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6 people arrested after large group of teens descend on DC's Wharf 04/22/2025 11:23am • Six people have been arrested after "multiple large groups of juveniles" descended on The Wharf in Southwest D.C. on Friday night, police said. Five teens were arrested for disorderly conduct and another was arrested for assaulting a police officer, according to D.C. police. No serious injurie Caregiving responsibilities come with added baggage at work: A negative stigma 04/21/2025 11:25am • Juggling a job with responsibilities of caring for aging parents or other individuals with needs is a strain on the millions of working Americans now doing it, but it also comes with added pressure at work. Alexandria, Virginia-based The Society for Human Resource Management interviewed caregiver Canada's Tim Hortons plans Maryland locations 04/21/2025 10:06am • Canadian fast food chain Tim Hortons, whose cross-border expansion has taken it to a dozen U.S. states, including one in Norfolk, Virginia, will open its first locations in Maryland. Toronto-based Tim Hortons is owned by Burger King parent company Restaurant Brands International. Annapolis-based Expert on saving for college says to 'save as much as you can, as frequently as you can' 04/21/2025 05:50am • With the cost of college front-and-center for so many parents, families are looking for ways to save so their children have money set aside. One of the most popular tools for that is the 529 plan, a tax-advantaged investment account designed for education savings. Kaitlyn Large, a mother in Mo Fairfax Co. Executive proposes cutting middle school after-school programs 04/17/2025 11:21am • When the school year started, Yug Mehta and his friends at Rachel Carson Middle School in Herndon, Virginia, participated in tryouts for all the clubs they were interested in. There are over 50 to choose from, and he was eager to participate in the Going Green Club, which focuses on environme Should you show your kids your paycheck? DC group says 'Yes,' if they ask 04/14/2025 11:18am • Financial literacy courses are now required in 27 states, and studies have shown the benefits. A report by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority���s Investor Education Foundation said students who have taken personal finance courses in high school have better average credit scores and lowe A 17-year-old in Wisconsin allegedly killed his parents as part of a plot to assassinate Trump, FBI says 04/13/2025 04:21am • (CNN) ��� A Wisconsin teenager allegedly killed his parents as part of a plot to assassinate President Donald Trump, federal authorities said in newly unsealed court documents. Nikita Casap, 17, called for the assassination of the president and overthrow of the US government in written documents Not talking with your kids about money? 'You're crippling them,' accounting professor says 04/11/2025 02:22pm • This article is part of WTOP���s monthlong series, ���Money Matters,��� where we explore tips for saving, budgeting and making your money work for you. Check for new articles all month, right here on WTOP.com. In recent years, one of the more popular business school classes at the University of M District families urge House lawmakers to approve DC budget fix 04/10/2025 06:30pm • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at��Today on the Hill. D.C. parents and their kids paid visits to U.S. House lawmakers' offices Monday, urging them to approve legislation that would fix an issue that could blow a more than $1 bil 9-year-old accidentally discharges gun at Charles Co. school while getting paper from backpack 04/10/2025 06:12pm • A 9-year-old student at Billingsley Elementary School in Waldorf, Maryland, accidentally discharged a handgun that was in a backpack on Thursday morning. There were no injuries, but Billingsley students were dismissed early out of an abundance of caution. The school will be closed Friday for stud DC private school says cellphone-free classrooms make for better learning 04/10/2025 05:37am • At schools across the D.C. area and the nation, debate continues about whether students should have cellphones in the classroom or not. But in Southeast D.C., at the Washington School for Girls ��� an independent private Catholic school ��� the debate ended years ago when classrooms were made Fairfax Co. moms seek accountability, say their kids were assaulted on special needs school bus 04/09/2025 05:10pm • One afternoon in early March, Daniela watched as her daughter got off the bus as she regularly did. She noticed bumps on her face and immediately got scared. She urgently called Springfield Estates Elementary School, where her daughter, who is autistic, is in kindergarten. The bus transports Hundreds of Fairfax Co. middle schoolers 'written up' for their behavior. Here���s why they���re celebrating 04/08/2025 06:24pm • When her class was interrupted so that Virginia eighth-grader Amanda Choate could be recognized, she became overwhelmed with joy. Her teacher handed her a sheet of blue paper, and her peers clapped in celebration. Choate learned she had received a referral for being a leader during a previous Climate protester found guilty of smearing paint on sculpture at DC's National Gallery of Art 04/08/2025 05:48pm • A man who smeared paint on a sculpture display at the National Gallery of Art in D.C. in April 2023 was found guilty Monday of conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States and injury to the gallery's exhibit. According to U.S. Attorney for D.C. Edward Martin's office, 55-year-old Tim 'A fire sale': Federal real estate footprint shrinking in DC 04/08/2025 05:32pm • The chair of the House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency said Tuesday that President Donald Trump's administration is moving swiftly to start selling federal office buildings and end hundreds of federal leases, which is having an impact on federal workers in the D.C. area. "Fede