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DC hospital reaches milestone using lasers to treat 'life-altering' burn scars 10/27/2022 05:31pm • ���It's so exciting for us,��� said Dr. Taryn Elise Travis a burn surgeon MedStar Washington Hospital Center. (Courtesy MedStar Washington Hospital Center) Lasers can be used to process DVD and bar code information, and measure speed and distance. But in the medical field, they are helping impro Fulbright award opens doors for Prince George's Co. teacher and his students 10/26/2022 09:10pm • Chidi Duru (far right), a teacher and science department chair at Crossland High School in Camp Springs, earned a Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program award from the State Department and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. (Courtesy Prince George's County Schools) A teacher from Chapter 7 vs. Chapter 13 Bankruptcy: Which Is Best for You? 10/25/2022 08:00pm • Bankruptcy is one of those topics that nobody wants to become an expert in, but sometimes you have no choice. The good news is that compared to 2021, there have been fewer bankruptcies in the U.S. in 2022. The bad news is that the last couple months, bankruptcies have been ticking upward. In Septemb DC mayor, police chief urge council to slow down on criminal code rewrite 10/25/2022 04:38pm • A D.C. Council committee is moving ahead with plans to debate and vote on a rewrite of the city���s criminal code, something that hasn���t been done in more than a century. There���s widespread agreement that it should be done, and nearly all of it is without controversy. But Mayor Muriel Bowser Website launched by DC-area students helps voters pick candidates 10/25/2022 02:20pm • Midterm elections are coming up in two weeks, and while many of us have decided who we are voting for, there is a new tool that will help voters who haven't picked a candidate. It was developed by local students in Maryland and D.C., and it just launched. When you first log on to Voting Buddy, yo Best Food Delivery App Companies to Work For 10/24/2022 08:00pm • Delivery apps have made it easy to get everything from fast food meals to weekly groceries delivered to your front door. Not only are the apps convenient for consumers, but they offer a flexible way to earn extra money. "I can sign in and out for work as I please around my full-time job, so it's gre Strict COVID-19 policies drive people out of Hong Kong 10/23/2022 09:00am • ▶ Watch Video: Strict COVID policies, political unrest prompt record exodus from Hong Kong Large numbers of people have left Hong Kong not only due to political unrest, but also strict COVID-19 policies. Over the past year, more than 100,000 people have left ��� a record. The exodus DC police open new cadet corps training center 10/19/2022 04:13pm • Hiring police officers right now is hard. But D.C. police say the revival of the MPD Cadet Corps program has proven extremely popular, and is providing a new source of recruits who can help fill the ranks of an understaffed department bracing for even more departures in the years to come. Pol Mayor, police chief back updates to DC���s criminal code, but voice concern 10/19/2022 01:48pm • ���There���s some things that need to be done ... to make sure that we get it right,��� D.C. police Chief Robert Contee said Wednesday of an overhaul to the District's criminal code. ���I think it���s more important that we get it right than just get it done." He made the comments during a pres Proposed DC law aims to help ensure school repairs get completed 10/19/2022 03:59am • Ward 4 Council member Janeese Lewis George and several other members of the D.C. Council are taking action to make sure maintenance issues are resolved before a repair order is closed. A new bill, called The School Work Order Integrity Amendment Act, requires the D.C. Department of General Servic Black, Hispanic students disproportionately suspended in Arlington schools, county says 10/17/2022 05:47pm • Black, Hispanic and students with disabilities in Arlington, Virginia, public schools were disproportionately suspended during the last school year, according to a report from the school system���s Office of School Climate and Culture. Gradis White, director of school climate and culture, told th What to consider when choosing over the counter hearing aids 10/17/2022 02:43pm • The Biden administration announced Monday that hearing aids are now available over the counter without a prescription at pharmacies and big box stores. They're intended for people 18 and older with mild to moderate hearing loss, and an expert has tips to help people make informed choices. "Th Downtown Silver Spring restaurant slated to reopen after fire damage 10/16/2022 04:48am • A popular restaurant in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, is reopening its doors this week after damage from a fire shut it down in early July. Copper Canyon Grill on Ellsworth Drive is slated to reopen on Oct. 18, three months after a fire in an exhaust shaft caused $350,000 to over $500,000 in Overhaul of DC���s 120-year-old ���mess��� of criminal laws presented to council 10/14/2022 06:39pm • The process of overhauling D.C.���s criminal code finally goes before the D.C. Council for the first time next week. The bill, known as the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022, ���reflects the culmination of more than 15 years of planning and hard work,��� council member Charles Allen, of Ward 6, c Animal populations plummeted over last 50 years, report says 10/14/2022 11:38am • ▶ Watch Video: Wildlife populations have declined dramatically in past 50 years, report says A shocking new report paints a grim picture of the state of the planet. The world is facing "double" emergencies, the World Wildlife Fund for Nature found, as the climate crisis deepens and ani