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George Floyd: Officers' body camera footage released to public (Video) 08/10/2020 11:31pm • The May 25 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody set off protests against racial injustice and police brutality in Minnesota, D.C. and around the world. On Monday, a Minnesota court released body camera footage from two of the former police officers charged in George Floyd���s dea How parents can prepare for students' virtual return to school 08/10/2020 04:38am • This story is part of ���Parenting in a Pandemic,��� WTOP���s continuing coverage of how parents are dealing with child care, schooling and more through the coronavirus pandemic. While many of the D.C. region's public school systems are turning to a virtual start for the new academic year, learni Amid furor from mayor's racist post, lifelong Black resident on slow change in Luray 08/10/2020 04:21am • Fred Veney is a member of a small club ��� he's one of 236 Black residents who call Luray, Virginia, home. The historic town of Luray, which sits just across Virginia Route 340 from the popular tourist attraction Luray Caverns, is in the midst of a flurry of unwanted scrutiny, after a Facebook po Would a potential coronavirus vaccine be safe for children? 08/10/2020 04:10am • Pediatricians concerned about parents who have questions regarding vaccinating children want to reassure them that if and when a coronavirus vaccine is available, it will be safe. "Some studies and early polls have suggested that upwards of one-fourth to one-third of the population would not read Brazil makes grim milestone ��� 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 08/08/2020 06:49pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� Brazil surpassed a grim milestone of 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday night, and five months after the first reported case the country has not shown signs of crushing the disease. The nation of 210 million people has been reporting an average of more than 1,000 dai Salvation Army and Walmart want you to 'Stuff the Bus' to help children in need this fall 08/08/2020 06:14pm • Whether it's online or in the classroom, a local school supply drive is hoping to help out as kids start classes again this fall. This weekend, empty boxes at eight Walmart locations in Virginia, Maryland and D.C. are waiting to be filled with supplies for those in need in time for the new school Advice on virtual learning from Maryland school where online learning is the norm 08/07/2020 11:17pm • At College Park Academy in Prince George's County, Maryland, online learning was in place long before the coronavirus pandemic sent kids home for the rest of the school year. The charter school enrolls students via a lottery from grades 6-12 features an online curriculum. One-third of the clas 2020 sales tax holiday in Md., Va. amid pandemic 08/07/2020 09:04pm • The D.C. region's annual sales tax holiday is here, and this year, there is a focus on helping small businesses struggling during the coronavirus pandemic. "This year has been a tough year for small retailers especially for those deemed as non-essential, so they've been closed for a number of month Montgomery County backs down on keeping nonpublic schools closed 08/07/2020 05:45pm • Montgomery County's health officer is backing down from a directive ordering nonpublic schools to keep their classrooms closed until Oct. 1 to limit the spread of the coronavirus. In a statement Friday, the county said Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles rescinded his directive closing nonpublic sch Teen's Eagle Scout project equips Fairfax Co. medic units with autism, anxiety comfort kits 08/07/2020 05:08pm • A Northern Virginia teenager has supplied first responders in Fairfax County with a tool they might not have realized they needed: anxiety and autism comfort kits. "I have autism, so it gave me the idea," said 17-year-old Adrian Allred of the "Adrian���s Resource Care Kits," now carried on all 42 Loudoun County OKs online learning plan for new school year 08/07/2020 06:02am • Loudoun County's school board signed off on the Virginia school system's distance learning plan for the upcoming school year, releasing details about how the typical school day will go for students when they return to their virtual classrooms the day after Labor Day. The goal is to get students i Review: 'Secret Garden' pales to 1993 film, but is warm blanket of familiarity 08/07/2020 01:53am • Dixie Egerickx, Edan Hayhurst and Amir Wilson appear in a scene from "The Secret Garden." (STXfilms via AP) We may still be a few weeks away from movies widely returning to theaters, but that doesn't mean there aren't some family-friendly options debuting straight to streaming. This Frida DC-area doctor weighs in on how to keep kids safe when sports return 08/06/2020 04:22pm • At the baseball league Korin Hudson���s sons attend, athletes have been instructed to maintain physical distance even in a huddle and the goal is to keep kids in masks as much as possible. (Courtesy Korin Hudson) Children can return to organized sports safely as long as proper protocols are Fight over closing private schools in Montgomery Co. continues with memo from state health secretary 08/06/2020 02:53pm • Maryland's top health official has weighed in on a fight in Montgomery County over closing private schools because of the coronavirus pandemic, issuing a memo to all county health officers, saying, "it is the health policy of the state of Maryland that nonpublic schools not be closed in a blanket ma Safety improvements begin at deadly Bethesda intersection 08/06/2020 08:06am • Work to make a River Road intersection in Bethesda, Maryland, safer for drivers and pedestrians has finally begun, years after a deadly crash. In 2016, a driver traveling 70 mph over the speed limit crashed into a car��at the intersection of River Road and Braeburn Parkway in Bethesda, killing 18