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Worker shortage forces summer camps to trim — or cancel — all programs 06/04/2022 07:16am • Many working parents who rely on local summer camps to keep their kids busy when school's out for the summer won't have that option this year because of a serious staffing shortage. The start of summer vacation has arrived, but instead of preparing to welcome campers, several camps have had to di ‘Safe spaces’: Montgomery Co. officials talk school safety after Texas shooting 06/01/2022 05:18pm • After last week’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, a group of police, school and governmental leaders in Montgomery County, Maryland, held a briefing to outline the steps the county has in place to prevent such an incident. “It is absolutely times like now in which we Watch Shanghai residents race to get out after months of lockdown 06/01/2022 04:35am • The skyscrapers lit up, roads filled with traffic, and young people drank and danced in the streets as fireworks boomed overhead. Shanghai celebrated Wednesday with a long-awaited burst of life, as the government lifted its city-wide lockdown. But the process of reopening is likely to be slow and Alexandria City High School to operate on 'modified return' starting Tuesday 05/30/2022 07:49pm • Editor's Note:  Alexandria City High School will operate on a modified return. This story has been updated.  Not all students at Alexandria City High School will return to in-person learning starting Tuesday. The Northern Virginia high school will operate on a "modified return" amid the ongo Online threats not 'credible,' but Montgomery Co. high school adding police, staff as kids return 05/30/2022 07:00pm • Officials at Winston Churchill High School in Montgomery County, Maryland, believe that there is "no immediate, credible threat," but there will be additional staff and police present following online threats to the school that were widely shared on social media. In a letter to the school communi Job outlook for recent college graduates 05/30/2022 03:00am • Last year, though strong growth was projected in hiring, the class of 2021 graduated into what some experts considered a recession. The situation looks much better for 2022 college grads, with the National Association of Colleges and Employers projecting a 31.6 % increase in college hiring. In early Angela Davis on social change: 'No movement is possible without hope' 05/29/2022 10:22am • After more than 50 years, Angela Davis is still instantly recognizable worldwide as the face of revolution. But at the age of 78, she has come to terms with her image. Asked to comment on her likeness appearing in posters and murals, she said, "I felt really uncomfortable, and that is because I Virginia man pleads guilty to failing to pay $1.3M in taxes 05/27/2022 07:52am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man has pleaded guilty to charges that he failed to pay $1.3 million in taxes to the IRS by withholding payroll taxes from three different companies owned by his family. U.S. Attorney Jessica Aber said in a news release Thursday that David Corey Warren of Chester Northern Virginia students call for action following Texas shooting 05/26/2022 11:00pm • Students in Northern Virginia walked out of school on Thursday to call for action following a shooting that killed 19 elementary school students and two teachers in Texas this week, and more are planning to walk out again. They joined students across the U.S. who also walked out, calling for lawm Taxpayers can now track past 2 years' refunds with updated IRS feature 05/25/2022 05:39pm • How much did you get back from the Internal Revenue Service for your 2019, 2020 and 2021 returns? There's now no need to wonder, thanks to an updated feature on the IRS' "Where's My Refund?" tool. You can track the status of a refund for the current tax year as well as for the two previous yea WTOP wins 3 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards 05/25/2022 03:28pm • WTOP has been honored with three regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, including one for best newscast for the station's coverage following the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. WTOP.com was also honored for its digital coverage, and WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green was How do you talk to your kids about what happened in Texas? 05/25/2022 02:21pm • To talk about the Texas school shooting means acknowledging that it could happen in your kid's school, and no parent wants to think about that. But while you might be able to shield younger kids from ugly realities, older kids definitely are aware of what happened. And their younger siblings Vaccines offered to certain people exposed to monkeypox: Here's what you should know 05/24/2022 04:49pm • As global health leaders investigate an unusual outbreak of monkeypox across more than a dozen countries, discussions in the United States have turned to vaccination against the disease -- and certain people exposed to the virus could be offered a vaccine. The US has mobilized vaccine for monkeyp Rep. Hakeem Jeffries 'very confident' Democrats will hold onto majority 05/22/2022 01:09pm • Despite a new CBS News poll showing growing concern about inflation and President Biden's handling of the economy, Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries expressed optimism Sunday that his party could still hold on to its narrow majority in Congress in November's midterm elections. The New York lawm Confederate flag found hanging from Charles County high school 05/19/2022 10:57pm • Charles County Public Schools is investigating how a Confederate flag was hung from the flagpole of one of the Maryland county's high schools. On Thursday, cadets from La Plata High School's JROTC found it on the school's main flagpole. School staff removed the flag after it was reported.