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Woman reported missing after fianc�� returns from trip without her 09/15/2021 05:15am • ▶ Watch Video: Family of woman who disappeared on road trip with fianc�� pleading for answers 22-year-old Gabby Petito from New York's Long Island was reported missing on Saturday by her family after her fianc�� returned home alone from a cross-country road trip the two had embarked on Hundreds rally to save Greater Manassas Baseball League's field complex 09/14/2021 10:32pm • 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. A majority of Manassas City Council members seem ready to enter into an agreement to sell Micron Technology the 18.12 acres of land curre Montgomery Co. school system reverses strict COVID-19 quarantine rules 09/14/2021 03:11pm • After hundreds of students in Montgomery County, Maryland, were quarantined due to potential coronavirus exposure in the first two weeks of the new school year, officials say they are doing away with the strict quarantine guidance, thanks in part to the rollout of a new rapid COVID-19 testing progra Kennedy Center celebrates National Dance Day with three-day festival 09/14/2021 11:37am • National Dance Day is usually one day of fun, but this year you can celebrate for three. The Kennedy Center is hosting an array of events this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. "National Dance Day is honestly my favorite day of the year every year," Director of Dance Programming Jane Rabinovi DC ranks as most expensive place to raise a child 09/14/2021 09:56am • When compared to states, D.C. ranks as the most expensive place to raise a child, according to a new report by LendingTree. LendingTree researchers factored in costs for housing, food, clothing (using girl���s clothing, which tends to be more expensive) transportation, insurance premiums and the China rushes to contain 'school centered' Delta outbreak before major holiday season 09/14/2021 03:46am • Chinese authorities are rushing to contain a widening Delta variant outbreak in the southern province of Fujian ahead of a major upcoming national holiday, when hundreds of millions of people are expected to travel across the country -- creating a window for the highly infectious variant to spread f Inside Met Gala, where there's always someone more famous 09/14/2021 03:23am • U.S. women���s soccer star Megan Rapinoe had just gotten her beverage at the bar at the edge of the room. She looked back at the throbbing crowd of celebrities packed into the center of the airy Petrie Court, where the Met Gala was holding its cocktail reception. Even for a world-renowned athlete Montgomery Co. schools release new plans to keep kids out of quarantine 09/13/2021 08:00pm • After over thousands of students in Montgomery County, Maryland, were sent home to quarantine over coronavirus concerns, the system is introducing new plans to keep more students in the classroom. "We always planned that we would come back and reevaluate after a couple of weeks, knowing that ther Child COVID cases increased nearly 240% since July, pediatricians' group says 09/13/2021 07:25pm • Covid-19 infections have risen "exponentially" among children in the US since July, according to data published Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The group reported 243,373 new cases among kids over the past week. While this is a decline from last week, when 251,781 cases were r Children's National in DC nearing capacity amid surge in respiratory illnesses 09/13/2021 06:39pm • Children's National Hospital in D.C. is nearing full capacity amid a surge in respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19 and another viral disease usually seen in the winter months. The hospital's chief medical officer, Dr. David Wessel, said that as the hospital reaches capacity, its priorities a 'It is going to be disruptive': 5 tips for parents preparing for potential COVID in schools 09/13/2021 03:40pm • Just days into the new school year, hundreds of D.C.-area students are in quarantine after potentially being exposed to the coronavirus. An entire sixth-grade class at Johnson Middle School in Southeast D.C. was told to quarantine, as were about 1,000 students in Montgomery County, Maryland. T Dave Koz jazzes up The Birchmere 09/13/2021 12:16pm • Hear the full conversation on today���s ���Beyond the Fame��� podcast. The D.C. Jazz Festival may be over, but the genre still echoes in our area. On Thursday night, Dave Koz comes to The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia, with his annual Summer Horns tour. This year's edition includes Kirk Wh Heightened security at Frederick school after threat made against students 09/13/2021 04:54am • Police in the city of Frederick, Maryland, said charges are pending against a Monocacy Middle School student who threatened via social media to shoot other students. Officials said the threat was credible, but also found the middle school student did not have access to any means that would have a China's strict 21 day quarantine under question after new outbreak emerges 09/13/2021 03:12am • A man who completed 21 days of mandatory quarantine upon returning to China from overseas has been identified as the likely source of a new outbreak, raising questions over the sustainability of the country's stringent zero-Covid strategy. The fresh outbreak in Fujian province on China's southeas 10 most, least expensive private colleges 09/13/2021 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