Pets and owners reunite as Los Angeles County fires calm down
As they figure out the next steps, many wildfire evacuees have relied on shelters to house their pets.
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He grew up in the Chicagoland area and graduated from Columbia College Chicago. He experienced his first taste of the TV news world interning at Chicago's WBBM-TV, WJZ's sister station.
Dennis has told stories all over the country, reporting for CBS affiliates in Idaho, California and Connecticut. He most recently worked as the Waterbury Bureau Chief for WFSB-TV, covering the Brass City and surrounding towns. Some of his strongest reporting involved covering Alex Jones's second defamation trial, in which a judge and jury awarded families of Sandy Hook shooting victims more than $1 billion in damages.
Off the clock, Dennis is out trying out a new restaurant or recipe in his kitchen. He's ready to eat everything that Baltimore has to offer. You can also find him out hiking or hanging out at a coffee shop.
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Maryland families took advantage of the first major snow day of the season by heading to their favorite hill with sleds in hand, or loading up on the perfect snowballs.
The Merriweather Symphony of Lights had a fireworks show Tuesday in the middle of stormy weather. But, weather wasn't the only concern, after some people got hit by firework shell casings.
A Harford County judge ordered a woman accused of killing her baby girl to remain in jail without bail.
A Harford County community is shaken after a mother was arrested for the murder of her infant daughter.
As Marylanders continue to head to their holiday destinations, Amtrak was hit with a slew of delays and cancellations Monday.
The last peak holiday travel period is in full swing at airports across the country, as people head to their end-of-year holiday destinations.
A Baltimore County man with ties to one of the area's most famous cookies is facing serious child pornography charges.
The Howard County community got to weigh in on a proposed cellphone ban in the school district on Wednesday, nearly a month after the Board of Education postponed a vote on a draft of the ban.
A group of Howard County tenants are unionizing to get concerns addressed at their apartment complex.
Luigi Mangione, who comes from a prominent Maryland family, is charged in the deadly shooting on December 4 outside the Hilton Midtown Hotel in Manhattan, New York.