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After decades of advocacy, Fairfax Co. community gets school bus service 06/20/2024 10:40pm • For decades, students who lived in the Mount Vernon Square community have had to cross busy residential streets and walk along an unpaved and unmaintained path to get to the nearby Hollin Meadows Elementary School. Some of the trek for the Fairfax County, Virginia, students included a wooded area Hyattsville woman indicted in deaths of two kids who died after being hit near school 06/20/2024 08:25pm • A Hyattsville, Maryland, woman has been indicted in the deaths of two young children who were walking to an elementary school in November 2023. Olga Lugo Jiminez, 51, is facing criminally negligent manslaughter and other charges in the deaths of 5-year-old Sky Sosa and 10-year-old Shalom Mbah. DC psychiatrist weighs in on proposed social media warning labels for kids 06/20/2024 07:47am • This week, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called on Congress to add warning labels to social media platforms, similar to the warnings on tobacco products. The goal of the label is to let parents know how harmful social media can be for children. ���I really applaud Dr. Murthy for championing t Comedian Kathleen Madigan visits West Virginia, come find out why Ron White says 'nobody better' 06/19/2024 04:48pm • Comedian Ron White heaped praise on her, saying, "There's nobody better than Maddy. She's smart and just crushes it every time. She's not just one of the best 'female' comics, she's one of the best comics, period." See for yourself as Kathleen Madigan cracks up the Hollywood Casino at Charles 'We need to do everything and anything that we can': Bill proposed in Montgomery Co. would give kids $1,800 at birth 06/18/2024 09:15pm • A so-called "baby bonds" bill is being considered in Montgomery County, in which $1,800 would be invested for every child born in the Maryland county. The Child Investment Fund would be overseen by an 13-member committee, and the funds would be available for applicants once they reach age 18. See what I'm saying? The 'lost art of eye contact' in digital age 06/18/2024 01:50pm • In previous days, it was the key to flirting: making eye contact. Now, in 2024, researchers understand it's vital to effective communication ��� and young people engrossed in their phones might not realize. Eye contact isn't just the realization that you've caught another person's attentio Mental health expert highlights hurdles facing LGBTQ+ youth this Pride Month 06/18/2024 12:09pm • WTOP is marking��Pride Month��by showcasing the people, places and important issues in the LGBTQ+ communities in the D.C. area. Check back all throughout June as we share these stories, on air and online. Rejection, bullying and discrimination are all factors that can lead to mental health challe Heatstroke can be 'sneaky.' Here is the 'major red flag' you need to pay attention to 06/17/2024 09:00pm • Listen live to WTOP for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. Hot weather is forecast this week with the heat index possibly breaking 100 degrees on some days. What's certain is that extreme heat can be dangerous to your health. "The first and foremost important thing to remember is that he Some Fairfax Co. community members call for overhaul to sex education lessons 06/17/2024 07:40pm • Some parents and community members are calling for an overhaul of Fairfax County Public Schools' sex education curriculum, about a month after the committee that works on it presented its latest recommendations to the school board. During the public comment portion of Thursday's school board meet 'Taking advantage of the community': DC council chair says some families getting short end of stick during a school renovation 06/17/2024 05:01pm • Some D.C. parents and the council chair are pushing back on a plan to use the green space in their children's school to set up trailers while another elementary school is getting renovated. The "swing space" for Drew Elementary School is being set up on one of the fields at J.C. Nalle Elementary, Too much caffeine? Doctor alerts parents and teens to the dangers 06/17/2024 05:45am • Do you know what your teen is drinking? If they���re enjoying coffee, energy drinks and bubble teas, they might be drinking too much caffeine. ���I see teens going on group dates to coffee shops and they have a favorite coffee drink that they enjoy,��� said Dr. Christina Brown, a pediatrician wit People on the National Mall salute their dads this Father's Day 06/16/2024 06:56am • It���s a popular belief that Father���s Day has taken a back seat to Mother's Day since it was first conceived in 1909 by Sonora Smart Dodd. Dodd, a native of Spokane, Washington, was motivated to create the day honoring fathers during a Mother's Day church service that year. A decade later, Charges filed against Maryland delegate by his son are dismissed 06/15/2024 10:39pm • Assault charges filed against a Cecil County delegate by his adult son have been dismissed. Del. Kevin B. Hornberger faced a second-degree assault charge filed in April by his adult son, Adam Hornberger. The charges were filed through a Cecil County District Court commissioner and later appealed 4-year-old boy found dead inside SUV in Northeast DC 06/15/2024 11:02am • A 4-year-old boy was found dead inside a vehicle in Northeast on Friday evening, according to D.C. police. Police told WTOP officers were called to Galloway Street and South Dakota Avenue NE in the Fort Totten neighborhood shortly after 5 p.m., for the report of an unconscious child in a car. WTOP Book Report: The D.C. man who brought basketball to Black athletes 06/15/2024 10:00am • This story is part of the WTOP Book Report series written by Terik King. Read more of that coverage. Edwin Bancroft Henderson II has penned the first contemporary biography of his grandfather, Dr. Edwin Bancroft (E.B.) Henderson, a pivotal figure in the history of African American basketball.