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Expert: Every family needs escape plan in case of fire 11/05/2019 05:00am • Do you have an escape plan? First responders believe every family should plan for and practice a safe escape in case of a fire in their home. It doesn't have to be complicated, according to the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department in Virginia: Make sure you have working smoke alarms. Backlash, support aimed at Loudoun Co. schools' diverse books program 11/04/2019 05:40pm • The diverse library program in Virginia's Loudoun County Public Schools is under fire from some parents who believe material in some of the program's books isn't appropriate for their kids. "The excerpts from these books are so explicit that they would garner an 'R' rating or an 'X' rating," said Finish the celebration: Nationals visit the White House 11/04/2019 04:29pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: 'cca81dc8-6a59-4fea-ad28-5a34ffc95988' }).render("564615369de23f75");}); The World Series champion Washington Na MRIs show screen time linked to lower brain development in preschoolers 11/04/2019 11:00am • Screen time use by infants, toddlers and preschoolers has exploded over the last decade, concerning experts about the impact of television, tablets and smartphones on these critical years of rapid brain development. Now a new study scanned the brains of children 3 to 5 years old and found those w Bowie residents to vote for new mayor Tuesday 11/03/2019 03:08pm • After more than 20 years in office, Bowie Mayor Fred Robinson is retiring. This Tuesday, voters will decide what has been one of the most wide open and competitive races the Maryland city has seen in years. The issue dominating the campaign has been development, which city leaders only have a Maryland pediatrician convicted of sex abuse charges, acquitted of rape 11/01/2019 04:44pm • A Frederick, Maryland, pediatrician has been convicted of sexually abusing a teenage patient in April. After a two-day bench trial in Frederick County Circuit Court, Judge William Nicklas found Dr. Ernesto Torres, 69, guilty on second-degree assault and fourth-degree sex offense charges that were Maryland man pleads guilty to seeking explicit content from boys online 11/01/2019 09:06am • A Frederick County, Maryland, man was sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison Thursday for posing as a teenage girl online and pressuring young boys to send him sexually explicit content. Federal prosecutors said Jake Tyler Patterson, 21, of Adamstown, pleaded guilty to child pornograph Va. sees 12% increase in homeschooling over last 5 years 10/30/2019 12:05pm • DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — The number of home-schooled students in Virginia is rising. The Danville Register & Bee reported Tuesday that the state's home-schooled population saw a 12 percent increase in the last five years. There were nearly 39,000 home-schooled students during 2013-14 school Montgomery Co. schools urged to excuse absences for protests 10/30/2019 04:00am • Students who want to attend protests and rallies get excused absences in D.C. and in the Virginia counties of Fairfax and Arlington. And some elected leaders in Maryland want the same for kids in Montgomery County Public Schools. "We hope they'll study it. We hope they'll evaluate this," said Del Remix of kids' classic ABC song has internet PO'd 10/29/2019 11:22am • It was an earworm before the phrase was coined, and chances are it was the first song you ever learned. But, apparently, some things aren't sacred. Most of us know it as "the alphabet song," or the "ABC song," even though its 1835 copyrighted title is "The A.B.C., a German air with variations for 4-year-old boy last seen in Baltimore found in Virginia 10/28/2019 05:05pm • A 4-year-old boy who was last seen Monday afternoon in Baltimore has been found safe and unharmed in Manassas, Virginia, police said. An Amber Alert that had been issued for Diland Cruz-Hernandez was canceled shortly after 5 p.m. The boy was found with his father, 36-year-old Adonis Cruz-Reyes First court appearance for man indicted in killings of Loudoun mother, son 10/28/2019 02:05pm • The man indicted this month for the 2018 murders of Mala Manwani and her adult son, Rishi Manwani, made his first appearance in a Loudoun County, Virginia, courtroom by video hookup. Bryan Kuang-Ming Welsh, 38, who was initially charged with the murders before Loudoun County prosecutors had to dr Informal Baltimore neighborhood camera network helps fight crime 10/26/2019 05:40am • BALTIMORE (AP) — Arch McKown and his wife were out walking their dog one evening this summer when they came across a neighbor who told them he had recently been attacked by two young boys. The man recalled how the boys threw rocks and food containers at him, and that he unsuccessfully tried cha TikTok could threaten national security, US lawmakers say 10/25/2019 02:46am • TikTok, the viral short video app where millions of teens post comedy skits set to snappy music hooks, is facing a growing backlash in the United States. US lawmakers on both sides of the aisle warn that the app could pose a national security risk, and are calling on reg Presto’s college football picks: Tricks, treats, trials, tribulations 10/25/2019 01:26am • College football's "Moving Month" wraps up with a pre-Halloween weekend that is part creepy costumes, part parental candy tax and all things pumpkin-infused. For the record, I went old school this week, eschewing the pumpkin spiced latte for a simple piece of pumpkin pie. I also haven't put my ou