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• Walkout at Oakland Mills High School Calls for End to Hate
• Pedestrian In Critical Condition After Rockville Accident: Police
• Woodberry Kitchen Named Among Best Restaurants in America

Fatal Holiday Mansion Fire: Sister's Safety Message After 6 Die

With Christmas trees installed in homes around Annapolis and nationwide, the sister of a homeowner whose tinder-dry tree torched an Annapolis mansion is reminding residents of how to safely have a tree, in hopes of avoiding a tragedy like the 2015 fire that killed Don and Sandra Pyle, along with four of their grandchildren. >>> Read more.

Snow Flurries in Maryland? Keep an Eye on the Skies Thursday

Could Maryland see its first snowflakes of the season Thursday? Winter doesn't officially arrive until Dec. 21, but some regional metro weather forecasts are predicting sporadic flurries here and there across the region for Thursday. But it's nothing that could mess up the morning commute, they say. >>> Read more.

• AAA Predicts MGM Casino Will Bring Massive Traffic to PG County
• Alcohol Crackdown: 39 DUI Arrests Made in Third Week
• All Clear Given After Bomb Squad Shuts Down Upper Marlboro: Official [VIDEO]
• Columbia Woman Killed in Cradlerock Way Crash
• Mayor Catherine Pugh to Baltimore: 'We Are Up for the Challenge' of Revitalization

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• Stabbing at Loch Hill Quick Mart Injures Worker: Police
• Bomb Threat at Rockville High School a Hoax: Police
• Barricade Suspect In Critical Condition After Shooting Himself: Police
• Fallen Heroes Memorial Graffiti Suspect Caught on Camera: Bel Air Police
• House Fire Victims Rescued by First Responders, Good Samaritan in Essex: Officials

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