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Boy charged with sexually assaulting two girls on Va. school bus 12/07/2018 04:25pm • WASHINGTON — A 12-year-old boy is charged with sexually assaulting two classmates on a school bus in Fairfax County. Fairfax County police said its investigation began on Nov. 13 after the parents of two girls from Camelot Elementary School in Annandale came to them, after their daughters told Star-rating system unveiled for DC's public schools 12/07/2018 02:30pm • WASHINGTON — Nearly 40 percent of D.C.'s public schools, including charters, got a rating of three stars under the new school performance rating unveiled Friday. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled the new system at Harriet Tubman Elementary School. The five star-system — schools can get fro Bus crash sends 19 middle school students to hospital in Prince George's Co. 12/07/2018 11:31am • WASHINGTON — Several middle school students were taken to the hospital Friday following a crash involving two buses, according to fire department officials. Prince George's County Fire told WTOP that 19 students were taken to the hospital as a precaution. One of the bus drivers was taken to th Maryland lowers speed limit around dangerous intersection 12/07/2018 10:13am • BETHESDA, Md. — The speed limit along a notoriously dangerous stretch of River Road in Bethesda, Maryland, has been lowered from 45 mph to 35 mph. New signs went up earlier in the week around Walt Whitman High School. The new 35 mph speed limit zone extends from the Capital Beltway to just w WATCH: Thousands salute Bush funeral train 4141 on final Texas ride 12/06/2018 07:08pm • ï»¿ COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Thousands waved and cheered along the route as funeral train No. 4141 — for the 41st president — carried George H.W. Bush's remains to their final resting place on Thursday, his last journey as a week of national remembrance took on a decidedly personal fee The Impact of Gunshots From a Pathologist's Perspective 12/06/2018 07:00pm • It's all in a day's work. When an adult or child dies by gunfire, a medical specialist performs the last exam this person will ever receive. In a painstaking autopsy, the forensic pathologist documents every shattered bone, exploded blood vessel and destroyed organ. Medical examiners use ballistics How Can I Find Out What Caused My Miscarriage? 12/06/2018 07:00pm • The first time Tonya Dickey had a miscarriage, she and her husband chalked it up to bad luck. The couple already had a daughter, now 6, and Dickey, a 38-year-old speech pathologist near Dallas, Texas, knew that these things could happen due to chromosomal abnormalities. Sadly, it seemed to have happ Inspiration from Athletes Who've Come Back from the Brink 12/06/2018 07:00pm • In late September 2018, storied professional golfer Tiger Woods won The Tour Championship by a two-shot victory -- his first win in five whole years. During that "dry spell" -- and longer, actually -- it wasn't only his golf game that he lost; there was much more. There was a marriage that ended in What a Liberal Arts College Is and What Students Should Know 12/06/2018 07:00pm • As students search for the right school, some advisers urge them to not overlook liberal arts colleges, noting the small class sizes and emphasis on overall intellectual enrichment. "It's fundamentally about having a more general approach, not a vocational education," says Jill Tiefenthaler, presid Baby ibuprofen sold at Walmart and CVS recalled by manufacturer 12/06/2018 07:21am • WASHINGTON — A New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company issued a recall on Wednesday for three lots of liquid ibuprofen for infants. Tris Pharma, Inc., said its pain-reliever/fever reducer was sold to one customer and then packaged for sale at Walmart, CVS and Family Dollar. The product comes in Myths About Blind Parents 12/05/2018 07:00pm • If you join a Facebook group for blind parents, there are certain topics that come up again and again. What is the best car seat to use, when you don't drive and will therefore be installing and uninstalling your child's car seat in an Uber or Lyft vehicle several times a day? What is the easiest b How Much Life Insurance Do You Need? 12/05/2018 07:00pm • Life insurance has garnered a reputation for being difficult to understand. Terms like whole life, portability and riders can be confusing, but some people get tripped up by a more basic question: How much life insurance do I need? "Historically, life insurance has been an intimidating product to p What Are the Risks of Kidney Donation? 12/05/2018 07:00pm • When Cameron Drake's kidneys failed unexpectedly, he didn't have to look far for a donor. In late October, his mother's left kidney was removed and transplanted into Cameron at VCU Health's Hume-Lee Transplant Center in Richmond, Virginia. Although the decline in his kidney function that ultimately Spike in Gun-Related Suicides Alarms Pediatricians 12/05/2018 07:00pm • Pediatricians and emergency department physicians are alarmed at the growing number of children, mostly adolescents, who are taking their lives with firearms. While mass school shootings like the attack last February that killed 17 students and staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Parent-led play groups in DC may be exempt from day care licensing 12/05/2018 11:04am • WASHINGTON — A proposal to exempt children’s play groups from day-care type regulations is moving forward in the D.C. Council. The Council passed the legislation without debate on the consent calendar Tuesday night. The legislation will be up for a second and final vote on Dec. 18. The P