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What security measures will be in place for military parade, festival in DC 06/09/2025 06:52pm • There will be tight security in place for this weekend���s festival and parade celebrating the U.S. Army, and for some the security is beyond what they are used to. If you���re coming to the parade or festival celebrating the Army's 250th anniversary, there are separate security entrances for eac Parents explain why they bring their children to WorldPride 06/08/2025 05:06pm • It may be the last day of WorldPride in D.C., but Pride celebrations will go on throughout the month of June. While some attend Pride events with the special person in their lives, others go with friends or co-workers. But, there are many that also go as a family, and they bring their children alon ���If you fall silent, the country is doomed���: CBS News��� Scott Pelley stresses courage as network faces pressure campaign 06/08/2025 07:23am • (CNN) ��� A climate of fear is perceptible in the United States today, and it must be resisted no matter what, CBS News correspondent Scott Pelley says. ���People are silencing themselves for fear that the government will retaliate against them, and that���s not the America that we all love,��� P Prince George's Co. schools honor graduating high school moms with special ceremony 06/07/2025 01:40pm • More than 30 Prince George's County, Maryland, high school students were recognized Friday night with the first-ever special commencement ceremony for teenage mothers in the District who got pregnant during high school, kept their babies and still pushed on to graduate. The auditorium at Central DC Public Schools introduces bell-to-bell cellphone ban for next school year 06/06/2025 04:34am • Citing success at schools that already have strict cellphone policies, D.C. is banning cellphones for students in middle and high schools starting this fall. The new policy, which is scheduled to go into effect Aug. 25, is a bell-to-bell ban. Secondary students won���t be able to use their device How a DC student is making sports more accessible for her peers 06/05/2025 07:45pm • As she entered her 10th grade year at Sidwell Friends School in D.C., Caroline Mohamadi had just finished an internship with a local nonprofit that inspired her. The nonprofit, Leveling The Playing Field, collects donated sports equipment and other items and distributes them to schools, kids Virginia���s federal lawmakers want to make childbirth free 06/05/2025 08:02am • Childbirth can cost thousands of dollars, with certain conditions also posing extra costs for parents-to-be who have private health insurance. New legislation proposed by Virginia���s Capitol Hill lawmakers and their colleagues could prevent cost-sharing for prenatal, childbirth, neonatal, perina Fairfax Co. reports fewest deadly opioid overdoses since 2015 06/04/2025 04:41pm • After sounding the alarm about a rise in opioid overdoses early last year, Fairfax County, Virginia, reported its fewest fatal opioid overdoses since 2015, according to preliminary data. There were 71 fatal opioid overdoses last year, down from a record 117 in 2023. Notably, there weren't any ove What cellphone bans won���t fix in Virginia classrooms 06/04/2025 02:44pm • Virginia���s new law banning cellphones in the classroom just took effect, with more school systems around the D.C. region getting ready to implement similar bans after testing different ways to do it. Those in favor of classroom cellphone bans say fewer distractions during class should improve a Do you have a 'living room' or 'bedroom' kid? Local clinical psychologist explains 06/04/2025 01:10am • It���s a topic that parents and others are talking a lot about lately on social media. Do you have children who are mostly ���living room��� or ���bedroom��� kids? It���s not a topic that���s just about a child���s safety, but it focuses a lot on family dynamics, culture, age and personality. All Could DC's budget cuts 'de-Throne' public restroom program? 06/02/2025 09:35pm • You may have heard of or even used the high-tech bathrooms by Throne Labs, which are currently set up in seven spots in D.C. including Navy Yard, Dupont Circle and Columbia Heights. The stand-alone public bathrooms that you can open with your phone were set up as part of a pilot program last Lawsuit filed in Frederick County concerning alleged sexual assault of student athlete 05/30/2025 10:52pm • A lawsuit filed earlier this week in Frederick County, Maryland, alleges that a member of the Brunswick High School Boys' Lacrosse team was sexually assaulted by several teammates in an unsupervised athletic locker room in April. The suit was filed by the young man's parents. It accuses school of Microsoft reaches union agreement for workers at Rockville-based ZeniMax 05/30/2025 03:20pm • The Communications Workers of America has reached a tentative labor agreement with Microsoft covering workers at Rockville, Maryland-based video game maker ZeniMax Media. The contract covers 300 quality assurance workers at ZeniMax���s video game subsidiary. Workers will vote on ratification by J Man charged for stabbing Bowie High student 05/29/2025 05:34pm • A man has been arrested and charged for stabbing a Bowie High School student on Wednesday, police said. In a news release on Wednesday night, police in Bowie, Maryland, said they responded to a call around 2:30 p.m. for a "dispute among several youths" in the parking lot of the high school. There State lawmakers chew on possible food safety updates for Virginia in wake of federal cuts 05/29/2025 10:58am • Since taking his post in President Donald Trump���s cabinet, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spearheaded a national movement to ���make America healthy again,��� including a plan to phase out synthetic dyes from foods, which have been linked to adverse effects i