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'Hadestown' captures 8 Tony Awards, including best musical 06/09/2019 11:26pm • NEW YORK (AP) — "Hadestown," the brooding musical about the underworld, has reason to smile broadly: It's the best new musical Tony Award winner and nabbed eight trophies Sunday, including a rare win for a woman director of a musical. Playwright Jez Butterworth's "The Ferryman" was crowned best Prince William Co. School Board to consider contentious boundary plans for 13th high school 06/07/2019 02:23pm • 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. As the Prince William County School Board weighs the boundary plan for a 13th high school — and the impact it will have on the demogr Police: Body found in Fairfax Co. identified as juvenile 06/07/2019 01:14pm • A little over two weeks after a body was found in the Hybla Valley area of Fairfax County, Virginia, police said they have identified the body and are investigating the death as a homicide. The victim is being identified as a juvenile; more information on the victim will not be released due to Vi Movie Review: 'Dark Phoenix' marks lackluster swan song for Fox's 'X-Men' 06/07/2019 01:14am • It's been nearly two decades since 20th Century Fox launched Hollywood's modern superhero obsession with "X-Men" (2000), complete with Hugh Jackman's Wolverine, Halle Berry's Storm, James Marsden's Cyclops, Patrick Stewart's Professor Xavier and Ian McKellen's Magneto. A decade later, "X-Men: From fire and ash to caps, gowns: Graduation in burned town 06/06/2019 11:55pm • PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Sean Newsom's senior year of high school started with typical teenage pranks, like sticking a cup to the roof of his car with magnets just to mess with people as he drove around his small town in the Northern California mountains. It ended with him living in an apartment DC sues 6 more Md. parents, accusing them of school residency fraud 06/06/2019 02:47pm • D.C.'s crackdown on school residency fraud continued on Thursday, with more parents now facing lawsuits from Attorney General Karl Racine’s office. Racine’s office alleges that six Maryland parents — including three current or former District government employees — owe a total of over $32 Virginia investigates possible measles exposure at Dulles, Inova 06/06/2019 10:47am • In the midst of a 27-year high for measles cases in the U.S., health officials in Northern Virginia are warning people that that they may have been exposed to a person with measles. The individual visited multiple locations this past weekend. Here are the dates, times and places, according to 9,000 names read at World War II Memorial for 75th anniversary of D-Day 06/06/2019 04:09am • (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: '5916c1d0-a4d4-49ef-bfae-58336f78afb7' }).render("431615362c86d9d0");}); At the National World War II Memorial in 'Big Little Lies' returns for Season 2 on Sunday night pitting Kidman vs. Streep 06/06/2019 12:05am • Disclaimer: This article contains Season 1 spoilers, but does not spoil anything in Season 2. "Game of Thrones" showed how tricky it can be when a TV series outpaces its source material, but “Big Little Lies" was such a smash hit that HBO is bringing it back for Season 2 on Sunday night, en How parents can ensure their kids are still learning over the summer 06/05/2019 04:03pm • With summer vacation, youngsters get that welcome break from regular homework, tests and teachers' disapproving glances. And while even the youngest minds need rest, gains made during the school year can actually erode during summer vacation, according to one education expert. Maintaining WATCH: Self-driving shuttle bus coming to National Harbor, Arlington 06/05/2019 03:55pm • (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: '45ea738a-a756-4702-8ed4-eaf990e589e2' }).render("46615361ae069e7");}); A self-driving shuttle bus is at Nationa Judge OKs use of racist memes as evidence in U.Md. murder, hate trial 06/05/2019 02:45pm • Jurors in the first-degree murder and hate crime trial of Sean Urbanski will be able to see and hear racist memes found on his phone minutes after he allegedly stabbed U.S. Army Lt. Richard Collins III in May 2017 on the University of Maryland's College Park campus. In a motions hearing at Prince Movie Review: 'Fresh Off the Boat' TV alum reunite for 'Always Be My Maybe' 06/05/2019 12:10am • ABC's "Fresh Off the Boat" is currently my favorite sitcom on network TV. Not only do we get '90s nostalgia each week — from Pogs to Tamagotchis — we also revel in Jessica's stern, no-mercy parenting, Louis's goofy dad jokes, Eddie's hip-hop obsession ("yeahhhhh"), Emery's lady-killer prowes Arlington Public Schools will bolster education of ESL students 06/03/2019 05:14pm • The federal government is demanding Arlington Public Schools do a better job educating the school system's approximately 5,000 students who are not proficient in English. The school system has reached a settlement with the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney's Office Goldman Sachs is buying MyEyeDr. 06/03/2019 09:12am • Goldman Sachs is acquiring Vienna, Virginia-based Capital Vision Services, the parent company of MyEyeDr., for an undisclosed sum. The Wall Street Journal reports the acquisition price is an estimated $2.7 billion including debt, citing sources familiar with terms of the acquisition. Goldman's