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Youngkin pens op-ed defending ban on mask mandates; Fairfax supervisors support school mask requirement 01/26/2022 11:01am • Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin took to the pages of The Washington Post on Tuesday to defend his ban on mask mandates in the commonwealth's schools, a move which is being challenged in court by seven school districts and ignored by more. In his opinion piece��on the battle that has dominated his fi Families vent over Loudoun Co. schools upholding mask mandate, despite Youngkin's mask-optional order 01/26/2022 09:06am • Two days after Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's executive order making masks optional, parents and children who showed up maskless voiced contempt for Loudoun County Public School's decision to maintain a mask mandate. During Tuesday evening's school board meeting, almost all of the people who sign Maryland schools face surge in students, staff quarantined in last month 01/26/2022 05:58am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. Following a holiday break that saw a rapid COVID-19 spike across the state, around 18,100 students from 29 public schools in Maryland were Police ID teenager found dead in Germantown 01/25/2022 11:44pm • Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, have identified the young man found dead Monday. Officers headed to the 18900 block of Grotto Lane, a residential street off Great Seneca Highway in Germantown around 3 p.m. after receiving a report of a dead body found outside. When they arrived at the s DC students stage walk out for safer learning amid COVID-19 surge 01/25/2022 07:00pm • D.C. public school students walked out of their classrooms and organized a virtual rally Tuesday calling for improved health protocols and a more flexible virtual learning policy amid a COVID-19 surge. In the week since it formed, Students for Safe Learning ��� which describes itself as a group o Kids recovering from COVID-19 not eating? Food may smell like rotting trash 01/25/2022 05:48pm • Some people who lose their sense of smell with COVID-19 can get a rude surprise as it begins to return. Kids who are recovering from the virus who interpret some smells as disgusting, rancid or like rotting garbage may not want to eat, a D.C. pediatrician told WTOP. "I have certainly seen a fa Youngkin launches email address for parents to report 'divisive practices' in Va. schools 01/25/2022 04:56pm • Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin wants parents to contact his office if they see or hear something in their child's school that they believe is divisive. And he's set up a special email address for such complaints. Ever since his campaign, Youngkin has singled out critical race theory, which is an With added urgency, dozens rally for Maryland ban on 'ghost guns' 01/25/2022 03:51pm • Dozens of gun control advocates from around Maryland gathered in Annapolis on Tuesday to push for a ban on so-called ���ghost guns.��� It���s not the first time lawmakers have tried to pass such a bill, and it���s not the first time advocates have rallied for it. But now that a student from Rockv 'It's a wonderful life': Passing the 'pick your own' torch at Butler's Orchard 01/25/2022 10:24am • From left: Ben, Susan, Shirley, Tyler (rear), Wade and Hallie. (Courtesy Butler's Orchard) It's hard to discuss Butler's Orchard ��� the popular "pick your own" farm, in Germantown, Maryland ��� without using the word "family." The family business, started in 1950 by Shirley and George Butler Enhanced security, counseling services at Montgomery Co. high schools after shooting 01/25/2022 05:00am • Things will look differently on the first day of the second semester for students at Montgomery County, Maryland, high schools, following a shooting that left one student hurt and another in custody. The shooting last Friday at Magruder High School in Derwood sent the school into lockdown as law Fairfax Co. school officials say students without masks to be excluded from in-person learning 01/25/2022 12:48am • As Fairfax County public school students return to classes Tuesday following an extra-long weekend, school officials have outlined a plan to enforce the policy of mask-wearing in schools. Despite Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's executive order giving parents the right to decide whether their stude What to research when choosing an online university in US 01/25/2022 12:00am • For many prospective international students, deciding to attend a U.S.-based online university is the first step in the path toward completing an undergraduate or graduate degree. But choosing to pursue an online degree can often lead to questions about how to find the right fit. "International s 10 least expensive online colleges for in-state students 01/25/2022 12:00am • The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: C New details released on Magruder HS shooting; teen held without bond 01/24/2022 11:50pm • Montgomery County police released new details about Friday's shooting at Magruder High School in Derwood, Maryland, as a judge ruled Monday that the teenager accused of shooting and wounding a classmate will be held without bond. During a news conference Monday afternoon, Montgomery County police 'I'm a parent too' ��� Va. Democrats, parents blast Youngkin���s order lifting mask mandates 01/24/2022 04:49pm • Using words such as ���illegal��� and ���authoritarian,��� a group of Virginia Democrats and parents of schoolchildren gathered in Richmond on Monday to criticize Gov. Glenn Youngkin���s executive order dropping mask mandates in the commonwealth���s schools, and saying it would disrupt the very retu