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Some Christmas lights worth driving extra for in Maryland 12/13/2021 11:50am • For most people, a few Christmas lights around the frame of the house and across some bushes are more than enough. Some people do more, though, and some people do a lot more. In Bowie, Maryland, it's a year-round obsession for a 19-year-old in his last year of college. If you drive down Ha Arlington schools will hold vaccine clinics for kids 5-11 this week 12/13/2021 07:12am • Children aged 5 to 11 will be able to get vaccinated at four clinics hosted by Arlington Public Schools starting this Tuesday. The Northern Virginia school district is working with local health officials to offer Pfizer's pediatric COVID-19 vaccine after classes from Tuesday, Dec. 14 through Frid Car Review: Big on style and luxury, the Rolls-Royce Cullinan is the ultimate SUV 12/13/2021 04:10am • This is no normal year. While school is back in the actual classroom, it is still a social-distanced wave to people from a far. The school drop-off was a popular time for me and other parents to see what I was driving and play guess the price. However, when a special ride showed up, I knew I had to 'It's really beautiful': Safe streets advocates shut down street for 'chalk-in' in honor of girl killed in crosswalk 12/12/2021 01:49pm • A northeast D.C. Intersection was blocked by safe street advocates Sunday afternoon as they called attention to a crosswalk where a 5-year-old girl was killed. The intersection of 14th and Irving Street Northeast turned into a palette for children, parents and safe street advocates to draw their Study finds speaking baby talk to infants may help them learn real words 12/12/2021 09:34am • A new study suggests that when parents engage in baby talk to their infants, they may actually be helping babies learn to speak real words. The study, conducted by researchers out of McGill University and the University of Florida, has found that mimicking the sound of a smaller vocal tract ��� l Student accused of school shooting threat in Manassas Park charged 12/11/2021 03:26pm • Police in Manassas Park, Virginia, have identified the student responsible for threatening to carry out a violent attack planned for Friday at the city's high school. The student, who authorities said is a 15-year-old sophomore male, has been charged with making "Threats to Kill." Police said the Arlington prosecutor widens justice reform program with help from federal grant 12/11/2021 12:18pm • The top prosecutor in Arlington County, Virginia, will use a $340,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to expand a justice reform program, with the goal of finding alternative ways to ensure justice outside the criminal justice system. In a statement, Commonwealth's Attorney for Arlingto Maryland state lawmakers to prioritize juvenile justice legislation in 2022 12/11/2021 08:02am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. Advocates and two state lawmakers announced Thursday that they plan to prioritize bills during the 2022 legislative session that would bar p U.S. scraps plan to end court agreement protecting migrant children 12/10/2021 08:03pm • Amid pressure from advocates, the Biden administration is reversing course on plans to implement Trump-era regulations that would terminate a long-standing court settlement designed to protect migrant children in U.S. custody, two people familiar with the matter told CBS News. The 2019 Department Fairfax school system settles suit over seclusion, restraint, but questions remain 12/10/2021 01:20pm • 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. Disability rights organizations and families have reached a settlement with Fairfax County Public Schools over school staff���s use of ph Final notes for Va. music shop specializing in kids' band instruments 12/10/2021 12:26pm • Many parents would agree it's hard to call the first few notes a child makes on a rented band instrument "music," but it's a necessary step toward eventually learning how to play. "The first sounds on a lot of instruments can really be off-putting," said Sheila Burns, owner of Roberson's Music, w Toddler left inside car during DC car theft 12/10/2021 02:29am • A car was stolen with a toddler inside in Northwest D.C. Thursday afternoon. According to D.C. police, the vehicle was on Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue near the Burrville area just after 3:30 pm. The child's parent was outside of the car when the car theft occurred. Officers later located t Damascus High School students march after anti-LGBTQ+ incident 12/09/2021 01:54pm • Students at Damascus High School in Montgomery County, Maryland, held a march Monday in response to an anti-LGBTQ+ incident the previous week, with another incident taking place during the march itself. The first incident happened Nov. 30 and involved ���inappropriate comments��� toward students Montgomery Co. high school COVID-19 outbreak grows 12/08/2021 06:36pm • The COVID-19 outbreak at a Montgomery County, Maryland, high school has grown. Paint Branch High School in Burtonsville reported six additional COVID-19 cases Wednesday, according to a letter to parents from the school system. That brings the total number of COVID-19 cases reported at the school Md. nonprofit invites youth to volunteer in their communities 12/08/2021 05:36pm • An organization that a Maryland couple founded is working to make sure families don't miss meals during the holidays. Barrington "Coach Bo" Scott and his wife, Charisse Callender-Scott, the parents of three young children, founded the Comunibuild Foundation to empower young people through educati