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BARCS Animal Shelter seeks emergency fosters after AC breaks
BALTIMORE, MD (WBFF) — BARCS Animal Shelter is desperately in need of fosters due to a broken air conditioning unit at their facility. BARCS is closed for adoptions and looking for emergency fosters from 11-4PM today. They need emergency fosters to hold on to animals for at least a...
Residents urged to stay safe and cool amid dangerous heat and humidity in Baltimore
BALTIMORE, MD (WBFF) — With high temperatures and the heat index forecasted to reach over 100 degrees Fahrenheit in Baltimore, the City Health Commissioner Dr. Ihuoma Emenuga has extended the Code Red Extreme Heat Alert through Monday July 8th. The City is also urging residents to stay safe and...
Frederick's forecast: more high heat
Temperatures across parts of Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., will be in the high 90s on Saturday, according to Brian LaSorsa, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service. Heat index values will be at about 105 degrees, he said. LaSorsa added that severe thunderstorms are possible on Saturday. Damaging wind gusts are the main threat, according to the National Weather Service. ...
String of robberies in Southeast Baltimore under investigation
BALTIMORE -- A string of burglaries targeting small businesses in Southeast Baltimore over the last week remain under investigation. WJZ has confirmed at least 8 businesses in Canton and Upper Fells Point, ranging from bars to a barbershop to a game store, have reported break-ins or the attempt to do so.Business owners, managers and employees share similar explanations of what happened during the overnight hours that include masked suspects busting through a door to steal cash on site from registers and other property. The Baltimore Police Department said officers have increased patrols in the area and handed out flyers with theft prevention...
Traffic stop leads to arrest of two and recovery of firearms in Baltimore, police say
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A traffic stop led police to the arrest of two people and the recovery of firearms in Baltimore according to police. Police say on Thursday, at approximately 10 p.m., Central District DAT Detectives conducted a traffic stop in the 200 Block of North Caroline Street. Detectives...
1 dead, 3 hurt after road rage incident leads to shooting in Carroll County
CARROLL COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) said a man was killed and several people were injured after a road rage incident escalated to a shooting in Taneytown on the Fourth of July. Just after 10 p.m., several agencies including Maryland State Police and the Taneytown Police Department responded […]
Fireworks leave police officer hospitalized, three facing charges
BALTIMORE -- Three men are facing charges after a police officer was hospitalized in an incident involving illegal fireworks in southwest Baltimore on July 4. Baltimore city police say officers found a large pile of illegal fireworks stashed under a tent in the 2500 block of McHenry street.According to police, while officers were removing the fireworks, several people tried to stop them by grabbing the fireworks and assaulting officers.BPD Detective Freddie Talbert said, "During this incident, an individual decided to throw fireworks near our officers, injuring one of our officers."The officer suffered an injury to the eye and was transported to...
Fatal fire in Gwenn Oak caused by improperly discarded smoking materials
BALTIMORE – A man is dead following a fatal fire in Gwynn Oak due to improperly discarded smoking materials.WJZ is learning more about this fire, and how the neighborhood is feeling after losing one of their own.For more than Decade Corran Jones and his family have lived in this quiet neighborhood along Langford Road in Gwynn Oak. So, waking up on the 4th of July to a line of fire trucks down the street was a surprise. "My wife had called me and told me it was smoke and there was fire going on. And she told me it wasn't our...
The Maryland Zoo welcomes a new Northern ground hornbill chick
MARYLAND (WBFF) — On Thursday, The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore announced that a Northern ground hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus) chick has hatched. The chick is the second for the female hornbill "Blue," and male hornbill "North." Blue and North have a breeding recommendation from the Northern Ground Hornbill Species Survival...
Brunswick Angels Finish as District Runner-up
The Brunswick Angels played extremely well in the Dixie Softball District 1 tournament in Farmville but came up just short, falling twice to the host Prince Edward team in the tournament including 15-4 in the title game last Monday night. Brunswick finished the tournament with a 2-2 record. Brunswick did...
A trusted voice: Preserving the future of the Black press
Fears over the future of the newspaper industry are not new. With the transition to the internet in the 1990s, the rise of social media in the 2000s and the emergence of artificial intelligence, media organizations have had to continually adapt. As consumption patterns change, advertising revenue slows and media...
Cassilly vetoes bill expanding Harford Council’s budgetary power
Harford County Executive Bob Cassilly has vetoed legislation that would have expanded the budgetary power of the County Council — granting council members the ability to reallocate funds to any part of the county budget as long as they have approval from five of the council’s seven members. The bill was introduced by District A Councilman Aaron Penman in May and was approved by the council by ...
Weather Flash: Staying safe during Rip currents
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Every year usually during beach season, you hear stories about people getting caught in rip currents. A rip current is a strong body of water moving away from the shore. At times when you are at the beach swimming people can get stuck in a rip current and get pulled […]
New government relations firm to “Champion Frontier Tech Companies,” states release
Washington Office, a new DC-based strategy firm that aims to redefine government relations by focusing on frontier tech that powers the national interest has launched in D,C,. Specifically, states a release, Washington Office (W.O.) will serve as the D.C. team “for startups and leading companies working to harness emerging technology – including artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, energy, materials sciences, robotics, space systems, synthetic biology, quantum computing, and beyond – to advance U.S. security and prosperity.
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