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DC bill aims to require health insurers to cover costly fertility treatments 06/05/2023 10:07pm • The D.C. Council will vote on a bill on Tuesday that would require insurance companies to cover fertility treatments. Infertility can be emotionally difficult and tough to navigate, and it's also incredibly costly. At-large Council member Christina Henderson's bill requires both private insure 'We need to make sure that they���re nourished': Free breakfast program expanding in Md. schools this fall 06/05/2023 08:00pm • Currently, teachers, administrators and parents are all worried about finishing this school year strong. Classes are almost over and summer is drawing near, but planning and funding is already underway for the next school year now, too. Last month. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore approved increased fundi How to talk about money with family -- and why it's important 06/05/2023 08:00pm • No matter how great your relationship is with your family, there are some topics you just don't enjoy talking about with them. At the top of that list for many families is money. Money is an inherently emotional topic, and when you layer in family dynamics, it's easy for disagreements to get blow Woman was killed, dismembered by daughter and granddaughter, prosecutors say 06/05/2023 05:07pm • Words such as "mind boggling" were used in court to describe a murder that the chief of the unit that prosecutes many of the worst crimes in Prince George's County, Maryland, described as among the worst murders in memory. At the moment, 71-year-old Margaret Craig, of the Landover area, is still Education reform efforts include a focus on college and career readiness standards. Here���s how each school district proposes to do it 06/05/2023 02:34pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. The Maryland State Department of Education released an interim report last month to assess what hundreds of thousands of state students did DC-area students race electric vehicles at RFK Stadium for EV Grand Prix 06/04/2023 07:26am • The cheers were loud at RFK Stadium in D.C. on Saturday afternoon, but the engines? Not so much ��� and for good reason. High school students from across the D.C. region raced each other in the EV Grand Prix in what could appropriately be described as an electric atmosphere. ���We give student Moore joins Democratic governors in call to fight textbook censorship 06/03/2023 05:25pm • As lawmakers nationwide push to limit the types of books that can be found in schools, Gov. Wes Moore (D) joined nine other governors to fight censorship of textbooks in a��letter��released Friday. Moore, along with other Democratic governors, called on textbook publishers to ���hold the line��� 'Stuck in limbo': Lawsuit says Md. foster children held in hospitals, psychiatric facilities for no medical reason 06/02/2023 06:55pm • Children in the Maryland foster care system are being held in hospital and psychiatric facilities when it was not "medically necessary," according to a lawsuit filed in federal court Tuesday. Attorneys with Disability Rights Maryland and Venable LLP stated in the suit that Maryland state agencies Virginia Beach schools superintendent chosen to lead Loudoun Co. schools 06/02/2023 06:39pm • Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia has hired Aaron Spence, superintendent of Virginia Beach Public Schools, to be the school system's next superintendent. The school board voted 6-2, with at-large board member Denise Corbo absent for the vote, to approve Spence's candidacy. Spence takes Prince George's Co. prosecutor says it may be time to hold parents accountable for some youth crime 06/02/2023 01:44pm • The rising number of car thefts and car jackings, as well as notorious crimes ��� such as the attempted murder of a student on a Prince George's County, Maryland, school bus last month ��� are all emblematic of failing support systems no longer working for kids, according to Prince George's County S Review: 'Shooting Stars' is a nostalgic LeBron James biopic honoring his childhood teammates 06/02/2023 01:04pm • Merely mentioning LeBron James' name triggers instant debate about whether or not he is the greatest basketball player of all time. This does a disservice to us all with a food fight of statistics vs. intangibles between die-hard legions of Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson or Larry B Rosslyn Cinema returns with free outdoor movies 06/02/2023 04:06am • An outdoor summer movie favorite returns to Northern Virginia on Friday with Rosslyn Cinema. Free screenings will be held at Gateway Park starting at 5 p.m. with films starting at sunset around 8:45 p.m. "It's a long-standing tradition," senior events manager Allison Doherty told WTOP. The 100 deadliest days for teenage drivers have just started 06/01/2023 01:13pm • The period between Memorial Day and Labor Day is very risky for teenage drivers. It���s called the 100 deadliest days. AAA Mid-Atlantic is out with a fresh reminder, calling on teens to be more careful and parents to pay more attention. Teens typically spend more time on the road once scho ���Exceptionally lethal���: Maryland���s battle over concealed-carry permits goes on 05/31/2023 05:55pm • Guns are increasingly part of public life in Maryland ��� whether you notice it or not ��� after a landmark Supreme Court decision last year made it easier for people to get concealed-carry permits. The high court ruled last summer that states can't keep citizens from carrying guns in public After a month on the run, 15-year-old 'Baby K' to have bond hearing in connection with armed school bus attack 05/31/2023 01:36pm • Prince George's County police in Maryland are trying to figure out how a 15-year-old eluded law enforcement for nearly a month after allegedly carrying out an armed attack on a county school bus on May 1. Federal law enforcement arrested "Baby K" on Tuesday, after members of the U.S. Marshals Ser