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Wrap-up of news stories taken from the day's local headlines.

Local News: Pugh Looks to Redirect Money from BPD to the City School System

Catherine Pugh addressing an audience in March 2016.
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WEAA's Julius White has the local news.

Mayor Catherine Pugh says she's looking to slash $5.5 million from the Baltimore City Police Departments’ budget. Mayor Pugh says she’ll shift the savings into the city schools system, which is dealing with a $130 million spending shortfall. And, a Baltimore man from Hampden is being charged with a deadly stabbing in New York City. Police believe that the 28-year-old white man traveled to New York City to attack and kill Black people.