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Cellphone rules change for Fairfax Co. students this fall 06/17/2022 10:57am • Cellphones will be banned in most places when public school students return to classes at the end of summer break in Fairfax County, Virginia. The Fairfax County School Board voted 8-4 Thursday to ban cellphones during class and in bathrooms and locker rooms, other than for emergencies. High s Jonathan Allen doesn't intend to let Jack Del Rio's comments affect his play 06/14/2022 01:10pm • Allen doesn't intend to let Del Rio's comments affect his play originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonHours after Commanders coach Ron Rivera expressed a desire to move on from the controversy that Jack Del Rio created last week, Jonathan Allen followed suit on Tuesday, albeit in a mu Meet the candidates for DC mayor: Muriel Bowser 06/14/2022 04:26am • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is seeking a third term in this year's race for the executive office. Primary day is just around the corner: June 21. Meet the candidates for DC mayor: Muriel Bowser Meet the candidates for DC mayor: James Butler Meet the candidates for DC mayor: Rod Column: Hey, Jack Del Rio — what happened to 'stick to sports'? 06/09/2022 04:10am • Stick to sports. If only the Washington Commanders could. Under multiple monikers now, Washington's NFL franchise has spent the better part of two decades neck deep in off-field controversy coupled with lousy play on a lousy field in a dilapidated stadium. So the last thing they needed was defens DC Sports Huddle: Did Jack Del Rio just cause a schism in the Commanders locker room? 06/08/2022 05:45pm • Washington Commanders organized team activities were overshadowed by defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio doubling down on controversial comments about the Jan. 6 insurrection at the United States Capitol. Can the Burgundy and Gold defense overcome this distraction or will Del Rio lose the locker room How to watch the Tau Herculids meteor storm 05/29/2022 06:58pm • The forecast predicts clear skies in the D.C. area for Monday night into Tuesday, and that is a good thing for avid skywatchers. Why? Because there's a chance we may see a rare astronomical event called a meteor storm. Comet 73P/Schwassman-Wachmann 3 broke up in 1995 and continued to fragment. H Natasha Cloud's emotional reaction to Texas school shooting 05/25/2022 01:44pm • Cloud's emotional reaction to Texas school shooting originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThe Washington Mystics organization held another media blackout following the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas to discuss gun violence and to stress their pleas for government acti ‘The distraction factor is insane’: Md. highway administration worker struck on job urges drivers to use care 05/25/2022 11:32am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. A year ago, State Highway Administration worker Ronnie Wright’s truck was rammed by pickup truck. Although the incident hasn’t changed Brain fog: What causes it? How can it be treated? 05/25/2022 10:00am • A few months ago, Gianna Biscontini, a board-certified behavior analyst, author and coach based in Los Angeles, noticed a change in how her brain was working. "I noticed a cognitive decline. I began to miss meetings, leave my stove and sprinkler on and stumble over my words." When thinking back on t Megabus driver swerved to avoid another vehicle, Md. state police say 05/23/2022 09:38pm • A preliminary investigation by Maryland State Police finds the driver of a coach bus that overturned on Interstate 95 in Baltimore County Sunday morning swerved to avoid another vehicle and lost control. The police said the bus was in the right lane of southbound I-95 at the time. When the driver Ford's 'Driving Skills for Life' course helps DC area teens steer away from danger 05/21/2022 03:43pm • For teenagers and children in the U.S., motor vehicle crashes are the second leading cause of death. This weekend, teens in the D.C. area are getting behind the wheel at a special driving course aimed at preventing those accidents. "The screeching sound kind of scared me at first," said Kelly Spe State report blasts Virginia’s public schools 05/19/2022 01:01pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. A Virginia Department of Education report released Thursday morning slammed the state of the commonwealth’s public schools, saying expe Woman killed in 3-vehicle crash on I-95 in Springfield identified 05/16/2022 11:36am • The woman who died in last week's fatal three-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 in Springfield, Virginia, was identified Monday by Virginia State Police. According to authorities, Ciera T. Berry, 28, of Triangle, was driving a Nissan Altima south on I-95 around 3:30 a.m. when she tried to change lan May is motorcycle safety month in Md.; police to offer free riding classes next month 05/10/2022 03:56am • Are your car's mirrors angled so you can see as much road as possible behind you? Now is a great time to adjust them. Gov. Larry Hogan has proclaimed May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in Maryland. That has the Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration's Highway Good, bad news about the death toll on Md. roads 04/18/2022 03:43pm • Marylanders admit to having some potentially deadly habits behind the wheel, and those habits took a lot of lives last year. In 2021, there were 557 roadway fatalities in Maryland. While that number is down 2.8% from 2020, state officials say it is still not good news. “Tragically, we lost 3