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Police and prosecutors have been granted access to the private Facebook messages of the Baltimore County woman who was killed by police after a standoff in her apartment. But lawyers for the woman's family plan to challenge that decision, saying police are going on a fishing expedition. [Logo] AFTERNOON HEADLINES - September 09, 2016 [mobile-header-ad] [alt text here] [mobile-img] [alt text here] [Posts of Md. woman killed in standoff subject of court fight] Police and prosecutors have been granted access to the private Facebook messages of the Baltimore County woman who was killed by police after a standoff in her apartment. But lawyers for the woman's family plan to challenge that decision, saying police are going on a fishing expedition. [Police: Man who threatened Metro train operator with knife said he was going too slow] Metro police arrested a man who they say threatened a Green Line train operator with a knife Friday morning for not moving the train fast enough. 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