Morning Roundup

A 16-year-old was fatally shot in a double shooting in the Broadway area of east Baltimore Monday evening. (WBAL 1090)

A man walking his dog in Carroll Park was hit by a bullet yesterday…

Maryland House Minority Leader Jason Buckel was recently under investigation for allegedly making a death threat to a Maryland State Trooper. (WBFF)

A federal judge threw out a lawsuit Monday in which Erie Insurance accused state regulators of acting illegally in determining that the insurer engaged in insurance “redlining” of predominantly Black neighborhoods in Baltimore. (Baltimore Sun)

A car speeding through an Anne Arundel County neighborhood Sunday morning led to an armed road-rage incident and the arrest of a Gambrills man who was later found to have a cache of illegal guns in his home. (WMAR)

Dozens of community members showed up at a church in Park Heights Monday to express their concerns to the acting head of the Baltimore City Police Department. (WBAL)

Route 140 in Westminster is back open more than a week after strong storms brought down power poles, blocking the highway. (Carroll County Times)

More than 28,000 people applied for Baltimore City’s public housing waitlist before the application period closed last night. 13,000 will be randomly selected. (WYPR)

A 43-year-old Harford County man who solicited a teen online before raping her in Frederick will spend forty years behind bars. (Anne Arundel Daily Voice)

A jury convicted a Glen Burnie man of stabbing his wife in her sleep before retreating to his mother’s house in 2021. (Baltimore Sun)

Montgomery County Public Schools has retained a Baltimore law firm to look into “significant allegations of harassment and bullying involving one of our principals,” it said in a statement Monday. (Washington Post)

An update from yesterday…

The Maryland Supreme Court declined to offer “overlapping” protections for LGBTQ employees Monday, finding that the parts of Maryland’s fair employment laws that apply to sex-based discrimination do not also apply to discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Maryland Daily Record)

Governor Wes Moore is in Martha’s Vineyard this week for what is being described as a vacation coupled with “some select fundraising”. (Maryland Matters)

Maryland will be granted $6,514,533 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to fortify the state’s cybersecurity defenses. (Southern Maryland Chronicle)

TODAY IN HISTORY – AUGUST 15

A 13-year-old-girl and two people from Montgomery County were identified by officials as those killed in a tragic house fire at North Carolina’s Outer Banks over the weekend. (WTOP)

A judge denied bond for the suspect accused of fatally shooting another man inside the Timonium Sky Zone over the weekend. Quinton Walker, 30, of Colorado, is charged with one count of first degree murder. Charging documents detail what led to the shooting. (WBFF)

On Sunday, a driver called 911 in Prince George’s County and said they were being followed by a black BMW that was “firing shots” at them. Authorities later made an arrest. (WTOP)

Two weeks after suddenly shutting down, a Locust Point day care center has reopened. (WYPR)

A Good Samaritan who was killed in a crash while aiding another driver on I-395 in Baltimore is being remembered…

A Charles County man is facing charges after allegedly breaking into a home in Waldorf and attacking another man with a sword. The suspect was also charged with resisting arrest. (Anne Arundel Daily Voice)

The Salisbury Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing teenager.

Courtney Breeze Carnes was last seen on the Onley Road in Salisbury yesterday and is considered critically missing due to her age and mental health issues. (WMDT)

Is iGaming, or wagering on virtual slot machines and other online casino games, coming to Maryland? (Maryland Daily Record)

Unionization is growing at Starbucks locations in Maryland, yet contracts remain elusive. (Southern Maryland Chronicle)

The Storm Prediction Center has the entire area under a Marginal Risk (level 1/5) for strong storms this afternoon into this evening. A Flood Watch is still in effect for today. (WMAR)

UPDATE: Now at Level 2 (Slight Risk)

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A solid seven innings from Grayson Rodriguez gave the Orioles enough cushion to defeat the San Diego Padres late last night, 4-1, in the series opener at Petco Park. (Camden Chat)

The Orioles have activated Aaron Hicks from the injured list and optioned prospect Colton Cowser in a swap of center fielders. (Baltimore Sun)

Alex Collins, a starting running back for the Ravens in 2017 and 2018, died from injuries suffered after the motorcycle he was operating collided with an SUV late Sunday night. He was 28. (Baltimore Sun)

Former Ravens player and NFL star Michael Oher, whose life was depicted in the movie “The Blind Side“, claims in a newly filed lawsuit the film was all a lie and that the Tuohy family exploited him for their own benefit. Oher now wants to sever all legal ties to them…

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A complete tour of historic Fort McHenry in Balitmore…