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Player of the Week: John Champe's Bryce Rohr 10/13/2023 04:45am • 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 Bryce Rohr of John Champe High School in Aldie, Virginia. Rohr is a senior at John Champe and has committed to swim at Arizona State University after g Wright begins role as interim superintendent of Maryland public schools, but wants to remain in job 10/12/2023 09:48pm • Before Carey Wright begins her work as interim superintendent of Maryland���s public schools Oct. 23, she plans to meet with state Department of Education staff and members of the education community. Wright hasn���t been able to get ���into the weeds, yet��� on the Blueprint for Maryland���s Fut Netflix's 'Fall of the House of Usher' premieres as horror master Mike Flanagan adapts Edgar Allan Poe 10/12/2023 05:24pm • Filmmaker Mike Flanagan is the best horror auteur going right now on television ��� and it's not even close. After creepy flicks like "Oculus" (2013), "Gerald's Game" (2017) and "Doctor Sleep" (2019), the Towson University alum has created such instant-classic horror series as "The Haunting o 'Long live' the Eras Tour ��� Taylor Swift's concert film hits DC-area theaters Thursday 10/12/2023 10:00am • "Long live" the Eras Tour ��� Direct message WTOP photos of your moviegoing experience this weekend on our Facebook or Instagram and mention where the pictures were taken to potentially be featured on our website and social media platforms. Are you ready for it? Taylor Swift may not have performe A 'Ring of Fire' solar eclipse will cross the US this weekend. Here's what you need to know 10/12/2023 07:12am • The new moon and the sun will meet Saturday, Oct. 14, in the skies over North America to create a ���Ring of Fire��� annular solar eclipse for some, a partial solar eclipse for others, and a day to watch online for millions more who are not in the path of the Moon���s shadow or are clouded out. T How to talk about war with your kids, according to a local pediatrician 10/12/2023 05:21am • With global attention turned toward the conflict in Israel, many parents might be struggling to answer their kids' questions about war. It's important to check in with your child about these subjects regardless of their age, according to Dr. Anisha Abraham, the chief of the Division of Adolescent Have University of Md. researchers made the perfect apple for our region? 10/11/2023 11:00pm • Chris Walsh, a professor emeritus at the University of Maryland, has spent decades growing apple trees. He grew up in Montgomery County, but worked on apple orchards in the Northeast after college. For more than 30 years, Walsh has worked fields at the school's research farm in Keedysville, Maryl Chevy Chase father describes 'fear and terror' of his son being in the Israeli army 10/11/2023 12:58pm • Mitchell Bard, who lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland, said he has been having sleepless nights lately after his 26-year-old son, an Israeli army reservist, was called up to serve. Mitchell Bard says he's fearful for his son's safety after he was called up from the Israeli army reserves. (Courtesy M Bone Thugs-N-Harmony chats with WTOP ahead of tour stop with LL Cool J, Queen Latifah, The Roots 10/11/2023 04:07am • Hear our full chat on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.��� It may not be the first of the month, but it's time to "wake up, wake up" and buy some hip-hop tickets! Bone Thugs-N-Harmony perform live at Capital One Arena on Sunday in D.C. for "The F.O.R.C.E. Tour��� in a collab Fairfax Co. considers renaming W.T. Woodson High School 10/10/2023 10:51pm • Fairfax County Public Schools is scheduled to vote Thursday night on whether to move forward with a plan to rename W.T. Woodson High School in Fairfax, Virginia. The school is named after Wilbert Tucker Woodson, the second-longest serving superintendent in the school system, the county said. He w The ABCs of teaching kids to read: Maryland's continued shift to the 'Science of Reading' 10/10/2023 06:33pm • Maryland's approach to reading instruction for the state's youngest children has been evolving over the past few years. In the 2020-2021 academic year, the state's "Ready to Read Act" went into effect. It required screening of all incoming kindergarten students to check whether a student could be What's behind recent violence in Prince George���s County? High school students share their ideas with county leaders 10/10/2023 05:24pm • Leaders in Prince George���s County, Maryland, on Tuesday met with students at Charles Herbert Flowers High School in Springdale, fielding concerns about recent acts of violence in the community. County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and State���s Attorney Aisha Braveboy said they���re launching a s Juvenile arrests creep up in Montgomery County, with concern over weapons and carjackings 10/09/2023 06:30pm • The number of juveniles being arrested in Montgomery County, Maryland, is down compared to 2019, but the nature of the crimes ��� and the ages of some of the juveniles involved ��� is what concerns police, prosecutors and the community. In 2019, there were 1,646 arrests of juveniles in Montgomery What's open, closed on Indigenous Peoples'/Columbus Day 2023 in DC area 10/07/2023 05:49am • Indigenous Peoples' Day and Columbus Day will take place on Monday, Oct. 9, meaning that there will be closings and service changes throughout the D.C. region. It is a day to honor and remember Indigenous people. Even though there are those who still call it Columbus Day, President Joe Biden beca Prince George���s Co. schools lifts Suitland High's football team suspension 10/06/2023 11:01pm • School officials from Prince George's County, Maryland, have lifted its suspension on Suitland High School's varsity football team following an incident between players and a coach from Bladensburg High School. In a letter obtained by WTOP to school Principal Ronald Hollis, Coordinating Superviso