman between the ages of 45 and 64 in Anne Arundel County;
  Two men between the ages of 45 and 64 in Prince George’s County;
  A woman aged 65 or older in Allegany County; and
  A man aged 65 or older in Harford Count
  
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• Investors defrauded out of millions by Baltimore rental management company, suit alleges - Baltimore Brew

  21-02-2020 20:45 via baltimorebrew.com
  
  Investors defrauded out of millions by Baltimore rental management company, suit alleges  Baltimore Brew
  
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• Gang Member Gets Prison 3 Years After ‘Unspeakable’ Killing

  21-02-2020 20:33
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A freshly dug grave was waiting for the 18-year-old man when gang members lured him to a Maryland park nearly three years ago. They choked him until he passed out. They took turns slashing him with machetes and knives until he died. Then they severed his head, ripped out his heart and tossed his dismembered body parts into the grave.
  The March 2017 killing in Wheaton Regional Park was part of a wave of violence that federal authorities pinned on members of Mara Salvatrucha
  
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• goPuff expands with new delivery areas in Baltimore - Technical.ly Brooklyn

  21-02-2020 20:07 via technical.ly
  
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• Norovirus Outbreak Postpones Maryland-Navy Men’s Lacrosse Game Set For Saturday

  21-02-2020 19:28
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — A norovirus outbreak among players on the Navy men’s lacrosse team has led officials to postpone the team’s game Saturday against the University of Maryland College Park.
  Navy officials said both schools’ medical staffs decided to postpone the game to slow the spread of the highly-infectious virus.
  A make-up date has not been set.So far, more than 30 Navy lacrosse players and staff have contracted the virus since Tuesday.
  The team is having its faci
  
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• Reimagine Baltimore: Closing the skilled worker gap in Baltimore will take collaboration - Baltimore Business Journal

  21-02-2020 19:27 via bizjournals.com
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• Student Charged For Making Threats Against Maryland High School

  21-02-2020 19:26
  
  WHEATON, Md. (WJZ) — A student was charged after he allegedly made threats against Kennedy High School Thursday afternoon.
  According to Montgomery County Police, the 911 call center received a call from an unknown caller around 2:10 p.m. saying there was an active shooter at Kennedy High in Wheaton. Police and school officials immediately responded and tried to determine the validity of the call.
  It was quickly determined that there was no active shooter and that the threat wasn’t va
  
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• Baltimore man convicted on charges related to armed carjacking ring in Maryland - Fox Baltimore

  21-02-2020 19:25 via foxbaltimore.com
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• Suspect Identified In Salisbury University Racist Graffiti Case

  21-02-2020 19:21
  
  SALISBURY, Md. (WJZ) — Salisbury University Police have identified a suspect in a recent incident of racist and threatening graffiti on campus.
  Police say the person is not someone that’s a part of the campus community.
  Salisbury University Cancels Classes, Holds Town Hall In Wake Of Latest Racist Graffiti Incident
  “The racist threats scrawled on walls and doors in our academic buildings have caused a great deal of fear among members of our community. We hope that this signific
  
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• Male confusion about #metoo movement - Baltimore Sun

  21-02-2020 19:13 via baltimoresun.com
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• Kia Recalls SUVs, Vans; Electrical Problem Can Cause Fires

  21-02-2020 18:45
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Kia is joining its affiliate Hyundai in recalling thousands of vehicles in the U.S. because water can get into a brake computer, cause an electrical short and possibly a fire.
  The Kia recall covers nearly 229,000 Sedona minivans from the 2006 through 2010 model years. Also covered are Sorento SUVs from 2007 through 2009. Kia is telling owners to park their vehicles outside and away from structures and other vehicles until the problem can be fixed.
  The company says in documen
  
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• Maryland Weather: Snow-Free February Could Break Record

  21-02-2020 18:43
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — For the first time since records have been kept, Baltimore may go an entire month of February without seeing accumulating snow.
  As of Friday, no measurable snow has happened in the Baltimore area this month and no snow is in the forecast. With just eight days left in the month, if the pattern holds, February 2020 could be the first February in 150 years to not see any snow.
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• Top Baltimore news: 2 charged in officer's shooting named in racketeering indictment; more - Hoodline

  21-02-2020 18:23 via hoodline.com
  
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• Police Officer’s Son Bradley Brown Was Selling THC Liquid On Snapchat Before Shooting Death, Court Docs Say

  21-02-2020 17:45
  
  LA PLATA, Md. (AP) — The son of a police officer who was found shot to death in the driveway of a home was reportedly selling THC vape cartridges on Snapchat before his death.
  Bradley Alan Brown, 17, used the social media app to arrange a meeting with Darryl Edward Freeman, 17, according to court documents obtained by news outlets. Freeman was charged as an adult with first-degree murder and other related charges in Brown’s slaying Tuesday night.
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• Baltimore County's new advisory board is a who's who of local businesses - Baltimore Business Journal

  21-02-2020 17:36 via bizjournals.com
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• Delaware State University Registrar Sentenced In Bribery Scheme

  21-02-2020 17:34
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A former Delaware State University registrar convicted of taking bribes to arrange in-state tuition rates for out-of-state students was sentenced to just over a year in prison.
  Crystal Martin was also ordered Thursday to help her codefendant pay back the $3.2 million the scheme cost the university, according to Federal Court Judge Richard J. Andrews’ ruling.
  Martin pleaded guilty to bribery charges last year and said her coconspirator, Stephen Williams, would
  
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• Babysitter’s roommate charged with arson in Northeast Baltimore fire; kids who escaped still traumatized, fami - Baltimore Sun

  21-02-2020 17:28 via baltimoresun.com
  Babysitter’s roommate charged with arson in Northeast Baltimore fire; kids who escaped still traumatized, fami  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Body Found Near Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant In Baltimore County

  21-02-2020 17:08
  
  DUNDALK, Md. (WJZ) — A body was found Friday morning behind the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant, Baltimore County police confirm.
  Police said the body was found a small channel behind the plant in the 8200 block of Eastern Avenue in Dundalk around 8:24 a.m.
  The body is that of an unknown man.
  There are no signs of foul play or trauma.
  But the body is still being sent to the medical examiner’s office for an autopsy.
  No other information is available at this time.
  
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• The cheapest apartments for rent in Downtown, Baltimore - Hoodline

  21-02-2020 16:56 via hoodline.com
  
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• Chesapeake City Bridge Reopened After Head-On Crash

  21-02-2020 16:19
  
  CHESAPEAKE CITY, Md. (WJZ) — A head-on crash shut down the Chesapeake City Bridge for several hours Friday morning.
  Troopers from Maryland State Police’s North East barrack responded to the two-vehicle crash along Route 213 around 7:20 a.m.
  The bridge was closed down as emergency crews responded and police investigated.
  Witnesses told police that a black Dodge Journey was traveling northbound on the bridge when it crossed the center-line striking a Hyundai Veloster head-on. Neither c
  
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• Car Thief Suspect Drives Himself To Jail After Victim Tracks Him Down: ‘Welcome Home!’

  21-02-2020 16:06
  
  SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (CBS Local) — A man accused of stealing a car drove himself to jail after victim helped track him down, according to police in Kentucky.
  Krystal Thompson said her gold sedan was stolen early Wednesday morning while she shopped for groceries at a Walmart in Shepherdsville.
  “I went to go put my groceries in my car, and it wasn’t there,” Thompson told CBS affiliate WLKY.
  The mother of three alerted store employees and filed a police report. Her husband th
  
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• Police ask for help identifying suspect in SW Baltimore shooting - Fox Baltimore

  21-02-2020 16:02 via foxbaltimore.com
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• Md. Lawmakers Consider Bill Making Declawing Cats Illegal

  21-02-2020 15:59
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — State lawmakers are considering legislation that would make it illegal for veterinarians to declaw cats except under certain circumstances.
  HB445 would prohibit vets from performing declawing procedures unless they’re needed for “therapeutic purposes,” which the bill describes as procedures that are necessary for the cat’s health or well-being.
  Under the bill, vets who don’t comply with the law could face a fine and have their license re
  
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• Baltimore Police Hope Public Can Help Them ID Shooting Suspect - CBS Baltimore

  21-02-2020 15:59 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
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• Baltimore Police Hope Public Can Help Them ID Shooting Suspect

  21-02-2020 15:59
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police in Baltimore are searching for a suspect in a Jan. 15 shooting.
  On Friday, police released surveillance footage capturing video of the suspect in a non-fatal shooting that happened in the 4000 block of Frederick Avenue.If you know his identity, call detectives at (410) 396-2488 or call Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7lockup.
  
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• Teen Son Of A Police Officer Was Selling THC Liquid On Snapchat Before Shooting Death, Police Say

  21-02-2020 15:45
  
  LA PLATA, Md. (AP) — The son of a police officer who was found shot to death earlier this week had reportedly been selling THC vape cartridges on Snapchat. Court documents obtained by news outlets say 17-year-old Bradley Brown used the social media app to arrange a meeting with 17-year-old Darryl Freeman.
  The two never discussed a drug sale on the app. But authorities had said Brown’s shooting death Tuesday night appeared to be drug-related. Freeman has been charged as an adult with
  
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• Virginia Firm Wants To Recover The Titanic’s Iconic Telegraph Machine

  21-02-2020 15:41
  
  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The salvage firm that has plucked silverware, china and gold coins from the wreckage of the Titanic now wants to recover the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Machine that transmitted the doomed ship’s increasingly frantic distress calls.
  Lawyers for the company, R.M.S. Titanic, Inc., called witnesses before a federal judge on Thursday to explain why the company should be allowed to possibly cut into the rapidly deteriorating ship to recover the device before it’s
  
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