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March 1, 2018

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'Everybody is basically scared': After Florida school shooting, Baltimore students talk guns

Thursday, Mar 1

Students at Excel Academy in West Baltimore haven’t experienced a school shooting, but have lost seven schoolmates to street gun violence in the last year and a half, and can share stories going back decades about the outsize role guns have played in their lives and the impact it has had on them.

Lawyers for Sen. Nathaniel Oaks say FBI targeted him using 'professional set-up artist'

Lawyers for state Sen. Nathaniel Oaks say authorities deployed an informant who collects a six-figure annual paycheck from the FBI to entrap the Baltimore Democrat.

Schmuck: Orioles great Jim Palmer, adopted at birth 72 years ago, discovers his heritage

Hall of Famer Jim Palmer and his wife, Susan, spent the offseason on a voyage of genealogical discovery and identified his birth parents.

Baltimore had fewer homicides in February than any other month in years

There were fewer homicides in Baltimore in February than in any other month in years.

Maryland Senate passes bill to strengthen 'cyberbullying' law

The Maryland Senate unanimously approved a proposal Thursday that calls for stiffer punishments for people who cyberbully children.

60 mph wind gusts, widespread power outages possible in Maryland as March comes in like a lion

A high wind watch is in effect across Maryland, with 25 to 40 mph winds and up to 60 mph gusts forecast from late Thursday night through Friday night. 

A $19,000 kidney transplant for a 17-year-old cat? His Baltimore owner says it was money well spent

Not quite four months ago, Betsy Boyd spent nearly half of her annual $46,000 salary on a kidney transplant for her ailing black and white cat, Stanley. Even if he fell ill and died tomorrow, she says, she'd consider it money well spent.

Maryland State Police searching for missing plane near Ocean City

Maryland State Police, along with local and federal authorities, are searching for a missing plane in Worcester County, police said.

Man sprays deodorant, lights cigarette in car, causing 'violent expansion,' Baltimore County police say

A car blew up in Woodlawn Thursday after the driver spritzed an aerosol body spray in the vehicle and then lit a cigarette, according to Baltimore County Police.

$31,000 dining set purchased by Ben Carson's HUD came from a Baltimore interior design firm

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and its secretary Ben Carson are catching criticism after purchasing more than $31,000 in furniture from a Baltimore interior design firm.