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Search continues for dogs who ran away after crash on I-270 in Montgomery Co. 12/31/2019 12:00pm • Community members have joined the search for two dogs that went missing after a crash along Interstate 270 in Montgomery County, Maryland, over the weekend, and a group that helps find missing animals is asking for more people to be on the lookout. Brian Shelton, of North Carolina, was driving no Maryland debuts new program offering routine calls to check on older residents 12/31/2019 10:35am • You know the worry. You’re trying to work and take care of your home while also trying to make sure mom or dad, living alone, is OK. Maryland wants to help. The state has started a new program — Senior Call Check. It is a first-in-the-nation statewide program that provides a call to senior Muhammad makes list of top 10 baby names in the US for the first time 12/31/2019 06:07am • For the first time, Muhammad is one of the top 10 most popular baby names for boys in the United States, according to data from the parenting website BabyCenter. Muhammad ranks at No. 10, up four spots from last year. The name has been climbing steadily on BabyCenter's rankings over the years and Charity paying off thousands in Prince William Co. school lunch debt 12/30/2019 10:22am • A local charity is working to let kids go back to school after the winter break free of lunch debt. Lunch debt — debt owed to schools from kids whose parents can’t pay for their lunches — is high in Prince William County, Virginia. Adelle Settle told WTOP, “Right now in Prince William Cou Pet of the Week: 2019 pets 12/30/2019 09:30am • Pet of the Week is a weekly feature that highlights a pet available for adoption from D.C.’s Humane Rescue Alliance. Take a look at our 2018 pets, and where they are now.  The Humane Rescue Alliance (formerly the Washington Humane Society-Washington Animal Rescue League) has protected and Greta Thunberg's parents went green to 'save' their daughter 12/30/2019 06:57am • Greta Thunberg and her father Svante attend a press conference during the COP24 summit on climate change in Katowice, Poland on December 4, 2018. (AFP via Getty Images/JANEK SKARZYNSKI) Greta Thunberg's father says he initially did not support his daughter's climate activism, calling it a "bad i DC's Newseum enters its final days 12/27/2019 03:30pm • Visitors are seen entering the Newseum, near the National Mall in Washington, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) If you haven’t been to the Newseum, you only have a few days left. The Newseum opened in 2008 and focused on how journalists have covered history. Located down Popular toy 'Glamper' clamping children's hands — how to free stuck fingers 12/27/2019 08:01am • It’s a "had to have it" toy that’s leading to a lot of hurt fingers. The toy is called the L.O.L Surprise 2-in-1 Glamper. It’s a teal and pink rolling camper toy for a line of dolls. The 2-in-1 feature is that it opens up into a play set. Perhaps the name should be changed to the L.O.L S Fairfax Co. schools will soon guarantee students day off to protest 12/26/2019 10:25pm • Some students in Fairfax County, Virginia, will soon be guaranteed a day off school to participate in protests, a spokeswoman for Fairfax County Public Schools confirmed Thursday evening. Beginning Jan. 27, 2020 students in seventh through 12th grades will be permitted one excused absence each sc 'A little bit of sunshine': How the Children's Inn at NIH gets holiday cheer 12/25/2019 03:40pm • Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus pose with the Hazen family at the Children's Inn at NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019. The Hazen family just received good news about 12-year-old Olivia Hazen's health. (WTOP/Kate Ryan) Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus aren't the only ones spreading holi A local family's Christmas lesson brings meals to DC’s less fortunate 12/24/2019 12:23pm • They sound like updated lyrics to "The 12 Days of Christmas." 16,000 meatballs … 10 trays of veggie rice … Garlic string beans … 500 dinner rolls … Hundreds of cookies … Cups of hot cocoa … All prepared by one family.  Well, it may not perfectly fit the tune, but it does perfect Woman's $10K donation goes toward Fauquier County school lunch debt 12/23/2019 03:25pm • A woman's donation will go toward paying off the school lunch debt of Fauquier County, Virginia, public school students in need. Ann Anderson's $10,000 donation will affect families who have qualified for reduced lunch or have shown that they are unable to pay, the school system said in a news re Ex-Bethesda lacrosse coach arrested in bizarre murder, kidnapping plot 12/19/2019 06:04pm • A former Bethesda, Maryland, high school lacrosse coach is under arrest in connection with an attempted murder and kidnapping case so bizarre that even federal prosecutors say it reads "like the script of a bad horror movie." Walter Johnson High School principal Jennifer Baker assured students in Appeals, advocacy likely after guilty verdict in killing of Lt. Richard Collins III 12/19/2019 09:29am • Richard Collins, Jr. and wife Dawn thank Prince George's County State's Attorney Aisha Braveboy after Sean Urbanski was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of their son, Richard Collins III. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein) Lawyers for Sean Urbanski had no comment as they left the courtroom, aft DC elementary school evacuated because of 'gas' smell twice in a week 12/18/2019 04:10pm • For the second time in a week, students were evacuated from Langdon Elementary School for what they thought was a gas leak Tuesday afternoon, when the smell of natural gas filled the air in one section of the school. (Credit: Google Street View) It’s the gas leak that wasn't at a D.C. elementary