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'She was a star': Maryland girl dies after what was thought to be a simple case of the flu 02/19/2020 01:45pm • For one family in Calvert County, Maryland, Valentine's Day will always be connected to heartbreak: the day when they lost their 8-year-old girl. Kinsley Sandvik had a vibrant laugh and, according to her mother, everyone was her friend. "If you met her, you fell in love with her. No one was a Teen shot dead in Charles Co. was son of Prince George's Co. police officer 02/19/2020 09:40am • School officials have named the teenage son of a Prince George's County, Maryland, police officer who was found shot dead in Charles County on Tuesday. Seventeen-year-old North Point High School senior Bradley Alan Brown was found in a driveway with multiple gunshot wounds just before 7 p.m. on t Washington state woman pleads not guilty in baby theft case 02/18/2020 09:14pm • TACOMA, Wash. (AP) ��� A Washington state woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to drugging a mother after authorities say she posed as a photographer in a complex plot to kidnap the mother���s newborn baby. Juliette Parker, 38, entered her plea to attempted kidnapping and assault in Pierce County Super 'Nothing's guaranteed': Georgetown coach shares gratitude after heart attack at practice 02/18/2020 06:00pm • Trey Henderson, 39, poses with his family, including his sons ��� 6-year-old Corbin and 10-year-old Claytor ��� and his wife, Summers Henderson. (WTOP/Kristi King) A Georgetown University coach who had a heart attack during football practice is now sharing his perspective after the near-death ex He fled Syria ��� but was shot delivering pizzas in Baltimore 02/18/2020 10:11am • BALTIMORE ��� The family of a pizza delivery driver who was recently gunned down in Baltimore says that he had fled war-torn Syria to seek a better life. The Baltimore Sun reported Tuesday that the murder of Khaled Heeba remains unsolved nearly two weeks after he died. Heeba escaped Syria���s Md. assembly debates future of multibillion-dollar public school reform 02/18/2020 09:08am • 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 people filled hearing rooms and rallied in Annapolis on Monday as the General Assembly took the unusual step of convening a Movie Review: 'Sonic the Hedgehog' brings Sega game to the big screen 02/17/2020 12:25am • This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Sonic, voiced by Ben Schwartz, in a scene from "Sonic the Hedgehog. " (Paramount Pictures/Sega of America via AP) In "A Christmas Story" (1983), Ralphie's parents hid his Red Ryder B.B. gun behind a desk to find as a bonus after his other Chris Simple detection tool saves babies around the world ��� and it was developed in DC 02/14/2020 04:45pm • A screening procedure that started as a pilot program in the D.C. area is credited with saving the lives of babies around the world. Pulse oximetry (or "pulse ox") is simple, cheap, painless and quick. It involves an oximeter ��� that little clip that is placed on a finger to check blood oxygen l Fairfax County bakery manager accused of assaulting 2nd developmentally disabled worker 02/14/2020 01:30pm • The Fairfax County, Virginia, bakery manager who was arrested last month after being accused of inappropriately touching a woman who worked there has been arrested again after being accused of assault by a second victim, police said Friday. Fairfax County police want to know if anyone has had in Montgomery County is taking its battle against opioids on the road 02/14/2020 12:12pm • ��� Montgomery County is rolling out a new tool to fight the opioid epidemic. It���s called the COPE (Community Opioid Prevention and Education) trailer. When you step inside, it looks like you���re walking into a bedroom and a bathroom. In a department video tour of the trailer, Montgomery Inaugural class at LeBron James' school to receive free tuition to Kent State 02/13/2020 08:03am • The inaugural class of LeBron James' I Promise School in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, has received some amazing news. All 193 students, who are high school juniors, will be receiving free tuition to Kent State University. The kids, who were visiting the Kent State campus The Fitz of Fitz & The Tantrums goes behind the hand claps ahead of Anthem 02/13/2020 12:27am • Noelle Scaggs and Michael Fitzpatrick as Fitz and The Tantrums performs during Music Midtown 2014 at Piedmont Park on Saturday, Sep. 20, 2014, in Atlanta. (Photo by Katie Darby/Invision/AP) They're one of the hottest indie pop and neo soul bands in all of music. This Friday, Fitz and the 13-year-old Woodbridge boy charged with sexual battery 02/12/2020 07:33pm • A Woodbridge, Virginia, boy is facing charges after police said he assaulted a classmate on the school bus last month. In a letter to parents, Beville Middle School principal Tim Keenan wrote that it was reported Feb. 10 that a boy allegedly had inappropriate contact with another student on the b Maryland bill would ban sale of flavored vaping products 02/12/2020 05:59pm • A Maryland bill under consideration in Annapolis would ban the sale of electronic smoking devices that contain flavors other than tobacco. Senate Bill 410 will be heard by the Senate Finance Committee. Maryland state Sens. Benjamin Kramer, James Rosapepe and Christopher West sponsored the bill Big changes advance in Virginia ahead of crossover deadline 02/12/2020 05:00am • Major pent-up Democratic priorities that could mean significant changes across Virginia are moving forward after Tuesday night���s crossover deadline that marks the procedural midpoint of the annual General Assembly session. Minimum wage hikes, a limited ���assault weapons��� ban, allowing locali