Weather recap lines and measurements for year start
A brief weather summary lists dates December 31 2015 and January 1 2015 with a note on last 30 days and year to date totals. Measured precipitation shows 0.00 inches and 2.06 inches in the cited period.
Nonfatal shootings overwhelm Baltimore amid high homicide rate
The article follows Gerald, shot multiple times, living with severe injuries and massive medical costs at Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. It notes 637 nonfatal shootings this year, up 72 percent from last year, and examines lifelong physical, financial, and social impacts on victims and communities. It cites doctor Thomas Scalea on treatment costs and survival, and educator Dante Barksdale on community scars and cycles of violence.
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Clifton
Gerald
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore
East
Thomas Scalea
Scalea
Sealea
Dante Barksdale
Safe Streets
Barksdale
George B. Murphy
Attorney seeks venue change in case tied to boy's septic death
Pulaski County mother Ashley White faces felony abuse and neglect charges over Noah Thomas death in March. Attorney Kelsey Bulger asks Roanoke court for change of venue citing pervasive media coverage and a possible inability to seat an impartial jury in Pulaski. Noah was found in a septic tank near his Dublin home after a four day search.
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Pulaski, Va
Pulaski
Pyoo-Las’kee
Kelsey Bulger
Virginia
Ashley White
Noah Thomas
Noah
Paul Thomas
Roanoke Times
Bulger
Dublin
Female WWII WASP ashes barred from Arlington burial
Elaine Harmon, a World War II WASP pilot, died aged 95 and her daughter seeks Arlington National Cemetery burial for her ashes. The Army reversed a 2002 allowance, barring WASP remains from above ground interments, citing rules that limit eligibility to veterans buried in Department of Veterans Affairs cemeteries. Arlington faces space limits and policy debates as families fight for recognition of WASP service.
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Mclean
Elaine Harmon
Arlington National Cemetery
Harmon
Ted
Wasps
Arlington
Secretary of the Army
John McHugh
Terry
Silver Spring
Fanning
McHugh
Terry Harmon
Army
Merchant Marine
Henry H. “Hap” Arnold
Army Air Forces
WASP
AES Cepreves
Landdeck
Dubai hosts New Year fireworks as tower blaze burns nearby hotel
Tens of thousands gathered around Burj Khalifa for a seven minute light show while a 63 story Address Downtown tower burned, sending plumes of smoke into the sky. Firefighters fought the blaze as casualties were reported including a heart attack and several injuries from smoke and evacuation. Authorities said no children were among the injured and that the cause remained unclear.
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Dubai
Tower
Ubai
United Arab Emirates
Burj Khalifa
Emirate
Burj al Arab
Moar
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