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Jo-Carroll Dennison, the oldest surviving Miss America, dies aged 97 11/01/2021 06:30am • Jo-Carroll Dennison, aged 97, died at her California home last month. (Getty Images/20th Century-Fox/Film Favorites) The oldest surviving winner of Miss America, Jo-Carroll Dennison, has died aged 97. Dennison, who held the title during World War II and broke with convention by refusing to we Trick or treating on Main Street Ellicott City is back, and so are the crowds 10/31/2021 09:26pm • Trick or treating on Main Street in Ellicott City was canceled last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But with good weather and no flooding from the recent storm, it was back in full force this year. There was no shortage of creativity when it came to costumes. But the crowds had some shops Taylor Swift pays tribute to Carole King at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony 10/31/2021 03:12pm • Taylor Swift lit up the opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony Saturday with a nod to 2021 inductee Carole King, and even King had a tear in her eye. Swift soothed the crowd with a rendition of King's "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" wearing a lacy, black bodysuit to match the fo An eraser button? Focused ideas could help bridle Big Tech 10/31/2021 08:06am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Break up Big Tech? How about shrinking the tech companies’ shield against liability in cases where the content they push to users causes harm? Or creating a new regulator to strictly oversee the industry? Those ideas have captured official attention in the U.S., Europe, U.K. Montgomery Co. students speak in favor of proposed financial literacy requirement 10/29/2021 05:58pm • Students representing multiple schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, spoke in favor of adding a financial literacy course requirement at a school board meeting this week. The course option, which student School Board member Hana O'Looney proposed earlier this month, calls for the county's inter PHOTOS: Children's National helps parents with newborns in intensive care celebrate Halloween 10/29/2021 04:15pm • Parents hope to share many milestones with their newborns, and baby’s first Halloween usually gives them a chance to bust out an adorable chunky pumpkin costume. Children’s National Hospital in D.C. says for parents with children in their Newborn Intensive Care Unit, the holiday gives pa DC unveils plans for COVID-19 vaccines for kids 10/29/2021 01:25pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Health on Friday announced their plans to vaccinate kids 5 to 11 years old once the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approves the shots. More than 60 hospitals, pharmacies and health centers will have 24,600 doses of the two-dose Pfizer-BioN 'I did it before' — Terry McAuliffe cites experience in bid to return as Va. governor 10/29/2021 05:27am • Democratic gubernatorial candidate former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe speaks during a rally Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, in Arlington, Va. McAuliffe will face Republican Glenn Youngkin in the November election. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) EDITOR’S NOTE: Virginians have a few days left to vote for t Teachers say heavy workload in Montgomery Co. schools made worse by vacancies 10/28/2021 10:03pm • School's been in session for just over two months, and already, Montgomery County, Maryland, teachers say they are exhausted. Jennifer Martin, president of the Montgomery County Education Association which represents teachers and substitutes, said that under "normal" circumstances, a teacher's da Loudoun County sheriff investigating accusation of inappropriate touching at middle school 10/28/2021 06:48pm • A Virginia sheriff's office is investigating several incidents of inappropriate touching at a Loudoun County middle school. It happened this week at Harmony Middle School in Hamilton. Staff told the school's resource officer Wednesday that a male student had touched another boy over his clothing Calvert County bus drivers stage another sickout 10/28/2021 12:16pm • Most bus drivers in Calvert County, Maryland, staged a sickout Thursday, following a similar action Monday. Around 100 bus drivers, out of a total of 134, participated in the sickout, according to Calvert County Supervisor of Transportation and Athletics Kevin Hook. The drivers are demanding a Loudoun Co. school board receiving violent threats, school says 10/28/2021 10:03am • School board members in Loudoun County, Virginia, have been receiving violent threats for months, a public schools spokesman said. Wayde Byard told WTOP the threats range from "laughable," with people cursing and "being childish," to serious, which get reported to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Off Most parents don't plan to vaccinate young kids against COVID right away, survey finds 10/28/2021 05:01am • A Covid-19 vaccine could be available for little kids soon, and public health leaders say vaccinating them could help end the pandemic -- but only if parents actually get them vaccinated. A new survey suggests that's uncertain at best. The majority of parents say they will not get their younge Amid coverup claims, Loudoun Supt. Ziegler says he's never received notice of juvenile arrests 10/28/2021 04:34am • In the midst of politically-charged allegations of coverup and malfeasance after two recent sexual assaults in Loudoun County, Virginia high schools, Superintendent Scott Ziegler says he has never, during his three years with LCPS, been notified by the county sheriff's office that a juvenile has bee Side effects of COVID shot in children ages 5 to 11 'mild,' investigator says 10/28/2021 03:50am • When a US Food and Drug Administration advisory committee recommended Tuesday that the agency grant emergency use authorization for Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 for children between the ages of 5 and 11, it was based on data gathered during clinical trials conducted around the United States. One of