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• Man killed in October by Baltimore County Police was shot in back, AG report finds. Local prosecutors say it was justified. - Baltimore Sun

  25-04-2022 23:30 via baltimoresun.com
  Man killed in October by Baltimore County Police was shot in back, AG report finds. Local prosecutors say it was justified.  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Evidence Supports Baltimore County Officer’s Recollection Of Deadly Shooting, Despite Inconsistencies, Report Shows

  25-04-2022 23:24
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — An independent state investigation into a Baltimore County police shooting last fall found it would be difficult to prove an officer did not act in self-defense when he shot and killed a robbery suspect, a report released Monday by the Maryland Attorney General’s Office shows.
  The report prepared by the Independent Investigations Division was based on an investigation into the circumstances and evidence surrounding the deadly Oct. 11, 2021, shootout involving Baltim
  
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• Baltimore Starbucks Becomes First In MD To Unionize - CBS Baltimore

  25-04-2022 23:20 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  Baltimore Starbucks Becomes First In MD To Unionize  CBS Baltimore
  
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• Baltimore Starbucks Becomes First In MD To Unionize

  25-04-2022 23:20
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Workers at a Baltimore Starbucks have voted to unionize, becoming the first Maryland location of the chain to join the nationwide collective bargaining movement at the company’s coffee shops.
  A Twitter account for the growing effort, SBWorkersUnited, said the employees at the Starbucks location at 1209 N. Charles St., in the Mid-Town Belvedere neighborhood, unanimously voted to unionize.Baltimore workers just unionized the FIRST Starbucks store in Maryland—and
  
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• Metro Crime Stoppers Offers Reward For Information On Person Who Shot Teen In Rosedale

  25-04-2022 22:48
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Metro Crime Stoppers of Maryland is offering a reward of up to $2,000 for information that would lead Baltimore County Police to the person who shot a teenager at a basketball court in Rosedale on Sunday.
  Someone shot the male teenager in the 6000 block of Marquette Road shortly after 3:30 p.m., police said.The suspect fled in a black Nissan, according to authorities.
  An ambulance took the juvenile to a local hospital.
  Officers from Baltimore County’s Violent Crimes
  
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• Twitter Agrees To Sell Itself To Elon Musk

  25-04-2022 21:10
  
  (CNN) — Twitter has agreed to sell itself to Elon Musk in a deal valued at around $44 billion, the company said Monday.
  The deal caps off a whirlwind news cycle in which the Tesla and SpaceX CEO became one of Twitter’s largest shareholders, was offered and turned down a seat on its board and offered to buy the company — all in less than a month.
  The deal comes after Musk revealed last week he had lined up $46.5 billion in financing to acquire the company. Twitter’s board
  
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• Frosh Seeks Court Order Blocking Harford County Sheriff’s Office From Interfering With Probe Of Deadly Shooting

  25-04-2022 20:47
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh on Monday applied for a court order to block the Harford County Sheriff’s Office from interfering with an independent investigation into the shooting death of a 53-year-old man killed by deputies over the weekend.
  The Harford County Sheriff’s Office refused to allow state police investigators to collect evidence from the scene of Saturday’s shooting and did not share evidence collected by its own investigators within
  
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• Avenue Market In West Baltimore Gets $2 Million In Federal Funding

  25-04-2022 19:53
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Avenue Market in West Baltimore is getting $2 million in federal money for renovations, local officials said Monday.
  On its website, Baltimore Public Markets, the nonprofit that oversees five of the six markets in the city, says plans call for making the market an “economic hub for local African-American entrepreneurs” with greater access to healthy foods.
  No Boundaries Coalition, a West Baltimore advocacy group, is the only seller offering fresh produce, acco
  
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• Jury Selection Begins In Lawsuit Over Death Of UVA Lacrosse Player Yeardley Love

  25-04-2022 19:50
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in the civil trial of a man who was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2010 death of University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love.
  A wrongful death lawsuit brought by Love’s mother seeks to hold George Huguely V liable in Yeardley’s killing. Love and Huguely — who also played lacrosse at UVA — were in an on-again, off-again dating relationship.
  The lawsuit seeks $29.5 million in compensatory damag
  
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• Where’s Marty? Taking A Trip Down Memory Lane With The Fire Museum of Maryland

  25-04-2022 19:32
  
  Hi everyone!
  The “Where’s Marty?” staff came up with a concept for this week. Museums, all museums. Some big, some smaller, some quite obvious, some quite not. But ALL museums. And this day we started with the Fire Museum of Maryland.
  Located just north of the Beltway in Lutherville, the museum is something I have driven by hundreds of times but have never been inside. For the first few minutes after walking in, all could say was, “WOW!”, and “THIS IS UNBELIEV
  
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• Judge Finds Trump In Contempt In Legal Fight With NY AG

  25-04-2022 19:12
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge found former President Donald Trump in contempt of court Monday for failing to adequately respond to a subpoena issued by the state’s attorney general as part of a civil investigation into his business dealings.
  Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Trump to pay a fine of $10,000 per day.
  “Mr. Trump, I know you take your business seriously, and I take mine seriously,” Engoron said before issuing the ruling from the bench in a Manhattan courtroom, f
  
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• Striking Pair: Pastor & Rabbi Team Up To Bring Community Together With Duckpin Bowling

  25-04-2022 18:34
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It’s not what you would expect to see in the basement of a 100-year-old church: A Duckpin bowling alley retrofitted with the latest in bowling technology. 
  Duckpin bowling has a deep history here in Baltimore. With a smaller ball and smaller pins, this type of bowling still packs a lot of fun.
  After closing in the 1960s, the bowling alley within the church now has a new lease on life, thanks to Pastor Dr. Terris King of Liberty Grace Church of God and Rabbi Mit
  
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• Dave Chappelle Will Perform Two Stand-Up Sets At 10th Anniversary Celebration For Live! Casino

  25-04-2022 17:12
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Comedian Dave Chappelle will perform two nights of stand-up this June at Live! Casino and Hotel in Hanover.
  The D.C. native will perform in The HALL, the casino’s 4,800 seat performance venue, on June 18 and 19, as Live! marks its 10th anniversary.
  We last saw the comic in the 2021 film “Dave Chappelle – Live in Real Life,” also named “Untitled Dave Chappelle Documentary,” a look at the outdoor and socially distanced live shows he put o
  
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• 17-Year-Old Among 3 Hurt In Trio Of Baltimore Shootings

  25-04-2022 15:34
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 17-year-old was among three people injured in a trio of Baltimore shootings stretching from Sunday night into Monday morning.
  The first shooting was reported shortly after 9:30 p.m. Sunday in the 2800 block of Edmondson Avenue, Baltimore Police said. The victim was gone by the time officers arrived, but he showed up at the hospital minutes later.
  Less than an hour later, officers were called to a reported shooting in the 3900 block of Benzinger Road, where they found a
  
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• Trial To Begin In Lawsuit Over Death Of UVA Lacrosse Player

  25-04-2022 15:20
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Nearly 12 years after University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love was found dead in her off-campus apartment, the man who was convicted of second-degree murder in her killing is headed back to court for a civil trial in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Yeardley’s mother.
  Jury selection is expected in Charlottesville Circuit Court on Monday in a trial that will seek to hold George Huguely liable in the death of Love. The lawsuit seeks $29.5 millio
  
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• Man, 30, Killed In Fells Point Shooting, Baltimore Police Say

  25-04-2022 15:06
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Homicide detectives are investigating the early Monday shooting death of a 30-year-old man in Fells Point, authorities said.
  Officers were on patrol shortly before 1 a.m. when they heard gunfire nearby and found the victim in the 1700 block of Thames Street, Baltimore Police said.
  The unidentified 30-year-old had multiple gunshot wounds, police said. He was taken to Johns Hopkins hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
  No information about a possible suspect or motive in
  
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• A Look at Ravens First-Round Picks, Grades - Sports Illustrated

  25-04-2022 13:04 via si.com
  
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• Ravens draft needs: Baltimore’s odds to win Super Bowl, win total, how they can improve in 2022 NFL Draft - DraftKings Nation

  25-04-2022 12:55 via dknation.draftkings.com
  
  Ravens draft needs: Baltimore’s odds to win Super Bowl, win total, how they can improve in 2022 NFL Draft  DraftKings Nation
  
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• Minor Monday: Bradish appears to be on fast track to Baltimore - BaltimoreBaseball.com

  25-04-2022 12:52 via baltimorebaseball.com
  
  Minor Monday: Bradish appears to be on fast track to Baltimore  BaltimoreBaseball.com
  
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• Baltimore County and others are creating police accountability boards. How strong will they be? - Baltimore Sun

  25-04-2022 12:03 via baltimoresun.com
  Baltimore County and others are creating police accountability boards. How strong will they be?  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Maryland Weather: Cloudy And Mild – CBS Baltimore - CBS Baltimore

  25-04-2022 11:18 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  Maryland Weather: Cloudy And Mild – CBS Baltimore  CBS Baltimore
  
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• Maryland Weather: Cloudy And Mild

  25-04-2022 11:18
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A partly cloudy and mild day ahead of us. It will not be quite as warm as yesterday though.
  Highs today will be in the low 70s. Not quite the upper 70s we saw on Sunday!
  We could see some rain arriving later tonight.
   
   
   
  
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• Oakland Mills' Judson Lincoln IV headlines 2021-22 Baltimore Sun boys indoor track and field All-Metro teams as Athlete of the Year – Baltimore Sun - Baltimore Sun

  25-04-2022 11:00 via baltimoresun.com
  Oakland Mills' Judson Lincoln IV headlines 2021-22 Baltimore Sun boys indoor track and field All-Metro teams as Athlete of the Year – Baltimore Sun  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Artist completes replica of Baltimore's toppled Christopher Columbus statue. A group is now looking for its home. - Baltimore Sun

  25-04-2022 11:00 via baltimoresun.com
  Artist completes replica of Baltimore's toppled Christopher Columbus statue. A group is now looking for its home.  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Filming starts this week in Baltimore on adaptation of Laura Lippman's 'Lady in the Lake' - Baltimore Fishbowl

  25-04-2022 09:00 via baltimorefishbowl.com
  
  Filming starts this week in Baltimore on adaptation of Laura Lippman's 'Lady in the Lake'  Baltimore Fishbowl
  
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• Adell Hits Grand Slam, Angels Blow Lead, Recover To Beat O’s

  25-04-2022 05:24
  
  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Leave it to Los Angeles Angels manager Joe Maddon to come up with the perfect assessment of his team’s 7-6 win over the Baltimore Orioles.
  The Angels led 6-0 in the first inning but allowed the Orioles to tie the game before hanging on to avoid a sweep in the weekend series, an experience Maddon compared to “a root canal.”
  “It wasn’t necessarily pleasurable. It started out well but then we just couldn’t get that hit,” Maddon
  
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• Ukrainian movie director premieres film in Baltimore County in hopes to help home country - wmar2news.com

  25-04-2022 05:11 via wmar2news.com
  
  Ukrainian movie director premieres film in Baltimore County in hopes to help home country  wmar2news.com
  
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• Identity Of Man Killed By Harford County Deputies Revealed - CBS Baltimore

  25-04-2022 05:05 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  Identity Of Man Killed By Harford County Deputies Revealed  CBS Baltimore
  
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• Identity Of Man Killed By Harford County Deputies Revealed

  25-04-2022 04:31
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Harford County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man that its deputies killed near a convenience store in Bel Air, Maryland, on Saturday. 
  Deputies shot 53-year-old John Raymond Fauver, the sheriff’s office said in a social media post on Sunday.
  Fauver resided in the 1400 block of Old Pylesville Road in Whiteford, Maryland.
  Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler depicted Fauver as “suicidal” during a press conference with reporters on Sat
  
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• The Federal Highway Administration Aims To Ease Congestion Over The Bay Bridge

  25-04-2022 03:49
  
  ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — A newly published study shows a plan to ease traffic congestion for drivers who use the Bay Bridge.
  The Maryland Transportation Authority and the Federal Highway Administration picked a corridor containing the Bay Bridge as the selected alternative.The selected alternative consists of a two-mile-long corridor that follows the existing Bay Bridge road network along US 50/301 from west of the Severn River on the Western Shore to the US 50/301 split on th
  
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• Juvenile Shot At Basketball Court In Rosedale Sunday

  25-04-2022 02:59
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore County Police are investigating a shooting that injured a juvenile male at a basketball court in Rosedale on Sunday, according to authorities.
  Someone shot the juvenile in the 6000 block of Marquette Road shortly after 3:15 p.m. They fled in a black Nissan, police said.
  An ambulance took the juvenile to a local hospital.
  Officers from Baltimore County’s Violent Crimes Unit were asked to investigate the shooting, according to authorities.
  
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• Chris Rock Speaks on Will Smith Oscars Slap at Sold-Out Baltimore Show - Black Enterprise

  25-04-2022 02:17 via blackenterprise.com
  
  Chris Rock Speaks on Will Smith Oscars Slap at Sold-Out Baltimore Show  Black Enterprise
  
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• Fire Investigators Examine Apartment Fire That Displaced 32 Residents

  25-04-2022 02:07
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Howard County fire marshal is investigating a two-alarm fire that damaged 12 apartments and displaced 32 residents in Howard County, according to authorities.
  The fire broke out shortly before 4 p.m. in the 9700 block of Tiger Lilly Path in North Laurel on Saturday, authorities said.
  Fire officials said that several people in the area called 911 to report seeing heavy flames and a large column of black smoke at the rear of the building
  Crews arrived to find flames sho
  
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• Fire Investigators Investigate Apartment Fire That Displaced 32 Residents

  25-04-2022 02:01
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Howard County fire marshal is investigating a two-alarm fire that damaged 12 apartments and displaced 32 residents in Howard County, according to authorities.
  The fire broke out shortly before 4 p.m. in the 9700 block of Tiger Lilly Path in North Laurel on Saturday, authorities said.
  Fire officials said that several people in the area called 911 to report seeing heavy flames and a large column of black smoke at the rear of the building
  Crews arrived to find flames sho
  
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• Locust Point Residents Raise Money For Man With Leukemia Diagnosis - CBS Baltimore

  25-04-2022 01:30 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  Locust Point Residents Raise Money For Man With Leukemia Diagnosis  CBS Baltimore
  
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• Locust Point Residents Raise Money For Man With Leukemia Diagnosis

  25-04-2022 01:30
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Locust Point neighborhood is coming together to help one of their own—a community fixture who quit his job to devote himself to dogs.
  Joe Matthiesen is a regular sight in the neighborhood.He pursues his passion for pups by walking dogs as a full-time job.
  But a Leukemia diagnosis has sidelined him from his regular rounds and left him in need of help.
  So on Sunday, neighbors met to launch a fundraiser for his benefit. 
  “[He] would take care of our friend
  
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• Baltimore home's outlets erupt into fire after BGE wiring sparks on camera - Afro American

  25-04-2022 00:16 via afro.com
  
  Baltimore home's outlets erupt into fire after BGE wiring sparks on camera  Afro American
  
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• Baltimore County Firefighters Battle House Fire In Owings Mills

  25-04-2022 00:08
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore County firefighters battled a fire that damaged a house in Owings Mills on Sunday afternoon, according to authorities.
  The fire’s flames consumed a two-story house in the 9400 block of Lyons Mill Road in Owings Mills, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department.
  Part of the house collapsed but there were no immediate reports of injuries, fire officials said.
  
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• Fire Investigators Examine Apartment Fire That Displaced 32 Residents - CBS Baltimore

  25-04-2022 00:07 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  Fire Investigators Examine Apartment Fire That Displaced 32 Residents  CBS Baltimore
  
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