Using a photo from the city, the state herpetologist identified it as a northern watersnake, a much more common, nonvenomous snake.

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The Attleboro Fire Department is alerting residents after a venomous snake was reported to have bitten two dogs in the area.

Baltimore Police believe a 45-year-old man was wounded in a shooting Thursday morning in Penn North, just a few blocks away from where officers and medics were tending to a mass overdose. Police said in a news release that they received a ShotSpotter alert on the 1300 block of West North Avenue at about 11:16 a.

At least 25 people were hospitalized Thursday following a “level one” mass overdose event in Baltimore. Baltimore City police and fire officials said paramedics first responded to a 911 call for a single overdose around 9:25 a.

The Catholic Diocese of Sacramento announced it is standing in solidarity with the San Bernardino diocese, whose bishop said in a letter to parishioners that they can skip Sunday mass over fears that ICE raids could lead to arrests on church grounds.

At least two Catholic dioceses have told migrants fearful of being arrested in immigration raids outside church that they do not have to attend Sunday Mass. San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas, who leads more than 1.