The body of a 33-foot-long humpback whale washed up at Assateague National Seashore this week. It’s the 10th dead whale to be found along the coasts of the mid-Atlantic over recent weeks. The whale was likely struck by a boat, a NOAA spokeswoman said.

It's been a half century since Liz Murphy and Linda Malat Tiburzi were raped and tortured by their teacher at the Catholic Community Middle School in South Baltimore. Yet their quest for justice is not over.

Baltimore Circuit Judge Robert K. Taylor Jr. will oversee proceedings regarding the release of an investigation detailing the “sexual abuse” and “physical torture” of more than 600 children and teens at the hands of 158 Catholic priests.

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State Sen. Jill P. Carter and Del. Jheanelle K. Wilkins plan to introduce legislation that would prevent law enforcement officers convicted of felonies from collecting pensions, a move spurred by the news that a former longtime state parks official facing rape charges will begin collecting a $94,500 pension while in jail.

Citing state and federal rules that protect grand jury materials, a Baltimore judge ordered proceedings to remain secret in the legal effort to release an investigation into the history sexual abuse within the Catholic Church of Baltimore.

State employees are eligible to collect pensions even if they have been indicted for or convicted of a crime, according to a state pension system official. Fired workers also qualify.

The survivors and advocates include two women who say they were violently raped by a priest while students at Archbishop Keough High School. The women decried the fact that church leaders have been able to read the report while they — victims whose testimony helped investigators — have been barred from seeing it.

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.

Lawyers for the women featured in the 2017 documentary series file motion to support the disclosure of the 456-page state investigation.

Former parks employees say that Nita Settina failed to take action when alerted to deeply-entrenched problems at Gunpowder Falls State Park, where the former manager has been indicted on charges related to the alleged rapes of two employees.

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.

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.

All but one of Maryland’s congressional incumbents cruised to victory Tuesday, with Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen fending off a challenge from Republican Chris Chaffee and Congressman Andy Harris— the lone Republican in the state’s congressional delegation— besting Democrat Heather Mizeur.

Democratic lawmakers requested the independent investigation after The Baltimore Banner last week published an investigation revealing years of complaints about misconduct, favoritism and retaliation by leaders at the state’s largest park.

Officials said this week that Dean Hughes had been placed on leave from his position as the park’s assistant manager “until further notice.”

Citing their ‘horror’ over what they called the ‘systemic abuse of employees’ at Maryland’s largest state park, two legislators are questioning a state agency’s handling of repeated complaints there.

A Baltimore County grand jury has indicted Michael J. Browning, the longtime manager of Gunpowder Falls State Park, with raping and sexually assaulting two women, both former park employees.

For three decades, Michael J. Browning wielded so much power at Gunpowder Falls State Park that it was called "The Kingdom." Now, as Browning faces charges that he raped a former employee at the park, more than a dozen former employees are describing a reign marked by bullying, intimidation, harassment and favoritism.

About 60 residents of Catonsville’s Charlestown Senior Living community spent yesterday morning listening to a discussion about LGBTQ+ issues.