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Good morning, Baltimore! What you need to know for your Thursday.

Another hot one today with temperatures quite possibly reaching 90 under partly cloudy skies. The overnight low will be 64. There is a chance of scattered showers during the day with thunder boomers forecast for this evening. It might be a good idea to pack a parapluie -- French for umbrella -- and other rain gear today.

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Defense attorneys for six police officers who were charged in the death of  Freddie Gray while in their custody, are seeking to have the case tried elsewhere in Maryland, saying their clients can't get a "fair and impartial trial" in Baltimore.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts said Wednesday that he's trying to clear up confusion about the legal risks officers face, amid a sharp decline in the number of arrests since six on the force were charged in the death of Freddie Gray.

Maryland added 16,400 jobs in April, according to the state Department of Labor, which  is the most in five years.

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Maryland's ambitious campaign to restore the Chesapeake Bay's once-legendary bivalves opened a new front this spring, continuing the largest shellfish restoration effort of its kind on the East Coast.

FROM LAST NIGHT

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More than 150 Baltimore city school employees received layoff notices Wednesday, part of a promised cost-saving measure in city schools CEO Gregory Thornton's first budget.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast six to 11 tropical cyclones forming in the Atlantic during the current hurricane season which runs from June 1 through Nov. 30.

The victim of an early Monday  shooting  has died, Baltimore police said Wednesday. The homicide is the 109th in the city  this year and the 36th in May.

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