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In an effort to make sure that every child is kindergarten-ready, Prince George’s County kicked off its program that hopes to promote early childhood education and reading.
Asa Coleman Patton’s grandmother brought him to the “Smart Start for Babies” kick off on Thursday, May 3, 2018, in Cheverly, Maryland.
(WTOP/Kate Ryan)
WTOP/Kate Ryan
Students and faculty at George Mason University want leaders to take action in response to recent revelations that problematic gift agreements were made with big money donors.
(WTOP/Kristi King)
WTOP/Kristi King
Two eastern box turtles were saved from a fire in Prince George’s County on Wednesday by a Park Ranger.
(Courtesy Michael Ellis)
Courtesy Michael Ellis
A tractor-trailer carrying pallets of honeybees crashes on I-495 in Fairfax County, unleashing bees when a strap broke due to the crash.
(Courtesy Virginia State Police)
Courtesy Virginia State Police
Crews fight flames at the Forest Glen Senior Apartments in the 14400 block of Woodmere Court in Centreville Wednesday afternoon.
(Courtesy Fairfax County Fire and Rescue)
Courtesy Fairfax County Fire and Rescue
A recent WTOP story on D.C.’s 40 boundary stones — which showed that many are in various states of disrepair — inspired some Prince George’s County firefighters to clean up the area around one stone.
Firefighters enlisted the Hyattsville Home Depot, which donated soil, mulch and flowers for the spot.
(Courtesy Prince George’s County Fire Department)
Courtesy Prince George’s County Fire Department
In recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Krav Maga in Capitol Hill hosted a women’s self-defense seminar Saturday.
(WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
WTOP/Kathy Stewart
Two ramps at the Capitol Reflecting Pool, made to keep ducklings from drowning, were so successful last year, they’re being brought back this spring.
(WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
WTOP/Kathy Stewart
In this Tuesday, May 1, 2018, file photo, passengers are rescued from the stopped Flying Dinosaur rollercoaster at Universal Studios Japan amusement park in Osaka, western Japan. Sixty-four passengers were left hanging in the air for up to two hours after the rollercoaster made an emergency stop. The amusement park said the rollercoaster’s two carriages stalled midway through the 1,100-meter (yard) ride, with riders suspended in a flying position about 30 meters (100 feet) above the ground.
(Chika Oshima/Kyodo News via AP, File)
Chika Oshima/Kyodo News via AP, File
In this Monday, April 30, 2018, file photo, a Nepalese woman light oil lamp at Boudhanath Stupa during Buddha Jayanti or Buddha purnima in Kathmandu, Nepal. The festival marks the triple events of Gautam Buddha’s life: his birth, his enlightenment and his attaining a state of Nirvana that frees believers from the circle of death and rebirth.
(AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)
AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File
In this March 2, 2018 photo, an Andean man rests with his llama on Rainbow Mountain in Pitumarca, Peru. Tourists gasp for breath as they climb for two hours to the 16,404-foot (5,000-meter) peak in the Peruvian Andes, but stunned by the magical beauty that unfurls before them.
(AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
AP Photo/Martin Mejia
Residents collect seaweeds during a clean up drive along the beachfront as the government implements the temporary closure of the country’s most famous beach resort island of Boracay, in central Aklan province, Philippines, Thursday, April 26, 2018. Boracay, famed for its white-sand beaches, closes for up to six months to recover from overcrowding and development.
(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
AP Photo/Aaron Favila
Umm Mizrah, a 25-year-old Yemeni woman, holds her son Mizrah on a scale in Al-Sadaqa Hospital in the southern Yemen city of Aden in this Feb. 13, 2018 photo. The woman, who is nearly into the second trimester of her pregnancy, weighed 38 kilograms (84 pounds), severely underweight. Mizrah, who was 17 months old, weighed 5.8 kilograms (12.8 pounds), around half the normal weight for his age.
(AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty
This photo provided by Hawaii Electric Light shows lava flowing over Mohala Street in the Leilani Estates area near Pahoa on the Big Island of Hawaii Friday, May 4, 2018. Nearly 1,500 people have fled from their homes after Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano sent molten lava chewing through forests and bubbling up on paved streets in an eruption that one resident described as “a curtain of fire.”
(Hawaii Electric Light via AP)