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Teen charged in Damascus High School locker room rape to be tried in juvenile court 02/15/2019 05:40pm • ROCKVILLE, Md. �� A judge ruled Friday that one of the four Damascus High School football players initially charged as an adult with sexually attacking four teammates with a broomstick��will now be tried in juvenile court. Ramon Korionoff with the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office conf

Fight at Magruder HS leaves Montgomery Co. defending medical policy 02/15/2019 04:50pm • WASHINGTON �� A fight between two ninth graders at Magruder High School in Rockville, Maryland, left a student hospitalized, a school system defending its response to the child's injuries and police investigating what's been characterized as a "mutual assault." Since the fight Tuesday, the schoo

Simplifying student aid is goal of congressional legislation 02/15/2019 08:14am • CAROLINA VELLOSO, correspondent WASHINGTON �� Maryland lawmakers are proposing a bill to simplify the process of applying for federal aid for students who have no contact with their parents. Reps. Elijah Cummings, D-Baltimore, Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Timonium, and John Sarbanes, D-Towson, intr

Forget expert advice: ��Weird�� things moms, dads do to win at parenting 02/15/2019 12:01am • WASHINGTON �� When Hillary Frank was pregnant with her daughter, a friend pulled her aside and gave her some sound advice. ��Do not listen to what other people tell you to do,�� recalled Frank, who is the creator of the parenting podcast The Longest Shortest Time. ��Everyone is going to wa

School safety drills: What's the impact on kids? 02/13/2019 09:29pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. �� Along with fire drills, school children routinely practice active shooter drills. Since the Columbine shooting in 1999, students and educators from elementary to high school have learned to lock doors and hunker down in classrooms, or follow a protocol that urges them to take o

Md. high school coach on leave over alleged 'inappropriate interaction' with student 02/13/2019 07:00pm • WASHINGTON �� A Lanham, Maryland, high school football coach is on leave and under investigation for what a district spokesperson said was "an alleged inappropriate interaction with a student." Tarrell Lockwood coaches varsity football and works as in-school suspension coordinator at DuVal High

DC files suit against 4 parents, city employee for defrauding schools 02/13/2019 06:00pm • WASHINGTON �� Four Maryland parents and a D.C. employee are in hot water with the city, facing fraud charges for allegedly enrolling their children in District schools. The lawsuits filed by Attorney General Karl Racine's office cite the specific circumstances under which each group of parents r

Youth shelter ��Second Story�� struggles to house homeless teens 02/13/2019 10:30am • This article was written by WTOP��s news partner, TysonsReporter.com, and republished with permission. Fairfax is the second richest county in the nation �� yet at Second Story, just south of Tysons at 2100 Gallows Rd, there��s a desperate need for bed space for homeless teens. Second Story

Woodrow Wilson High School under fire for name 02/12/2019 08:59pm • WASHINGTON �� America's 28th president led the nation to victory in World War I. He appears on many historians' lists of the country's best presidents, but a conversation is underway about taking that name off one of Washington's most diverse high schools �� Woodrow Wilson High in Northwest D.C.

Parents react to 'N-word passes' distributed by Md. high school students 02/12/2019 05:08pm • WASHINGTON �� A prominent public high school in Montgomery County, Maryland, is investigating after a small group of students were apparently passing out "racist, hateful" materials, according to the school's principal. On Feb. 8, three students at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Maryl

Son who sought 'human sacrifice' to enter plea in Loudoun Co. murder 02/12/2019 12:59pm • LEESBURG, Va. �� A 21-year-old Loudoun County man who told a high school friend he "needed a human sacrifice" two days before he allegedly shot his father and set their home on fire in 2017 will enter a plea to avoid trial, WTOP has learned. Michael Bowles was indicted on seven counts, including

Body Image Issues Affect Kids, Too 02/11/2019 07:00pm • Most women are unhappy with their bodies, according to research. But it's not just adults who take issue with the size or shape of their bodies. Increasingly, studies indicate that kids, too, struggle with body dissatisfaction, or having negative thoughts and perceptions about their bodies, which r

10 Colleges Where Graduates Have the Most Debt 02/11/2019 07:00pm • The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List:

Some DC-area schools are out of 'snow days' 02/11/2019 04:49pm • WASHINGTON �� Two county school systems have already exceeded the amount of days budgeted for emergency cancellations due to weather. But an unofficial poll of area school systems shows many still have days to spare for the rest of winter. There have been three emergency cancellations this sc

DC-area aerospace engineer, CEO inspires youth to reach for the stars 02/11/2019 04:50am • During Black History Month, WTOP is highlighting black men and women in the area who are doing groundbreaking work to better the community. This is Part II of a four-part series. WASHINGTON �� In��recent years��it was estimated that only 10 percent of aerospace engineers are women, and black