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Manassas high school student reports sexual assault by suspect in animal mask 11/25/2024 02:03pm • Police are investigating after a student at Osbourn Park High School in Manassas reported being sexually assaulted in a school bathroom by a suspect in an animal mask. The incident happened near the start of the school year but was recently reported to police and school staff, prompting an invest Picky eaters? How to avoid battling with your kids over a Thanksgiving feast 11/25/2024 12:06pm • It can be frustrating as a parent to have all sorts of good food, including some that your family has eaten together for generations, and see your kids refuse to try even a single bite of it. Especially when you know they would, or at least should, like it. So, while you may try to broaden their DC adoption day celebrates new forever families 11/24/2024 03:24pm • Dozens of families had their adoptions finalized during a special ceremony at a D.C. courthouse Saturday. Latesha McCalip celebrated becoming the official guardian to her cousins, Valentine and Sincere. "I mean, I've known that kids need homes and safe places, but seeing the journeys and heari DC-area doctors warn of the damaging trend of 'sharenting' 11/23/2024 07:18am • D.C.-area doctors are sounding the alarm about the potential harmful effects of a trend called ���sharenting,��� where parents or caregivers post excessively about their children on social media. You're likely familiar with the trend if you've scrolled through any social media platform geared tow Longtime Loudoun Co. educator honored with President���s Volunteer Service Award 11/22/2024 06:15pm • As principal of Brambleton Middle School in Ashburn, Virginia, Ren��e Dawson worked with teachers and staff to figure out how to acknowledge the 9/11 attacks. Working with between 1,500 and 1,700 students, Dawson spearheaded a schoolwide day of service for that purpose. It was tied to the curricu Data Doctors: How to use Windows' multiple desktop feature 11/22/2024 04:24pm • Q: Is there a simple way to manage a single Windows computer that everyone in the family uses? A: The standard way to keep things separate is to create separate user accounts, each with its own password: Press the Windows logo key and the I key to open the settings menu, then go to "Accounts," "F Report calls for reforms in Maryland���s handling of youth tried and imprisoned as adults 11/21/2024 06:25pm • Maryland is among the worst states in the nation when it comes to the number of prison inmates who began their time behind bars for crimes they committed as children, according to a report set to be released Wednesday. With 6% of its overall prison population incarcerated for crimes they committe WATCH: Police investigate altercation at Loudoun Co. meeting between woman, school board member 11/21/2024 01:00pm • Leesburg police are investigating an incident that Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia is characterizing as an alleged physical altercation between a school board member and a member of the public. It happened Monday night at a community meeting at Smart���s Mill Middle School. Charg Become Santa���s little helper thanks to USPS' Operation Santa 11/21/2024 07:31am • For the past 112 years, the U.S. Postal Service has assisted St. Nicholas with "Operation Santa," a program that helps fulfill thousands of children's Christmas lists every year. And Christmas is less than five weeks away. You likely just thought to yourself, "I���ll never be ready by then." 6 Fairfax County high school football coaches weigh forfeiting playoffs after Hayfield's inclusion 11/20/2024 03:51pm • Six high school football coaches in Fairfax County, Virginia, are considering forfeiting regional playoff games if Hayfield Secondary School is allowed to compete. Hayfield has come under scrutiny this season over accusations the school skirted student eligibility requirements. Fairfax County Pub Why disability advocates are worried about Prince George���s County's minimum wage hike 11/20/2024 03:00pm • In an effort to help low income residents, the Prince George���s County Council repeated a mistake it made years ago ��� though once again the Council is adamant it will fix the oversight. On Tuesday, amid the flurry of bills the Council passed was one to index the Maryland county���s minimum wag Alexandria votes to stop smoke and vape shops from opening near schools 11/20/2024 05:30am • New smoke or vape shops in Alexandria, Virginia, will not be able to open near schools under legislation that was passed Saturday by the city's council. "The legislation aims to reduce youth exposure to stores selling tobacco, nicotine and hemp products," said Ann Horowitz, principal urban planne 'Fighting for her life': Community comes together after pickup truck strikes beloved DC teacher 11/19/2024 06:55am • An undated photo of Irma Bonilla, who teaches at Petit Scholars in Northeast D.C. (Courtesy Jessica Hart) The Northeast D.C. community is coming together after a day care teacher, Irma Bonilla, or "Ms. Irma," as her students know her, remains in critical condition after being struck by a pickup Maryland boy still recovering after��parents say he was 'hung' while 'horseplaying' in a school bathroom 11/19/2024 05:44am • The parents of a boy injured in a hanging incident at an elementary school school in Charles County, Maryland, said they don't think they're getting the full story. The 7-year-old boy was allegedly hung from a bathroom hook on Friday, Nov. 15. He is alive but is recovering after being found choki 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' is cool at Gaylord National 11/17/2024 08:45am • It took six weeks for nearly 40 artisans from China to take 6,000 blocks of ice and carve scenes from one of television���s most beloved holiday specials: "A Charlie Brown Christmas." Hundreds of thousands will visit Gaylord National before the end of the year, and many have made its annual I