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State of Maryland has distributed 57,320 strips in the past two months to test cocaine or heroin for fentanyl
The Maryland Department of Health has distributed more than 57,000 kits throughout the state to test drugs for fentanyl two months after state officials made public their plans to hand out thousands of kits. Department spokeswoman Brittany Fowler wrote in an email that the department has given...
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Group visiting Baltimore on business had computers, bags stolen when driver was carjacked
A group in Baltimore on business from Canada had its van stolen in a morning carjacking in Park Heights last Friday, losing computers and other property in the process, according to Baltimore Police. Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young — who this week has been in Las Vegas trying to drum up business...
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More than four decades after helping launch the Maryland Science Center, educator Jim O'Leary retires
Jim O’Leary’s fingerprints are everywhere in the Maryland Science Center. When the Inner Harbor attraction opened in 1976, its slide-projector planetarium shows were his creation. When it began playing IMAX movies, he oversaw the theater and, eventually, helped produce original films played there...
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Mount Hebron grad Jen Giles soaking in last dance with Maryland women's lacrosse
Ask Cathy Reese about Jen Giles’ legacy, and the Maryland women’s lacrosse coach’s reply is surprising. “This makes me cry,” she said Tuesday with a laugh. Ask Giles about Reese’s influence on her, and the senior midfielder has a similar reaction. “She’s had a huge impact on me,” the Mount Hebron...
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'We're opening the doors': You can now search the on-time rates for each MTA bus route online
The Maryland Transit Administration unveiled a searchable online database Thursday that provides bus passengers and the rest of the public with the ability to view and track on-time rates of each of the agency’s bus routes, a transparency step long sought by advocates critical of the agency’s reporting....
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Maryland weather: EF-1 category tornado hits Columbia before severe storms move out of Baltimore area
An EF-1 tornado touched down in Columbia on Thursday afternoon as severe storms in the Baltimore area brought down trees and led to power outages in Howard County. The EF-1 category tornado, which is classified as having wind speeds from 86 mph and 110 mph, hit in Columbia at 3:34 p.m., the National...
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Maryland-Ohio State Big Ten baseball tournament game suspended by weather, will resume Friday
The Maryland baseball team’s Big Ten tournament game against Ohio State in Omaha, Neb., on Thursday night was suspended because of severe weather and will resume at 11 a.m. Friday. Play was suspended in the bottom of the eighth with Ohio State leading 3-2 because of lightning in the area. The Terps...
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Inmate acquitted of guard's slaying in Delaware prison riot that involved Baltimore gang leader
An inmate accused of leading a riot at Delaware's maximum-security prison during which a guard was killed and other staffers taken hostage was acquitted of all charges Thursday and will soon be freed. A jury deliberated about nine hours over two days before declaring Roman Shankaras, 32, not guilty...
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Hereford bullish on Day 1 of state track and field championships
The No. 3 Hereford girls are trying to complete their own triple crown at the state championship track and field meet at Morgan State. Hereford won the Class 2A cross country and indoor track state titles this past fall and winter. Now, the Bulls want to make it a complete sweep with a victory...
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The Fresh Market expands same-day home deliveries to Baltimore area
The Fresh Market is expanding same-day home delivery to the Baltimore area as it expands its partnership with Instacart to all its stores. The 161-store Greensboro, N.C., chain operates supermarkets in 22 states, with Maryland locations in Towson, Pikesville, Annapolis and Rockville. It specializes...
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Disabilities rights advocates ask Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to intervene on MTA MobilityLink troubles
Disability advocates asked Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday to create an emergency response plan to fix problems with the MTA MobilityLink. Riders have been left stranded and on-time pickups have plummeted amid a contract change for the Maryland Transit Administration’s transportation service...
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On Maryland's Eastern Shore, local hospital is downsized — and residents are outraged at UMMS
The pain was intense as Kirk Wade hurried to the Shore Medical Center here, where staff told him he might need emergency surgery for a possible intestinal tear. But there was a problem: The rural hospital had gone through so much downsizing since joining the University of Maryland Medical System...
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Lamar Jackson is far from perfect in practice, but Ravens like his progress
Lamar Jackson’s most encouraging moment Thursday, the Ravens’ third day of organized team activities this offseason and first open to reporters, might have been a post-practice self-assessment that was at odds with his coach’s. John Harbaugh said his starting quarterback “looked good. What you...
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Divided Baltimore County Council approves county's first income tax increase in decades but cuts proposed phone tax
A divided Baltimore County Council on Thursday approved a series of bills sought by County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. to raise millions in new revenue, including the county's first income tax increase in nearly 30 years and a new tax on residents’ cellphone service. The council’s four Democrats...
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Google disables Baltimore's Gmail accounts used during ransomware recovery
Gmail accounts used by Baltimore officials as a workaround while the city recovers from the ransomware attack were disabled because the creation of a large number of new accounts triggered Google’s automated security system, a spokesman for the company said. Lester Davis, a spokesman for Mayor...
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Edward W. Rothe, a radio engineer and human resources worker, dies
Edward W. “Bill” Rothe, a former radio engineer who was the voice of the Baltimore Blast indoor soccer team, died Tuesday of multiple infections at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. The Nottingham resident was 68. Edward William Rothe, the son of Edward Rothe, a Baltimore Gas and Electric...
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Orioles stage late comeback, but Yankees run Camden Yards winning streak to 12 with 6-5 victory
In the final game of their four-game series against the Orioles on Thursday afternoon, the New York Yankees went with a kinder, gentler starting lineup than the one that had showered Camden Yards with home runs the previous three nights. Manager Aaron Boone held Gleyber Torres and Gary Sánchez...
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Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones: Civil War plaque should be removed from State House
Maryland House of Delegates Speaker Adrienne A. Jones wants a plaque removed from the State House that pays tribute to both Union and Confederate soldiers who served and died in the Civil War. “The message projected by this plaque does not seek to correctly document history but instead sympathizes...
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Deputy Baltimore police commissioner whose hiring was announced two days ago no longer joining department
Michelle Wilson, the Baltimore Police deputy commissioner whose hiring was announced just two days ago, is not joining the department after all. Baltimore Police would not say whether the abrupt reversal has anything to do with Wilson recently signing a sworn affidavit questioning the truthfulness...
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Baltimore Teachers Union elections committee calls for new vote after allegations of campaign violations
The Baltimore Teachers Union elections committee plans to schedule a new election after allegations of campaign violations marred the vote earlier this month. Middle school teacher Diamonté Brown defeated incumbent Marietta English on May 15 by a 901-839 margin. English, seeking her ninth term...
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Coming full circle, Keith Booth honored, excited to become Dunbar's boys basketball coach
Minutes before being formally introduced as the boys basketball coach at Dunbar, Keith Booth was huddled with some of his new players at the school’s library early Thursday afternoon. Poet Pride was being discussed. Afterward, the 1993 alumnus, who went on to have a standout career at Maryland...
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Man fatally shot in northeast Baltimore neighborhood, police say
A 41-year-old man was fatally shot in Northeast Baltimore’s Belair-Edison neighborhood Thursday morning, according to police. Police responded around 10:13 a.m. to the 4200 block of Nicholas Ave. for a report of a shooting. There they found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the body....
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Normal hurricane season forecast for 2019; four to eight hurricanes expected
The Atlantic basin is expected to face a near-normal hurricane season in 2019, officials predicted Thursday. Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced the outlook for the coming season, which is anticipated to see between nine to 15 named storms. Of those storms,...
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Shops selling local products win Remington Storefront Challenge
Baltimore’s Remington neighborhood has selected a pair of retailers for two vacant storefronts after running a “Shark Tank”-style contest that offered entrepreneurs free rent for up to two years. Cahoots Brothers, which will open at 300 W. 29th St., and Codex Club, which will open in Remington...
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Presidential hopeful, former Maryland Rep. John Delaney seeks carbon emissions fee
Democratic presidential candidate John Delaney is the latest 2020 contender to come out with a climate change plan, and he's proposing a fee on carbon emissions that he says aims reduce them by 90% by midcentury. That idea is part of the former Maryland congressman's $4 trillion plan, which is...
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Baltimore's elite Park School reports a former teacher inappropriately touched students
A former middle school teacher at the elite Park School of Baltimore inappropriately touched and engaged in troubling behaviors with students in the 1980s, according to an independent investigation commissioned by the school. Alfred H. Siemon II, a Park School teacher from 1967 to 1987, engaged...
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Orioles in-game portal: Live updates, everything you need to know during Thursday's game vs. Yankees
Welcome to your Orioles watching companion. Return here throughout the game for real-time recaps and analysis. Don't see any updates? View them here.
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Graffiti appears on Pulaski Monument in Patterson Park, group says
Graffiti appears to have been scribbled across the white stone base of the Pulaski Monument in Patterson Park this week. Photos of the monument show what appears to be “White Lies” and a small face spray-painted beneath the bronze depiction of Revolutionary War general Casimir Pulaski's charge...
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Orioles on deck: Lineups, pitching matchup and how to watch Thursday's game vs. Yankees
Orioles (15-34) vs. Yankees (31-17) Where: Camden Yards First pitch: 12:35 p.m. TV/Radio: MASN/105.7 The Fan Starting pitchers: Orioles RHP Dylan Bundy (2-5, 4.66 ERA) vs. Yankees RHP Masahiro Tanaka (3-3, 3.09 ERA) Orioles lineup 2B Jonathan Villar CF Stevie Wilkerson RF Trey Mancini LF Dwight...
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Former Baltimore Police sergeant to plead guilty to planting fake gun at crime scene
A retired Baltimore Police sergeant is scheduled to enter a guilty plea later this month in a case in which federal prosecutors allege he planted a fake gun at a crime scene to justify an arrest. Former Sgt. Keith Gladstone was charged earlier this year with bringing a BB gun to that crime scene...
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Developer, architect of Woodberry apartments quit project as city orders demolition of 1840s homes halted
The city ordered work halted on demolition on the site of a planned apartment project in Baltimore’s Woodberry neighborhood and the developer and the architect quit the job because they said they were not warned the owner would raze a pair of 1840s-era stone houses that had been incorporated into...
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Orioles' Triple-A prospects are 'very much on the radar.' Their manager sees improvement in all of them.
As the shine on the rebuilding Orioles continues to wear off approaching Memorial Day, the focus has naturally shifted to some of the club’s high-profile minor league talents. Many of them were stashed at Triple-A Norfolk to begin the season, with the goal of finishing some of the development that...
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'It is preferable for us to be safe': Baltimore ransomware recovery going slowly so defenses can be hardened
Baltimore’s IT team will only slowly bring computer systems back online so that it can ensure they’re more secure following the ransomware attack that hobbled city services, a senior aide to Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young said Wednesday. Sheryl Goldstein, a deputy chief of staff given the job of...
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Maryland's federal lawmakers seek FBI briefing on Baltimore ransomware attack
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen and other Maryland lawmakers have lots of questions for the FBI about the ransomware attack on Baltimore City government computer systems. The lawmakers are seeking a briefing on, among other topics, what federal resources were provided to respond to the attack and how...
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Upgrade or downgrade? Reviewing the Ravens' offseason moves on defense
With the start of organized team activities Monday, the Ravens have mostly moved on from the talent-acquiring portion of the offseason. Now the time comes to start figuring out how well the team fits together. The Ravens will conduct another eight days of OTAs through June 7, including one open...
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NCAA men's and women's lacrosse tournament preview: Maryland aiming for 22nd title game appearance
Chalk appears to be the major theme of the NCAA men’s and women’s lacrosse Division I tournaments this Memorial Day weekend. All four of the top-seeded women’s programs have advanced to the national semifinals, while three of the top four seeds on the men’s side have made it to championship weekend....
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University of Maryland hospitals paid $127 million to Whiting-Turner, whose executives sit on their boards
The University of Maryland Medical System and affiliated hospitals have paid at least $127 million since 2012 to a construction company led by an executive who has been a board member at the health network’s affiliated medical school and flagship hospital, according to records reviewed by The Baltimore...
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'That is not how things have operated': Baltimore County school board kept vote on superintendent secret
The Baltimore County school board kept the name of its new superintendent unusually secret until a quick vote was taken at a regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday night. Even County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. had no idea. He wasn’t alone. School board chair Kathleen Causey announced shortly before...
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Four shootings in three-minute stretch late Wednesday night cap off violent day in Baltimore
Baltimore police reported on social media early Thursday morning that they were dispatched to four shootings involving five victims within three minutes late Wednesday night, continuing a stretch of violence across the city. Baltimore has had at least one shooting or homicide every day for nine...
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'Inexcusable at this level': Yankees hit 5 homers, continue assault of Orioles pitching in 7-5 victory
As balls continue to go from Orioles pitchers’ hands to the middle of the strike zone, from opposing hitters’ bats to over ballparks’ fences, manager Brandon Hyde is starting to be at a loss for words. A day after reaching 100 home runs allowed, the Orioles gave up five more in Wednesday’s 7-5...
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New York cop charged with intoxication, assaulting Baltimore police officers at Inner Harbor hotel
A New York police officer was arrested and charged with being drunk at an Inner Harbor hotel Tuesday morning and assaulting Baltimore police officers who tried to get him to leave. Officer Eugene Donnelly, 32, of Bronxville, N.Y., was arrested after officers received a call at 7 a.m. for an intoxicated...
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Naval Academy, ousted Professor Bruce Fleming present cases on whether he's fit for the classroom
The midshipman stared across the courtroom at his fired English professor. With anger in his voice, the young man said it three times: “I don’t want to be anything like him.” Midshipman Matthew DeSantis saw no role model in Professor Bruce Fleming and he told the court so. His testimony brought...
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Instead of Trump proposal to cut Chesapeake Bay Program, U.S. House panel passes bill increasing its budget
Instead of adopting President Donald Trump's proposal to all but eliminate the Chesapeake Bay Program, a U.S. House committee voted Wednesday to increase its budget. The federal program that guides state-by-state efforts to clean up the Chesapeake would get $85 million in fiscal year 2020, up from...