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Key changes in how 2021 Best Colleges rankings were calculated 09/14/2020 12:00am • Today marks the release of the 36th edition of the U.S. News Best Colleges rankings. Over the decades, U.S. News has published data on colleges and universities to help prospective students and their families make the important -- and costly -- decision about where to go to college. Despite chang Princeton, Williams top 2021 US News Best Colleges rankings 09/14/2020 12:00am • Higher education can be a vast and confusing landscape, populated with thousands of colleges and universities across the nation, divided into many categories and comprising differing institutional missions. When making a decision on where to enroll, prospective students and families are faced wit Small Win, Big Difference for Lori S. 09/11/2020 02:08pm • This content is sponsored by DC Lottery. With the DC Lottery, every win is a win no matter how small. Lori Stone and her husband learned this when they signed up for Team In Training, which trains volunteers for an endurance event, like a marathon, triathlon or century bike ride--and to raise St. Mary’s County Public Schools OKs plan to bring some students back for in-person learning 09/10/2020 09:50am • Some students in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, will return to in-person instruction in less than two weeks. St. Mary’s County Public Schools approved the Sept. 21 return of four groups of students: Head Start, pre-K, SAIL and COMPASS. SAIL and COMPASS are two county special education progra Probiotics may help manage childhood obesity, study finds 09/07/2020 07:15am • More than 340 million children and adolescents, globally, were overweight or obese in 2016, meaning they're at greater risk for obesity and disease later in life, and even early death. One solution to the growing burden could be found by turning attention to kids' gut health. In combination with The Little Theatre of Alexandria finds a way to bring live performances to live audiences 09/06/2020 09:18pm • The Little Theatre of Alexandria is bringing back live performances and live audiences. (Courtesy Little Theatre of Alexandria) How does a theater convince audiences to return with a pandemic still not fully contained? The Little Theatre of Alexandria is known for presenting large productions Rolls-Royce Ghost was so eerily quiet, engineers had to make it louder 09/01/2020 08:25am • Rolls-Royce unveiled its all new Ghost Tuesday, and it looks strikingly different from any Rolls-Royce that has ever come before. The Ghost is the ultra-luxury automaker's slightly smaller and somewhat less expensive sedan, and the new version is far more understated than i What 'Stop the Bleed' means when you have to act as a medical first responder 08/27/2020 06:52pm • Uncontrolled bleeding can be deadly within five minutes, and when someone is severely wounded, the best “first responder” on the scene might be you. The "Stop the Bleed" program trains average people basic skills that can help save lives and improve outcomes. "This whole premise came from VIDEO: Caterwauling panda cub ready for its close-up 08/27/2020 04:07pm • Getting a baby to sleep through the night can be difficult — and no less so than when the newborn in question is a tiny, nearly fur-less ursine nugget whose every move is being documented on a webcam. Yes, we're talking about the National Zoo's newest member, the cub birthed by giant panda Mei The problem with BMI: Why measuring obesity is so controversial 08/24/2020 08:22am • ▶ Watch Video: CBSN Originals presents "Speaking Frankly | Fat Shaming" Watch the new CBSN Originals documentary, "Speaking Frankly | Fat Shaming," in the video player above.  It's a simple little tool that's been used by doctors for decades, but the system of measuring Body Former Washington Football Team wide receiver donates kidney to save brother's life 08/17/2020 03:58am • (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: '68750323-9b33-4c03-8138-6ee188846da0' }).render("438615363c17750f");}); Josh Morgan is retired from the NFL, but Amid furor from mayor's racist post, lifelong Black resident on slow change in Luray 08/10/2020 04:21am • Fred Veney is a member of a small club — he's one of 236 Black residents who call Luray, Virginia, home. The historic town of Luray, which sits just across Virginia Route 340 from the popular tourist attraction Luray Caverns, is in the midst of a flurry of unwanted scrutiny, after a Facebook po Britches not burned: Classic Georgetown-based clothing store reborn in Warrenton 08/03/2020 05:01am • If you visited D.C.'s Georgetown neighborhood in the 1980s or 1990s, you probably can visualize a favorite nightclub, restaurant or record store. And while most have faded into memory, a then-popular clothing store — Britches Great Outdoors — has come back to life 45 miles west of Wisconsin A Challenges the Nationals will likely face in a truncated, title-defending season 07/22/2020 02:25pm • By the time the Nationals host the New York Yankees in Thursday’s season opener, 267 days will have passed since they last played a meaningful baseball game. You may remember that one. In the nearly nine months since, there’s been: A championship parade, Spring Training, a global pandemic Montgomery County considering 2 plans to change property tax process 07/22/2020 01:03pm • Voters in Montgomery County, Maryland, will have a chance in November to weigh in on how the property tax is calculated, but first the council has to vote on one of two new plans. The Montgomery County Council and County Executive Marc Elrich agree a new method for calculating property taxes shou