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• Arrest Made in Annapolis Cab Driver Shooting, Victim in Critical Condition
• Giant, Safeway, Wegmans New Year's Day 2017 Store Hours
• Odenton Pizza Worker Foils Knife-Wielding Robber

Heroin Crisis: Overdose Deaths Take Record Toll in Maryland

Despite warnings that one dose of an illicit opioid can be not only instantly addictive but sometimes fatal — either in the short term or the long run — heroin usage has increased in Maryland in recent years. And new varieties of the drug mixed with pharmaceuticals to make it even more powerful has made it even more deadly, ensuring the year ends with a record number of overdose deaths. >>> Read more.

12-Year-Old Sending Medical Help to Refugees, How to Donate

Inspired by her father's work with Syrian refugees stuck in camps in Jordan, Shaadi Ghorbani is on a mission of her own: Raising $10,000 by Jan. 7 to help provide some of the basic medical supplies doctors need to treat patients. From blood pressure monitors and thermometers to the money to drive a patient to a facility for an MRI, doctors are short on the tools needed to treat refugees. >>> Read more.

• Rollover Death on Route 100 Results in Homicide Charges: Howard County Police
• Victim in 2006 Shooting Dies on Christmas Eve 10 Years Later
• $5K FBI Reward in Series of Armed Robberies
• Old Navy Shoplifting Suspect Photos Shared

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