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November 14, 2018

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Reports: Orioles to hire Astros’ Mike Elias as next head of baseball operations

Wednesday, Nov 14

Who is Mike Elias? Here's some background on the Astros assistant general manager's path through baseball.

Baltimore health department wasted $170,000 from lead paint fines on unused giveaways, travel, report finds

In the course of two years, the Baltimore Health Department wasted $170,000 it raised by fining landlords for lead paint violations and charging attorneys to access records for lead lawsuits, an investigation by the city’s inspector general found.

A wintry mix is forecast in the Baltimore area Thursday, threatening problems for morning commute

A wintry mix of precipitation is possible Thursday morning north and west of Baltimore. And then before the day is out, the region could break a record for its wettest year since at least 1871. The National Weather Service is forecasting a dusting of snow and a glaze of ice west of Interstate 95.

Lori says U.S. Catholic bishops 'highly likely' to move summer meeting to Baltimore as they focus on abuse crisis

Baltimore Archbishop William Lori says it’s “highly likely” that the nation’s conference of Catholic bishops will return to the city for an another assembly in June as the leaders of the American church grapple with fallout from a sex abuse crisis that has engulfed the church.

Lawyers cite First Amendment in seeking hate-crime dismissal in University of Maryland murder case

awyers representing the former University of Maryland student charged with fatally stabbing a black student on the College Park campus last year have asked the court to dismiss a hate-crime charge, saying it violates the First Amendment.

Black bear sighting prompts modified lockdown at Columbia high school (whose mascot just happens to be a bear)

The Hammond High Bears got a visit from their mascot Wednesday.

Baltimore police recover five electric scooters from depths of the Inner Harbor

Electric scooters are all over Baltimore, and some have met watery graves.

With Joe Flacco ailing, Ravens' Lamar Jackson and Robert Griffin III prepare for the unknown

Neither Lamar Jackson nor Robert Griffin III offered any clues about what Sunday might hold for the team’s quarterbacks.

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra extends suspension of concertmaster Jonathan Carney, but judge denies peace order

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Jonathan Carney’s suspension will continue through Sunday, but a judge denied a peace order against him.

Divine mural on a Baltimore rowhouse is here to stay, historic preservation panel rules

The Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation OK’d the Preston Street mural retroactively after a Midtown-Belvedere couple commissioned the painting on the side of their house without permission from the city.