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Boys' volleyball takes the court at Fairfax County high schools 08/10/2024 05:01am • For years, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia didn���t offer volleyball teams for boys. That changed last week when several county high schools hosted tryouts. The school district has added boys��� varsity volleyball teams to each of its 28 high school athletic programs for the 2024-25 sch How this Howard U. alum's nonprofit is making transitions into college smoother for students in need 08/09/2024 02:57pm • It���s the time of year where kids are going off to college, and in most cases, those new students will have a parent to help them move in, make sure they have what they need in their dorms, and then send a few other things to help them get by as the school year begins. But what if you grew up bo DC area ranks No. 7 for new apartment construction 08/09/2024 08:54am • The U.S. will set a record for new apartment deliveries for the third year in a row, with developers on track to complete more than 518,000 new rental units in 2024, according to a new report compiled by RentCafe. That is a 9% increase over new apartment unit deliveries in 2023 and 30% more than Montgomery Co. schools set to achieve hiring goals for new year, superintendent says 08/08/2024 11:20am • Montgomery County's recently appointed school Superintendent Thomas Taylor is excited about the coming school year. At the weekly briefing held by Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, Taylor declared, "This is going to be a great school year!" Taylor said the school system's goal has been New signs for confusing stretch of I-395 in DC could still be years away 08/08/2024 04:27am • Erratic driving and crashes on the Southeast-Southwest Freeway at the 3rd Street Tunnel could continue for several more years as D.C.'s interstate renumbering plan stalls. At the Southeast-Southwest Freeway's midpoint, the quirky divergence of Interstate 395 at Interstate 695 contributes to a July 4th fire was 'the worst thing that could possibly happen.' Now, this Montgomery Co. women's shelter is reopening 08/07/2024 04:20pm • A month after a Montgomery County, Maryland, women's shelter caught fire, the Interfaith Works Women���s Center on Crabbs Branch Way reopened Wednesday, welcoming 37 women back home. ���We did not foresee ��� that something like this would happen,��� said N���Jeri Henry, Interfaith Works deputy d 'Better use for these jerseys': Potomac teen changes lives of youth soccer players around the world 08/07/2024 03:06pm • A Potomac, Maryland, teen has sent thousands of soccer jerseys to kids in need from around the world. Now she's being recognized for her efforts. Sydney Mednik and her sister, Ashley, noticed the number of soccer jerseys growing in the back of their closet and thought there might be a better use DC's Cherry Blossom Festival tops pre-pandemic levels this year 08/07/2024 10:50am • D.C.'s Cherry Blossom Festival drew 1.6 million visitors, topping pre-pandemic numbers. The National Cherry Blossom Festival drew 1.6 million visitors this year, topping the pre-pandemic 1.5 million visitors in 2019, and those visitors stayed longer and spent more, according to the numbers releas These fish are everywhere. Maryland only wants them on your dinner plate 08/07/2024 05:13am • While there have been improvements, there remains a fragile ecosystem within the Chesapeake Bay. Among the growing problems are some of the animals that live and swim in those waters. That's because they're not supposed to be in those waters but have found their way in and really enjoy it. When should athletes with concussions get moving again? Virginia school system updates protocol 08/06/2024 04:30pm • From vaping, the cost of school supplies to cellphone policies, the WTOP team is studying up on hot-button topics in education across the D.C. region. Follow on air and online in our series�����WTOP Goes Back to School�����this August and September. Prince William County Public Schools has update Mobile exhibit that could change the future of health care visits DC area 08/06/2024 02:47pm • Historically, some groups of people have been left out of medical research, but a mobile exhibit that's visiting the D.C. area this week aims to change that. The National Institutes of Health launched the All of Us research program in 2018 to build a large, diverse database for researchers. Dr 'I believe in myself': An Afghan refugee built a new life in Old Town Alexandria one stitch at a time 08/06/2024 11:11am • Down a set of stairs on North Alfred Street in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, is a storefront where a refugee from Afghanistan got his new start. The name of the store, BARG Garments, is also significant, because it���s the name of the successful brand Reza Mohammadi established in his home count Voltaggio brothers Bryan and Michael on when to expect new Md. restaurant, menu changes at steakhouse 08/06/2024 08:20am • Growing up in Frederick and Prince George���s counties in Maryland, celebrity chefs Bryan Voltaggio and Michael Voltaggio ��� known together as the Voltaggio brothers ��� first got their start in the food industry at a Holiday Inn. In an interview with WTOP, Bryan joked that the hotel, which has Do you know who Mary McLeod Bethune is? New exhibition explores her work and legacy 08/06/2024 07:35am • Mary McLeod Bethune was a civil rights activist and founder of the National Council of Negro Women, an educator who, against insurmountable odds, opened a school in 1904 for Black girls in Florida, and a member of a group of informal advisers to then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt��known as the "Bl Team USA gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik's Paris Olympics success sparks interest at Prince William Co. gym 08/06/2024 06:16am • For years, Olympic men's gymnastics have sweat in the shadows of women's Olympic performances ��� but that may be changing. And it could all be thanks to a glasses-wearing, Rubik's Cube-solving gymnast who also rules the pommel horse. Helena Thorpe, one of the owners of the Youth Sports Gymnas