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Working from home has some starting to hate their jobs 10/05/2020 10:51am • A lot of people who���ve been working from home since the coronavirus pandemic have grown to like it, but not everyone. Research firm The Martec Group surveyed 1,214 employees at U.S. companies across the country, and found people who work from home fall into four categories: 16% are ���thri Why the number of cyclists, walkers hit by cars is likely to rise in coming months 10/05/2020 03:55am • The fall and approaching winter mean days are getting shorter, and traffic safety advocates note that 76% of pedestrian deaths happen after dark. That means a spike in the number of pedestrians and cyclists struck is probably on the way. "Visibility is really key for pedestrians," said Maryland M Pandemic-related cleaning products are posing increased risk to kids 09/29/2020 04:25pm • The combination of distracted parents and the use of pandemic-related cleaning products is leading to increased dangers for kids at home, the advocacy group Safe Kids Worldwide said. "Parents and caregivers balancing several priorities of home, work and virtual learning is leading to gaps in supe Puberty in a pandemic? It's not all bad news, experts say 09/29/2020 02:58am • For many, the pandemic has scrambled any sense of passing time. Parents and pediatricians know better: Babies turn into toddlers, who turn into elementary school students, who eventually hit puberty. Kids grow up no matter what happens in the outside world. "I have a number of patients who have g Q&A: How to handle technology issues with online school 09/26/2020 12:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Across the U.S., the pandemic has forced students to attend virtual school to prevent spread of the coronavirus. But the more we rely on technology, the bigger the consequences when gadgets or internet service let us down. Technology being technology, all sorts of things can go How to prevent fires at home as weather gets chilly 09/24/2020 03:47am • As those chilly, crisp fall nights have you adjusting the thermostat, making more hot meals or maybe even having candles on the table, a Montgomery County, Maryland, fire official urges caution. All of those things can also spark fires, and Pete Piringer, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service Advice for parents on kids' virtual schoolwork: 'Leave the quality up to the teacher' 09/23/2020 12:15pm • This story is part of ���Parenting in a Pandemic,��� WTOP���s continuing coverage of how parents are dealing with child care, schooling and more through the coronavirus pandemic. For many parents, the stress of juggling work from home and their children's virtual learning is overwhelming. But one Strategy shows promise in preventing military suicides 09/15/2020 05:27pm • People who serve in the military are about 21% more likely to die by suicide than civilians, but a leading national expert says one prevention strategy is showing particular promise. "Thus far, the most promising results come from a treatment called brief cognitive behavioral therapy for suicide Students and parents are rethinking higher education in a COVID world 09/10/2020 12:25pm • This content is provided by Clark A. Kendall of��Kendall Capital��in Rockville, MD. Even before COVID-19 changed the face of higher education ��� and the world ��� college and university enrollment had been dropping. Students and the parents that pay the college experience bill have already long AAA seeing last-minute interest in Labor Day travel 09/03/2020 03:45am • Traffic appears to be a wild card this Labor Day weekend amid the coronavirus pandemic. ���We���re seeing a surge in families planning last-minute trips for the holiday weekend,��� said John Townsend, manager of public and government affairs at AAA Mid-Atlantic. ���We���re seeing an upsurge in Rolls-Royce Ghost was so eerily quiet, engineers had to make it louder 09/01/2020 08:25am • Rolls-Royce unveiled its all new Ghost Tuesday, and it looks strikingly different from any Rolls-Royce that has ever come before. The Ghost is the ultra-luxury automaker's slightly smaller and somewhat less expensive sedan, and the new version is far more understated than i DC officials blame 'outside agitators' for disrupting peaceful protests 08/31/2020 07:10pm • Protesters and police converge at Black Lives Matter Plaza on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty Images) D.C.'s police chief and mayor claimed Monday that people traveling to the District with the specific intent to disrupt peaceful protests, dama Helping kids who are bummed out about the altered school experience 08/29/2020 09:21pm • This story is part of ���Parenting in a Pandemic,��� WTOP���s continuing coverage of how parents are dealing with childcare, schooling and more through the coronavirus pandemic. Kids might be frustrated or upset about starting a new school year without leaving the house or seeing their friends, b NFL, Dan Snyder respond to new misconduct claims within Washington Football Team 08/27/2020 03:12am • Several more former employees of the Washington Football Team have outlined a pervasive culture of fear and abuse, along with incidents in which cheerleaders and female employees were exploited or mistreated in the time since Dan Snyder has owned the team, The Washington Post reported. Many of th Delaware leaders push back on high-risk status after DC Health cites data 'anomaly' 08/25/2020 06:30pm • After months of tracking coronavirus metrics, many states have seen so-called spikes, which are often due to a slew of positive tests being reported on a single day. In Delaware's case, that data fluctuation landed the coastal state on D.C.'s high-risk travel list, which the City of Rehoboth mayor s