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WTOP Top Kid: Fairfax boy's paper planes bring joy during pandemic 12/25/2020 04:15am • Zachary Holden has been busy during the pandemic, bringing smiles to his Fairfax neighbors. (Courtesy the Holden family) There are few things better than bringing a smile to your neighbors' faces during this tragic pandemic, and that's what a 9-year-old boy in Fairfax County, Virginia, is doing. How to help teens experiencing greater levels of depression amid pandemic 12/23/2020 07:21pm • The social isolation that comes with pandemic-related lockdowns has been a struggle for everyone, but a D.C.-area doctor said that it has led to an increase in the number of teenagers reporting symptoms of depression. "Teenagers are social creatures — teens and adolescences thrive on face-to-fa Mike Miller resigning from Maryland Senate after more than 45 years 12/23/2020 04:46pm • FILE — Maryland Sen. Thomas V. Mike Miller listens as Gov. Larry Hogan, not pictured, delivers his annual State of the State address to a joint session of the legislature in Annapolis, Md., Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark) Maryland Sen. Thomas V. Mike Miller is resigning from th NBA’s Wizards, DC-area libraries team up for winter reading challenge 12/22/2020 08:17pm • The Washington Wizards are partnering with D.C.-area library systems for a reading program that will offer an array of team-related rewards for participation. The Wizards Winter Reading Challenge involves the D.C., Alexandria, Virginia, and Prince George’s County, Maryland, library systems for Bowser names Contee new DC police chief 12/22/2020 11:40am • Newly named D.C. police Chief Robert Contee speaks at a news conference Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. (Courtesy D.C. Mayor's Office) D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser named police veteran Robert Contee as the District's new police chief Tuesday. She called it a "full circle" for Contee, a Washington native How prospective college athletes can make up for a lost season 12/22/2020 04:30am • When the pandemic pushed schools online last March, it also put many high school sports careers on hold. While some Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and travel teams for high school-age athletes held practices and games over the summer, most school teams — even deep into the fall semester — have Diaper demand high: How you can help 12/21/2020 08:54pm • D.C.-area families struggling to afford the basics, such as food and keeping kids in diapers, are making tough choices that are only becoming more difficult with pandemic-related stresses. "People who are using all sorts of things as hygiene products," said Shelly Tucker, executive director of th The Atlantic moving its operations to The Wharf 12/21/2020 08:18am • The Atlantic has signed a lease for the top two floors at 610 Water St. SW. (Courtesy Hoffman-Madison Waterfront) The Atlantic, one of the nation’s oldest news publications, will relocate its D.C. operations from The Watergate to a new building under construction in Phase 2 of Hoffman-Madison Annual toy giveaway in Alexandria adjusts for pandemic 12/20/2020 02:43pm • The pandemic has changed so many annual traditions this year, but it didn’t stop one organization in Alexandria, Virginia, from having its Winter Wonderland event. Gaynelle Diaz, the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority's director of resident and community services, is grateful the or Prince George's Co. Toys for Tots distribution sends 15,000 kids home happy 12/19/2020 08:20pm • Many cars arrived Saturday for the annual Toys for Tots giveaway in Prince Georges County, causing the line to stretch about a mile, producing traffic slowdowns on Central Avenue in Bowie, Maryland. The nine-month COVID-19 pandemic, which has many residents mourning the loss of loved ones, suffer Maryland immigrants await Biden moves on immigration policy promises 12/18/2020 02:19pm • Fermin Lozano, Andrew Lozano-Hernandez, Yoslin Amaya Hernandez, and James Lozano-Hernandez pose for a family picture. (Courtesy Yoslin Amaya Hernandez) Yoslin Amaya Hernandez, a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient, is hesitant to celebrate President-elect Joe Biden’s victor After long dispute, Md. universities reach agreements to release hundreds of students from leases 12/18/2020 09:16am • A car carries a message from University of Maryland students trying to get out of their apartment leases. This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Hundreds of students who hav COVID-19 pandemic has piled many more tasks on oldest child 12/17/2020 04:20pm • Katherine Banegas-Bonilla, a high school student at Baltimore City College, has much more to do at home since classes went virtual. (Photo by Megan Sayles/Capital News Service) BALTIMORE — A year ago, 17-year-old Katherine Banegas-Bonilla had to worry only about managing her classes at Baltimo New police chief takes over in Anne Arundel County 12/17/2020 02:05pm • FILE — In this 2019 photo, Chief Amal Awad is photographed at the Hyattsville police headquarters in Hyattsville, Md., on Jan. 18, 2019. (Photo by Cheryl Diaz Meyer for The Washington Post via Getty Images) The new chief of police in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, is a familiar name. Chief Seeing Santa safely: A salve at the end of a tumultuous year 12/17/2020 09:00am • Seeing Santa is for many families a holiday tradition that goes back generations. It’s the annual snapshot that year-after-year marks the passage of time, and a reminder that children believe in magic, and that a jolly bearded man can make their wishes come true. But it’s Christmas in 2020, a