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Johnny Davis juggling being new father and first NBA camp 10/07/2022 08:20am • Davis juggling being new father and first NBA camp originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonWASHINGTON -- You wouldn't know it by Johnny Davis' calm and soft-spoken demeanor, but the 20-year-old is currently going through an experience few have ever experienced before.He's in his first NBA traini 10th District candidates Wexton, Cao trade barbs in second debate in four days 10/06/2022 07:59pm • 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. Democratic Rep. Jennifer Wexton and Republican challenger Hung Cao traded barbs once again in a 10th Congressional District debate We Smithsonian National Zoo welcomes newborn cheetah cubs 10/06/2022 02:03pm • The Smithsonian National Zoo carnivore keepers are celebrating two new cheetah cubs born to first-time parents at the campus in Front Royal, Virginia. The cubs were born Monday, Oct. 3 to mother Amani, 4, and father Asante, 7. They are first-time parents, which zookeepers say make the cubs geneti Indigenous Peoples'/Columbus Day 2022: What���s open, what���s closed around the DMV 10/06/2022 01:35pm • This year the holiday falls on Monday, Oct. 10, which means the usual array of closings and service changes around the D.C. area. Some have begun to recognize the fall holiday as Indigenous Peoples' Day. Others still call it Columbus Day despite the unsettling history behind the namesake of the h Busload of migrants from Texas dropped off at vice president's residence 10/06/2022 09:29am • A bus full of migrants from South America was dropped off in front of Vice President Kamala Harris' home at the U.S. Naval Observatory in D.C. early Thursday. A father and daughter�� talk to the media moments after the bus dropped them off before dawn. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein) Before dawn, the Fairfax Co. school board outlines plan to address disparities in special education suspensions 10/05/2022 08:18am • The Fairfax County School Board is sketching its next steps after a new report shows that students with disabilities in Virginia���s largest school system are disproportionately suspended, when compared to their peers without disabilities. A two-year review of Fairfax County Public Schools' speci WTOP's Dave Johnson's run as voice of DC United comes to an end 10/05/2022 01:20am • For 27 seasons, WTOP sports director Dave Johnson has been a voice who has excited D.C. United fans with one phrase: ���It's in the net!��� Sunday though will mark the end of the era as Johnson, 58, calls his last game as the team's TV play-by-play broadcaster. Johnson said as he concludes Candidates in Va.'s 10th Congressional District race weigh in on transgender student policies 10/04/2022 07:09am • The recent controversy related to transgender policies in Virginia schools made its way into a congressional race in Northern Virginia as the two candidates weighed in with their thoughts on the issue Sunday night. "That right belongs to the parents," said Republican Hung Cao. Cao is challengi Md. Catholic priest suspended over sexual assault allegations 10/03/2022 09:00pm • A priest of a Catholic Church and school in Garrett Park, Maryland, has been suspended of his duties over allegations of sexual abuse of minors. The priest serves at Holy Cross Catholic Church. WTOP is not identifying him because no charges have been filed. More Local News More Mary Police break up student fight after DC high school is evacuated 10/03/2022 08:11pm • A fight broke out outside a Southeast D.C. high school Monday afternoon after students were evacuated from the building amid fire concerns. In a letter Monday to the Bard High School community, principal Vanessa Anderson said students and staffers were evacuated around 12:30 p.m. when someone sme DC Health, Children's National open 5 childhood vaccination clinics 10/03/2022 10:40am • Five new childhood vaccination clinics have been opened in the District, with the goal of vaccinating students before a series of upcoming deadlines. DC Health said the clinics, which are the result of a partnership with Children's National Hospital, will operate through Nov. 18. EXPLA Fairfax Co. special education students disproportionately suspended, review finds 10/03/2022 04:58am • Students with disabilities in Virginia���s largest school system are disproportionately suspended compared to their peers without disabilities, according to the findings of a two-year review of Fairfax County Public Schools��� special education program. The Fairfax County School Board will be bri New laws take effect: Maryland marriage age increase, DC paid family leave changes and more 10/01/2022 02:38pm • A Maryland law is increasing the legal age for marriage to 17. It's among several that went into effect in the state and D.C. on Saturday. The legal age to get married in Maryland has increased by two years. The minimum age used to be 15, and those minors will only be allowed to get hitched if they Prince George's County schools propose new boundaries for elementary, middle schools 09/30/2022 05:53pm • Prince George's County Public Schools in Maryland has unveiled proposed boundary changes aimed at tackling the massive increase in enrollment in recent years, with more growth expected soon. Since 2014, the school system has added some 11,000 students to classrooms around the county, and leaders Alexandria tells Va. leaders it won���t follow Youngkin's transgender youth rights rollback 09/30/2022 03:54pm • The City of Alexandria has officially notified Virginia leaders it will not follow the proposed Model Policies that Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued earlier this month affecting transgender students' rights. The Youngkin administration���s proposed 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity and Respec