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• Exonorees Lobby In Favor Of Bill To Compensate Wrongly Imprisoned

  26-02-2020 23:50
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — People who were wrongly incarcerated and proven innocent testified before lawmakers to improve Maryland’s existing compensation law.
  The Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project, together with Baltimore County Delegate Delores Kelley, have created a bill that would compensate exonerees.
  Supporters of the bill said that, as it stands, exonerees have to wait years to be compensated, and the process to get that compensation has a lot of structural problems.
  “This
  
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• Some elderly residents say they don't feel safe in Baltimore - Fox Baltimore

  26-02-2020 23:46 via foxbaltimore.com
  Some elderly residents say they don't feel safe in Baltimore  Fox Baltimore
  
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• Fight At Phoenix Academy Leaves One Person Hospitalized, Juvenile In Custody

  26-02-2020 23:43
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — A juvenile was taken into custody and another was taken to an area hospital after a large fight Wednesday afternoon at Phoenix Academy, an alternative education school in Annapolis.
  School officials said the fight broke out between a male student and a female student just before 1 p.m. During the fight, the female student sprayed pepper spray.
  “The impact of the spray was felt by students and adults who were in the area,” acting principal Philip Elliott w
  
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• Officials Identify Source Of Recent Downtown Oil Spill, Clean-Up Underway

  26-02-2020 23:36
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The source of the recent oil leak in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor has been identified, according to officials.
  Officials said a backup generator at the Maryland Department of Labor’s 1100 N. Eutaw Street building was the source.
  The oil leak has stopped, the generator has been shut down and clean-up efforts are now nearing completion.
  Multiple Agencies Work To Contain Downtown Oil Spill
  An investigation found that a relay on the generator located in an isolat
  
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• Officials Identify Source Of Recent Downtown Oil Spill

  26-02-2020 23:36
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The source of the recent oil leak in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor has been identified, according to officials.
  Officials said a backup generator at the Maryland Department of Labor’s 1100 N. Eutaw Street building was the source.
  The oil leak has stopped, the generator has been shut down and clean-up efforts are now nearing completion.
  Multiple Agencies Work To Contain Downtown Oil Spill
  An investigation found that a relay on the generator located in an isolat
  
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• 76-Year-Old Man Stabbed To Death In Baltimore - CBS Baltimore

  26-02-2020 23:25 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  76-Year-Old Man Stabbed To Death In Baltimore  CBS Baltimore
  
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• Meet Adjo Evonlah, The Winner Of WJZ’s Black History Month Oratory Competition

  26-02-2020 23:22
  
  GERMANTOWN, Md. (WJZ) — A high school senior out of Montgomery County is inspiring others through her words.
  Adjo Evonlah, of Northwest High School, is this year’s WJZ Black History Month Oratory Competition winner!
  “Being an African American student, I look for ways to not only represent myself but our entire race and student body in a positive light,” Evonlah said.
  Adjo Evonlah
  Evonlah’s winning speech was based on a quote by Audrey Lorde.
  “When I dare to be
  
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• A New Food Pantry At Bowie State University Works To Ease Food Insecurity For Its Students

  26-02-2020 23:11
  
  BOWIE, Md. (WJZ) — Devin Hodge is a commuter student at Bowie State University.
  “As a commuter student, it’s always between gas and food and so it’s like, I have to get to campus,” Hodge said.
  It’s a tough choice Devin and other students must make.This is @BowieState student Devin Hodge. She says she has to choose between spending $ on gas to get to class or school. So she goes hungry. It’s why @BowieState opened this food pantry+nutrition lounge&he
  
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• Fuel leak in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor traced to faulty State Center generator; contamination lingers - Baltimore Sun

  26-02-2020 23:07 via baltimoresun.com
  Fuel leak in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor traced to faulty State Center generator; contamination lingers  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Baltimore Symphony Orchestra music director Marin Alsop to step down next year - The Washington Post

  26-02-2020 23:05 via washingtonpost.com
  Baltimore Symphony Orchestra music director Marin Alsop to step down next year  The Washington Post
  
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• Person In Northern Va. Being Tested For Coronavirus

  26-02-2020 22:41
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (WJZ) — A person in northern Virginia is being tested for the coronavirus, the state’s health department reported Wednesday.
  Few other details are available, including where in northern Virginia the person is from.
  A person in southwest Virginia is also being tested for the coronavirus, which scientists are now calling COVID-19.
  RELATED COVERAGE:What Is A Coronavirus?
  ‘This Could Be Bad’ | Baltimore Residents Worried As CDC Says Coronavirus Will Spread In Th
  
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• Officer Uses Tourniquet To Help Save Girl Shot In Drive-By: ‘It’s What I’m Sworn To Do’

  26-02-2020 22:39
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (CBS Local) — An 11-year-old girl who was shot in a drive-by shooting may have a police officer and his use of a tourniquet to thank for being alive.
  The victim was asleep in her bedroom Sunday night when someone shot into her house in Kansas City.
  As officers responded, they could hear someone screaming. They found an 11-year-old girl lying on her bed covered in blood, according to the Kansas City Police Department.
  “The floor was covered, bed was covered. She lost
  
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• Matthew Dmitri Richardson Charged In Attempting To Blow Up Vehicle At Pentagon

  26-02-2020 22:38
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WJZ) — An Arkansas man was charged with attempting to blow up a vehicle at the Pentagon Monday.
  According to court documents, 19-year-old Matthew Dmitri Richardson of Fayetteville was found in the Pentagon North Parking Lot Monday morning by a Pentagon police officer. The officer allegedly saw Richardson standing next to a vehicle trying to light a piece of fabric that was placed into the gas tank.
  When the officer approached him, Richardson allegedly told him he was going
  
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• Matthew Dmitri Richardson Charged In Attempting To Blow Up SUV At Pentagon

  26-02-2020 22:38
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WJZ) — An Arkansas man was charged with attempting to blow up a vehicle at the Pentagon Monday.
  According to court documents, 19-year-old Matthew Dmitri Richardson of Fayetteville was found in the Pentagon North Parking Lot around 10:55 a.m. by a Pentagon police officer. The officer allegedly saw Richardson standing next to a gray Land Rover trying to light a piece of fabric that was placed into the gas tank.
  When the officer approached him, Richardson allegedly told him h
  
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• Police: Thief Steals Cart, Money From Firefighters At Grocery Store After Emergency Call

  26-02-2020 22:32
  
  SPEEDWAY, Ind. (CBS Local) — A woman stole a cart and money from firefighters to purchase items at an Indiana grocery store after they received an emergency call and had to leave the store, police said.
  Members of the Speedway Fire Department were at Kroger buying groceries for their fire house on Sunday morning when the firefighters received an emergency call and had to leave the store.
  The cart contained a small bank bag of cash that was pooled by the firefighters to pay for their grocer
  
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• Maryland Weather: Potential For Powerful Storms Overnight - CBS Baltimore

  26-02-2020 22:24 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  Maryland Weather: Potential For Powerful Storms Overnight  CBS Baltimore
  
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• Maryland Weather: Potential For Powerful Storms Overnight

  26-02-2020 22:24
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Parts of Maryland could see some wild winter weather Wednesday night, and it has nothing to do with snow.
  As a cold front moves in, some potentially powerful storms could pop up.
  According to Meteorologist Chelsea Ingram, we may be looking at a squall line Wednesday night.
  Out to the west, there is a storm system that is pulling through the region. It could bring parts of Maryland an isolated severe thunderstorm.
  Most of central Maryland is under a marginal risk for
  
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• 3 Salisbury Police Officers Suspended For Allegedly Failing To Disclose Evidence

  26-02-2020 22:21
  
  SALISBURY, Md. (WJZ) — Three Salisbury police officers have been suspended after a memo surfaced that appeared to show the officers failed to provide information in a criminal case.
  At a news conference Wednesday afternoon, Chief Barbara Duncan said the Wicomico County State’s Attorney’s Office made the police department aware of the memo on February 15.
  The memo, which appeared to be dated from 2011, “described a situation where three Salisbury Police Department officers
  
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• Former Student Hannah Smith Suing UMD, Says Dining Hall Served Her Food With Gluten Despite Celiac Disease

  26-02-2020 22:00
  
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (WJZ) — One in 10 adults in the U.S. has a food allergy, for some, those allergies can be life-threatening.
  A University of Maryland College Park graduate with a severe case of Celiac Disease said poorly trained workers in the dining hall repeatedly served her food with gluten that incapacitated her, even sending her to the hospital. Hannah Smith is suing the school, accusing them of repeatedly giving her food with gluten which made her violently ill.
  Although she achieve
  
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• How Virtue Signaling Replaces Recycling in Baltimore - Daily Signal

  26-02-2020 21:50 via dailysignal.com
  
  How Virtue Signaling Replaces Recycling in Baltimore  Daily Signal
  
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• Nurse Surprises Dying Patient With Heartwarming Song: ‘There Wasn’t A Dry Eye In The House’

  26-02-2020 21:24
  
  MEDINA, Ohio (CBS Local) — A nurse in Ohio is being hailed for going above and beyond to give one last surprise to a hospital patient being moved to hospice care.
  Annamarie Berg has worked at Cleveland Clinic Medina Hospital for about a year. One of her patients, Irene Rusipajla, had been in and out of the hospital for months. She was about to go home for hospice care when Berg surprised her with a heartwarming gift.
  “She came and sat down and she was speaking to mom,” Rusipajl
  
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• Baltimore Councilman Zeke Cohen Working To Create Scholarship In Memory Of Destiny Harrison

  26-02-2020 20:52
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore city councilman Zeke Cohen is working with the family of a young business owner who was fatally shot inside her hair salon late last year to establish a scholarship fund in her name.
  Destiny Harrison, 21, was shot in the head inside Madam D Beauty Bar, her southeast Baltimore salon, around 6 p.m. on December 21 in front of her one-year-old daughter. She later died at an area hospital.
  RELATED COVERAGE:Baltimore Police Offering $4K Reward In Destiny Harrison&rsqu
  
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• Catherine Pugh Awaits Sentencing In ‘Healthy Holly’ Case As Supporters Urge Judge To Be Lenient

  26-02-2020 20:48
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Former Mayor Catherine Pugh will appear again in federal court Thursday, as she did three months ago- when she pleaded guilty to several charges stemmed from selling her self-published children’s books.
  Prosecutors are asking for about five years for the former Baltimore mayor, saying her scheme showed a significant breach in public trust.
  Her lawyers are asking for one year and one day in prison.
  “If you’ve lived 69, 70 years, and this is the first time
  
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• Number Of Cold Deaths In Maryland Reaches 36; More Than One-Third Of Victims May Have Been Homeless

  26-02-2020 20:03
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The number of people who have died due to the cold in Maryland this season continues to climb, with the latest report from the Maryland Department of Health showing three dozen deaths in the state were related to the cold.
  Four deaths were reported in the past week, including:A woman between the ages of 18 and 44 in Allegany County;
  A man between the ages of 4 and 64 in Baltimore City;
  A woman aged 65 or older in Baltimore County; and
  A man aged 65 or older in Baltimore C
  
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• AFRO newspaper to establish new headquarters in West Baltimore's Upton Mansion - Baltimore Fishbowl

  26-02-2020 20:03 via baltimorefishbowl.com
  
  AFRO newspaper to establish new headquarters in West Baltimore's Upton Mansion  Baltimore Fishbowl
  
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• Nearly 70 Percent Of Dog Owners Have Never Brushed Their Pet’s Teeth, Study Finds

  26-02-2020 19:28
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Do you brush your dog’s teeth daily? A new study found you may be in the minority.
  The study by Bark, the company that created BarkBox, asked 1,030 U.S. pet parents how often they brush Fido’s teeth. More than two-thirds admitted to never having done so.
  That can mean more than just bad breath; the American Kennel Club says poor dental hygiene can lead to gum disease and tooth decay, among other health issues.
  The study also found a significant majority o
  
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• A Baltimore County cul-de-sac is no more after flood-weary residents made a decision many communities face - Baltimore Sun

  26-02-2020 19:23 via baltimoresun.com
  A Baltimore County cul-de-sac is no more after flood-weary residents made a decision many communities face  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Police Respond To Large Fight At Phoenix Academy In Annapolis

  26-02-2020 19:21
  
  ANNAPOLIS (WJZ) — Multiple Anne Arundel County Police units are responding to a large fight at Phoenix Academy, an alternative education school in Annapolis, police confirmed.
  They are reporting there was a large fight near the front door of the school, but no weapons were seen in the fight.
  Annapolis City Police are on their way.
  This story is developing. 
  
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• Officer Assaulted By Juvenile At Phoenix Academy In Annapolis, Police Say

  26-02-2020 19:21
  
  ANNAPOLIS (WJZ) — Multiple Anne Arundel County Police units are responding to a large fight at Phoenix Academy, an alternative education school in Annapolis, police confirmed.
  Anne Arundel County Police said the school has a resource office in the building. They were called to assist the officer after one juvenile assaulted them.
  They are reporting there was a large fight near the front door of the school, but no weapons were seen in the fight.
  Annapolis City Police are on their way.
  This
  
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• Baltimore Police Searching For Suspect In Attempted Sexual Assault

  26-02-2020 19:05
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Detectives in Baltimore are searching for a man they believe entered a northwest Baltimore home and tried to sexually assault a woman inside.
  Police said the man entered the home in the 2800 block of Garrison Boulevard around 5:30 a.m. Monday. Once he was inside, he tried to sexually assault a 35-year-old woman.
  Credit: Baltimore Police
  The man then fled the scene, police said.
  Police released a sketch of the suspect on Wednesday. Anyone who may recognize the man or has i
  
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• Baltimore chef Cindy Wolf and restaurant Clavel Mezcaleria are James Beard Award semifinalists again - Baltimore Sun

  26-02-2020 19:01 via baltimoresun.com
  Baltimore chef Cindy Wolf and restaurant Clavel Mezcaleria are James Beard Award semifinalists again  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Former Ravens Safety Tony Jefferson Welcomes Twins

  26-02-2020 18:55
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — This might be the cutest thing you see on Twitter today.
  Former Baltimore Raven Tony Jefferson just welcomed two baby girls into the world!
  Alaya Lissette Jefferson and Jayla Marie Jefferson’s births were announced on Twitter late Tuesday night.Alaya Lissette Jeffersonpic.twitter.com/965pXtkN0h
  — Tony Jefferson II (@_tonyjefferson) February 26, 2020The former Ravens safety was released earlier in February after he was injured earlier in the season.Jayla Marie
  
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• 23-Year-Old Man Killed In Parkville Shooting

  26-02-2020 18:39
  
  PARKVILLE, MD. (WJZ) — Baltimore County homicide detectives are investigating a shooting that killed one man in Parkville late Tuesday night.
  The man, identified as Anthony Laron Richardson, 23, was shot at least once in the unit block of Comet Court at around 10:25 p.m.
  He was taken to Sinai Hospital where he later died.
  Detectives are still working to find out why the shooting happened and asks if anyone saw or heard anything to contact police at 410-307-2020.
   
  
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• Baltimore woman to serve 1 year for theft from Westminster Ulta store - Baltimore Sun

  26-02-2020 18:37 via baltimoresun.com
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• Trump administration pulls plug on study to prepare Baltimore coastline for storm-related flooding threats - Baltimore Sun

  26-02-2020 18:30 via baltimoresun.com
  Trump administration pulls plug on study to prepare Baltimore coastline for storm-related flooding threats  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Judge Orders Thomas Stemen Held Without Bond In Alleged Assault Possibly Involving Syringe

  26-02-2020 18:19
  
  CHURCHTON, MD. (WJZ) — A judge has ordered Thomas Stemen to be held without bond.
  Stemen is accused of stabbing a woman with a syringe at the entrance of a grocery store last week in Churchton. He was arrested late Tuesday night.
  A woman told police she was assaulted and poked with what she thinks was a syringe while walking through the parking lot of 5570 Shady Side Road last Tuesday.
  Video footage showed the incident actually happened inside the entrance to the store near the grocery car
  
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• Video Shows Driver Refusing To Move Over For Ambulance Responding To Emergency

  26-02-2020 18:15
  
  AUBURN, Maine (CBS Local) — A paramedic in Maine is sharing his video of a car refusing to pull over for an ambulance in hopes it will raise awareness.
  The video shows a slow-moving red car refusing to pull over to let the emergency vehicle — with sirens blaring — go by on Route 136 in Auburn last week.
  Paramedic Michael Blakemore, who shot the video, says the red car never pulled over for nearly four miles.
  “We kept chasing him all the way until we hit our road and turne
  
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• You Can Buy Wine In Maryland Cheaper Than Most Other States, Report Finds

  26-02-2020 18:03
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) – Whether it’s red or white, you can expect to buy a bottle of wine in Maryland for much cheaper than other states.
  According to House Method, the average bottle of wine in Maryland costs only $11.14 – making it one of the cheapest states in the country, compared to the national average of $13.36.
  In Maryland, the average cost of a red is $14.97 and the average cost of a white is $8.47. A rose is typically priced around $9.99.
  It comes in just behind Massachuset
  
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• CBS Sports And The BIG3 Announce TV Partnership For 2020 Season

  26-02-2020 17:54
  
  (CBS Local/CBS Detroit)- The BIG3 is entering its fourth season of play this summer, and it will once against be back on the CBS family of networks.
  The League announced on Monday a partnership with CBS Sports that will see select games broadcast on CBS throughout the season beginning on June 20th and culminating in the BIG3 Championship Game on August 29th. The network will air 24 games over the course of the league’s 10 event days this summer, with encore airings of the games set for CBS
  
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• Man Charged In Convenience Store Robbery In Lothian

  26-02-2020 17:29
  
  LOTHIAN, MD. (WJZ) — Anne Arundel County police have arrested a man accused of holding up a Dash In convenience store in Lothian earlier this month.
  Officers responded for a call about a robbery at the Dash In at 1378 Mount Zion Marlboro Road in Lothian at around 1:45 a.m. on February 16.
  A man had entered the store, implied he had a weapon and demanded cash from the register, which the clerk gave him.
  The suspect fled and officers couldn’t find him at first, but were able to identif
  
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• 2 Baltimore Restaurants Are James Beard Semifinalists - Baltimore, MD Patch

  26-02-2020 17:29 via patch.com
  
  2 Baltimore Restaurants Are James Beard Semifinalists  Baltimore, MD Patch
  
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• BSO Music Director Marin Alsop To Step Down Following 2020-21 Season

  26-02-2020 17:14
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — After fourteen seasons, Marin Alsop will step down as music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
  Alsop will step down when her contract ends following the 2020-2021 season, and in September 2021 she will have a new role with the BSO, as Music Director Laureate and OrchKids founder.
  She will lead the orchestra in three concert weeks in each of the next five seasons through 2025-2026, and hold an annual masterclass for conducting students at the Peabody Institute,
  
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• Nanny Charged With Child Abuse After Allegedly Drugging Two-Year-Old In Severn

  26-02-2020 16:57
  
  SEVERN, MD. (WJZ) — A nanny in Anne Arundel County is accused of drugging a two-year-old child she was watching with unauthorized medication- possibly antihistamines.
  The child’s mother reported to the police on January 11 that she suspected the woman working as a nanny for her family was giving unauthorized medication to her two-year-old child.
  The mother said when she looked at video from inside her Severn home, she saw the nanny giving unknown pills to her two-year-old child, caus
  
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• Reward Offered For Information In 2013 Murder Of Quinton Stokes

  26-02-2020 16:18
  
  EDGEWOOD, Md. (WJZ) — The Harford County Sheriff’s Office is looking for an Edgewood man’s killer almost seven years after he was murdered. A reward was increased to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest in the case.
  Quinton ‘Sparks’ Stokes was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds around 10:16 p.m. on Saturday, June 22, 2013 in the 1800 block of Grempler Way in Edgewood.
  Quinton Stokes
  Stokes, who was 24 at the time of his death, was taken to Shock Tra
  
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• Group managing Baltimore’s Youth Fund lacks protocols to properly track grants, city inspector finds - Baltimore Sun

  26-02-2020 16:18 via baltimoresun.com
  Group managing Baltimore’s Youth Fund lacks protocols to properly track grants, city inspector finds  Baltimore Sun
  
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• 64 Percent Of Marylanders Are REAL ID Compliant Ahead Of October Deadline

  26-02-2020 16:17
  
  GLEN BURNIE, MD. (WJZ) — With less than seven months until the federal deadline, more than 64 percent of Marylanders are now REAL ID compliant.
  Wednesday morning, the Motor Vehicle Administration celebrated its three millionth REAL ID customer at its Baltimore City branch on Reisterstown Road.
  RELATED STORIES: Maryland Recalls 8,000 REAL ID Driver’s Licenses
  Maryland REAL ID Requirements Approved By Homeland Security
  MVA: More Than Half Of Maryland Drivers Now Compliant With REA
  
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• Flight Attendant Fired For Being 1 Pound ‘Overweight’ Loses Court Case

  26-02-2020 15:48
  
  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (CBS Local) — A veteran flight attendant who was reportedly fired from Malaysia Airlines for being just one pound over “overweight” has lost her case against the carrier in court.
  Ina Meliesa Hassim had been working as a cabin crew member for Malaysia Airlines for 25 years until she was terminated in 2017 for allegedly failing to adhere to the carrier’s employee weight management policy. Hassim, who is 5-feet, 2-inches tall, allegedly weighed 1
  
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• Baltimore Is 66th Hardest-Working City In U.S., Report Finds

  26-02-2020 15:40
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore is the 66th hardest-working city in the U.S., according to a Wallethub report.
  The average U.S. worker puts in 1,786 hours per year- 106 hours more than the average in Japan, 248 more than the U.K. and 403 more than Germany, the report found.
  Factoring average workweek hours, employment rate, commute time and how much leisure time is spent per day, Baltimore is ranked 66, sandwiched in between Santa Ana, California and Lubbock, Texas.
  Washington, D.C. is the eig
  
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• 76-Year-Old Man Stabbed To Death In Baltimore

  26-02-2020 15:37
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 76-year-old man is the latest homicide victim in Baltimore.
  Baltimore Police are investigating a homicide after officers found Richard Abraham Diggs with stab wounds in the 2200 block of Wallbrook Avenue Tuesday around 5:50 p.m.
  Officers found Diggs unresponsive and he was pronounced dead on the scene.
  There have been 48 homicides in Baltimore city so far this year.
  Homicide detectives are asking anyone with information to contact them at 410-396-2100 or Metro Crime Sto
  
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• POLICE: 76-year-old man stabbed and killed in West Baltimore - Fox Baltimore

  26-02-2020 15:16 via foxbaltimore.com
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