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    Five years after ‘The Keepers,’ abuse survivors still hoping for justice, transparency
    It’s been a little over five years since “The Keepers” miniseries debuted on Netflix, shocking viewers with allegations of extreme sexual abuse in the late ’60s and early ’70s at Archbishop Keough, a Catholic all-girls school in Baltimore County. The women who shared their stories in “The Keepers” talk about their hopes for the upcoming Maryland Attorney General’s report into sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
    Objects inside of Jean Wehner's home. Wehner was one of the women whose story was prominently featured in the documentary series, 'The Keepers''
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    Where to watch the U.S.-Netherlands World Cup match in Baltimore
    If you don’t have a big enough TV, or would prefer to watch with an excited crowd, we’ve got you covered with this roundup of places to go.
    Brothers, Joey Fluehr, 24, (left) and Ryan Fluehr, 29, share some good laughs while watching the USA vs. Iran World Cup match at Abbey Burger in Little Italy, Baltimore, Md., on November 29, 2022.
    Photo Gallery: The 51st Annual Monument Lighting
    Since 1971, Baltimore City has illuminated the monument during the first Thursday in December.
    Fireworks ignite the sky at the 51st Monument Lighting in Mount Vernon Thursday night, kicking off the start of December’s holiday season, seen from Topside in hotel Revival in Baltimore.
    Teens, young adults give $525K in grants to youth-oriented groups
    Baltimore’s Promise is giving young people a chance to allocate grants to nonprofits addressing the issues facing their peers in the city.
    Members of the first cohort of Youth Grantmakers. The group recently awarded $525,000 in grants to 10 organizations focused on helping young people in the city.
    Curtis Bay residents rally for accountability one year after CSX explosion
    About 60 people rallied and marched in Curtis Bay to demand accountability from the transportation company that operates the coal terminal in South Baltimore where there was an explosion last year.
    Protesters and activists march through Curtis Bay to the CSX facility on Wednesday.
    A Glen Burnie woman was evicted because of a ‘miscommunication.’ Experts say the eviction system creates room for error.
    A woman and her 9-year-old son were evicted two days before Thanksgiving — even after she says she confirmed that morning that she was caught up on rent.
    Movers collect the belongings of Sharnae Hunt, and place back onto a truck after Hunt was wrongfully evicted, at Tall Pines apartment, in Glen Burnie, Tuesday, November 22, 2022.
    Maryland agriculture secretary charged with illegal bird hunting
    Police charged Joseph Bartenfelder for hunting wetland or upland game birds “with the aid of bait or on or over any baited area,” which carries a minimum $500 fine and a maximum of $1500 for a first offense.
    Joseph Bartenfelder serve as Secretary of Agriculture
    Crews rescue 2 from plane caught high in power lines in Gaithersburg
    The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that the single-engine plane, which had departed White Plains, New York, crashed into the power lines near Montgomery County Airpark.
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    Towson University plans to honor longtime professor despite criticism of his role advising controversial student group
    Richard Vatz, a professor at TU for 41 years, says he tends to want to help conservative groups because there’s ‘so much anti-conservatism in higher education.’ But he said he told Turning Point members that their remarks were inappropriate and that he would quit as their advisor if they continued.
    Towson University students protest that the University hosted Attorney General nominee Michael Peroutka and Gordana Schifanelli, Dan Cox running mate in the West Village Commons Ballroom A from 6-8pm.  The League of the South, according to its website, seeks to “return to a more traditional, conservative Christian-oriented Southern culture.” The Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled The League of the South as a hate group.
    Baltimore County police violated Gwynn Oak couple’s constitutional rights in illegal arrest, federal judge says
    Judge’s opinion allows other allegations, including that police used excessive force, to move ahead to a jury trial.
    6/16/22—A Baltimore County police car sits outside of the Public Safety Building and Police Department in Towson.
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    Thanksgiving’s impact on Baltimore in 3 bar charts and a map
    It’s a nice day to stay home and spend time with family— and oh, boy, does the data show it.
    Justice Thurgood Marshall’s wife ‘Cissy’ Marshall dies at 94
    Cecilia “Cissy” Suyat Marshall, the wife of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall who worked alongside the civil rights champion at the NAACP, died Tuesday.
    FILE - Cecilia Marshall, widow of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, laughs while watching a slide show about her husband during a meeting to rally support for renaming Baltimore-Washington International Airport after Thurgood Marshall, one of the state's most famous native sons and the first Black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, in Annapolis, Md., March 28, 2005. The Supreme Court says Cecilia "Cissy" Marshall has died. She was 94.
    WBAL’s Stan Stovall retires after more than 50 years in broadcast journalism
    After four decades in Baltimore and 52 years in broadcast journalism, Stovall anchored his final newscast on WBAL-TV 11 alongside Deborah Weiner.
    Stan Stovall pictured in the WBAL newsroom on November 22, 2022. Stovall spent more that fifty years in broadcast journalism.
    3 injured in Pigtown explosion, fire department says
    Assistant Chief Roman Clark said there were three people injured, two females and one male. They are all in serious condition.
    Two firefighters walk by the scene of a home that exploded in Southwest Baltimore Tuesday afternoon.
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    Maryland state park employees complained for years about a toxic culture. They say little changed.
    Current and former park employees say Maryland State Park Superintendent Nita Settina and other officials knew about problems at Gunpowder Falls State Park, but failed to take substantive action.
    Nita Settina, Maryland Park Service Superintendent, speaks at an 2017 event in Dorchester County.
    Controversial assistant manager at Gunpowder Falls State Park is ‘no longer employed with DNR’
    The agency confirms that Dean Hughes’ former boss, park manager Michael Browning, who is in jail awaiting trial on rape charges, is on leave without pay.
    Dean Hughes, shown at a 2016 event, began working in the park system in 2009 and became assistant park manager at Gunpowder Falls State Park in 2015. He recently left the agency amid questions about his conduct.
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