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Should Parents Add Kids to the Family Caregiving Team? 09/06/2018 08:00pm • When you're a busy parent and find yourself caring for your own aging mom and dad, you may be willing to accept help from anyone who'll lend a hand -- a spouse, a sibling, a friend or neighbor. But should the caregiving team also include your children? For many busy households, the answer is yes. " Discovery leases Silver Spring space for new Md. operations 09/06/2018 06:18pm • WASHINGTON — Discovery Communications, which sold its 15-year-old Silver Spring headquarters building to Maryland developer Foulger-Pratt this week, has signed a lease for the home of its new Maryland Network Hub. The 60,000-square-foot lease is at 8403 Colesville Road at Brookfield’s Silver Q&A: Local filmmaker Monika Samtani presents inspirational spelling bee doc 09/06/2018 12:11am • WASHINGTON — D-O-C-U-M-E-N-T-A-R-Y. Can I have the definition? It's a noun for a movie that provides a factual record or report. Can I have it in a sentence please? Monika Samtani just directed a fascinating documentary. Can I have the place of origin please? Bangalore, India by way We Must Stop Opioid Overprescribing -- Now 09/05/2018 08:00pm • Every day, national and local headlines are filled with stories of families grappling with the effects of the opioid epidemic and the 115 lives it claims on a daily basis. Too many families live in fear that their child will be the next statistic. All the while, policy makers at the federal, state Why Schools Should Take a Restorative Approach to Discipline Issues 09/05/2018 08:00pm • With school underway again, now is the time to set the tone for the academic year, while the energy is palpable and the students are primed to absorb the culture of their classrooms. When the newness and excitement fade, there will be a predictable increase in frustrating classroom behavior and int 10 Top Stock Picks for the Sharing Economy 09/05/2018 08:00pm • These stocks benefit from disruptive technology.Bank of America is monitoring a number of themes analysts believe will create long-term value for investors, and the firm's top-performing theme over the past four years is the sharing economy. The sharing economy is a term used to describe activities Wednesday's heat prompts Prince George's Co. schools to dismiss early 09/05/2018 05:55am • WASHINGTON — September's steamy start sizzles on in the D.C. region, with one local school system announcing an early dismissal Wednesday. Prince George's County Public Schools students will be let out two hours early Wednesday due to the expected high temperatures, a day after the school year 12 reasons women need to close the financial literacy gap 09/05/2018 05:01am • Research supports Her Wealth’s observation of a gender gap in financial knowledge. A review of research from over the last six years points to a persistent gender gap in both financial and investment understanding, according to a recent article by Gary Mottola of the Financial Industry Regulato Tortured and killed in DC: Revisiting 2015 mansion murder case as trial nears 09/05/2018 04:21am • WASHINGTON — Three years after three members of a D.C. family and their housekeeper were tortured and killed, the case remains one of the most heinous crimes in recent memory. Now — even as several frustrating, agonizing questions remain unanswered — jury selection has begun in the trial again Born with half a heart, Md. baby thrives many surgeries later 09/05/2018 01:38am • WASHINGTON — Born premature, underweight and with only half a heart, Julia Rueger had a 50-50 chance of surviving long enough to have corrective surgeries. And that was her doctor being optimistic. On Dec. 2, 2017, Julia was born at Walter Reed Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, wit Trial begins for Md. man charged with murdering pregnant girlfriend 09/04/2018 06:35pm • WASHINGTON — Tyler Tessier told detectives he shot his pregnant girlfriend once in the head because he was afraid he had buried Laura Wallen alive, but jurors won't hear his alleged confession — at least, not in his own words. Jury selection began Tuesday and resumes Wednesday morning in Mont Hogan calls for education watchdog; opponents call it a blame game 09/04/2018 03:27pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. — On the first day of school for most Maryland school districts, Gov. Larry Hogan repeated a call Tuesday for an education inspector general and signed an executive order establishing an Office of Educational Accountability. Hogan has often criticized school districts for mismana In Md. and Va., students welcomed back 09/04/2018 10:47am • WASHINGTON — It's back to school for students in parts of Maryland and Virginia today. School districts in Montgomery County, Alexandria City and Arlington were busily tweeting photos of smiling students. Teachers, principles and even marching bands welcomed both returning students and newc What's new as Md. kids head back to school 09/04/2018 08:23am • WASHINGTON — Maryland public school enrollment continues its rocket-like trajectory — numbers have increased every fall since 2008. And, for the 2018-2019 school year, the system is poised to top 900,000 students for the first time in state history. That many kids presents its own set of chal How to make sure your kids eat their packed lunches 09/04/2018 06:02am • WASHINGTON — The start of the new school year means that a lot of parents are again doing their best to pack healthy lunches for their kids. So how can you raise the odds that your child will actually eat what you pack? "This might be one of our hardest challenges as parents, right," Sally Squi