Wbal News Now With Bryan Nehman

A study finds your personal politics may impact your job hunt. Also, chewing gum titans are finding a drop in sales hard to swallow.

Mayor Bernard C. "Jack" Young offers a spurious, Facebook-driven alert for an abduction epidemic police say is nonexistent. Meanwhile, the red-hot Ravens are winning over dispirited fans in Washington, if you go by the TV ratings. This week, the fervor spread to the Holy See.

Lamar Jackson faced adversity in a wet matchup against the elite San Francisco 49ers. Next come the playoff-bound Bills. Consider the Ravens battle-tested. Meanwhile, the internet is going gaga for Baby Yoda from "The Mandalorian."

After 37 years, E.T. and Elliot reunited once again in an Xfinity commercial broadcasted during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The four-minute ad E.T. returns to Earth and learns about tablets and playing in the snow from a grown-up Elliot. There's been an update on the Ken Cuccinelli and Martin O'Malley D.C. bar altercation. Cuccinelli claims O'Malley screamed at him, cursed at him, insulted his Italian ancestry and prompted a fight. While a witness said, O'Malley drove Cuccinelli out of the bar with a "passion-laced and shame-invoking tirade on behalf of immigrant refugee children." Both praises and negative comments have followed the incident.

Economist Anirban Basu says crime is an economic issue in Baltimore. And if the world didn't know all about Lamar Jackson before, they do now. Several sports books in Las Vegas have the Ravens favored to win it all.

Another game, another highly-touted foe, another team mowed down by Lamar Jackson, who had an early Thanksgiving feast on the Rams defense. Also, with many presidential candidates on the older side, campaigns should be more transparent about medical records.

As Thanksgiving week puts a pause on impeachment hearings. It might do some good for lawmakers on both sides to talk politics at the dinner table. Also, Louisville is keeping tabs on Lamar Jackson's eye-popping highlights.

In for Bryan, Brett Hollander reacts to the guilty plea of former Mayor Catherine Pugh, another black eye for Baltimore. And for better or worse, the Monday night slot means Ravens fans will have to wait a bit longer for their Lamar Jackson fix.

Mayor Catherine Pugh may head to prison for fraud and tax evasion related to her "Healthy Holly" books. But what of buyers who believed they were seeking influence with a public official? Also, Coldplay puts its money where its mouth with on climate change.

Taking a look at the 11-count federal indictment accusing Catherine Pugh of using her “Healthy Holly” books to enrich herself, promote her political career and fund her run for mayor. PLUS the pros and cons of a face-scanning doorbell.

The City Council achieves a yearslong goal of banning plastic bags, but it comes with a cost for consumers and may not be a panacea for littering. Also, new technology will help send snowplow drivers we're they're needed most and let drivers know how to avoid problem areas.

Is Lamar Jackson the front-runner for MVP? One thing's clear, there hasn't been this kind of buzz for a Baltimore athlete in years. Meanwhile, Pete Buttigieg is surging in Iowa. Can he sustain that lead and convince African American voters?

Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett got into a fight with Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph in the final seconds of the Browns' 21-7 win over the Steelers. Garret took Rudolph's helmet off and used it to take a swing at him. Since then, many have spoken out in support of Garrett. We have entered the longest bull market in history. The current market boom has displayed a whopping 468% gain.

On Tuesday, the president and CEO of the Y of Central Maryland, John Hoey criticized the mayor and other city leaders for not addressing the spike in crime with enough urgency. Mayor Jack Young told WBAL-TV 11, "I'm not committing the murders and that's what people need to understand." That and impeachment pitfalls that should worry both the right and left.

During a campaign kickoff event Tuesday, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings stood by March statements in which she said Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, outed himself as a "dog whistle white nationalist."

Has society gone soft? I think that is has. Here are three news stories to support this belief.

Nikki Haley, who has distanced herself from White House scandals since leaving the administration, says now she's firmly in the president's corner on impeachment. And Lamar Jackson was a revelation in Cincinnati. How long will we be talking about that run?

Michael Bloomberg is testing the waters in the Democratic primary. Will it make a difference in the field? Also, millennials are preferring paper towels to napkins.

Bryan says that at this point, the only conclusion left in Detective Sean Suiter's death is that he took his own life. But he doesn't blame anybody who has trouble taking the word of police for it. Also, plant-based meat is the new cash crop.

Did the Kirwan Commission go astray from its original charge? Gov. Larry Hogan seems to think so, but a member of the commission disagrees. Also, there's an explosion of apps to handle chore division.