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WTOP Space Reporter breaks down new Roland Emmerich sci-fi flick 'Moonfall' 02/03/2022 04:55am • Roland Emmerich’s latest sci-fi flick "Moonfall" opens on the big screen Friday. However, your favorite WTOP Space Reporter caught a sneak peek on the small screen of a Mac Powerbook with an external stereo sound speaker for a home viewing. Emmerich has given us several sci-fi flicks, includ Virginia native makes history as the first Black female performer in 'Riverdance' 02/03/2022 04:10am • A 22-year-old from Richmond, Virginia is about to make history as a pioneering dancer. Morgan Bullock will be the first Black female dancer to perform in "Riverdance," which hits the Kennedy Center this March as part of its 25th anniversary North American Tour. "It's really amazing," Bullo Youngkin, Miyares ask to join suit challenging Loudoun Co. school board's decision to uphold mask mandate 02/03/2022 01:14am • The parents who have filed a lawsuit challenging the Loudoun County School Board's decision to keep the mask mandate have new allies in Virginia's governor and attorney general. Virginia’s governor, attorney general, and education head are asking a judge’s permission to join the suit filed by Body camera video shows man aimed bow at Fairfax Co. officers; no charges against officer 02/02/2022 05:54pm • Police officers went to great lengths to try to serve an emergency custody order on a Virginia man, after he threatened his father with a knife and to harm himself, Fairfax County police Chief Kevin Davis said. Despite repeated attempts to de-escalate the situation, an officer fired a single shot Quick ruling promised in Va. school mask lawsuit 02/02/2022 04:50pm • 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. An Arlington County Circuit Court judge is promising to rule quickly after hearing arguments Wednesday afternoon in the lawsuit filed by Evaluating private elementary schools in DC 02/02/2022 11:25am • In a city packed with lawmakers, diplomats, military leaders and other high-level government officials, it's no mystery why private school is a popular option in Washington, D.C., even for families with young children. There were 72 private schools in Washington serving almost 15,000 students in Loudoun Co. parents sue school board for upholding mask mandate after Youngkin order 02/02/2022 09:14am • Three Loudoun County families have filed suit against the school board for voting to uphold the mask mandate, which defies Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's executive order declaring parents could opt-out of having their child wear a mask in school. The plaintiffs in the civil suit, filed in Loudoun Lawsuit against Youngkin's mask order set to be heard in Northern Virginia 02/02/2022 05:41am • A lawsuit against Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's executive order regarding school masks is set to be heard in Arlington Circuit Court on Wednesday afternoon. The case is scheduled for 1 p.m. as seven Virginia school boards fight against the order that tells families they have the ability to opt-o Va. parents of children with disabilities sue Youngkin over mask mandate ban 02/02/2022 01:05am • Some parents of Virginia children with disabilities are suing Gov. Glenn Youngkin over his ban of school mask mandates. The ACLU of Virginia, one of several groups representing the parents, said in a statement Tuesday that the children involved have conditions including cancer, cystic fibrosis, m Charles Co. middle schooler arrested in assault that left girl unconscious 02/01/2022 05:41pm • A 13-year-old girl was arrested Monday in Charles County, Maryland, and faces charges in connection with an assault that left another girl unconscious at Matthew Henson Middle School, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office said. According to a release, a school resource officer responded to the re How a DC teacher and community group are working to provide students, educators with better masks 02/01/2022 04:58am • Members of Sunset Movement DC distribute N95 masks to D.C. school workers. (Courtesy Sunset Movement) When D.C. teacher Kathy Thorne learned another educator at Marie Reed Elementary School had launched a fundraising campaign to provide higher quality masks to his students, she considered ways t First Sweetgreen, now Solidcore: A Northern Virginia native's rise to leadership 02/01/2022 04:27am • This report is part of WTOP's coverage of Black History Month. Read more stories on WTOP.com. For people who live in the D.C. region, salad restaurant Sweetgreen and fitness center Solidcore are most likely familiar business names. Those two companies, which started in the region, now reach fa Prince George's Co. schools chief on budget, alternative schools, in-person learning 01/31/2022 11:30pm • The last group of Prince George's County, Maryland, public school students to receive instruction virtually is now back in the classroom. Students from kindergarten to sixth grade attended school virtually as part of the school system's strategy to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus. In Potomac dad's piano skills make him a TikTok star 01/31/2022 03:35pm • A Potomac, Maryland, father has found stardom on the social media app TikTok. Dan Binstock has played piano his entire life, but he can also play a song immediately after listening to it. During the pandemic, he began a TikTok channel that began with his daughter quizzing him on songs but has Bomb threats made to multiple HBCUs including Bowie State, Howard 01/31/2022 01:58pm • Police respond to Bowie State University's Charlotte Robinson Hall on Jan. 31, 2022, amid a bomb threat. (WTOP/John Domen) Bomb threats were made Monday against several historically Black colleges and universities Monday, including two in the D.C. region: Bowie State and Howard. Maryland Sta