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Man arrested for making bomb threats, barricaded in apartment 06/05/2022 08:39pm • D.C. police arrested a man who made threats and barricaded himself inside his apartment in Northwest D.C. Sunday afternoon. It happened just before 1 p.m. at the 2300 block of 41st Street Northwest in the Glover Park neighborhood. More Washington, D.C. News Officials said the 'Goldilocks' theory: Moderate time online may be 'just right' for teen mental health, study finds 06/05/2022 09:59am • Not too little, not too much, but just right. That middle ground is what researchers say offers adolescents the most optimal well-being when it comes to time spent online. A recent study of thousands of Irish teenagers found both low and high engagement with digital media compared to their pee Worker shortage forces summer camps to trim — or cancel — all programs 06/04/2022 07:16am • Many working parents who rely on local summer camps to keep their kids busy when school's out for the summer won't have that option this year because of a serious staffing shortage. The start of summer vacation has arrived, but instead of preparing to welcome campers, several camps have had to di Book bans: These are the authors of color who censors are trying to silence 06/04/2022 03:08am • Young adult authors of color are fed up with being targeted. They're sick of seeing their books bogusly labeled "critical race theory" or "anti-police." They're incredulous at claims their words make kids uncomfortable. They're done seeing their books challenged or banned over what they see as in Montgomery Co. teens create online tracker to help parents find baby formula 06/03/2022 09:29pm • Two Montgomery County, Maryland, high school seniors are trying to help local parents who are struggling to find baby formula amid a nationwide shortage. Adam Lederer, a graduating senior at Clarksburg High School, gained attention from local lawmakers for an online vaccine appointment tracker he Arlington middle school dance canceled due to potential threat 06/03/2022 03:51pm • An eighth-grade dance at an Arlington, Virginia, middle school planned for Friday night has been canceled because of a potential threat of violence. In a letter to the school community, Gunston Middle School Principal Lori Wiggins said Arlington police have received, "information regarding possib Iran hostage Emad Shargi's family appeals to Biden to bring him home 06/03/2022 02:06pm • ▶ Watch Video: Full interview: Family of Emad Shargi, American held in Iran, appeals to President Biden to "do anything" in his power The wife and two daughters of Emad Shargi, an American-Iranian dual citizen wrongfully detained in Iran since 2018, made an emotional appeal to Presiden Instagram AMBER Alert program to help users report sightings of missing children 06/02/2022 03:02pm • Instagram is partnering with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to post AMBER alerts on user feeds. "We brought them to Facebook several years ago," said Lori Moylan, of Instagram's parent company Meta. More Social Media News More National News How the 'Disconcerting' -- Judge denies bond in Virginia school bus abduction 06/02/2022 02:24pm • A Stafford County, Virginia, judge has denied bond for a man accused of abducting a 9-year-old girl who got off a school bus in late January. Steven Randall Williams, 35, is charged with one count of abduction. According to prosecutors, after asking the girl for directions, Williams grabbed and c ‘Safe spaces’: Montgomery Co. officials talk school safety after Texas shooting 06/01/2022 05:18pm • After last week’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, a group of police, school and governmental leaders in Montgomery County, Maryland, held a briefing to outline the steps the county has in place to prevent such an incident. “It is absolutely times like now in which we 'Not an ordinary class': Prince William Co. high chef instructor earns state recognition 06/01/2022 05:07am • When Ronald Evans was preparing to take over as chef instructor at Potomac High School during the summer of 2017, he considered ways to get more involved with the community. Not familiar with the Dumfries, Virginia, neighborhood, Evans sought to make new connections. As part of that process, he e Watch Shanghai residents race to get out after months of lockdown 06/01/2022 04:35am • The skyscrapers lit up, roads filled with traffic, and young people drank and danced in the streets as fireworks boomed overhead. Shanghai celebrated Wednesday with a long-awaited burst of life, as the government lifted its city-wide lockdown. But the process of reopening is likely to be slow and Camping with a purpose: Why Bowie State students went west 05/31/2022 04:49pm • A group of Bowie State University students just got back from a 10-day trek through five national parks in the Rocky Mountains and the Southwest. The 1,800-mile journey was made possible through a grant from the American Association of Geographers, but there was a bigger purpose behind it. New Va. law will require more school crimes be reported to law enforcement 05/31/2022 10:52am • Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has signed a law that will increase the number of school-based incidents reported to law enforcement, and codifies the notification of parents whose children have been targeted. Youngkin, a Republican, signed 23 bills into law Friday, including SB 36, introduced b Voters have spoken: National Arboretum eagle gets new name 05/30/2022 08:54pm • Meet Takoda, the young eagle formerly known as DC9. The American Eagle Foundation ran a contest to name the eagle that was born in March, and the public has chosen. The announcement was made Monday afternoon. More Animals & Pets News More Local News More DC News