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Virginia Beach leads nation for Gen-Z homebuyers 04/21/2023 12:30pm • Fewer adults under 25 are homeowners, but Virginia Beach, Virginia, leads the nation for the share of homeowners who are. Redfin ranks Virginia Beach No. 1 for Gen-Z homebuyers last year. Those under 25 years old bought roughly 9% of primary homes that sold there last year, a bigger share than an 'Troubling:' Montgomery Co. school security officer faces sex abuse charges 04/21/2023 11:48am • The principal of a Montgomery County, Maryland, middle school said that the allegations that a school security officer showed a student pornography inside the school are "troubling." In a letter to parents, Earle B. Wood Middle School Principal Heidi Slatcoff�� added that the alleged actions of V Russian dad convicted in antiwar case keeps parental rights 04/21/2023 11:15am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) ��� A Russian court has dropped the authorities' lawsuit to restrict the parental rights of a single father convicted of discrediting the army and sentenced to prison following his daughter���s antiwar sketch at school, a prominent rights group involved in the case said Friday. Iowa may limit gender identity, sexual orientation teachings 04/21/2023 11:12am • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ��� Iowa lawmakers have passed a sweeping education bill limiting instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation, requiring school administrators to notify parents if a student asks to use a new name or pronouns, and removing books depicting sex acts. The Senate approved Virginia public high school athletes on verge of profiting from NIL deals 04/21/2023 10:42am • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner��InsideNoVa.com��and republished with permission. Sign up for��InsideNoVa.com���s free email subscription��today. The Virginia High School League is moving toward allowing high school athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness. In J Tennessee gun-control push at crossroads as proposal stalls 04/21/2023 08:04am • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Chances are shrinking fast for a key gun-control proposal to make it through the Tennessee Legislature in the wake of a deadly school shooting, as GOP lawmakers push back against the Republican governor���s proposal to keep firearms away from people who could harm themselve Earth's warriors, young and old, keep battling and hoping 04/21/2023 08:03am • They fight for Earth. Young and old, famous and not so well known, there are many people from around the globe who make it their mission to try to save the planet, especially from the ravages of climate change. They find themselves often pitted against powerful forces. One group is the generations t Family joins rescued Indian climber being treated in Nepal 04/21/2023 07:14am • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) ��� An Indian climber who was rescued after spending three days trapped in a 300-meter (980-foot) -deep crevasse on Mount Annapurna, the world's 10th-highest mountain, was joined by his family at a hospital in Nepal where he is receiving treatment. Anurag Maloo fell into the cr Player of the Week: Clarke County's Christopher LeBlanc 04/21/2023 05:05am • Each week, WTOP picks one student athlete to be featured on-air and online as our Player of the Week. This week's WTOP Player of the Week is senior Christopher LeBlanc of Clarke County High School in Berryville, Virginia. Chris has earned six varsity letters in two sports during his time at Clark The struggle to read: One third grader's winding journey 04/21/2023 12:43am • Thomas snuggles under the covers with me at bedtime, warm and wiggly. It is our third tour through the ���Harry Potter��� series, and tonight is like so many others. I pause and ask him to read a few pages of the Dr. Seuss classic ���Hop on Pop��� before I continue recounting the adventures of Ha Man accused of shooting girl, parents arrested in Florida 04/20/2023 11:03pm • GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) ��� A North Carolina man accused of shooting and wounding a 6-year-old girl and her parents after children went to retrieve a basketball that had rolled into his yard was arrested in Florida Thursday afternoon, authorities said. The violence was the latest in a string of recent s Details emerge on why Loudoun Co. schools spokesman was charged with lying under oath 04/20/2023 10:39pm • Before a Loudoun County Public Schools spokesman is set to go to trial in June, WTOP has learned what he said to a grand jury that led to perjury charges. Wayde Byard was indicted on charges of lying under oath on Aug. 2, 2021, when testifying to a grand jury. It's one of the many facets of the s Court documents describe grisly discovery in Maine shootings 04/20/2023 09:04pm • WEST BATH, Maine (AP) ��� A sister who discovered a crime scene in which four people were shot to death arrived to broken glass, bullet holes, blood and guns strewn about the home, and the suspect was later arrested at the scene of a highway shooting with what appeared to be blood on him, according House approves trans athlete ban for girls and women's teams 04/20/2023 08:14pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Transgender athletes whose biological sex assigned at birth was male would be barred from competing on girls or women���s sports teams at federally supported schools and colleges under legislation pushed through Thursday by House Republicans checking off another high-profile item IVF Loans: Fertility Financing Options, Explained 04/20/2023 08:00pm • On your family-building journey, you may need to consider how to pay for in vitro fertilization and other fertility-related expenses. The good news is that you likely won't be at a loss for IVF financing or financing for other costs, thanks to the wide variety of options in the marketplace. Fertilit