Baltimore's busy port fully reopens after bridge collapse, and a return to normal is expected
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by LEA SKENE and BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press
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
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A woman took her sick dog to be euthanized. A year later, the dog is up for adoption again
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by Associated Press
2w ago
*Related Video Above: What happens to your pet after you die? Take these steps to protect them.** (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. Can dogs link words to certain objects like humans? A new study says yes “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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Flock cameras help find missing teens in Mentor
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by Justin Dennis
1M ago
[In the player above, watch previous FOX 8 News coverage on license plate-reading cameras.] MENTOR, Ohio (WJW) -- License plate-reading cameras helped Mentor police find two missing juveniles ..read more
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Woman found dead in bathtub; son charged with murder
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by Talia Naquin
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
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Maryland man accidentally replays 2 tickets, wins $2M in Powerball prizes
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by Celeste Houmard
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. Rite Aid announces 53 more store closings “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
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Cleveland sex offender who fled to Germany nearly a decade ago arrested: Marshals
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by Justin Dennis
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
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LIVE LOOK: Search resumes for victims in Baltimore
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by Jessica Dill
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. Arnold Schwarzenegger released from Cleveland Clinic Officials said the bridge collapse, caused by a cargo ship that happened early Tuesday morning, appears to be an accid ..read more
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'Shine a light': Bystander films moment cargo ship takes down Baltimore bridge
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by Darcie Loreno, Associated Press
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. The ‘heroes’ credited with ‘saving lives’ in Baltimore bridge collapse 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
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The 'heroes' credited with 'saving lives' in Baltimore bridge collapse 
Fox8 » Maryland News
by Associated Press
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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6 presumed dead after cargo ship causes Baltimore bridge to collapse
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by The Associated Press
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
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