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  • Donations for Oklahoma top $20 million

    The Red Cross has received more than $15 million in donations and pledges so far for the town of Moore, which was struck by a tornado Monday that killed 24, injured more than 300 and destroyed thousands of ...

  • Child Among 2 People Shot In South Baltimore

    BALTIMORE (WJZ) — City police investigate a double shooting in South Baltimore. It happened Friday in the 1200-block of Cherry Hill Road. That’s where officers say two people, including a child, were shot. Both victims were taken to area hospitals in unknown condition. Homicide detectives are now on the scene due to the severity of the shooting. So far, there no suspects or a ...

  • Norovirus Sickens More Than 200 Students Staff At Pot Spring Elementary

    TIMONIUM, Md. (WJZ) — We now know what caused more than 200 Baltimore County students to miss school last week. Health officials confirm norovirus was the culprit that sickened 200 students and nine staff members May 17 at Pot Spring Elementary in Timonium. Norovirus is highly contagious and the most common cause of stomach illness in the country. Symptoms typically last for 24-60 ...

  • Journalist Author Haynes Johnson Dies At 81

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movements and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81. The Washington Post reported he died at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md. In a statement to the Post newsroom, Managing Editor Kevin Merida said Johnson died of ...

  • Fumes At Elkton Elementary School Send 5 To Hospital

    ELKTON, Md. (AP) — Fumes from a cleaning solution used at a school in Elkton sent five people to the hospital. Cecil County Public Schools spokeswoman Kelly Keeton tells WDEL Radio that several staff members had trouble breathing Friday at Gilpin Manor Elementary School. The five staff members were taken to Union Hospital as a precaution. Hazardous materials crews were called to the ...


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Dreamgirls

Dreamgirls

Loosely based on the story of The Supremess astronomical rise to musical superstardom during the turbulent 1960s under the auspices of Motowns Berry Gordon, Dreamgirls was a hit Broadway musical in 1981, winning a plethora of Tony Awards and running for 1,522 performances. The vague ... ...

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  • Md. Officials No Deficiencies In Abortion Death

    GERMANTOWN, Md. (AP) — Maryland health officials investigating the death of a woman being treated at a Germantown abortion clinic found ';no deficiencies'; in her care. The 29-year-old woman died after an abortion performed by Dr. LeRoy Carhart. He is one of a handful of doctors who acknowledge performing late-term abortions. The Washington Post reports a broader survey ...

  • Gausman looks toward next start vs. Washington

    Email TORONTO -- After making his Major League debut on Thursday, right-hander Kevin Gausman returned to his locker and was greeted with a plethora of text messages from friends, family and former Minor League players who congratulated him on the honor. The whole moment was surreal -- he said his heart was pounding when he took the mound -- but he calmed himself down after punching out Adam Lind ...

  • Two shot including child Friday night in Cherry Hill

    Two people, including a child, were shot at 7 p.m. Friday in Baltimore's Cherry Hill neighborhood, police say. Baltimore Police Spokesperson Det. Angela Carter-Watson said that neither the child nor the other person wounded - an adult male - appear to have suffered fatal injuries, but she could provide no further details. Both were being treated at area hospitals. Shortly after the ...

  • Hopkins closes science writing program citing low selectivity

    Johns Hopkins University 's master's program in science writing have explained the prospects of life on Mars, the promise of neuroscience research and the ethics of animal testing on the pages of Scientific American, Nature and Popular Science, on the airwaves ...

  • Use of unloaded guns in Baltimore Police training drill under investigation

    Baltimore police are investigating a training drill where officers used their unloaded service weapons, a violation of new safety protocols put into place three months ago following the accidental shooting of a ...

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