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New DC center will treat pediatric cancer with protons 10/03/2018 12:22am • WASHINGTON — A new center is under construction at Sibley Memorial Hospital, but a quick glance behind the yellow tape is enough to leave visitors questioning their whereabouts. Towering steel structures and tracks of tubes and magnets — all of which take up as much space as a parking lot What College Students Need to Know About Credit Card Fraud 10/02/2018 08:00pm • Almost two-thirds of college students aren't concerned about falling victim to identity fraud, according to a 2015 report by Javelin Strategy & Research. At the same time, students experienced the most severe effects of fraud of any age group. It's not always possible to prevent credit card fra How Applying Early for College Affects Financial Aid 10/02/2018 08:00pm • Early decision applicants may enjoy improved odds of being accepted at their dream school, but that could come at the price of receiving less in college aid, experts say. According to a 2017 report by the National Association for College Admission Counseling, schools offering early decision accepted Extending Mental Health Help to Vulnerable Kids 10/02/2018 08:00pm • A student arrives late to school each morning, downtrodden and listless. A girl can't concentrate in class. Teachers deal with a boy's daily emotional outbursts. A pediatrician is puzzled by a young patient's dwindling appetite. Another child is tormented by anxiety and nightmares. The common denom Now a dad, new challenges face Beal this season 10/02/2018 12:50pm • WASHINGTON -- Bradley Beal packed the hospital bag a month before. Paperwork was in order. Insurance information was right. He even arranged the seat in the back of his truck. Now, he waited on word from girlfriend Kamiah Adams. The couple’s first child was set to arrive in the coming weeks. Th DC native, U of Richmond student invents anti-binge drinking tumbler 10/02/2018 11:48am • WASHINGTON — D.C. native and current University of Richmond junior Olivia Pivirotto has invented a drinking tumbler that's designed to control college student binge drinking and prevent their drinks from being unknowingly spiked with drugs. She has named the product the SWIGSAFE, and Olivia and 10 Universities That Offer International Students the Most Financial Aid 10/01/2018 08:00pm • 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: What Parents Can Do About Teens Vaping 10/01/2018 08:00pm • As a parent of a teen today, it would be hard to miss the growing public health concern surrounding the use of e-cigarettes by adolescents. In a lengthy, forceful statement in September, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb sounded the alarm about what he described as "an e Why Investors Love the S&P 500 10/01/2018 08:00pm • Why do they call it the Standard & Poor's 500 when it's making so many folks rich? Or perhaps it's time to rejigger the initials "S&P" to stand for Success and Profit. This stock market index, derived from 500 large companies -- including 3M Co. (ticker: MMM), PepsiCo ( PEP) and Wells Fargo Years after role in young DC punk scene, Anna Connolly releases 1st album 10/01/2018 04:44am • WASHINGTON — Anna Connolly didn't really want to answer the first question of the interview. Interestingly, in her upcoming debut album "After Thoughts," out Oct. 12, Connolly shares some of her most intimate moments. But she wasn't comfortable talking about one piece of her biographical i How to talk to kids about sexual assault, misconduct in #MeToo era 10/01/2018 12:05am • WASHINGTON — In the last year, thousands of women have gone public with their personal stories of sexual harassment, assault or misconduct. And the ripple effect has touched nearly every corner of the world. Household names have been removed from major networks, movie moguls have been dethroned How Colleges Handle Sexual Assault in the #MeToo Era 09/30/2018 08:00pm • In a class called Flip the Script, designed to help women avoid a sexual assault, Abigail Brickley practiced martial arts-like self-defense maneuvers and learned to identify potential perpetrators, such as men who try to isolate women from a group or insist that they have another drink even after t How to Study for the PSAT One Week Before the Test 09/30/2018 08:00pm • This year, the PSAT will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 10 for most students. For high school sophomores and juniors, sitting for the PSAT is a vital opportunity to practice for the all-important SAT, and for juniors, to also earn scholarship funds. If you are registered for this exam, make the most of Encouraging Physical Activity in Children 09/30/2018 08:00pm • For most parents, the ultimate goal is to raise healthy, smart, successful and happy children. Anyone who has kids can attest to the fact that it's a wild ride, with some twists and turns that aren't always visible up ahead. There's no manual, no green light that will spin and flash when you make t Local Child Passenger Safety events ensure kids get buckled properly 09/29/2018 05:30pm • WASHINGTON — As many as three out of four child car seats aren’t installed properly, according to SafeKids. To make sure parents get the right information to keep children safe in the car, law enforcement and safety advocates fan out across the U.S. in September during Child Passenger Safet