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Whooping cough resurgence reported in DC region and nationwide 11/16/2024 05:30am • Whooping cough cases are on the rise nationwide ��� and that includes an uptick in cases around the D.C. region. So far this year, the illness that comes with a telltale cough has sickened 743 people in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, compared to only 111 cases seen in all of 2023, according to the Cen Nonprofit group is combining 2 liberal policy ideas in DC. How successful can the impact be? 11/16/2024 04:19am • In recent years, the Greater Washington Community Foundation has been piloting programs around the D.C. region aimed at boosting low-income families, including offering grants that essentially provide universal basic income to some families, and more recently, the funding of child savings accounts t 4 DC groups get new funding to keep students safe while traveling to and from class 11/15/2024 11:23pm • On Friday morning, one of D.C.���s Safe Passage Ambassadors stopped for coffee on her way to her designated school zone. Even though she hadn���t put her bright vest on yet, she stepped in to prevent a child from getting his sneakers stolen. The child was appreciative. When the student���s school Fairfax Co.'s Hayfield football team allowed to compete in the playoffs 11/15/2024 05:32pm • Hayfield Secondary School has received a temporary injunction that will allow them to play in the football postseason. The Virginia High School League confirmed that an appeal filed in Fairfax County Circuit Court by Hayfield parents regarding the reinstatement of the Hayfield football team to th ���Just pure uncertainty.��� Small businesses are hopeful and fearful ahead of Trump���s second term 11/15/2024 12:55pm • (CNN) ��� Family-run furniture and barware maker Barrel-Art has now been through three US presidential elections. While business before the 2024 race felt similar to 2016 and 2020, this year has also brought more unpredictability. Sales petered out in the months ahead of Election Day as businesse Despite parents' concerns, Loudoun schools staff recommends keeping elementary bell time the same 11/14/2024 06:30pm • Despite concerns from parents of elementary school students about early bell times, Loudoun County Public Schools' staff is recommending those times remain the same, alluding that changes would require dozens more bus drivers and cost millions to fund. During a board meeting Tuesday, Chief Operat Student truancy levels drop to pre-pandemic numbers in DC 11/14/2024 10:54am • There���s good news about truancy in D.C. Public Schools, but there is still a lot of work to be done, according to a new report from the superintendent's office. Interim State Superintendent of Education, Antoinette Mitchell, said in the report, the city���s truancy rate, kids missing 10 days or Urgent care centers report 'unprecedented' spike in walking pneumonia cases around DC area 11/14/2024 05:18am • D.C.-area urgent care centers are reporting a big uptick in "walking pneumonia" cases. Walking pneumonia got its name because it is typically a less severe form of pneumonia. According to MedStar, which operates 33 urgent care centers in the D.C. region, it saw 1,758 cases this October ��� a 358% KFC sues Church���s over ���Original Recipe��� 11/13/2024 09:30am • New York (CNN) ��� No, not the recipe itself. Just the literal phrase. Last week, KFC accused Church���s Texas Chicken of violating its trademark rights when its fried chicken competitor began using the words ���Original Recipe��� in its advertising and promotions. KFC claimed in a lawsuit tha Book ���em: FBI agents from around the DC area donate 2K books to elementary school 11/12/2024 08:50pm • In a move that gives a whole new meaning to the term ���book ���em,��� some FBI agents showed up at a Southeast D.C. elementary school Tuesday afternoon with box after box of books ��� a refreshing change of pace for agents who are used to lugging boxes of evidence away from scenes. The Junio Formal cellphone policy vote by Prince William Co. School Board expected on Dec. 4 11/12/2024 10:03am • Prince William County Public Schools' cellphone pilot appears to be working well, school officials told the School Board at its Nov. 6 meeting, as the board considers what its formal cellphone policy will be in the new year. The division expanded a cellphone pilot program to all middle and high s Nonprofit pays off mortgage for family of Va. firefighter killed in home explosion 11/11/2024 08:25pm • A national nonprofit is paying off the mortgage of the Virginia home where the family of a firefighter who was killed on the job earlier this year lives. The Tunnel to Towers Foundation announced it's covering the mortgage for the home where Trevor Brown's family lives. Brown was a former Marine Students sue George Mason after objecting to proposal to put tampons in male bathrooms 11/11/2024 05:24pm • Two law students at George Mason University, in Fairfax, Virginia, have filed a free speech and due process lawsuit against the school president and other leaders, saying their constitutional rights were violated after raising concerns about putting tampons in men's restrooms. In a lawsuit filed Va. launches resource hub to improve student and school outcomes amid performance data questions 11/11/2024 12:54pm • Virginia legislators, educators and parents were surprised to learn in the past few months how many schools failed to meet expectations under a new accountability system compared to an older system that showed most schools were accredited. During an announcement on Friday about the Department of 'Be that steppingstone for generations to come': Montgomery College celebrates first-generation students 11/08/2024 06:10pm • Lacrosse coach Ryan Jones thought college wasn���t for him. But when he was applying for jobs, he kept hearing the same thing: "You're a great person, but we can't hire you because you don't have a degree." Jones' players pushed him to go back to school. Now, at the age of 35, he's pursuing a