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For two decades, some Maryland families who lost loved ones on 9/11 have been fighting for answers.https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2021/09/10/not-giving-up-20-years-later-families-of-maryland-9-11-victims-still-demanding-answers-about-who-funded-terror-attacks/ …

It was 2001, just weeks after the twin towers at the World Trade Center fell, and 10-year-old Shahana Hanif and her sister were walking to the local mosque in Brooklyn, New York. Frightened, they ran.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/arab-muslim-americans-discrimination-islamophobia-terrorist/ …

The Community College of Baltimore County's Transportation Training Center program will expand from 18 to 28 students, thanks to nearly $124,000 in federal funding, according to a statement from Sen. Chris Van Hollen's office Friday.https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2021/09/10/ccbc-to-get-more-money-to-train-vets-to-get-commercial-drivers-licenses/ …

Milwaukee has become the latest school district to require all staff to be vaccinated. The decision was made during a special school board meeting Thursday and all school district employees will need to be vaccinated by Nov. 11.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/milwaukee-school-covid-vaccine-mandate-100-dollar-incentives/ …

Maryland Athletics released a report that analyzed the economic and fiscal impacts associated with Maryland Football.https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2021/09/10/maryland-athletics-releases-report-of-economic-and-fiscal-impact-of-football-program/ …

Struggling to breathe and visibly exhausted lying in a hospital bed, Megan Alexandra Blankenbiller pleaded with her followers in her final TikTok video last month to get vaccinated. She had not — and nine days after posting the final video, she died.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-woman-tiktok-covid-vaccine/ …

A new map has been added to the website and it shows the percentage of people that have been vaccinated in different community statistical areas.https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2021/09/10/baltimore-city-releases-new-covid-19-dashboard-and-vaccine-incentive/ …

President Biden responded Friday to a pledge by some Republicans to sue over an incoming rule issued by the Labor Department requiring businesses with more than 100 employees to require that workers be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-vaccine-mandate-republican-governors-threaten-sue/ …

"I am deeply concerned about the reported staffing challenges impacting Anne Arundel County Public Schools," said AACO Executive Steuart Pittman in a statement released on twitter.https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2021/09/10/anne-arundel-county-executive-releases-statement-in-regards-to-school-bus-driver-shortages/ …

Coronavirus is taking a deadly toll on pregnant people and fetuses in Mississippi. Officials announced on Wednesday that the rate of stillbirths in the state has doubled since the pandemic began last year.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-stillbirths-mississippi/ …

Oficials announced that 52-year-old Thomas Stemen of Churchton was sentenced to ten years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for stabbing a woman with a semen-filled syringe outside a grocery store.https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2021/09/10/thomas-stemen-sentenced-to-ten-years-for-stabbing-a-woman-with-semen-filled-syringe/ …

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' ban on school mask mandates will remain in place as the measure faces legal challenges in court, an appeals court ruled Friday. The order reverses a judge's decision to put the governor's ban on hold.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-mask-mandate-florida-ban-upheld-2021-09-10/ …