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January 23, 2019

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Former Orioles pitcher Mike Mussina elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Tuesday, Jan 22

Mike Mussina, the right-handed pitcher who anchored the Orioles rotation in the 1990s and remains the last homegrown ace the franchise developed, will join Mariano Rivera, Roy Halladay and Edgar Martínez in the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2019.

Esskay Orioles Franks — a Baltimore mainstay — to disappear soon from Camden Yards, store shelves

The maker of Esskay Orioles Franks has discontinued the hot dogs once made in Baltimore and long sold at Orioles games and grocery stores.

Baltimore-raised Pulitzer Prize winner Russell Baker dies at 93

Russell Baker, a Baltimore-raised, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, essayist and biographer who hosted the show “Masterpiece Theatre” on PBS and had the longest-running column in the history of The New York Times, died at his Leesburg, Va., home Monday, his son said.

Anton Black case: Maryland Gov. Hogan wants answers about teen's death in police custody on Eastern Shore

Gov. Larry Hogan says he's pushing for answers for the family of a black teenager who died in police custody on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Anton Black, 19, of Greensboro, died in an encounter with local police in September. The governor says he's "frustrated" by the lack of information so far.

Alumnus, major donor Michael Bloomberg wants private, armed police force patrolling Johns Hopkins University

Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire ex-mayor of New York and benefactor of Johns Hopkins University, says it’s “ridiculous” that the institution doesn’t have an armed police force. Bloomberg spoke to reporters after closed-door meetings at the State House in Annapolis with Democratic lawmakers.

U.S. Commerce Secretary agrees to appear before Rep. Cummings' committee about census, citizenship question

Rep. Elijah Cummings, who has long sought to learn how the Trump administration came to develop a census question asking people their citizenship status, says U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will testify before the Baltimore Democrat’s House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Thief steals former Maryland Sen. Mikulski's famed footstool, employee reports

At 4 foot 11 inches tall, former U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski almost stood a little shorter this week after a thief stool her famous footstool out of a car in Hampden.

Edgewood man charged with attempted murder when a friend tries to return drugs she stole from him

An Edgewood man whose father called him “a good kid” was charged Saturday with attempted murder in what a Harford judge said was a “shocking” incident.

5 Baltimore schools closed because of water, heat problems Tuesday

Five schools in Baltimore were closed Tuesday due to water and heat-related problems.

Marylander Frances Tiafoe's Australian Open run ends as Rafael Nadal reaches 30th Slam semifinal

Marylander Frances Tiafoe's best Grand Slam run by Rafael Nadal, who earned a dominating 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 victory Tuesday night.