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At non-profit clinic and community events, an acclaimed doctor tackles health inequities one patient at a time 06/13/2022 03:47pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. On a recent Saturday, Dr. Ligia Peralta took her health clinic to Wheaton Mall. She spent the morning providing COVID-19 vaccinations and di Kennedy Center stages Four Seasons jukebox musical 'Jersey Boys' 06/13/2022 10:25am • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOV4Vp6Y81M&feature=emb_imp_woyt The Tony Awards may be over, but another hit Tony winner is making its way to D.C. The acclaimed jukebox musical��"Jersey Boys," which won Best Musical on Broadway in 2004, arrives at the Kennedy Center on Tuesday and run Takoma Park loans induction stove tops to fight emissions 06/12/2022 09:05am • If you aren't sure if you will like cooking with an induction stove top, you may be able to give it a try before you make a big purchase for a new appliance. The city of Takoma Park, Maryland, is giving the chance for residents to borrow a portable stove top to test for up to two weeks. School Zone: How financial literacy is making its way into DC-area school curricula 06/10/2022 04:57am • Welcome to the School Zone, WTOP���s weekly feature about the latest topics and trends in education across the D.C. region. Which DC-area school systems have financial literacy graduation requirements? What it is?: Recent grads may feel that they've mastered many subjects, but perhaps might strugg Emergency baby formula shipments arrive in DC area 06/10/2022 04:38am • It's all hands on deck to get some 300,000 pounds of infant formula to the U.S. from other countries in less than 10 days during "Operation Fly Formula." Air shipments containing infant formula landed in Dulles, Virginia, and Dallas on Thursday as part of the program. More Health News Driver marks 40 years of 'Grave Digger' as Monster Jam revs into FedEx Field 06/08/2022 12:30am • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo0tvef38UA Hear our full conversation on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame.��� This year marks the 40th anniversary of the iconic monster truck Grave Digger. On Saturday, the truck revs into Monster Jam at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland. "This year is Staff member at Charles Co. high school airlifted to hospital after student fight 06/07/2022 09:23pm • After one student tossed a textbook at another's head, a melee ensued at a Charles County, Maryland, high school that sent both a teacher and a student to the hospital. At around 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, a student threw a textbook, which hit the head of another student in a classroom at Thomas Stone Hi Md. state police warn of sexual extortion of minors over social media 06/07/2022 05:34pm • Internet child predators have been using social media, such as Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook, to extort minors, the Maryland State Police said in a statement Tuesday. The predators pose as romantic interests, the police said, and then request sexually explicit photos, which they then use to ex Prince George's Co. teen brings loaded gun to school; charged as adult 06/07/2022 12:01pm • A 17-year-old boy is facing charges after police say he brought a loaded gun and marijuana to his school in Prince George's County, Maryland, on Monday. The weapon was discovered by a school employee in a bathroom, police said. A staff member found the gun in the nurse's office bathroom at Gwy Bowser to invest $32M in DC child care program to help families return to work 06/07/2022 12:01pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Tuesday that $32 million in grants will be going to help licensed District child care facilities get fully back up and running. The goal is to make sure families, particularly women who lost jobs during the pandemic, can find the child care they need so they can get DC urges parents to vaccinate kids before school starts in the fall 06/06/2022 03:53pm • D.C. families looking forward to their kids' summer vacation are being given one homework assignment to complete before the next school year begins: Get up to date with vaccinations. On Monday, Mayor Muriel Bowser joined officials from DC Health and others at a news conference at the Children's N Child charged in Montgomery Co. playground fire 06/06/2022 07:43am • A child has been arrested and charged with setting a fire at a playground in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Sunday. Flames were seen coming from a playground on Fisher Avenue at Milford Mill Road, near the Maggie Nightingale Library in Poolesville, Sunday afternoon, according to Montgomery Count DJ Jazzy Jeff returns to National Harbor wine festival, reacts to Will Smith's Oscars slap 06/06/2022 06:04am • Hear our full conversation on today���s ���Beyond the Fame��� podcast. DJ Jazzy Jeff spun a pair of rap Grammys into a role on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air." On Saturday, he joins Robin Thicke and Tamia for��"C��l��brez en Ros��" at National Harbor. "It's a wine festival, a ros�� festiv Loudoun Co. special grand jury in schools case may yield report, not indictments 06/06/2022 05:03am • The special grand jury impaneled by Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares to investigate Loudoun County Public Schools is not the first time county residents have been summoned by the circuit court to determine whether criminal indictments are warranted. Former County Supervisor Eugene Delg Nats tickets, cleaning Chesapeake Bay: What to know about Montgomery Co. summer reading challenge 06/06/2022 04:15am • Students in Montgomery County, Maryland, will have an opportunity to earn Washington Nationals baseball tickets when the county's summer reading challenge begins. The county's annual efforts, intended to keep students engaged in reading while they're not in school, are scheduled to start next wee