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5 things you need to know about infertility 05/16/2019 01:04am • Andrea Syrtash was 14 when she first learned she might have trouble having children. But she never would have guessed that short exchange in the doctor’s office would lead her on a physically, emotionally and financially draining seven-year journey that amounted to 18 fertility treatments and n 'Absolutely horrific:' Principal, parent react to video of DC middle school beating 05/15/2019 09:32pm • A cellphone recording of a middle school student being beaten by another has prompted the principal of a D.C. school to send a letter to parents and families about what happened and how the school is responding. Charles Eliot-Lemon G. Hine Middle School Principal Marlene Magrino confirms in her l Georgetown University to expel 2 students linked to admissions scandal 05/15/2019 06:01pm • Georgetown University plans to expel two students linked to the nationwide college admissions scandal that has entangled dozens of wealthy parents and college coaches, including the school's former tennis coach. The university did not identify the students but said in a statement Wednesday that e App-based, on-demand buses among projects to receive regional transportation grants 05/15/2019 05:29pm • Local projects in the works to support buses, bicyclists and pedestrians — and to help get cars off D.C.-area roads — were awarded grants Wednesday by the National Capitol Region Transportation Planning Board's Transportation Land-Use Connections Program. Grants totaling $680,000 will offer TikTok for Dummies (more specifically, parents and millennials) 05/15/2019 09:21am • Chances are you may have heard there's a smartphone app named TikTok, but may not know what it is or does. But, if you've recently seen a young person dancing, miming or lip syncing on a smartphone, you likely have your answer. "TikTok is one of the most popular apps on the face of the earth," From world’s best restaurant to school cafeteria: Chef shakes up school lunch 05/15/2019 12:40am • Dan Giusti spent several years as head chef at one of the world’s best restaurants. But one of the most important lessons he learned in food service didn’t take place in the kitchen at Copenhagen’s famed Noma over a plate of meticulously arranged vegetables. It happened in a public school c Md. woman missing in Hawaii sent package on day she disappeared 05/14/2019 07:04am • The family of woman from Maryland who went missing May 8 in Hawaii while out jogging on a hiking trail in the Makawao Forest Reserve is now hoping new information about the timeline of her disappearance will help bring her home. Amanda Eller, 35, of Mechanicsville, Maryland, graduated from the Un Study finds breaking cycle of poverty could start in preschool classroom 05/14/2019 01:06am • New research from one of the country’s leading experts in childhood development shows high-quality educational interventions in a child’s first few years of life can result in lasting economic, health and social benefits that extend beyond a single generation. In 2010, James Heckman, a Nobel Montgomery County Special Olympics cheerleading team makes history 05/13/2019 11:09pm • (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: '27bd63b5-d958-4957-b900-94c898038881' }).render("36961535fef5e4e5");}); One Montgomery County, Maryland, cheerl Arlington County board to vote on 600-student expansion at Washington-Lee High School 05/13/2019 10:00am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner ARLnow.com and republished with permission. Arlington County Board will take a final vote this Saturday on a plan to add capacity for 600 additional students at Washington-Lee High School by building classrooms in its nearby office building. Ar Calling all sleuths: International Spy Museum opens its doors in DC 05/12/2019 07:05pm • On a day that resembled a London scene in a James Bond movie, hundreds came out to L'Enfant Plaza for the opening day of the new International Spy Museum. The line to get into D.C.'s rebooted spy museum reached down the block at times, as music played outside and volunteers handed out free fo Remembering the migrants who built the transcontinental railroad 150 years ago 05/10/2019 09:36pm • Before highways, planes, trains and automobiles made crossing the United States a breeze, the completion of the transcontinental railroad in May 1869 was a defining moment in the country's history -- and immigrant labor made it possible. Thousands of workers from a varie Frederick parents get advice on how to talk to kids about sexual abuse 05/10/2019 05:18pm • A recent criminal case in Frederick, Maryland, involving a pediatrician accused of sexual assault prompted calls from concerned parents about how to talk to their children about the topics of abuse and assault. So the Frederick Police Department and the Frederick County State's Attorney's Office Amazon considers AI-powered doorbell cameras to stop package theft 05/10/2019 02:33pm • Amazon appears increasingly serious about stopping crime in your neighborhood. An Amazon patent application published online Thursday details how doorbell cameras might be used to identify when packages are stolen from doorsteps, and quickly alert neighbors and the polic Which 2 baby names remained at the top in 2018? 05/10/2019 10:33am • The most popular name for boys and for girls remained the same this year, while the fastest-growing names came from pop culture references. There are still a lot of babies being named Emma and Liam -- the two remained at the top for most popular in 2018. This is the fifth time Emma has been at