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16-year-old student charged after gun goes off inside Prince William Co. high school 04/30/2019 09:13pm • Students and staff at C.D. Hylton High School, in Woodbridge, Virginia, were released Tuesday afternoon after being kept in the school for hours after a gun went off in a classroom around noon. Prince William County Police Chief Barry Barnard said at a 4:45 p.m. news conference that no one was in Strolling Thunder rally on Capitol Hill calls for paid leave, affordable child care 04/30/2019 05:18pm • Parents with babbling babies and tireless toddlers pushed strollers onto Capitol Hill on Tuesday, bringing a playful atmosphere outside and a serious message to Congress about rising child care costs. Unlike "Rolling Thunder" — which will bring motorcycles rumbling through the nation’s capita 'Fight hate with love': Jewish community, DC leaders show support, defiance after Calif. synagogue shooting 04/30/2019 04:19am • Her eyes fill with tears, every time Rochelle Behrens thinks about Saturday's shooting at the Chabad synagogue in Poway, California that left one woman dead, and three injured. Behrens attended the Poway temple when she was growing up. "We actually had tentative plans to be in California a US News releases 2019 best high schools rankings 04/30/2019 01:00am • When it comes to success in college, a good high school can be a powerful launching pad. But the Nation's Report Card, formally known as the National Assessment of Educational Progress, found that as few as 25% of 12th-grade students in 2015 were proficient in math and just 22% in science. Par Va. high school scores No. 4 nationally in latest US News rankings 04/30/2019 12:10am • Several Maryland and Virginia high schools in Montgomery and Fairfax counties ranked among the nation's best on an annual ranking by U.S. News & World Report. Leading the D.C.-area standouts nationally is Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia, which 2 Whitman HS students posted photo in blackface, school says 04/29/2019 08:45pm • Two students at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland, posted a picture of themselves to social media wearing blackface, school officials said. The N-word was also used in the photo description. The incident was reported to the Montgomery County Police Department, Principal Robert Dod 'Star Trek' steals the spotlight at DC's Awesome Con 04/29/2019 11:35am • The world of "Star Trek" was on full display this past weekend as Awesome Con brought the nation's capital version of Comic-Con to life at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The three-day event drew nearly 85,000 fans, encompassing everything from comics, memorabilia, panels, graphic ar What parents should know before posting on social media 04/28/2019 07:39pm • It's common for parents to share photos and videos online of their kids' milestones. So much so, there's even a term for it: "sharenting." But parents also run a risk when they post their kids' information on social media. And one cyber security expert says that just as kids are taught to sta Athletes turn out for Maryland Special Olympics competition 04/28/2019 12:18pm • (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: 'f49f9245-ac9a-465f-ae2b-8f46bf7d0c05' }).render("65361536c35c02c0");}); Athletes from across Maryland gathered Today in History: April 28 04/28/2019 12:10am • Today is Sunday, April 28, the 118th day of 2019. Today's Highlight in History: On April 28, 1945, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were executed by Italian partisans as they attempted to flee the country. On this date: In 1758, the fifth president of th From the brink: Guam kingfisher, extinct in the wild, hatches in Va. 04/26/2019 10:48pm • The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, celebrated a victory in the fight against the extinction of yet another species. On April 22, the institute welcomed a Guam kingfisher chick into the world. The Guam kingfisher's vibrant blue and orange plumage can no longer Washington Hebrew Congregation's preschool leader on leave amid lawsuit 04/25/2019 08:22pm • The head of the preschool program at the Washington Hebrew Congregation has been placed on administrative leave after several parents of toddlers filed a lawsuit against the congregation, alleging Edlavitch Tyser Early Childhood Center director Deborah "D.J." Schneider Jensen and the school ignored Vigil honors visiting pedestrian killed in SE crash 04/25/2019 05:35am • (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: '046f13dd-4834-4cef-af9f-5c43e79f071e' }).render("12261535e3782595");}); A vigil in D.C.'s Anacostia neighborhoo Boosting male fertility with diet and weight loss 04/25/2019 05:07am • When a couple is having trouble getting pregnant, the focus often turns to a woman's health. But just as men are equal partners in conception, they can be contributors to fertility problems, too. "It's important to appreciate that when you have a couple challenged with infertility, in about 40% t Washington Gas wants Maryland rate increase 04/24/2019 09:33am • Washington Gas has filed with the Maryland Public Service Commission to increase base rates and charges for its natural gas customers in Maryland. If approved, it would be the second Maryland rate increase in a year. Washington Gas raised residential rates for Virginia customers in January.