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A dozen fresh-picked holiday gift ideas for gardeners 11/20/2023 03:21pm • The best holiday gifts for gardeners are the ones that keep their minds in the dirt, even during the off-season. These gardening and garden-themed gifts will sow the seeds of anticipation for greener days to come and spread a little sunshine just when it���s needed most. This image provided b After Something Corporate and Jack���s Mannequin, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness hits Fillmore 11/20/2023 03:10pm • Hear our full chat on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.��� Musician Andrew McMahon has lived more lifetimes in his 41 years than most people do in their entire lives. Not only has he inspired countless cancer warriors with his public leukemia battle and nonprofit organiz 'Unimaginable loss': 2 children struck and killed walking to Prince George's Co. elementary school 11/20/2023 01:12pm • Two children have died after being struck by a vehicle while walking to school Monday morning in Riverdale, Maryland, police say. The collision happened at the intersection of Riverdale Road and Taylor Road, while the two children were walking to Riverdale Elementary School around 8 a.m., accordi Reading program keeps deployed service members connected to home through the holidays 11/20/2023 04:56am • As more service members are deployed to the Middle East amid rising tensions in the region, one organization has a fun way to keep them connected to their families this Thanksgiving. United Through Reading uses the power of books and reading to help military families, said Jessica Hall, the organ Young Sheldon? Nokesville 10-year-old discovers error in standardized test practice game 11/18/2023 11:25pm • A fifth-grade student at T. Clay Wood Elementary School in Nokesville discovered this fall that a science question in a Standards of Learning Pass practice game was incorrect, prompting SOL Pass to remove the question from their game. Dylan Weinrich was playing the ���Who Wants to Play Millionair 'Adoption is love multiplying': DC Adoption Day moves 143 kids into their forever families 11/18/2023 04:13pm • Dozens of families gathered in Southwest D.C. Saturday for the 37th annual D.C. Courts Adoption Day to the foster children who have found their forever homes over the past year. In total, the D.C. Superior Court's Family Division and the D.C. Department of Child and Family Services Agency celebra Player of the Week: Westfield's Kennedy Duda 11/17/2023 05:42am • Each week, WTOP is picking one student athlete to be featured on air and online as our Player of the Week. This week's WTOP Player of the Week is Kennedy Duda of Westfield High School in Chantilly, Virginia. A junior running back for the Bulldogs, Duda has found the end zone 19 times in 10 regula These 10 toys may not be safe to buy your kids for the holidays, group warns 11/16/2023 07:15pm • For parents in the market for toys this holiday season, there's a new list out with some products that could pose a safety hazard. The group W.A.T.C.H., World Against Toys Causing Harm, has released its list of the 10 worst toys��this holiday season. "Although intended for fun and entertainmen Hundreds of college students in Prince George���s Co. now eligible for free tuition 11/16/2023 04:40pm • Hundreds of college students in Prince George���s County, Maryland, are now eligible for free tuition at Prince George���s Community College. The only catch is you have to live within six miles of MGM National Harbor. The county set aside $2 million this week for the program, which comes from Montgomery Co. teacher on leave for alleged antisemitic social media posts 11/15/2023 09:52pm • A Montgomery County, Maryland, teacher is on administrative leave after she was accused of posting messages on Facebook that were ���antisemitic in nature.��� The teacher, Sabrina Khan-Williams, teaches world studies at Tilden Middle School in Rockville. Khan-Williams also teaches diversity, equi Loudoun Co. superintendent defends district���s response to student overdoses 11/15/2023 09:00pm • New Loudoun County Public Schools Superintendent Aaron Spence defended the school system���s handling of a rise in student overdoses, explaining the county has to balance informing the community with student privacy. At a work session on Tuesday, county staff provided an update on how the Virgini 13 teens arrested in 1 day in Montgomery Co. in connection with carjackings, stolen cars 11/15/2023 06:34pm • Thirteen teens between the ages of 14 and 18 were arrested Monday in Montgomery County, Maryland, and each arrest involves a stolen or carjacked vehicle, according to police. The flurry of arrests comes at a time when county police leaders are concerned about the rising number of young people inv Parents cautioned against giving kids melatonin long-term to help with sleep 11/15/2023 04:41pm • A lot of young kids are taking melatonin to help get a full night's sleep, according to a new study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. Researchers surveyed about 1,000 families and found that roughly 20% of children ages 5 to 13 had taken melatonin in the past month. They'd been usi Md. GOP calls on Democrats to join them in getting tough on crime legislation 11/15/2023 10:36am • House and Senate Republicans called for a renewed effort to combat crime in advance of the 2024 General Assembly session. Calling crime a growing crisis, Republican leaders said it is incumbent that lawmakers act in the coming session. They called on Democrats to join with them to pass measures t Tracy Camilla Johns, star of Spike Lee's 'She's Gotta Have It,' presents photography exhibit in Laurel 11/15/2023 04:35am • She was the lead actress in Spike Lee's breakthrough film "She's Gotta Have It" (1986). Now, Tracy Camilla Johns, 60, presents her photography exhibit at the Laurel Museum, operated by the Laurel Historical Society in Maryland where she's lived for 25 years. The exhibit runs now through Thanksgiv