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���We want to keep people alive���: How laws across DC region can help prevent fatal overdoses 05/15/2023 05:08am • This article is part of the WTOP series, ���Facing Down Fentanyl: Teens Confront Drug Danger.��� Even as rates of fatal drug overdoses remain alarmingly high, experts say the vast majority of deaths are preventable. More than three out of five overdose deaths involved at least one instance in 'The show just got stolen': 5-year-old charms Maryland governor at bill signing 05/13/2023 01:03am • On May 8, between bills regarding sediment controls and road safety, a 5-year-old girl with a red bow in her hair, strolled up to the table where Gov. Wes Moore was signing bills into law in the Maryland State House, and handed him a card. On the livestream of the bill signing ceremony in Annapol Montgomery Co. Council debate school system budget as final vote approaches 05/12/2023 09:28pm • The Montgomery County Council in Maryland approved a plan to cut nearly $25 million from the school system's $3.2 billion budget request, with roughly $200 million placed on a budget reconciliation list for further consideration. County Executive Marc Elrich proposed a 10% increase in the county' Md. teen fatally shot weeks before graduation 05/12/2023 11:30am • A District Heights, Maryland high school senior was just weeks away from graduating, but police are now looking for his killer. Prince George's County Police said officers found Kendall Batson, 18, suffering from gunshot wounds in a parking lot at North Forestville Elementary School on Ritchie Ro Player of the Week: St. John's Paul Robinson 05/12/2023 04:48am • 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 Paul Robinson of St. John's College High School in Northwest D.C. Paul, a junior at St. John's, had a dominant season in indoor and outdoor track and f Review: Amazon series 'The Power' drops season finale in electrifying mosaic of literal 'girl power' 05/12/2023 04:00am • In 2016, readers were riveted by Naomi Alderman's bestselling science-fiction novel "The Power." Now, it's a captivating TV drama that wraps its first season this Friday on Amazon Prime Video. The series is set in our world but with one important sci-fi twist. On a seemingly ordinary day, Younger parents are moving in with kids: Here's why 05/11/2023 08:00pm • Bundling expenses can be an effective strategy to lower costs, and one way to do it is by forming multigenerational households. When several adults are earning and living as one, they can economize and save. It's becoming more common, too, especially as inflation pushes the cost of goods and serv Loudoun Co. school board member renews push for school resource officers at all elementary schools 05/11/2023 09:34am • All public high schools and middle schools in Loudoun County, Virginia, have school resource officers (SROs), who are employed by the county sheriff's office. Now a school board member��is renewing the call for them at all elementary schools too. Tiffany Polifko, a school board member representin Unseen and unheard: Unique Maryland high school aims to help students beat addiction 05/11/2023 04:34am • This article is part of the WTOP series, "Facing Down Fentanyl: Teens Confront Drug Danger." Getting someone with a substance-use disorder into a recovery program is a difficult process, even if that person wants help ��� in part because the list of those programs is a short one. The process Group documents hundreds of cases where cars are stolen with kids inside 05/10/2023 04:44pm • There have been hundreds of instances nationwide over the past couple of years involving vehicles that were stolen with children inside, according to the nonprofit child safety organization "Kids and Car Safety." The group said there have been 79 children left in vehicles that were stolen so Md. school system races to battle fentanyl epidemic facing teens 05/10/2023 04:55am • This article is part of the WTOP series, "Facing Down Fentanyl: Teens Confront Drug Danger." The fentanyl epidemic has created new challenges for school systems across the country. Students are overdosing ��� sometimes on school grounds ��� in higher numbers, and school systems are racing to r Meet Prince George's Co. schools' Teacher of the Year 05/09/2023 05:52pm • The energy and care that Kenmoor Early Childhood Center's Mary Truman, left, puts into her job every day is the reason why she was named the Prince George's County Public Schools' Teacher of the Year. (WTOP/John Domen) Being a teacher isn't easy, and teaching students with special needs can be e Prince George's Co. Executive Angela Alsobrooks announces Senate bid 05/09/2023 10:03am • Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks announced her bid Tuesday to run for the U.S. Senate seat being left open by the retirement of Sen. Ben Cardin. "There aren't a lot of people like me in the U.S. Senate," Alsobrooks said in the video announcement, adding, "I'm running for Senate How parents should deal with teens' social media use 05/09/2023 08:26am • Parents should practice social media training with their kids in order to help them be more thoroughly informed about the benefits and drawbacks of using the platforms, according to new guidance released by the American Psychological Association. The recommendations��were developed by research ps The small blue pills behind a surge in children���s fentanyl-related hospital visits in the DC area 05/09/2023 04:39am • This article is part of the WTOP series, "Facing Down Fentanyl: Teens Confront Drug Danger." Doctors at the D.C. area���s top children���s hospital say they���re seeing a dramatic rise in the number of children coming to hospitals to be treated for fentanyl overdoses or seeking help beating a