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Decency agenda, affordable housing package among bills signed into law in Maryland 04/26/2024 11:06am • Before Maryland���s 90-day legislative session began in January, House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones urged not only her colleagues, but also the general public, to simply be more decent with each other. During the session, the Baltimore County Democrat presented a ���decency agenda,��� a package of f The harm your kids' headphones could be doing to their ears 04/26/2024 04:53am • Whether using them to listen to music or watch TikTok, headphones are popular among kids. In fact, at the University of Michigan, the C.S. Mott Children���s Hospital National Poll on Children���s Health survey found two in three kids use headphones. When used safely, headphones can provide entert Drones by the numbers: How the Montgomery Co. police department's airborne tools are performing 04/25/2024 10:30pm • They didn't graduate from the police academy, they don't get overtime, but they're incredibly quick when it comes to getting on the scene after a 911 call. Data from the Montgomery County Police Department's dashboard on the "drones as first responder" program shows that overall arrival times for No more 'Mason' or 'GMU': George Mason University reveals new logo, branding 04/25/2024 10:14pm • George Mason University on Thursday unveiled a redesigned logo as the capstone of its three-year-long, comprehensive rebrand. The new look, which will include a single logo for the university and its athletics program, "asserts George Mason���s emerging identity as a national top 50 public univer Prince George's Co. to enforce youth curfew at National Harbor starting Friday 04/25/2024 03:18pm • Following a flurry of incidents involving teenagers at National Harbor, Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks said that a youth curfew will be reinstated to control crime along the waterfront starting Friday evening. Most recently, a group of around 800 young people at the National H Loudoun Co. school board seeks parents' input on student phone policy 04/25/2024 12:50pm • The Loudoun County School Board wants to hear from parents as it develops a new policy on when and where students can use cellphones and other personal electronic devices during the school day. "Students and teachers may not agree on what the policy should say, but they definitely agree that it n Matt About Town x Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic: The unsung heroes of the Wish process; honoring the parents of Wish Kids 04/25/2024 05:20am • .in-article-vertical-video {float: right; padding-left: 10px;width:300px !important;}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.in-article-vertical-video {float: none; padding-left: 20px;}}.in-article-vertical-video connatix_video_caption {width: 300px !important;}#tnvbNcaMHUrl {margin-bottom: 1 Md. Board of Education picks Carey Wright as permanent public schools superintendent 04/24/2024 09:09pm • She���s staying put. The interim title will be removed from Carey Wright���s name after the Maryland Board of Education���s unanimous vote Wednesday to make her the permanent state superintendent of public schools. Wright began as��interim superintendent Oct. 23, replacing Mohammed Choudhury, Senate Intel Chair: New law on TikTok will hold up in court 04/24/2024 04:50pm • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at��Today on the Hill. U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, says he believes the new law that requires Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest TikTok U.Md. program uses AI to teach you how to play the violin 04/24/2024 04:20pm • On the ground floor of one of the new computer buildings at the University of Maryland, Anna Kelleher played her centuries-old violin while a program running on a laptop in front of her told her to do things such as raise her chin or widen her stance. These were common mistakes that Kelleher Will the FAFSA fiasco force current college students to drop out? 04/24/2024 02:56pm • Normally, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid process, commonly known as FAFSA, begins in the fall and high school seniors know how much financial aid they qualify for by the spring ��� as they decide where to go to college. Current college students receiving financial aid also rely on i National Harbor melee spurs 'targeted curfew' in Prince George's Co.; could pass next week 04/24/2024 11:25am • After last weekend's melee at National Harbor involving dozens of teenagers, the Prince George's County Council is a step closer to passing emergency legislation that could be voted on next week, creating a targeted youth curfew. The bill, which was approved by the Committee of the Whole on Tuesd Joey McIntyre joins WTOP as New Kids on the Block tickets go on sale for August at Merriweather 04/24/2024 01:24am • New Kids on the Block fans have been "hangin' tough" for decades and now they'll get a "magic summer." Starting Wednesday, the group is offering a special ticket offer for their Magic Summer Tour, which also features Paula Abdul and DJ Jazzy Jeff at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Mar 2 of his sons were killed in Fairfax Co. house fire. This father says all of his kids came out 'heroes' 04/23/2024 05:51pm • When Fairfax County firefighters found two boys inside a fiery Virginia house earlier this month, 6-year-old William was shielding his younger brother, 3-year-old Zachariah, from the flames. Both boys were pulled from the fire and died days later, but their father says that heroic story has give Energy Strategy Series 2024: DOE leads effort to modernize power grid, make it resilient and adaptable 04/23/2024 05:15pm • The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act put the Energy Department (DOE) in both an enviable and challenging position at the same time. Congress appropriated nearly $100 billion to invest in clean energy, grid reliability upgrades, renewable energy technology manufacturi