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Review: 'Mitchells vs. Machines' is hyper, heartfelt family road trip to save the world 04/30/2021 11:21am • Pixar just won its 11th Oscar for Best Animated Feature this past Sunday, but another studio just heated up the competition for next year's race: Sony Pictures Animation. "The Mitchells vs. The Machines" hits Netflix on Friday as a real genre standout, combining a heartwarming family journey WTOP Top Kid: Fredericksburg boy with a big heart for others 04/30/2021 05:47am • Ramsey Belyamani, right, with orphaned children in the Philippines. (Courtesy Venise Lewis) A 10-year-old boy from Fredericksburg, Virginia, is showing that he has a big enough heart to go around the world. Ramsey Belyamani said his mom and dad have known the Shepherd of the Hills Children��� Smithsonian National Zoo welcomes lesser kudu calf born at zoo 04/29/2021 03:56pm • Staff at the Smithsonian National Zoo in D.C. got a pleasant surprise when they went to check on the lesser kudus: A new calf was born overnight. According to the National Zoo, the calf was born to Rogue, a 7-year-old female, and Garrett, a 10-year-old male. He is the third calf for both parents, DC outdoor pools set to reopen for first time in nearly 2 years 04/29/2021 12:49pm • It has been a while since outdoor swimming pools were open to the public in the nation's capital, but that is about to change come next month. The District plans to open them May 29. "We're really excited to reopen our pools," said Delano Hunter, director of the D.C. Department of Parks and Re What they left behind: Maryland families treasure jewelry, voice mails left by COVID victims 04/29/2021 08:38am • Clockwise from top left: Dr. Teresa Hanyok still uses the stethoscope of her husband, Dr. Herb Henderson. The family of Pilar Palacios Pe re-watch videos of her animated karaoke performances and hold tight to memorable voice mails. One of Danitza Simpson���s sons wears the ojo de venado pendant wit With cicadas coming: Signs a child might have an authentic bug phobia 04/28/2021 11:22pm • Massive numbers of Brood X, 17-year cicadas will emerge out of the ground in the coming days and weeks, and some folks might find them disturbing. "Bug phobia is a real thing," said Dr. Asha Patton-Smith, a child and adolescent psychiatrist with Kaiser Permanente, who practices in Burke and Falls U.Md. medical school researching COVID-19 vaccines for children 04/28/2021 06:14pm • The latest volunteers in COVID-19 vaccine trials are squeezing in their doctor's appointments between virtual play dates and doing their homework. They're the more than 6,700 children across the country who are taking part in the study of the efficacy of the Moderna vaccine in children. The tr Nat Geo Kids book 'Top Secret' transforms your child into the next 007 04/28/2021 01:39am • Is your son an amateur sleuth? Is your daughter adept at cracking codes? National Geographic Kids has published a book by Crispin Boyer and Suzanne Zimbler called "Top Secret: Spies, Codes, Capers, Gadgets & Classified Cases Revealed." "Young readers like one thing more than anything e Soft bedding continues to claim infant lives despite warnings, study finds 04/27/2021 07:19am • Amanda Saucedo did everything the natural parenting blogs she read told her to do before she brought her newborn son Ben into her bed to co-sleep in October 2014. "I was a single mom of two kids, so I took sleep any way I could get it," said Saucedo, who was 27 at the time. "I was like, 'These pe Metro areas with the most top-ranked high schools in the US 04/27/2021 12:00am • See the top metro areas in the Best High Schools rankings. While some individual high schools excel, metro areas can also stand out for education quality. Using the same methodology as the U.S. News Best High Schools national rankings, schools are grouped into metro areas according to U.S. Census Where the best public high schools are located 04/27/2021 12:00am • Quality high schools can be found across the country, particularly in the suburbs. To determine the 2021 Best High Schools, U.S. News reviewed nearly 24,000 public high schools in all 50 states and the District of Columbia for the 2018-19 school year and ranked 17,857 of those. Among the total ra 'Nomadland' dominates Oscars, but thunder stolen by anticlimactic finish 04/26/2021 12:53am • It should have been a climactic Oscar bow for ���Nomadland,��� which won Best Picture, Best Actress for Frances McDormand (her third, just one shy of the record) and Best Director for Chloe Zhao (the first woman of color and the second woman ever to win the prize). Instead, the Academy change Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidates have first debate 04/25/2021 11:54pm • Four out of the seven Republicans running for governor in��Virginia��met Sunday in their first debate, covering topics ranging from education to law enforcement to the economy, with each promising to turn back liberal Democratic policies and end a GOP losing streak. he event, sponsored by the V Anne Arundel Co. looks at expanding in-class instruction 04/24/2021 07:53am • Leaders in Maryland's Anne Arundel County public school system are exploring the idea of bringing more students back into classrooms this year, while at the same time watching a rise in the number of coronavirus cases among teachers and students. Since March 1, there were over 350 confirmed COVID DC educators discuss getting hesitant families to choose in-person learning 04/23/2021 04:22pm • D.C. educators and school leaders are discussing how they plan to get more students to return to in-person learning, and they said it starts with building trust. Chancellor Lewis Ferebee remarked that it is not just one, but a number of challenges at play including ��� vaccine hesitation and chil