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Students plan climate change rally Friday; protests next week aim to 'shut down DC' 09/19/2019 03:24pm • Swedish youth climate activist Greta Thunberg, center in blue, joins other young climate activists Friday for a climate strike outside the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) With action around climate change planned for Friday and next week, here's what the Md. man who drove around with girlfriend's body pleads guilty to murder 09/18/2019 03:25pm • Nearly a year after he called his parents to say he killed his girlfriend, touching off a multiday police search across Maryland, Edgar Manning has pleaded guilty to murder. It was Sept. 25, 2018 when Manning's parents dialed 911 reporting to Prince George's County Police that their son had just 'Friends' hits big screen for 25th anniversary 09/18/2019 01:34am • Grab a cup at Central Perk and head to the cinema! Fathom Events is celebrating the 25th anniversary of NBC's ���Friends��� with the big-screen event ���Friends 25th: The One With The Anniversary,��� bringing��12 episodes to 1,000 movie theaters nationwide on Sept. 23, Sept. 28 and Oct. 2. Exploring comfort food: A business built on pizza, bagels and bold flavors 09/18/2019 12:54am • For the Exploring Comfort Food miniseries, WTOP interviewed D.C.-area chefs on their favorite comfort foods, and how the tastes and smells from life experiences influence the way they cook and eat today. Daniela Moreira still remembers the hunger and frustration she felt walking 20 blocks h Former Montgomery Co. assistant wrestling coach hit with child porn charges 09/17/2019 06:08pm • A former Maryland high school assistant wrestling coach is facing child pornography charges following two years of investigation. Now, a Montgomery County school community is reeling after learning the details of what police found in his Gaithersburg apartment. The documents charging 28-year-old Exploring comfort food: At Maydan, comfort extends beyond the cooking 09/17/2019 12:11am • For the Exploring Comfort Food miniseries, WTOP interviewed D.C.-area chefs on their favorite comfort foods, and how the tastes and smells from life experiences influence the way they cook and eat today. A few years ago, Chris Morgan and Gerald Addison embarked on the culinary journey of Northern Virginia native making his Capitals debut 09/16/2019 04:48am • Joe Snively (right) came through the Little Capitals youth program in Arlington. His father Richard was among his coaches. (Courtesy Washington Capitals) When the Capitals open their preseason itinerary on Monday, their lineup will feature a prospect with roots in the D.C. area. Joe Snively, Fall TV Guide: When your favorite television shows return 09/16/2019 01:19am • Acclaimed gems like "Barry," "Killing Eve" and "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" are on hiatus until next spring and summer, but don't you worry. Fall TV season is upon us, bringing network, cable and streaming galore. This week, the anthology series "American Horror Story" returns to FX with the Loudoun Co. celebrates Little League success with parade in South Riding 09/14/2019 07:42pm • The Loudoun South team played on the Little League world stage this summer, and now they're getting a warm welcome back home. Loudoun County held a parade Saturday in South Riding to honor the team, which made it to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. "The welcome tha What's known about 'polio-like' illness affecting hundreds of children 09/13/2019 05:55pm • Since 2014, there have been 587 confirmed cases of acute flaccid myelitis or AFM, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and most of the patients have been young children. Initially, symptoms may include coughs and sniffles. In addition, there are often reports of muscle wea After rare polio-like disease strikes, Severna Park family rallies to help their daughter 09/13/2019 02:43pm • It came on suddenly. One Monday in October, Amanda Janeski noticed her 3-year-old twins, Ava and Tristan, seemed to be coming down with colds. But, by Tuesday, the Severna Park, Maryland, mother could see something was seriously wrong. Ava���s legs had collapsed underneath her. Janeski took bo Starving for perfection: Deadly impact of inadequate health insurance for those with eating disorders 09/13/2019 04:50am • This is the third of a three-part series on WTOP.com��examining eating disorders, their impact and the road to recovery. With treatment costs for an eating disorder ranging from $100,000 a year for outpatient care to up to $1,500 a night for in-patient residential treatment centers, paying fo 'Seems like yesterday': 5 years later, remembering murdered U.Va. student Hannah Graham 09/13/2019 04:28am • UVa. student Hannah Graham disappeared five years ago Friday. (Photo Courtesy Charlottesville, Va. Police Department) Former Albemarle County, Virginia, prosecutor Denise Lunsford didn't know the victim's name at the time, but she had the incident marked on her calendar: "I remember hearing ther After-school program in Loudoun Co. faces scrutiny after leaving child alone outside 09/12/2019 05:12am • A mother in Loudoun County, Virginia, is furious with an after-school program that left her 5-year-old son unsupervised at a playground that is not fenced in. Carlee Stanley said her son spent more than an hour alone at the playground at Little River Elementary School in South Riding, Virginia, a From ���damaged,��� to determined: Women find hope, healing after homelessness 09/12/2019 01:50am • Three years ago, Paula Buggage sat on the edge of her hotel-room bed and counted her last bit of money. It wasn���t much ��� definitely not enough to keep the room for another night. ���You keep counting your money as though it���s going to somehow magically turn into a lot more. It doesn���t