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How Eating Disorders Can Affect Young Athletes 02/19/2018 07:00pm • Ice dancing wasn't just Krista Weyhing's passion -- it was her refuge from the series of tragedies she endured during the last half of 2016 and early 2017. In that time, the teenager's beloved grandfather succumbed to pancreatic cancer, two friends committed suicide and two family dogs died. In ear Teens calling for tighter gun control demonstrate in front of White House 02/19/2018 03:14pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '03e41cb1-ec08-4fa4-832d-7e68d32adb08' }).render("68961535e1e03c78");}); WASHINGTON — Taking a cue from the su DC Council members call for school chief Wilson to resign 02/19/2018 01:24pm • WASHINGTON — D.C. officials are calling for the public schools chancellor to step aside after the announcement that he violated policy, bypassing the school lottery system to benefit his own child. Chancellor Antwan Wilson announced and apologized for the move Friday, saying in a statement that 'All The Way' playwright brings sequel 'The Great Society' to Arena Stage 02/19/2018 02:18am • WASHINGTON — In 2014, the Lyndon B. Johnson play "All the Way" won Tonys for Best Play (playwright Robert Schenkkan) and Best Actor (Bryan Cranston, who reprised it on HBO). This President's Day, its sequel, "The Great Society," arrives at Arena Stage (Feb. 2-March 11). "'The Great So Calls grow for head of DC public schools to step down or be pushed out 02/18/2018 08:18am • WASHINGTON — One of the first things D.C. Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson did when he took over in 2016 was put an end to the practice of allowing high-ranking city employees to circumvent the lottery that city residents can use to get their children in schools outside of their neighborhood bound Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 18-24 02/17/2018 08:40pm • Here are some celebrities having a birthday this week. Feb. 18: Author Toni Morrison is 87. Movie director Milos Forman is 86. Vocalist Yoko Ono is 85. Singer Herman Santiago of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers is 77. Actress Jess Walton (''The Young and the Restless'') is 72. Singer Dennis De St. Mary's Co. police investigate chaperone's conduct at school dance 02/17/2018 02:04pm • WASHINGTON — A female student at Leonardtown Middle School in St. Mary's County said she was touched inappropriately by a male chaperone Friday during a school dance. The student said a chaperone at a dance in the school's cafeteria "touched her and made her feel uncomfortable," according to a DC deputy mayor for education is out over transfer of chancellor's child 02/16/2018 05:53pm • WASHINGTON — Mayor Muriel Bowser asked Deputy Mayor for Education Jennifer Niles to step down Friday afternoon, after she orchestrated the transfer of schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson's child. Wilson had reached out to his superior, Niles, for help in transferring the child to an out-of-boundar Police respond to rash of online threats against Montgomery Co. schools 02/16/2018 05:25pm • WASHINGTON — Investigators in Montgomery County, Maryland, say they have responded to online threats made against up to a dozen local schools Friday. Montgomery County police said none of the threats, which were posted to social media or texted, were determined to be legitimate. Police ident DC deputy mayor for education is out over transfer of chancellor's child 02/16/2018 03:43pm • WASHINGTON — Mayor Muriel Bowser asked Deputy Mayor for Education Jennifer Niles to step down Friday afternoon, after she orchestrated the transfer of schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson's child. Wilson had reached out to his superior, Niles, for help in transferring the child to an out-of-boundar Student who brought gun to Montgomery Co. school showed 'no warning signs' 02/16/2018 02:27pm • WASHINGTON — Just a day after a student was caught with a handgun at a Montgomery County high school, the school's principal, students and parents expressed shock about Thursday's incident. Alwin Chen, 18, of Germantown, Maryland, was located in his Clarksburg High School classroom at around 2 Centreville homicide victim identified 02/16/2018 01:56pm • WASHINGTON — Fairfax County police have named the teenager found dead in Centreville on Wednesday morning. He was 17-year-old Matthew Ortega. Ortega was discovered by a delivery truck driver who called police after seeing a body laying in the street near Centreville Farms Community Associatio Flu season shows signs of leveling off 02/16/2018 11:19am • NEW YORK (AP) — This nasty flu season, which has been worsening for months, may finally be leveling off. Health officials on Friday said about 1 of every 13 visits to the doctor last week was for fever, cough and other symptoms of the flu. That's no reason for health officials to celebrate yet: Analysis: The trouble with securing schools 02/16/2018 05:38am • Editor’s note: An earlier reference to 18 school shootings in 2018 was removed because of questions regarding how school shootings are classified. WASHINGTON — Wednesday’s shooting at a Florida high school is a reminder of the challenges officials face in keeping campuses safe. Seven Md. student charged after bringing loaded handgun to high school 02/15/2018 10:05pm • WASHINGTON — A Montgomery County high school student has been charged after he brought a loaded handgun to school Thursday, and police have released the identity of the student. Clarksburg High School student Alwin Chen, 18, of Germantown, Maryland, faces multiple charges, including possession