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DC-based organization lifts up young mothers 10/23/2022 06:42am • This is part of WTOP���s continuing coverage of people making a difference from our community authored by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more of that coverage. At the age of 19, a college student from Maryland found herself pregnant and alone in Atlanta, Georgia, where she was attending Atlanta Cl Fairfax Co. school board member apologizes after using slur in hot mic moment 10/22/2022 12:55pm • Fairfax County School Board member Karen Keys-Gamarra was heard using a slur about people with disabilities during a hot mic moment at the board's Thursday meeting. Board members were sorting out how to let an audience member speak for someone who couldn't be in attendance when at-large membe 2 arrested in attack aboard DC Metrobus 10/21/2022 09:22pm • Two people have been arrested for an attack on Metrobus in D.C., in which the victim said passengers and the bus driver did not come to her aid. Metro General Manager and CEO Randy Clarke said two adults have been arrested in the "reprehensible and unacceptable act" on the bus earlier this week. Youngkin, Gilbert oppose adding COVID vaccines to state list 10/21/2022 07:50pm • Virginia Republican elected leaders said this week they will oppose any legislative effort to add the COVID-19 vaccine to the state���s list of required immunizations. The announcement from GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin and House Speaker Todd Gilbert came after the Advisory Committee on Immunizatio Adoption fees temporarily waived at DC animal shelter this weekend 10/21/2022 12:22pm • With Halloween coming up, you may need a playmate to protect you from scares or a friendly face to keep you company during horror flicks ��� consider adopting while fees are temporarily waived at a D.C. animal shelter this weekend. The Humane Rescue Alliance is waiving adoption fees for cats and Frustrated parents speak out against Prince George's Co. Public Schools boundary changes 10/21/2022 10:05am • The Prince George���s County Board of Education is considering a plan that would overhaul school boundaries throughout the Maryland county, hoping to find balance between the number of schools that are overcrowded and the schools that are under-enrolled. Two schools ��� Concord Elementary in Capi What's being done to keep pedestrians safe around schools? 10/21/2022 05:28am • Welcome to the School Zone, WTOP���s weekly feature about the latest topics and trends in education across the D.C. region. How are D.C.-area jurisdictions keeping pedestrians safe around schools? What it is: October is Pedestrian Safety month, which comes at the time of year when law enforcement Youngkin on new transgender policies: 'It's the law' 10/20/2022 11:30am • The public has only a few days left to comment on Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's proposed policy changes for transgender students in schools, and Youngkin is making it clear that he expects school systems to follow the changes once they are finalized. "It's the law," Youngkin said in an interview 'Your Mama Don't Dance,' but Jim Messina will have fans dancing in Annapolis 10/20/2022 06:09am • Hear our full conversation on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame.��� He performed with Buffalo Springfield, Poco and the iconic duo Loggins & Messina. This Sunday night, Jim Messina performs live at Rams Head in Annapolis, Maryland. More Music News More Local News More Enterta Afghan couple accuse US Marine of abducting their baby in Virginia 10/20/2022 05:51am • The young Afghan couple raced to the airport in Kabul, clutching their baby girl close amid the chaotic withdrawal of American troops last year. The baby had been rescued two years earlier from the rubble of a U.S. Special Forces raid that killed her parents and five siblings. After months in a U.S MCM Profile: Working mother says life would be harder without running 10/19/2022 04:50am • Jessica Zanikos lives in Sterling, Virginia, has two kids under the age of 6 and works full time. She also used to hate running. Then the pandemic happened. "COVID hit really hard, and COVID was a really challenging time," she admitted. "I started to realize on days I wasn't running, I was Proposed DC law aims to help ensure school repairs get completed 10/19/2022 03:59am • Ward 4 Council member Janeese Lewis George and several other members of the D.C. Council are taking action to make sure maintenance issues are resolved before a repair order is closed. A new bill, called The School Work Order Integrity Amendment Act, requires the D.C. Department of General Servic Child found unconscious, shivering outside DC apartment building dies 10/18/2022 09:54pm • A little boy who was found outside last week, alone and unconscious, in a Southwest D.C. neighborhood has died. The 2-year-old, who police have not identified, was found by a passerby around 9 p.m. on Oct. 13 outside the Trinity Plaza apartments on Atlantic Street SW. D.C. police said at the time Nearing capacity, Children's National Hospital warns of long waits for non-urgent visits 10/18/2022 06:22pm • Children���s National Hospital in D.C. is among hospitals nationwide that are seeing a significant increase in emergency department visits and admissions. As a result, the hospital is warning families with non-urgent issues that they may experience long waits before they are seen. The increase Online, word of mouth grass-roots effort emerges to oppose legalizing cannabis 10/18/2022 12:52pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. Heidi Rochon says she continues to experience the negative effects medical cannabis has brought to a few of her family members, who never us