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Jay Pharoah impersonates Obama, Denzel, Chris Rock, Kevin Hart en route to 9:30 Club 09/16/2022 12:26pm • Hear our full conversation on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame.��� When Jay Pharoah comes to town, he doesn't come alone. He brings with him Barack Obama, Denzel Washington, Bernie Mac, Chris Rock, Kevin Hart and countless others. They all live inside his brain with spot-on impersonations Debate-hungry challengers accuse Reps. Harris, Sarbanes of avoiding tough questions 09/16/2022 11:09am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. Congressional challengers said Thursday they���re having a difficult time getting their opponents to debate. In the Eastern Shore-based 1 How many students have returned to DC-area schools? 09/16/2022 04:30am • Welcome to the School Zone, WTOP���s weekly feature about the latest topics and trends in education across the D.C. region. What to know about early enrollment counts at DC-area schools What it is: Are students returning to school in person across the D.C. region? It's a question education offi How second-parent adoption could protect parental rights in LGBTQ families 09/15/2022 10:06pm • In the majority opinion on the case that overturned Roe v. Wade, Justice Clarence Thomas' concurring opinion called for the reconsideration of all the Supreme Court's "substantive due process precedents," including those that could have an impact on LGBTQ families. A D.C.-area lawyer weighed in o NOVA Parks gifted Alexandria's Winkler Botanical Preserve 09/15/2022 08:25pm • For decades, the Winkler Botanical Preserve has been a place of refuge for people in Northern Virginia. This 44.6-acre piece of wild Virginia��will change ownership from the family which has kept it open to the public for decades ��� but it���s not going to high bidding developer. Instead, NOVA P Spotsylvania Co. superintendent choice gets state licensure OK 09/15/2022 04:30pm • The Spotsylvania County School Board���s controversial choice to be the next superintendent got an important check mark from Virginia���s Board of Education on Thursday. Mark Taylor, who was chosen by a slim margin of the school board Aug. 25, has no experience in public education, and has been s Fauquier County School Board plans to revise policies around books containing 'sexually explicit content' 09/15/2022 12:59pm • 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. The Fauquier County School Board announced Monday it has begun the process of revising its policies around students' exposure to "sexuall Md. candidates for governor discuss child care during virtual forum 09/15/2022 08:00am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. Maryland gubernatorial candidates Del. Dan Cox (R) and author Wes Moore (D) participated in a virtual forum Wednesday with a focus on how Report of gun sparks brief lockdown at Montgomery Co. high school 09/14/2022 01:51pm • The report of a student potentially having a gun on school grounds triggered a brief lockdown at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School on Wednesday morning. No gun was found. Montgomery County Public Schools said officials at the high school received a call from a parent of a student who witnessed a v Washington Hebrew Congregation claims parents waived right to sue over sex abuse 09/14/2022 11:45am • The Washington Hebrew Congregation, which is being sued by parents over alleged sexual abuse in the synagogue's preschool, says parents relinquished their ability to file a lawsuit when they signed waivers while enrolling their children, according to court documents. In 2019, a group of parents f Loudoun County School Board OKs new student discipline policy 09/14/2022 07:52am • The Loudoun County School Board has unanimously approved a new student discipline policy that allows the Northern Virginia school system to keep students accused of serious offenses out of the general population, rather than being moved to a different school. The school board on Tuesday voted to School assemblies at Montgomery County high schools to include gun education 09/13/2022 08:50pm • High school students in Montgomery County, Maryland, will get a lesson about keeping schools and students safe this fall during scheduled assemblies, which includes a lesson on gun education. Montgomery County Public Schools, the state's attorney's office and the police department will give infor DC offering grants aimed at helping child care providers grow 09/13/2022 06:20pm • A grant hopes to make it easier for parents to find a licensed day care in D.C. "Child care is critically important to any region's economic stability and recovery," said Christina Grant, D.C.'s superintendent of education. The $10 million available as part of the city's Access to Quality Chil Most Fairfax Co. parents agree their child's school is safe, survey finds 09/13/2022 04:34pm • Over 90% of Fairfax County, Virginia, parents who responded to a family engagement survey agreed their child feels safe at school and their child's school is safe. Kathleen Walts, executive director of Fairfax County Public Schools' Office of Professional Learning and Equity, presented findings f Fauquier Co. middle school teacher, wife found dead with gunshot wounds 09/13/2022 01:39pm • A Virginia middle school teacher and his wife were found dead in a home with gunshot wounds, Culpeper police said Tuesday. The bodies of Daniel Garrison, 41, and Stacey Garrison, 40, were initially discovered on Friday afternoon. More Local News More Virginia News Inves