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How much higher can food prices go? An expert tells us what to expect 04/17/2022 01:22pm • Last week, the U.S. Labor Department said that its consumer price index jumped 8.5% in March from a year earlier — the sharpest year-over-year increase since 1981. Today, a dollar does not go as far as it used to, especially at the grocery store. Food prices continue to rise along with the cost Suit seeks to overturn renewed Philadelphia mask mandate 04/16/2022 06:04pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Several businesses and residents have filed suit in state court in Pennsylvania seeking to overturn Philadelphia's renewed indoor mask mandate scheduled to be enforced beginning Monday in an effort to halt a surge in COVID-19 infections. The lawsuit, filed in Commonwealth Co 14-year-old girl shot at high school carnival in Prince William Co. 04/16/2022 03:00pm • A 14-year-old girl has been wounded and hospitalized after a shooting at a carnival on the campus of Gar-Field High School in Woodbridge, Virginia, Friday night. In a news release, Prince William County officials said that around 9:22 p.m. Friday, off-duty officers assigned to carnival security h Traffic restrictions, road closures for Emancipation Day in DC 04/16/2022 12:00pm • D.C. is set to celebrate Emancipation Day on Saturday with a parade, music, food and fireworks. There will be some street closures and parking restrictions in the area where the festivities are taking place. Here's what you need to know. The following streets will be posted as Emergency No Parkin 'We're at a turning point': New Fairfax Co. schools superintendent tours her first classrooms 04/15/2022 05:30pm • The newly selected superintendent of Fairfax County schools walked into her first Virginia classroom on Friday morning. WTOP was the first to sit down with her for an interview. Michelle Reid comes to the D.C. region from the Northshore School District in Bothell, Washington, where she has Stafford Co. day care owner arrested after toddlers exposed to THC in crackers 04/15/2022 10:39am • A day care owner was arrested Thursday after several toddlers were hospitalized for exposure to THC — the main psychoactive compound in cannabis that gets you high — in Stafford County, Virginia. Three one-year-old children were taken to the emergency room at Stafford Hospital Center earlier Youngkin vetoes bill related to I-95 winter traffic disaster 04/15/2022 10:11am • Among 26 bills vetoed by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin this week was one addressing the January traffic disaster on Interstate 95 that left hundreds of drivers stranded, some for more than 24 hours. The bill was aimed at preventing a repeat of the icy gridlock on I-95 that was caused by an intense Prince George's Co. sees violent crime spike 04/15/2022 08:39am • Violent crime is on the rise in Prince George’s County, Maryland. A standing room only community forum at the Creative Suitland Arts Center on Thursday saw people coming together to discuss plans to turn the trend around. More Prince George's County News More Crime News I Guidelines being considered would recommend young kids be screened for anxiety 04/15/2022 01:58am • The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is considering guidelines that would recommend children as young as 8 years old be screened for anxiety; and a Burke, Virginia, child psychiatrist says it's important to recognize issues early to connect children with resources. "Anxiety conditions are Miyares files Supreme Ct. brief against Thomas Jefferson High's admissions policy 04/13/2022 06:52pm • A total of 16 attorneys general, led by Virginia's Republican attorney general Jason Miyares, filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court against the admissions practices at Fairfax County's Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. Late last month, a three-judge appeals panel ruled Va. fraternities, other college groups required to get hazing training after VCU student death 04/13/2022 02:01pm • All fraternity and sorority members in Virginia will now receive mandatory training on hazing after Gov. Glenn Younkin signed Adam's Law. The measure is named after a student who died at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2021. "He was just a lovable teddy bear," said Courtney White of her cousi Winners and losers from the 2022 General Assembly session 04/13/2022 12:59pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. In a year of such abundance, in a year when everyone is trying to look good with the next election just around the corner, it’s hard to sc Prince William officials propose further cut in tax rate, reduction in vehicle assessments 04/13/2022 12:56pm • 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. Prince William County officials are pumping the brakes on potential vehicle tax impacts fueled by racing values while reducing increases Fairfax Co. OKs $1 surcharge for taxis amid spiking gas prices 04/13/2022 11:53am • With all the pain at the pump, taxi drivers in Fairfax County, Virginia, are getting a little help amid spiking gas prices. The county's Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a measure to let them add a $1 surcharge for every trip. More Fairfax County News More Consumer News M 10 dead in DC overdoses from 'bad batch' of drugs 04/12/2022 02:54pm • Ten people are dead after a series of drug overdoses in D.C.'s Ivy City and Trinidad neighborhoods in Northeast. Seven others required emergency medical care, with some taken to the hospital and some walking away after a dose of Narcan, authorities said Tuesday. More D.C. News