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Bipartisan bill wants to stop airlines from charging fees for families to sit together 06/29/2023 04:53am • Air travel can be especially stressful during the summer, as this week has shown, due to technical difficulties and storms that have delayed and canceled thousands of flights. And as many parents know all too well, flying can be even more of a challenge when traveling with young children. Rep. 'Go slow and start low': Montgomery Co. readies for impact of new statewide marijuana law 06/28/2023 09:36pm • The Maryland law allowing the purchase of marijuana for recreational use goes into effect on July 1, and Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich talked about what that means for the county. ���We anticipate there are going to be circumstances when marijuana use could lead to some complaints about How safe are you in the backseat of a pickup truck? 06/28/2023 08:36pm • New crash tests have raised some concerns about how safe people are when riding in the back seat of small pickup trucks. This comes after the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tested five popular models with a crash test dummy in the back seat to see how well the trucks' restraints and other Alexandria toddler dead after falling from apartment window 06/28/2023 06:34pm • Officials in Alexandria, Virginia, are investigating the death of a toddler who fell from a high-rise apartment building on Wednesday afternoon. The Alexandria Police Department said that the 3-year-old boy died of his injuries after tumbling from an upper-floor window of an apartment complex on 'We will never surrender our children!': Groups protest Montgomery Co. schools' book opt-out provision 06/27/2023 11:14pm • Protesters gathered outside the Montgomery County Public School system���s Board of Education office Tuesday afternoon to press the school board to reverse its decision barring an opt-out provision over the use of LGBTQ+ books for children from pre-K through fifth grade. Before Tuesday afternoon� Former Laurel police chief sentenced to 8 full life terms on arson charges 06/27/2023 10:18pm • The former police chief of Laurel, Maryland, will spend the rest of his life behind bars for setting fire to several homes and a car, all of which belonged to people he believed slighted him. A judge in Howard County sentenced David Crawford, 71, of Ellicott City, to eight life terms in prison pl Parents, religious groups to protest Montgomery Co. schools' use of some books 06/27/2023 02:33pm • Protesting the lack of an opt-out policy for certain materials in Montgomery County, Maryland, public schools, several parental and religious rights groups say 500 people are expected to rally outside Tuesday���s school board meeting. The rally against Montgomery County Public Schools will mainly Could a Vienna teen become the next big 'Bryce' in baseball? 06/27/2023 06:00am • While many recent high school graduates are enjoying the summer as they prepare for college, one teenager from Vienna, Virginia, is nervously waiting to see if he���ll get a job -- as a Major League Baseball player. ���It doesn't feel real just because this has been a dream of mine for so lon Man accused of stabbing parents at their Bethesda home identified 06/26/2023 08:00pm • A man has been arrested after allegedly stabbing his parents with a knife in Bethesda, Maryland, Sunday night, according to Montgomery County police. Officers responded to reports of a domestic-related assault in the 6500 block of Greentree Road at approximately 11:50 p.m. The man, later ident Montgomery Co. aims for security camera incentives by September 06/26/2023 02:21pm • Leaders in Montgomery County, Maryland, plan to have a security camera incentive program up and running by September, according to law enforcement officials who spoke during a county council meeting on Monday. Under the program, an individual, business or nonprofit will be able to apply with the Prince William County School Board passes revised code of behavior 06/26/2023 07:40am • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner��InsideNoVa.com��and republished with permission. Sign up for��InsideNoVa.com���s free email subscription��today. The Prince William County School Board approved the school system���s revised code of behavior, including new restorative disciplinar How a Prince William Co. woman's nonprofit is helping cover school meal debt 06/23/2023 03:34pm • In 2017, Prince William County, Virginia, resident Adelle Settle heard a radio story about a boy in New Mexico who had gone through his school's lunch line. When the boy approached the cashier, as Settle said the story went, the cashier told him there was no money in his account. So, the cashier Jason Mraz won't hesitate to drop new album before coming home to Wolf Trap 06/23/2023 03:06am • Hear our full chat on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.��� Jason Mraz is celebrating his birthday the only way that he knows how ��� by dropping a catchy new album. His new album, ���Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride," arrives on Friday, including the toe-tapping Tips for avoiding the 'summer slide' and keeping kids on track before the fall 06/22/2023 06:15pm • School officials in the D.C. region are urging parents to keep their kids reading and practicing math this summer, to avoid what they call a "summer slide" in academic performance when classes resume in the fall. Peggy Pugh, chief academic officer for Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland, What's driving the rise in car thefts across the DC area? 06/22/2023 04:48pm • The number of cars being stolen continues to rise in the D.C. area. Compared to this time last year, auto thefts are up 84% in Montgomery County, with more than a thousand stolen so far this year compared 500 in 2022. In DC 3,373 stolen car cases has auto thefts up 118% and with 3,820 stolen cars