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DC Fire chief explains keys to preventing Thanksgiving cooking fires 11/22/2021 06:44pm • Thanksgiving is a time to show off your chef skills, but all that cooking and baking means more risk for kitchen fires. According to D.C. Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly, nationally, Thanksgiving is a peak date for home cooking fires, with more than three times the daily average for such inciden 20 cheap Christmas gifts for 2021 11/22/2021 10:00am • Budget-conscious gifting Even though product prices are rising due to inflation, consumer spending remains strong. In October, retail sales grew 1.7% from the previous month and 16.3% from the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. "This year, we're facing some unusual headwinds when Howard Co. warns of another potential bus service interruption 11/21/2021 10:09pm • Bus driver sick-outs may impact the Howard County Public School system yet again ahead of Thanksgiving break. The system alerted families that they know some providers might participate in another sick out on Monday, Nov. 22. They were unaware of how many routes would be impacted. More DC officials defend decision to drop mask mandate: 'Not changing course' 11/20/2021 12:47am • D.C. officials on Friday defended Mayor Muriel Bowser's decision to end the District's mask mandate, after a majority of the city's council members asked for it to stay in place. Starting Monday, Nov. 22, masks will no longer be required in many indoor spaces in D.C. But masks must still be worn DC family shares story of adoption as more DC kids find forever homes 11/19/2021 08:40pm • Lisa Gordon and Patrice Dubos fostered their two kids before adopting each of them through the court system. (Courtesy Lisa Gordon) As D.C. celebrates its 35th annual National Adoption Day, one couple is sharing their story of challenge and love in adopting their daughter this year. "Both of DC adds more COVID-19 vaccine clinics for kids 11/18/2021 06:16pm • D.C. is extending its walk-up vaccine clinics for children 5 to 11 years old who still need to receive their first dose, while also releasing a schedule for those seeking their second shot. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, the head of DC Health, announced that the clinics are open t Search firm details what people want in next Montgomery Co. schools superintendent 11/18/2021 04:31pm • Closing the achievement gap for Black, Latino and other students of color and responding to the needs of a diverse student body are cited as among the top challenges the next superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland will face, according to focus groups and online surveys of par Charles Co. schools ease quarantine rules after COVID exposure 11/18/2021 04:38am • Changes are coming to Maryland's Charles County Public Schools that involve quarantine rules and the number of people allowed to attend indoor events. Starting Monday, Nov. 22, quarantine procedures will be eased a bit to allow more in-person instruction for students. For indoor school events, 10 Boy, 15, in custody after ammunition found in Montgomery Co. school 11/18/2021 03:14am • A 15-year-old boy is in custody Wednesday after an incident at Northwood High School, in Silver Spring, Maryland, that led to a shelter-in-place order at that school and a lockdown at an elementary school. In a letter to parents, Principal Jonathan Garrick said school officials got an anonymous t When is procrastination a matter of mental health? 11/17/2021 08:35am • When's the last time you put off doing something that you had to get done? Procrastinating is extremely common, and we've all done it from time to time. You may even be procrastinating while reading this article, when you instead need to get work done, pay bills or do chores. Sometimes, however, Fairfax Co. students walk to school in honor of Ruby Bridges 11/17/2021 04:00am • U.S. Deputy Marshals escort six-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, La., in Nov. 1960. The first grader is the only Black child enrolled in the school, where parents of white students are boycotting the court-ordered integration law and are taking their child Maryland state education officials weigh in on school mask mandate's future 11/16/2021 07:14pm • Members of the Maryland State Board of Education weighed in Tuesday on whether to keep the state’s school mask mandate in place. The board heard hours of testimony from parents, county school board officials from across the state, and medical professionals on the merits and the objections to re NIH study to investigate long-term impacts of COVID on children 11/16/2021 08:34am • Bethesda, Maryland-based researchers at the National Institutes of Health have launched a long-term study that seeks to shed light on the lasting impacts of COVID-19 infection on children. The NIH-supported study will track up to 1,000 children and young adults from birth to 21 years old who have Fauci pushes boosters but says focus is still on vaccinating the unvaccinated 11/16/2021 04:17am • Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser for President Biden, said that while COVID-19 booster shots are increasingly important for vaccinated Americans because of waning immunity, the administration hasn’t given up on trying to persuade the unvaccinated to get their first shot. Fauci, the Nearly 100 students receive wrong COVID vaccine dose in Montgomery Co. clinic 11/15/2021 08:39pm • Nearly 100 students received a diluted amount of the Pfizer vaccine at a clinic held on Wednesday, Nov. 10, at South Lake Elementary School in Montgomery Village, Maryland. Parents were notified by phone Monday night of the mix-up, according to a Montgomery County government news release. An addi