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The Maryland Zoo’s six-year-old male rhinoceros died earlier this week. Jaharo died suddenly on Sunday in the early afternoon. “Jaharo had been undergoing treatment for serious health issues, but was eating, drinking and behaving normally for the past several weeks,” Mike McClure, general curator at the Zoo told CBS Baltimore. “On Sunday, his condition went […]
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Cutting prescription drug costs and ensuring health insurance coverage for people with pre-existing medical problems are some of the top priorities for Maryland Democrats this legislative session. Democrats, who control the Maryland General Assembly, outlined the proposals Tuesday in Annapolis. They also want to raise the state’s smoking age from 18 […]
Join Our Text Club To Get The Latest Breaking News On Your Phone. Text WOLB to 71007 to join! Baltimore County police are investigating robberies at several fast food restaurants Tuesday evening. “We have responded this evening to reports of several commercial robberies, one of which was at a Burger King in the 5600 block […]
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Legislation that would expand Maryland’s law against cyberbullying youth has drawn criticism from the American Civil Liberties Union. The Daily Record reports ACLU of Maryland senior staff attorney David Rocah told the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee on Tuesday that the bill went “vastly overboard.” The senate bill would outlaw an online […]
Join Our Text Club To Get The Latest Breaking News On Your Phone. Text WOLB to 71007 to join! ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is scheduled to give the annual State of the State speech, and he has said he’ll be proposing a tax cut. Hogan will give the speech to a […]
Baltimore County Police confirmed they are investigating an assault of a teacher by a student at Loch Raven High School. According to officials, police were dispatched to Loch Raven High School shortly after 8:30 a.m. after a student assaulted a teacher. The student started the altercation with the teacher by striking him in the face […]
Join Our Text Club To Get The Latest Breaking News On Your Phone. Text WOLB to 71007 to join! Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby will no longer prosecute marijuana possession cases in Baltimore City. In an announcement Tuesday, Mosby said “The statistics are damning when it comes to the disproportionate impact that the “War on Drugs” […]
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A private school in Maryland has confirmed that several teachers sexually abused students from the 1970s through the early 1990s, and that the school failed to protect students from them. The Key School released the report on its website Monday after an investigation that began in April. The school’s administration and […]
The federal government shutdown cost the economy $11 billion, according to a report from the Congressional Budget Office. The figure reflects lost output from federal workers, delayed government spending and reduced demand. Monday’s report estimated a hit of $3 billion, or 0.1 percent, to economic activity during the fourth quarter of 2018. The impact was projected […]
President Donald Trump will deliver his State of the Union speech next week. He accepted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s February 5th invitation on Monday. More from the Associated Press below. “It is my great honor to accept,” Trump said in a letter to Pelosi. “We have a great story to tell and yet, great goals to […]