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Child safety advocate offers advice to protect children online during the summer 07/08/2025 08:40pm • With children out of school and sometimes left home alone, a child safety expert said summertime is a time of year when predators are working hard to exploit young people online. Callahan Walsh, a nationally known child safety advocate and executive director of the National Center for Missing and Former Alexandria day care teacher physically abused kids, report finds 07/08/2025 04:29pm • A former teacher at an Alexandria, Virginia, day care center physically punished young children, hitting them in the face, and on their arms and legs, according to a new state report. The incidents occurred over several months at the Two Birds location on King Street in Old Town, according to a V DC mayor toughens summer curfew after 20 teens charged with fireworks offenses 07/08/2025 03:00pm • After nearly two dozen kids were arrested around the District for being disorderly and launching fireworks over the Fourth of July weekend, D.C.���s mayor has signed a law that expands curfews for young people. Following approval by the D.C. Council, Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the expanded curfew Fairfax County parents spoke up about antisemitic bullying. They say it got their kids expelled 07/07/2025 05:59pm • Three kids who attended a Fairfax County private school were expelled after their parents complained about antisemitic bullying, according to a new complaint filed with the Virginia Attorney General's office. In the 22-page filing, Brian Vazquez and Ashok Roy said their 11-year-old daughter faced Fairfax Co. schools offering free mental health consults this summer for students and parents 07/07/2025 05:04am • Virginia���s largest school district is offering parents and some students free mental wellness consultations this summer. Until Aug. 1, Fairfax County parents and middle and high school students can sign up for 45-minute virtual meetings with school social workers and psychologists. ���During How Lady Liberty became a beacon for immigrants 07/06/2025 10:45am • ��� Watch Video: How Lady Liberty became a beacon for immigrants At the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., stands a 46-inch-tall model of an American icon ��� the Statue of Liberty ��� whose origin story may surprise you. "When this idea began, it was really about liberty; i Arlington parents concerned about elementary school losing Title I status 07/03/2025 07:25pm • Two Arlington schools previously categorized as Title I campuses won���t be eligible for that designation in the fall, a change that some parents are concerned about the consequences of. Abingdon and Hoffman-Boston elementary schools will no longer qualify for the extra federal funding that c DC Council votes to move teen curfew earlier for the summer 07/03/2025 06:30pm • After instances of groups of teens fighting and destroying property at the Wharf, and other spots, a call was issued for expanded curfews for young people. On Tuesday, the D.C. Council answered that call by approving a proposal by Mayor Muriel Bowser to change the citywide curfew to 11 p.m. for t DC prepares for Fourth of July celebrations 07/03/2025 05:47pm • Watch it live on WTOP.com: "A Capitol Fourth" ��� the star-spangled concert on the National Mall, followed by an Independence Day fireworks show. The dazzling lineup starts 8 p.m. on Friday, July 4.�� A lot of people will converge on the nation���s capital on the Fourth of July for several big ev What's in store for Prince George's Co. schools under new interim superintendent 07/03/2025 05:03am • He���s been on the job for a week, but he���s back in a familiar building. Prince George's Co. public schools' interim superintendent Shawn Joseph said his experience within the school system provides him some of the insight he needs to lead ��� even without a long-term commitment. Joseph sai 16 men 'caught in the web' of a police sting targeting child predators in Fairfax County 07/02/2025 10:50pm • A two-month sting in Fairfax County, Virginia, aimed at catching online predators that target children, has resulted in 16 arrests. It was called ���Operation Caught in the Web,��� and Fairfax County police said the suspects ranged between the ages of 20 and 65, adding that they came to the count Fairfax Co. inches closer to demolition of old Clifton Elementary School 07/01/2025 08:42pm • A Northern Virginia elementary school that hasn���t been used in over a decade is now closer to being demolished. Clifton Elementary School, which sits on both Fairfax County and Town of Clifton property, hasn���t been open in 15 years. It was deemed uninhabitable when it closed, but ���no one di 'Crunchy teen' wellness trend: Attempts to eat healthfully actually full of risk, says Va. provider 07/01/2025 02:43pm • The rising "crunchy teen" trend, which rejects conventional food norms in favor of extreme, nature-focused eating habits, is fueling extreme food beliefs and misinformation, according to Christie Youssef, a family medicine practitioner with Kaiser Permanente, in Fairfax, Virginia. "Teens are embr What laws go into effect in Virginia, Maryland and DC on July 1? 06/30/2025 07:59am • Dozens of new laws just took effect in Virginia, Maryland and D.C. on Tuesday, July 1. The legislation deals with education, health care and other topics that impact D.C.-area residents daily. Many of the incoming laws take on rapidly developing technology, such as artificial intelligence. Pride Prom where everyone is affirmed, supported and inclusive 06/28/2025 09:03am • Students from all around the D.C. region went to the Torpedo Factory in Old Town Alexandria in Virginia for Safe Space NOVA���s Pride Prom. Amy Cannava, senior program manager for Safe Space NOVA, has spearheaded the event since its beginning in 2018. ���We welcome any youth ��� rising ninth g