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A pregame ceremony, key goal and lots of apples give Nicklas Backstrom a night to remember 03/26/2022 11:00pm • A ceremony, key goal and lots of apples give Backstrom a night to remember originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington   Saturday was one of those nights that sounds almost too perfect to be real, like it must have come from a movie script rather than real life. On a night in which h Biden on Russia���s Putin: 'This man cannot remain in power' 03/26/2022 06:35pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) ��� President Joe Biden said Saturday that Vladimir Putin ���cannot remain in power,��� dramatically escalating the rhetoric against the Russian leader after his brutal invasion of Ukraine. Even as Biden���s words rocketed around the world, the White House attempted to clari Fauci urges vaccination as new omicron variant could cause spike in cases as soon as next week 03/25/2022 04:53pm • Though coronavirus caseloads, deaths and hospitalizations are declining in the U.S., the nation's top infectious disease expert is urging Americans to get vaccinated and boosted as a new variant has cases rising across Europe. Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser, sa Former Charles Co. high school coach charged with sex crimes involving 2 students 03/25/2022 07:25am • A former employee who coached high school basketball and cross-country now faces a series of criminal charges involving students in Charles County, Maryland. Daylin Roy Davis, 27, was charged with seven counts of sexual misconduct, including two counts of third-degree sex offenses, two counts of Women's History Month: Girl Scouts celebrating girl power in the DC area 03/25/2022 04:46am • These girls do more than sell cookies ��� though, admittedly, that���s part of being a Girl Scout. Girl Scouts and their troop leaders in the D.C. area are part of the nationwide organization that teaches girls curiosity and confidence, not just during Women���s History Month, but all year long. Judge rules in favor of immunocompromised students, but masking still optional in Virginia 03/25/2022 01:20am • A federal judge has ruled in favor of the families of 12 immunocompromised students, who filed a lawsuit claiming that Virginia's new mask-optional law violates their rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act. In his ruling, Judge Norman Moon makes clear that SB739 is law in Virginia, but New report highlights increased need for mental health services in Northern Virginia 03/24/2022 03:16pm • 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. A Community Foundation for Northern Virginia report shows hundreds of thousands in the area struggle to get mental health care. Teresa New Black and African American studies course OK'd for Frederick Co. high schools 03/24/2022 10:07am • A new Black and African American studies course will be offered to public high school juniors and seniors this fall in Frederick County, Maryland. The Frederick County Board of Education unanimously approved a measure to offer the social studies elective Wednesday night ��� to a room full of appl DC police investigate sexual abuse allegations at Ballou High School 03/23/2022 03:54pm • D.C. police are investigating allegations of sexual abuse at Ballou High School in Ward 8. According to an incident report, D.C. police were called last Tuesday about the allegations. More D.C. News More Education News "I was alerted by a parent of an LGBTQ Ballou High Scho Toby's Dinner Theatre in Columbia stages iconic love story in 'Rocky: The Musical' 03/23/2022 10:54am • Rocky's trainer Mickey famously declared: "You're gonna eat lightning and crap thunder!" That's not quite on the buffet menu at��Toby's Dinner Theatre in Columbia, Maryland, but you can savor the new production of "Rocky: The Musical" from March 26 through June 5. Playwright Thomas Meehan Alexandria school board seeks 1-year extension for resource officers 03/23/2022 04:50am • Schools in Alexandria, Virginia, may keep school resource officers stationed on campus for an additional year while next steps for the program are examined. The city's school board is expected to ask the city council and mayor to fund a one-year extension of the current school resource officer pr 'No day but today' hits hard as National Theatre's 'Rent' reflects on pandemic 03/23/2022 12:18am • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVu0gQcShtU Playwright Jonathan Larson wrote that the opposite of war isn���t peace; it is creation. It hits home as National Theatre��hosts the national tour of "Rent" from Friday to Sunday. "I was part of the tour before the pandemic ... and we stopped What are DC���s most popular baby names? 03/22/2022 05:02pm • A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, William Shakespeare wrote in "Romeo and Juliet." But ask any parent and they���ll tell you that names matter. Here are the popular names in D.C. Parents spend time carefully choosing the perfect name that fits their child. Names.org studied the mo Some Prince George���s Co. students get access to new at-home after-school program 03/22/2022 02:11pm • There���s a new after school program for some Prince George���s County, Maryland, students, and they can take part in it from their own home. It���s called "Clubhouse @ Your House" and it brings homework help and other activities to members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, whi Attendee at Prince William School Board meetings faces disorderly, trespassing charges 03/22/2022 01:58pm • 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. Prince William County school officials are pressing charges against a Woodbridge man for trying to disrupt two recent School Board meetin