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Baltimore plans to ease financial burden on families of fatal overdose victims

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By Alissa Zhu Verified
| The Baltimore Banner Verified
The city of Baltimore wants to help families dealing with the aftermath of a fatal overdose. Losing someone to a sudden fatal drug overdose can be ‚Äúan incredibly heavy burden to carry‚ÄĚ financially, as well as emotionally, said Kelly Gill, cofounder and executive director of a Baltimore-based nonprofit that helps families devastated by substance use disorder. After laying their loved ones to rest, families can be left with thousands of dollars in funeral expenses.
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Help is on the way for Maryland farmers hit by late-spring freeze

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By Alissa Zhu Verified
| The Baltimore Banner Verified
Financial assistance is on the way for Maryland farms and vineyards devastated by an unseasonably late freeze this spring. The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a disaster declaration for Maryland, which unlocks low-interest emergency loans and credit for eligible farmers, Gov. Wes Moore announced Monday. On April 21, an unusual cold snap caused temperatures to plummet below freezing on the heels of a heat wave.
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TV dubbed a homeless mom ‘Maryland’s most wanted.’ To her friend, she was in crisis.

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By Alissa Zhu Verified
| The Baltimore Banner Verified
Diana Scott turned on the television to find her best friend staring at her from the screen. With a bloody lip and sunken eyes, Felicia Anderson was almost unrecognizable. The 39-year-old woman was accused of assaulting two women outside a homeless shelter in downtown Baltimore last month. Local broadcast station Fox45 declared her one of “Maryland’s most wanted.” Scott began to cry as shock turned to fear. Anderson was as vulnerable to gettinghurt as she was to harming others, she believed.
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