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21h ago
[Editor's Note: The video above shows the bridge after the collapse. ]
BALTIMORE (AP) — Authorities anticipate commercial shipping traffic through the Port of Baltimore will soon return to normal levels after the channel fully reopened this week for the first time since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.
“They are back open for business, ready to bring in the largest container ships that call there,” U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Shannon Gilreath said during a virtual press briefing Tuesday afternoon.
Tugboats escort the cargo ship Dali after it was refloated in Baltimore, Monday, May 20 ..read more
Fox8 » Maryland
2w ago
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(AP) — Exhausted and short on options after consulting two veterinary clinics, Kristie Pereira made the gut-wrenching decision last year to take her desperately ill puppy to a Maryland shelter to be euthanized.
So she was stunned last week to find the dog up for adoption at the same pet rescue organization where she had gotten it.
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“I have a lot of questions, but first and foremost, I want him back with me,” Pereira told The A ..read more
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1M ago
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MENTOR, Ohio (WJW) -- License plate-reading cameras helped Mentor police find two missing juveniles ..read more
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1M ago
SALISBURY, Md. (WJW) – A man in Maryland is in jail on charges of murdering his mother, whose body was found in a bathtub.
Jeremy Gentry, Courtesy: Maryland State Police
Maryland State Police arrested Jeremy Gentry, 48, on Monday ..read more
Fox8 » Maryland
2M ago
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJW) – A Maryland “Power Couple” won not one, but two $1 million prizes on lottery tickets by accidentally replaying the same Powerball numbers twice.
According to a press release from the Maryland Lottery, the couple from Anne Arundel County learned on April 2 that two $1 million winning Powerball tickets were sold at one of their local lottery retailers for the April 1 drawing.
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“It was mind-blowing,” the father of two said. “I had no idea I doubled it.”
According to the release, the couple plans to invest the prize money.
A pers ..read more
Fox8 » Maryland
2M ago
(WJW) -- U.S. Marshals on Thursday arrested a convicted sex offender who they said failed to register after moving to Cleveland, then fled to Germany for several years to avoid prosecution.
In 2009, a Texas court convicted Stephan A. Pittman of sexual assault, according to a Thursday news release from U.S. Marshals. He was then required to register as a Tier III sex offender under the Adam Walsh Act ..read more
Fox8 » Maryland
2M ago
(Editor's Note: The video above is a live look at the scene in Baltimore.)
BALTIMORE (WJW)- The water search will resume this morning for the six victims of Baltimore’s tragic Francis Scott Key bridge collapse. All six people are now presumed dead.
Search crews were scheduled to start looking for the victims again at 6 a.m. on Wednesday. Tuesday night the search was called off when conditions became too dangerous for divers.
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Officials said the bridge collapse, caused by a cargo ship that happened early Tuesday morning, appears to be an accid ..read more
Fox8 » Maryland
2M ago
**Warning: the video above may be considered disturbing to some.
BALTIMORE (AP) -- A TikTok video shows the moment a cargo ship rammed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Bridge early Tuesday, causing it to completely collapse.
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It happened early Tuesday morning. Two people were rescued, but officials said six people were still unaccounted for as of late morning. All were believed to be part of a construction crew that was repairing potholes on the bridge.
Toby Gutermuth recorded the video.
In it, a bystander said, "Oh my gosh. N ..read more
Fox8 » Maryland News
2M ago
BALTIMORE (AP) — A container ship lost power and rammed into a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing the span to buckle into the river below and plunging a construction crew and several vehicles into the dangerously cold waters. Rescuers pulled out two people, but six others were missing.
Baltimore bridge collapses after cargo ship rams into it, leaving 6 missing
The ship’s crew issued a mayday call moments before the crash took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge, enabling authorities to limit vehicle traffic on the span, Maryland’s governor said.
The ship struck one of the bridge’s ..read more
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2M ago
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to show that Grace Ocean Private owns the ship.
BALTIMORE (AP) — A cargo ship lost power and rammed into a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, destroying the span in a matter of seconds and plunging it into the river in a terrifying collapse that could disrupt a vital shipping port for months. Six people were missing and presumed dead.
The ship’s crew issued a mayday call moments before the crash took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge, enabling authorities to limit vehicle traffic on the span, Maryland’s governor said.
Baltimore’s Key ..read more