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About 45 million gallons of sewage-tainted water flow into Jones Falls, Herring Run, officials say
About 45 million gallons of sewage-tainted water overflowed into the Jones Falls and Herring Run after heavy rains last week, according to the Baltimore Department of Public Works. About 8.8 million gallons of the contamination flowed into the Herring Run in Northeast Baltimore; the rest entered...
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Glen Burnie double homicide charges dropped within hours
Anne Arundel County police charged a man Monday in connection to Sunday’s double homicide in Glen Burnie, only for the charges to be dropped the same day, according to court records. Police applied for the charges — two counts each first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault,...
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Man dies after being shot in 2004; four shot, two fatally, Monday and Tuesday, Baltimore police say
Two men died in shootings Monday night and Tuesday morning, and another man who was shot more than 15 years ago died Saturday as a result of his injuries, according to the Baltimore Police Department. Quinton Rodgers, 31, died at the University of Maryland Medical Center on Saturday. Rodgers was...
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Uber introduces 'Ride Pass' in Baltimore, allowing passengers to avoid surge pricing for $25 a month
Uber on Tuesday introduced in Baltimore its “Ride Pass,” a $25 monthly subscription that allows users to lock in discounted trip prices unaffected by surge pricing, time of day, traffic or weather The pass removes the uncertainty of late-night or rush-hour pricing — and can result in savings of...
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Howard County police investigating allegation about Pointers Run Elementary employee
Howard County police say they are investigating an allegation about a Clarksville elementary school employee made on social media. The nature of the allegation, which is alleged to have occurred at Pointers Run Elementary School, has not been disclosed by police. “Police are aware of the allegation...
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Hogan, Schwarzenegger seek to 'terminate' gerrymandering at U.S. Supreme Court rally over Maryland districts
WASHINGTON — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger headlined a rally Tuesday outside the U.S. Supreme Court as they seek to “terminate” the practice of political parties crafting congressional districts that unfairly benefit one party over another. The rally...
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Baltimore County Del. Jay Jalisi blasts ethics investigation as 'nasty smear campaign'
Baltimore County Del. Jay Jalisi is blasting an ethics investigation that found he fostered a toxic environment in his legislative office as a “nasty smear campaign and a sham investigation.” The General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics issued a searing report Monday that recommended...
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Baltimore Mayor Pugh to hold news conference on Healthy Holly book deal 'as soon as possible'
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh is planning to hold a news conference to address the controversy surrounding the $500,000 Healthy Holly book deal, once she is released from a hospital and healthy enough to appear in public, her spokesman said. Pugh was hospitalized over the weekend with pneumonia....
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Baltimore Del. Mosby calls for 'immediate inspection' of living quarters for Laurel Park backstretch workers
Baltimore Del. Nick Mosby on Tuesday called on Anne Arundel County officials to immediately inspect what he has called “deplorable” living conditions at the dormitories that Laurel Park provides to its backstretch workers at the horse racing track. The Baltimore Democrat scheduled a news conference...
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Baltimore County police release surveillance video showing car that killed girl in Catonsville hit-and-run
Baltimore County police continued to search for a driver who killed a 12-year-old girl and injured her pregnant aunt in a hit-and-run in Catonsville on Friday night. Police released a surveillance video Tuesday showing the car involved in the incident. The car is believed to be a 1990s model Honda...
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Trial to start over dozens of dead horses at Maryland farm
The owner of a Maryland farm is going to trial after dozens of horses were found dead and decaying as more than 100 others were neglected and starving on her property. The Daily Times of Salisbury reports 75-year-old Barbara Pilchard is set to appear in court Tuesday morning on charges of animal...
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University of Maryland names new vice president of diversity and inclusion
The University of Maryland named a new vice president of diversity and inclusion this week, after a national search for the high-profile position. Georgina Dodge, who has held similar roles at Bucknell University, the University of Iowa and The Ohio State University, will serve as a member of the...
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Italian foods specialist Ceriello to close at Belvedere Square
Ceriello Fine Foods, a New York-based Italian chain that’s helped anchor Belvedere Square for more than a decade, is closing next month, its owner confirmed. The store will remain in business until mid-April. “The lease was up and we decided not to renew it,” said owner Andy Ceriello. He declined...
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Baltimore County Del. Jay Jalisi statement about ethics panel findings of bullying, abusive behavior
The Maryland General Assembly ethics committee recommended a public reprimand for Baltimore County Del. Jay Jalisi for what they described as an “ongoing pattern of bullying and abusive workplace behavior.” Jalisi denied the accusations in a statement. You can read his statement in full below. ...
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Bad Baltimore headlines aside, new report shows bump in residents and jobs downtown
Downtown Baltimore had a decent year in 2018 — not great, but not bad — according to an annual scorecard released Tuesday morning by the Downtown Partnership. Office vacancies rose a little, retail spending dropped a lot, but new office and apartment towers opened where there were once parking...
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Maryland budget negotiators wrap up work on $46.6B budget
Maryland lawmakers who have been negotiating the finishing touches on the state's $46.6 billion budget wrapped up their work Monday, settling on $255 million in additional funding for the next fiscal year to begin implementing a state commission's recommendations to improve schools. The added money...
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Five Things We Learned from the Orioles' first spring training under Mike Elias and Brandon Hyde
After months of dealing with only rhetoric from the new Orioles braintrust of executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias and manager Brandon Hyde, spring training provided the first glimpse of what the rebuilding philosophies of the franchise would look like in practice. Everything from...
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Who has custody of Jack Ryan? Legal battle heats up over late Baltimore author Tom Clancy's characters.
Court documents unsealed last week reveal just how high the stakes have risen in a literary custody battle over the late novelist Tom Clancy’s most famous offspring — his characters. In papers filed last month by the Baltimore author’s widow, she argues that his estate owns his two most famous...
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Come for the fillings, stay for the fillers: Why Baltimore-area dentists are offering Botox, cosmetic treatments
After a plastic surgeon’s office botched her dermal fillers, Tima Barkeshli found a different destination for cosmetic treatments: her dentist’s office. From his suite in Columbia, Dr. Javod Gol is among the ranks of dentists who are increasingly treating not only the teeth, but everything that...
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Five questions with new Maryland football coach Michael Locksley as spring practice begins
Maryland is set to begin its first spring practice under new football coach Michael Locksley on Tuesday. Locksley takes over a program that dealt with tragedy last season when offensive lineman Jordan McNair collapsed at a preseason practice and later died from heatstroke. Coach DJ Durkin was put...
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Preston: AFC North hierarchy might be shifting, but don't count out Ravens and Steelers just yet
It seems as if it is only a matter of time before the Cleveland Browns are anointed AFC North champions, but never count out the Pittsburgh Steelers despite all the drama surrounding the team. The Browns have stockpiled a bunch of talent, both young and old, but the Steelers have 47-year-old coach...
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No. 3 seed Maryland women fall to UCLA, 85-80, in second round of NCAA tournament
As she headed for the exits one final time this March, Brenda Frese looked up. The Maryland women’s basketball coach waved to the fans on her left and her right inside Xfinity Center, an acknowledgment of their support as much as a goodbye. The gesture had a familiar heartbreak Monday night. Three...
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Parent company of Shoppers plans sale of D.C.-Baltimore grocery chain
Shoppers Food & Pharmacy stores in the Baltimore region could close in the near future as the grocery chain’s parent company has expressed a desire to sell the chain this year. Executives with United Natural Foods Inc., which purchased the chain’s previous parent company Supervalu for $2.9 billion...
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Former investigator files complaint against Baltimore Mayor Pugh with Maryland prosecutor over 'Healthy Holly'
A retired public corruption investigator filed a complaint Monday with the Maryland State Prosecutor against Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, alleging she deliberately did not report her Healthy Holly company in annual disclosure forms when she was a state senator. James Cabezas, a former investigator...
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As Alex Cobb, Mark Trumbo head to injured list, Orioles GM Mike Elias clears up Opening Day picture
The Orioles departed the Ed Smith Sports Complex on Monday with their roster all but official three days ahead of their regular-season opener against the New York Yankees in The Bronx, and general manager Mike Elias did his best to clarify any concerns surrounding it. Several questions were still...
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Scooter law — with threat of jail time stripped out — wins preliminary approval from Baltimore City Council
The Baltimore City Council gave preliminary approval Monday to legislation that would set rules for dockless scooters and bicycles on city streets. The vote followed an earlier hiccup in the city Department of Transportation’s regulation proposal which, after a backlash, was amended to remove a...
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William G. 'Gil' Smith, a teacher and environmentalist who worked to protect Monarch butterflies, dies
William G. “Gil” Smith, a retired veteran Baltimore County public schools educator who maintained an interest in Monarch butterflies, died March 16 of Parkinson’s disease at The Maples of Towson, a senior citizen assisted-living facility. The longtime Timonium resident was 86. William Gilmore Smith,...
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Orioles close out Grapefruit League exhibition season with 9-7 loss to Mets
Orioles starting pitcher Dylan Bundy and outfielder Dwight Smith Jr. arrived at the final day of the Grapefruit League season at opposite ends of the spring training zeitgeist. Bundy, who gave up four runs on nine hits over 4 2/3 innings in the Orioles’ 9-7 loss Monday to the New York Mets, was...
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Man dies after Baltimore police standoff — the second time he was involved in police shooting
A man was found dead inside a Northwest Baltimore home after a Baltimore police officer fired shots at him during an hours-long standoff, police said Monday. Family members at the scene Monday morning identified the man who was killed as Kevin Bruce Mason, 57, and said they continue to seek answers...
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Maryland Gov. Hogan presses congressional leaders to increase federal funding for Chesapeake Bay
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is pressing congressional leaders to not only block an attempt by the Trump administration to drastically cut federal funding for the Chesapeake Bay, but increase it to $90 million. President Donald Trump’s proposed $4.7 trillion budget, released earlier this month, includes...
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Sister Francesca Krolczyk, retired math teacher, dies
Sister Francesca Krolczyk, who taught mathematics at parochial schools as a member of the Franciscan Order, died of stroke complications March 24 at Sinai Hospital. She was 91 and lived in West Towson. Born Lorraine Marie Krolczyk in Baltimore and raised in Southeast Baltimore, she was the daughter...
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Student stabbed at Patterson High, second stabbing incident near a Baltimore school in a week
A student was stabbed inside Patterson High School on Monday, according to district officials, marking the second time a Baltimore student has been stabbed on or near school grounds in less than a week. Two students at the Southeast Baltimore high school were fighting, said schools spokeswoman...
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This Maryland man ingested cyanide in open court. 20 years later, officials detonated explosives tied to him
When Marta Bradley found the mock performance evaluation describing her “caring heart” in her North Laurel home mailbox in 1997, she suspected her then-colleague Alan Bruce Chmurny harbored secret feelings for her. "I felt like it was saying he couldn't live without me," she testified in 2001 during...
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Towson's All Time Low singer Alex Gaskarth enters Baltimore beer scene with Full Tilt Brewing
All Time Low singer and Dulaney High School graduate Alex Gaskarth is entering Baltimore’s nightlife business with an investment in Full Tilt Brewing. The craft brewery, which has been brewing beer for six years, opened its own location for the first time this year on York Road in Govans, in part...
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A more skeptical Supreme Court to hear Maryland's redistricting challenge
Last year, proponents of limiting partisan politics in the creation of electoral districts needed to win over Justice Anthony Kennedy. They couldn't. The issue is back before the Supreme Court again, with arguments on Tuesday, and it might be harder than ever to convince the justices to rein in...
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Maryland student pleads guilty to wiretapping after livestreaming meeting at Rep. Harris' office
A Salisbury University student pleaded guilty Friday to an illegal wiretapping charge after he livestreamed a meeting with a congressional staffer for Maryland Rep. Andy Harris without permission. In an agreement with state prosecutors, Jake Burdett, 21, pleaded guilty to one count of illegally...
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We went looking for Baltimore Mayor Pugh's 'Healthy Holly' books. Here's what we found.
From 2011 through 2018, the University of Maryland Medical System had a deal to spend $500,000 for 100,000 copies of Mayor Catherine Pugh’s self-published “Healthy Holly” book series. Since the deal — one of many the hospital network had with members of its board — was revealed, Pugh said she returned...
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Police identify victims in Glen Burnie double homicide Sunday
Anne Arundel County Police have identified the two victims of a double homicide in Glen Burnie Sunday afternoon. Antwon Elijah Queen, 20, of the 500 block of Baltic Avenue in Brooklyn, and Antwan Troy Briggs, 24, with no fixed address, were found dead Sunday afternoon around 5 p.m., according to...
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Baltimore Mayor Pugh hospitalized with pneumonia
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh has been hospitalized with pneumonia, her adviser said Monday. She was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital on Sunday night and is being held for observation, said Greg Tucker, an adviser to Pugh. Pugh has canceled all public appearances until further notice as she...
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Man from Glen Burnie dies after altercation in state prison
Maryland State Police are investigating the death of a man after an altercation Sunday with a cellmate at a state prison in Cumberland, according to a news release from the state agency. Wilbur Moyer II, 30, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Western Correctional Institution in Allegany...
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Spice maker McCormick & Co. beats profit expectations in first quarter
McCormick & Co. Inc. beat profit expectations for the first quarter, though sales rose at a slower than anticipated pace. The Hunt Valley-based spice and flavorings company said sales rose 1 percent to $1.23 billion in the three months that ended Feb. 28, compared with the first quarter of 2018....
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Three takeaways from the Maryland men's basketball team's 23-11 season in 2018-19
Going into this year’s NCAA tournament, there was a widespread feeling among Maryland men’s basketball fans that another promising season had ended on a sour note and that no matter what the Terps did, short of getting to the Sweet 16, would change that perception. Mark Turgeon’s team fell narrowly...
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'It haunted us': Maryland women inspired to share R. Kelly allegations after witnesses help solve son's murder
Maryland native Rochelle Washington remembers the night her best friend Latresa Scaff called late to tell her she’d changed her mind — she was ready to publicly share the details of the night they met the famous singer R. Kelly. For years, Washington pushed Scaff to join her in telling their story...