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Bell enters guilty plea in Charles Co. abuse case 01/05/2018 06:12pm • WASHINGTON — A former Charles County teaching assistant and track coach on Friday entered guilty pleas to 27 counts in connection with the sexual abuse and exploitation of dozens of children spanning two years. As part of a plea deal with prosecutors, Carlos Bell will face no more than 190 year Md. governor lays out legislative agenda to protect crime victims 01/05/2018 04:46pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. — It's about time for the state to change the law that allows the parent of a child conceived through rape to maintain parental rights, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Friday.  In an announcement outlining his legislative agenda surrounding victims' rights, Hogan said he'd join e Should Schools Ban Kids From Having Best Friends? 01/04/2018 07:00pm • I am always fascinated by trends. And I am especially intrigued by the emerging trend among European schools, and now some American schools as well, to ban best friends. That's right. Some schools are attempting to ban the entire concept of children having best friends. This, to me, seems like a Her Virginia backs off making day care workers speak English 01/04/2018 06:56am • WASHINGTON — Virginia has backed off a proposal to require that only workers who speak English be left alone with children at day cares across the state. New language added to the proposed regulations Dec. 20 instead requires that any caregivers left alone with children at day cares where paren School or snow day? How Montgomery Co. schools make the call 01/03/2018 09:41pm • WASHINGTON — When predictions of snow pop up, every parent wonders: Will the kids have school in the morning or not? School systems say they’re aware of the need for families to plan, but student safety is their first priority. The Montgomery County school system put together a video to ex How you and your family can stay warm during exceedingly cold weather 01/03/2018 07:00pm • It's not just you — it's extremely cold out there. Unless you're part of the 10 percent of the U.S. that didn't face below-freezing temperatures at the start of the new year, you've been experiencing a lot of cold weather. And this week doesn't bode so well weather-wise either. Dr. Alison To Helping Your Child Stay in Bed 01/03/2018 07:00pm • As your baby becomes a toddler and then a preschooler, you may find that they also grow into masters of stalling. Bedtime, you say? And suddenly your child wants to know how an airplane stays in the sky or why Mommy and Daddy get to sleep together in their own room. Young children become instant ph The Truth About Teen Eating Disorders 01/03/2018 07:00pm • Every mental illness wreaks a devastating toll on the person who is suffering and his or her family. As a clinician working in a residential treatment program for teens and young adults, I see evidence of this daily. However, teen eating disorders are perhaps the most dangerous of all. Here's why. Palestinians in Lebanon Struggle to Find Own Identity 01/03/2018 07:00pm • BEIRUT -- This week President Donald Trump threatened to cut U.S. funding to the U.N. agency that supports Palestinian refugees, and to the Palestinian Authority. On Twitter he chastised the Palestinian Authority for taking U.S. aid while showing no "appreciation or respect" and threatened to cut of Search warrants portray violent scene at home of Reston couple killed days before Christmas 01/03/2018 06:40pm • WASHINGTON — A Reston couple who were shot and killed by their daughter's boyfriend tried to prevent the young pair from seeing and communicating with each other — even restricting the girl's access to her phone to halt the romance, newly available court documents said. Search warrants obtain Family money talks to have in 2018, and 5 tips to make them successful 01/03/2018 05:34pm • As you set your New Year’s resolutions, consider making at least one related to managing your money. One good one to consider is to have money conversations with those who share in your wealth. If talking about money makes you feel uneasy, rest assured that with practice, your money talks can l 'Fixer Upper' stars Chip and Joanna Gaines announce pregnancy 01/03/2018 08:04am • WASHINGTON — The stars of HGTV's mega-popular "Fixer Upper" are adding another little set of hands to the bustling family business. Chip, 43, and Joanna Gaines, 39, announced via social media late Tuesday that they are expecting a fifth child.   Gaines party of 7.. (If you’re Va. Power to buy utility in Carolinas for $7.9B 01/03/2018 07:53am • WASHINGTON — Dominion Energy, parent company of Dominion Virginia Power, will acquire SCANA Corp. in an all-stock deal valued at $7.9 billion. Including the assumption of debt, the acquisition is valued at $14.6 billion. SCANA provides energy in the Carolinas and Georgia. South Carolina E College football player from Howard Co. shot at NYE party, left paralyzed 01/02/2018 10:40pm • WASHINGTON — A Marshall University football player from Columbia, Maryland, was paralyzed from the waist down after being shot early New Year's Day. According to a GoFundMe page set up for Larry Aaron III, the 19-year-old was attending a New Year's Eve party in Severn, Maryland, when he was hit Does My Child Have Seasonal Affective Disorder? 01/02/2018 07:00pm • January is often a peak month for the expression of seasonal affective disorder in people of all ages. While adults are often aware of what they experience as annual "winter blues," many parents don't realize that some children will also suffer from the mood disorder due to shorter days and less sun