Search

Spanking can worsen a child's behavior and do real harm, study finds 06/28/2021 06:34pm • Physical punishment does not appear to improve a child's positive behavior or social competence over time, according to a review of 69 studies from the US, Canada, China, Colombia, Greece, Japan, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. The review, published Monday in the journal Lancet, found Tips for workers uncomfortable with returning to the office 06/28/2021 04:30am • More businesses are having workers return to the office, and some people might be uncomfortable with that. A D.C.-area doctor has advice for how to cope with that returning-to-work anxiety. ���This is a stressful situation to get back, post-pandemic, to work," Dr. Sunil Budhrani said. "It���s imp What a chameleon has to do with combatting distracted driving 06/23/2021 03:17pm • High school student Nathan Ong's radio ad points out that chameleons can focus their eyes on two things at once. Human beings, on the other hand, can't. "Unless you're a chameleon, there's absolutely no way you can focus on texting and driving at the same time," the ad says. It's one of the wi Officer claims Fairfax Co. prosecutors withholding evidence, asks stun gun case be dismissed 06/22/2021 06:02am • Lawyers for Fairfax County police officer Tyler Timberlake are asking a judge to dismiss the excessive force case against him, claiming prosecutors continue to withhold evidence that would support Timberlake's defense. Prosecutors and the defense agree that on June 5, 2020, in the Mount Vernon ar Baltimore native uses life experiences to motivate work as advocate for Black men 06/21/2021 04:47am • Baltimore native David Miller is a father of three, a youth development consultant and the head of the Dare to Be King Project. (Courtesy David Miller) While a student at Morgan State University, David Miller watched his best friend get gunned down while standing right next to him in West Baltim ���20 is Plenty���: Montgomery County pilot program aims to reduce speeds on area roads 06/17/2021 02:43pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, announced a new pilot program as part of its Vision Zero project to eliminate traffic fatalities by 2030. The new "20 is Plenty" effort will lower speeds to 20 miles per hour on five county roads in Germantown, Silver Spring and North Bethesda. Montgomery County Ex New Virginia laws aimed at boosting safety for cyclists start July 1 06/17/2021 09:07am • Bicycle safety is a constant concern across the D.C. area, and two new Virginia laws going into effect on July 1 aim to address it. One of the laws will require drivers across the state to switch lanes if they can't maintain at least three feet of distance when passing cyclists ��� even if that m Right now in Iceland: Hot lava and a warm welcome 06/17/2021 05:03am • Just a 25-minute car ride from Iceland's Keflavik International Airport, a hiking trail winds over two miles to a view of what's quite possibly the greatest show on Earth right now. Iceland's newest active volcano, Geldingadalur, rumbles up -- at regular intervals for the moment -- into a fountai Brooks Koepka vs. Bryson DeChambeau: Why everyone is talking about golf's new rivalry 06/17/2021 02:57am • It began with a look of pure annoyance and frustration, spiraled into a meme and then a beer company got involved. Yes, everybody is talking about the ongoing spat between golfers Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau. A video clip of Koepka losing his train of thought "hearing that bulls**t" as De Cicadas and your pets 06/14/2021 04:13pm • This content is sponsored by Rocky Gorge Animal Hospital. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Incredibles, and Meet the Fockers were released in the movies, the Summer Olympics were held in Greece, gas was $2.10, and trillions of Brood X cicadas dug down and hibernated for a subterranea 'It's just absurd': Priest at the Lafayette Square protest speaks out about internal report on violence used 06/13/2021 09:00pm • An Episcopal priest at the Lafayette Square protest a little over a year ago is speaking out against an internal report released on the violence used to clear the area. The Rev. Gini Gerbasi, rector at St. John's Episcopal Church in Georgetown, was there during it all. "I find it not remotely Former college swimmer on trans representation 06/12/2021 08:12am • ▶ Watch Video: Former NCAA swimmer Schuyler Bailar discusses attacks on transgender Americans' civil liberties When Schuyler Bailar is in the water, he has an out-of-body experience. Bailar, a former award-winning swimmer at Harvard University, said this sharpens his attention and h Documents: DC crime lab says it never concealed findings 06/11/2021 02:09pm • Shell casings on display for analysis at the D.C. forensics lab's Firearms Examination Unit are seen in a September 2019 photo. (WTOP/Megan Cloherty) Defending itself against allegations of ���fraudulent behavior��� that led to the loss of its accreditation, D.C.'s embattled crime lab says it ne Judge orders Loudoun schools to reinstate teacher, calls suspension unconstitutional, 'vindictive' 06/08/2021 02:09pm • Loudoun County Public Schools has been ordered by a judge to reinstate physical education teacher Byron Tanner Cross, who was suspended days after telling the school board he would not refer to transgender students by their preferred pronouns because of his religious beliefs. In his ruling, Loudo DC's Black Lives Matter mural: 1 year later 06/04/2021 04:43pm • Artist Keyonna Jones on Black Lives Matter Plaza. (Courtesy Dianne Butts/Keyonna Jones) It's been a year since artist Keyonna Jones took part in the painting of the Black Lives Matter mural on 16th Street, at what's been officially named Black Lives Matter Plaza within sight of the White House.