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Review: 'The Sky is Everywhere' creatively grapples with grief, romance on Apple TV+ 02/18/2022 02:37am • Coming of age is hard enough. It's even harder when you just lost your older sister. That's the angle of��"The Sky is Everywhere," a unique new teen drama on Apple TV+ that's as heavy as it is creative in grappling with issues of romance in the aftermath of tragedy. Adapted by Jandy Nelson Arlington Co. schools to end student mask requirement March 1 02/17/2022 11:59pm • The Arlington County, Virginia, school system says it plans to follow a new state law that enables parents to choose whether to have their kids wear masks in school. In a presentation posted ahead of Thursday's school board meeting, the school system said it will require masks until March 1, the Landover dad uses talents to spur interest in reading with 'Reading Time' YouTube channel 02/17/2022 02:55pm • This report is part of WTOP���s coverage of Black History Month.��Read more stories on WTOP.com. People all over the country and the globe are tuning into a YouTube channel created by a dad from Prince George���s County, Maryland. He wants to help kids enjoy books ��� especially kids of color. Youngkin calls for Virginians to respect individual masking decisions 02/17/2022 10:26am • Hours after a Loudoun County judge ruled the county's public schools could no longer enforce a mask mandate, effective immediately, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Thursday that Virginians should respect each other's opinions and decisions on whether to wear a mask or not. Youngkin made the appea Mental health a growing crisis for children: How Md., DC and Va. are doing 02/17/2022 08:05am • In a first-of-its kind ranking of how all 50 states and D.C. compare when tackling issues related to mental health in young people, the District ranked 3rd, Maryland 10th and Virginia 21st. Pennsylvania ranked No. 1, but overall, a new report card concluded that mental health issues among young A Anne Arundel Co. school board votes to lift mask mandate 02/17/2022 04:48am • The school board in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, voted unanimously to lift its mask mandate Wednesday evening. Starting Friday, masks will become optional in Anne Arundel Public Schools, but students will still need to wear masks on buses due to a federal mandate. Students at the schools at For Judge orders Loudoun Co. schools to lift mask requirement immediately as other districts prepare for changes 02/16/2022 09:50pm • Public schools in Virginia's Loudoun County have a new mask-optional policy in place, Thursday morning, after a judge granted a temporary injunction in favor of three parents who sued the school board for enforcing a mask mandate. Several Northern Virginia school systems are taking a wait-and-see Youngkin signs school mask-mandate ban into law 02/16/2022 04:24pm • Calling it "a win for all Virginians," Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Wednesday signed into law a long-promised ban on mask mandates in the commonwealth���s schools. The bill, SB739, allows parents to ���elect for child to not wear a mask while on school property,��� regardless of any COVID-19 protectio Montgomery Co. bill would require gender-neutral designation on new single-occupancy restrooms 02/16/2022 12:30am • A bill has been introduced in the Montgomery County, Maryland, council that would expand the number of gender-neutral restrooms in places of public accommodation. "This is very simple and straightforward legislation. Whenever a new single-occupancy bathroom is built, it needs to be gender-neutral Montgomery Co. police chief wants witnesses to call for help before posting online 02/15/2022 09:30pm • The police chief in Montgomery County, Maryland, is calling attention to the indifference to human suffering displayed by those who witness violent crime and video-record it instead of calling 911. Montgomery County police Chief Marcus Jones spoke out against the actions of those who witnessed th Youngkin's mask-mandate ban a vote away from becoming law next month 02/15/2022 06:45pm • An amendment to a Virginia bill banning mask mandates in schools is just a vote away from taking effect sooner rather than later. The Virginia Senate on Tuesday approved Gov. Glenn Youngkin's amendment to SB739, which allows parents "to elect for child to not wear a mask while on school property DC street where child was struck already being considered for speed humps 02/14/2022 11:21pm • A child struck by a car Monday morning near a Northwest D.C. school has raised calls to improve safety in the area of Truesdell Elementary School in the Brightwood Park neighborhood. Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Zach Israel (4D04) said the boy's arm was broken when he was struck by a car on An allergy-friendly cookie company finds sweet success after rejection 02/14/2022 07:18pm • ▶ Watch Video: Mother builds cookie empire from daughter's allergy Denise Woodard knows rejection when it comes to getting investors for her business ��� it's happened at least 86 times. "I took it pretty personal," Woodard told CBS News. But her mission was personal, too. Years Va. House passes ban on mask mandates in schools 02/14/2022 04:36pm • The Virginia House on Monday followed the lead of the Senate and passed a ban on mask mandates in commonwealth schools. By a party-line vote of 52-48, the House passed SB739, which allows parents of students to ���elect for child to not wear a mask while on school property,��� even if it violate Falls Church City allows parents to opt students out from masking 02/14/2022 03:12pm • On Monday, a policy went into effect in the Falls Church City, Virginia, public schools to allow parents to opt their children out of masking requirements on school property. In a letter sent to the school community last week, FCPS Superintendent Dr. Peter J. Noonan attributed the change in mask