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What you should be getting paid in DC (and why you might quit) 10/11/2021 08:47am • Staffing firm Robert Half has just released its 56th annual free Salary Guide. Created in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Labor, it covers projected starting salaries for more than 500 positions in professional services jobs, including finance, accounting, technology, marketing, creative, cu Capital Area Food Bank encourages donors to write legacy letters 10/11/2021 02:02am • Woman hand with pen writing a letter. More than 140,000 children under the age of 18 have lost a parent or custodial grandparent to COVID-19, modeling from a recent study suggests. Minority children account for 65 percent of people who lost a primary care giver due to COVID. One local nonp Virginia's gubernatorial election is more important than ever as a national barometer 10/11/2021 12:14am • Virginia Democrat Terry McAuliffe has admitted President Joe Biden's political woes drag on his gubernatorial campaign. But they pale against the shockwaves that would rip through the White House if he loses his race next month at a perilous time for the party in Washington. If Republican Glenn Y Studies show COVID-19 worsens pregnancy complication risk 10/10/2021 07:07pm • Pregnant women who develop Covid-19 symptoms risk emergency complications and other problems with their pregnancies, according to two new studies. The disease also puts their children at risk. The first study showed that pregnant women with symptomatic Covid-19 had a higher percentage of emergenc Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day 2021: What's open, what's closed 10/10/2021 11:37am • Whether you call it Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples' Day, D.C.-area residents should be aware of some holiday closures that could impact their Monday. As a federal holiday, federal government offices are closed, along with many local jurisdictions' offices. Some closures are region-wide. Fo American University student charged with assault granted curfew extension 10/09/2021 04:47pm • A student at American University has been granted a curfew extension to attend classes on-campus after he was charged with assaulting a family in D.C. In August 2021, 38-year-old Patrick Trebat was arrested and charged with assaulting an Asian family near the Washington National Cathedral. D.C. S How Instagram led to two teens' eating disorders 10/09/2021 11:29am • At 14, Ashlee Thomas was in the grips of anorexia. She weighed 85 pounds. She was hospitalized. Her heart stopped twice. Doctors thought she would not survive. But she did. And now the resident of New South Wales, Australia, is dedicating her life to helping other girls. Her first warning to p COVID-19 outbreak pauses in-person learning at Prince William Co. elementary school 10/09/2021 11:15am • A COVID-19 outbreak is causing problems at Bennett Elementary School in Manassas, Virginia. Starting Tuesday, in-person classes will be paused for the week due to 36 confirmed cases, the school system confirmed to WTOP. In an email to parents Friday night, Prince William County Superintendent LaT DC officials anticipate improvement in school virus testing program, detail child services referrals 10/08/2021 03:02pm • Days after passing legislation aimed at expanding virtual learning flexibility in D.C. public and charter schools, council members on Friday were updated on school testing procedures and learned how many parents have been referred to the city's child services agency because they're not sending kids Alexandria sheriff's deputy aims to provide familiar voice to arriving refugees 10/08/2021 01:51pm • Alexandria sheriff's deputy, Sahar Sherzai (second from left) with an Afghan refugee mother and daughter. (Courtesy Alexandria Sheriff's Office). "Protect and serve" are key parts of most law enforcement agency oaths — sometimes what's needed is to listen and converse. Alexandria Sheriff's Alexandria superintendent, parents plea for the return of SROs 10/08/2021 08:47am • After a series of episodes involving guns and Alexandria City Public Schools, parents and the superintendent are urging that school resource officers once again roam the campus. "I'm pleading with our city council this evening that we reinstate our school resource officers immediately. We cannot Study finds violence, injury against adolescents most likely occurs at home, rose during pandemic 10/08/2021 12:30am • A new study finds more than half of all violence-related injuries sustained by adolescents are linked to family members, with the most likely location where it happened at home. Researchers with Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore looked at data concerning visits to its emergency departm Hundreds of students object to Fairfax County schools pulling controversial books 10/07/2021 10:55am • More than 400 students across Fairfax County, Virginia's, public school system sent a letter to the school board on Thursday. The letter called on members to reject requests for controversial books to be removed from libraries. The signatures were gathered by the Pride Liberation Project, a grou Former Baltimore Co. Exec Ted Venetoulis dies at 87 10/07/2021 09:51am • Former Baltimore County Executive Ted Venetoulis spoke at a September 2018 event where the county unveiled the official portrait of County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, who died while in office. (Courtesy Baltimore County/Flickr) This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partne Proposed new name of DC's Wilson High School debated: 'Too cute' or inspiring 10/07/2021 09:15am • The proposed renaming of Northwest D.C.'s Woodrow Wilson High School after celebrated African American playwright August Wilson continues to draw mixed reviews. "Changing the name of Wilson High School to Wilson High School is somewhat controversial," D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson said in ope