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Mother of girl killed in Md. school shooting unsure how to move forward on gun laws 07/19/2018 04:00am • WASHINGTON — Melissa Willey wears a rubber bracelet with her daughter's name on it: Jaelynn. She has a heart-shaped locket with a likeness of Jaelynn stamped onto the surface. Her daughter's name is also tattooed on her forearm. Willey points out that the lettering is in Jaelynn's handwriting; Merriweather to host final Warped Tour 07/19/2018 12:07am • WASHINGTON — It's been a rite of passage for an entire generation of punk-rock fans. But on July 29, the Vans Warped Tour makes its final stop at Merriweather Post Pavilion. "I created a list of about 21 reasons," tour founder Kevin Lyman told WTOP. "It's a little bit of changing times. Survey reveals how couples handle money at every stage in their relationships 07/18/2018 08:00pm • From dating to divorce, money plays an integral role in any relationship. TD Bank's annual Love & Money survey asks couples and divorcees to share the financial details of their romantic lives. The most recent survey, conducted between June 2017 and June 2018, asked its 1,749 respondents abou Is Forcing People With Substance Use Disorder Into Drug Treatment a Good Idea? 07/18/2018 08:00pm • Leslie Agans was desperate. Her teenage son, Michael, had once been a good student and terrific ice hockey player in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. But he'd become a deceitful, unmotivated, unpredictable and sometimes violent adolescent whose life was imploding thanks to his daily marijuana use. (U.S. Strategies for Identifying When Your Child May Need Therapy 07/18/2018 08:00pm • Decades of research shows individuals from racially and ethnically diverse groups are less likely to receive mental health treatment compared to their white counterparts. In a 2016 research review I led, published in the journal Current Psychiatry Reviews, we discussed how multiple factors contribut American U. police give all-clear after Wednesday lockdown 07/18/2018 05:34pm • WASHINGTON -- American University was on lockdown for more than three hours on Wednesday afternoon as police investigated a report of an armed intruder near campus. The university said in a statement that at about 1:10 p.m., D.C. police relayed a report of a man carrying a handgun in the nearby 3 Md. man who claimed to help special needs students faces $75K payback 07/18/2018 05:25pm • WASHINGTON — A man who claimed to be helping students with special needs and charged D.C. Public Schools for work he never did is facing jail time and has to repay over $75,000. Charles E. Scott Jr., 38, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced Wednesday to five years probation, which includes jai Out of hospital, Thai boys share lessons learned in cave 07/18/2018 09:49am • CHIANG RAI, Thailand (AP) — The 12 boys and their soccer coach rescued from a cave in northern Thailand left the hospital where they had been recuperating and appeared at a news conference Wednesday, saying the ordeal made them stronger and taught them not to live carelessly. The group, l How to tap your 529 college plan to pay for education expenses 07/18/2018 04:53am • WASHINGTON — With fall college payments due in the next few weeks, now is a good time to review the 529 college plans you diligently funded and make sure you understand and use them properly. There are important changes and expanded uses that started January 1, 2018 to consider. It’s also go How Home Schooling Affects College Admissions 07/17/2018 08:00pm • Meagan McGovern home-schools all three of her children, including her 18-year-old son who plans to attend college next year. She confesses that the college application process can be challenging for home schooling parents to navigate, but not impossible. "It's not hard, but it's tedious and time-con How to Answer 3 Medical School Secondary Application Questions 07/16/2018 08:00pm • Applying to medical school can be a lengthy process. Applicants first complete the primary application via the American Medical College Application Service, American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Application Service or Texas Medical and Dental Schools Application Service. Then, the 10 Least Expensive Online Bachelor's Programs for In-State Students 07/16/2018 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: How Healthy Are Your Sleep Patterns? 07/16/2018 08:00pm • The symptoms of insufficient sleep are recognizable: You struggle to stay awake, you feel worn down, and you start to make small mistakes, such missing a question you knew the answer to on an exam or missing a traffic sign. Aside from injuries, most short-term effects of not getting adequate sleep Nats' Doolittle nominated for Bob Feller Act of Valor Award 07/16/2018 11:41am • WASHINGTON — Nationals closer Sean Doolittle is one of six nominees for MLB's Bob Feller Act of Valor Award. The award will be given out in November at the Navy Memorial on Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C. The award is given to eight recipients who possess the values, integrity and dedication to Three points about D.C. United’s Audi Field opener 07/16/2018 02:48am • WASHINGTON — D.C. United stepped onto the grass at Audi Field Saturday night needing a win and three points in the worst way. They got a dream performance, with three quality goals and a successful debut of new star Wayne Rooney en route to a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps. Yamil Asad