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BALTIMORE — Fivepeople were killed and atleast two others were in-jured in a shooting Thurs-day at the Capital Gazettenewspaper in Annapolis inwhat appeared to be one ofthe deadliest attacks onjournalists in U.S. history,authorities said.
Police said the suspect,JarrodW.Ramos, 38, used ashotgun in the afternoonattack and is in custody.
“This was a targeted at-tack on the CapitalGazette,” said Anne Arun-del County Deputy policeChief William Krampf.“This person was preparedtoday to come in. He wasprepared to shoot people.”
Ramos had a long-stand-
ing dispute with the news-paper, according to lawenforcement sources famil-iar with the investigation.His dispute with the news-paper began in July 2011,whenacolumnist coveredacriminal harassment caseagainst him.
In2012,Ramosbroughtadefamation lawsuit againstthe columnist and the pa-per’s former editor andpublisher. In 2015, Mary-land’s second-highest courtupheld a ruling in favor ofthe Capital Gazette and aformer reporter who wereaccused by Ramos of defa-mation.
Krampf said the shooterused canisters of smokegrenades when he enteredthe newspaper.
The gunman also muti-lated his fingers in a pos-sible effort to thwart identi-fication, according to anofficial who was briefed onthe investigation and spokeon condition of anonymity.
Shooter kills5 in ‘targetedattack’ in Md.Suspect in custodyafter rampage atAnnapolis paperBy Kevin Rector
and Nicholas
Bogel-Burroughs
The Baltimore Sun
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After 35 years of stutter-ingstarts, emptypromises, acourt-ordered sale and oft-reckless neglect, the 4,381-seat, 46,000-square-footUptownTheatre—once thegilded crown jewel of theBalaban & Katz theaterchain, and among the mostopulent and gorgeous mov-ie palaces ever built inAmerica — is finally to berestored to its 1925 glory.
In other words, whatlong has seemed impossibleto dogged, devoted preser-vationists, nostalgists andthe tireless volunteer groupknown as the Friends of the
Uptown is finally happen-ingonChicago’sNorthSide.And an eye-popping $75million has been piecedtogether and set aside forthe restoration of a danger-ously decayed and decrepittheater thatwasboardedupafter a J. Geils Band concerton Dec. 19, 1981, leavingaging Chicagoans only withtheirmemories of once see-ing Bruce Springsteen, BobMarley, Prince or theGrate-ful Dead inside its historicbones.
This is not just anotherplan for the 4816 N. Broad-way flagship of the Uptownneighborhood, MayorRahmEmanuel insists. Thistime it’s for real. Assumingthe plan passes the CityCouncil and other regula-toryhurdles, the restoration
After decades, the shuttered Uptown Theatre, once anopulent movie palace, is set to return to its 1925 glory.
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Uptown Theatreset for restoration$75M project couldstart as early as fall,take about 2 yearsBy Chris Jones
Chicago Tribune
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across the country,” Trump told acrowdof hundreds.
“That’s why this is so beautiful,”Trump said on a stage with signsreading “Made inWisconsin USA”and “nowhiring.”
But while Trump praised theTaiwanese electronics giant’s plansfor a factory that will produceliquid crystal displays as “theeighth wonder of the world,” hehad harsher words for anothermanufacturer, located just 25miles
MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. —President Donald Trump onThursday used a groundbreakingceremony for Foxconn TechnologyGroup’s Wisconsin plant to toutAmerican manufacturing whilewarning Harley-Davidson to not“get cutewith us.”
Foxconn’s planned $10 billionmanufacturing complex in thesoutheastern Wisconsin town ofMount Pleasant is an example ofthe “exciting story playing out
north: Harley-Davidson. Earlierthis week, the Milwaukee-basedmotorcycle manufacturer said itplans to shift some productionoverseas, a decision it attributed totheconsequencesof thepresident’strade policies.
“Please build those beautifulmotorcycles here in theUSA again.Don’t get cute with us,” Trumpsaid, warning, “Your customerswon’t be happy if you don’t.”
Harley-Davidson has said itsmove was an attempt to avoidEuropean Union tariffs imposed inresponse to Trump’s trade mea-sures. The company said in a
“To Silicon Valley, to Boston, ‘Wisconn Valley’ is coming.”— Terry Gou, Foxconn founder and chairman, touting the electronics giant’s plans in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, from left, President Donald Trump and Foxconn Technology Chairman Terry Gouprepare to break ground Thursday on Foxconn’s planned manufacturing site in Mount Pleasant, Wis.
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Harley plans cloudFoxconn ceremonyAt Wis. groundbreaking for $10 billion complex,Trump has harsh words about offshoring of jobsBy Lauren Zumbach | Chicago Tribune
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Tourists were browsingknickknacks and inspect-ing antiques in the shopsofLongGroveonWednesdaywhen a crashing soundshattered the quiet of thehistorical downtown.
What those who rushedinto the street saw— that atruck had crashed into thetop of the village’s coveredbridge and driven com-pletely through it — wasmore than just severedam-age to a physical structure.
It was also the realiza-tion that serious harmwas
done to thequaint commu-nity’s most recognizableand iconic symbol — andone whose entry into theNational Register of His-toricPlacesonly a fewdaysago was celebrated as adesignation that wouldhelp ensure the bridge’sfuture.
“This is the face of Long
Grove,”RyanMessner, vicepresident of the HistoricDowntown Long GroveBusiness Association, saidof the bridge,which can beseen from his office. Hisgroup had backed a “savethe bridge” campaign longbefore Wednesday’s crash.“It’s on every logo. This isthebrandof thevillage.We
started thisprocess toget itnamed a landmark twoyears ago, so tome it’s verypersonal.”
The one-lane, 112-year-old bridge has long servedas both a literal entrance tothe village and a symbolicbridge to the earlier time
Village’siconicbridgewreckedTruck driver cited;Long Grove nowmust save againBy RobertMcCoppin
and Todd Shields
Chicago Tribune
The one-lane bridge in Long Grove was recently designated a federal historic landmark.
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“Itwas time to step out ofour comfort zone,”MaryHowenstine,marketingdirector for Ribfest, saysof booking rapper Pitbull.“We said ‘OK!We’ll seewhat happens.’ ” Pitbull isscheduled to performatRibfest onThursday.On the Town
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Naperville festseeing changeof pace pay off
Despite quarterly earn-ings that beat expecta-tions,Walgreens’ sharessunkThursday followingnews that Amazon isstepping into the phar-macy business.Business
Amazon sendsWalgreens stockplummeting
Seeing opportunity in areshaped SupremeCourt,several stateswith anti-abortion leadership arepreparing to impose orrevive abortion bans.Nation & World, Page 10
States poised toact on Roe ashigh court shifts