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A pledge to reduce the number of childhood drownings in Virginia
1+ hour, 25+ min ago (429+ words) May 22, 2026, 2: 46 PM Last year, 12 young children drowned in Virginia " the highest number in six years and four times as many as the previous year, according to health officials. The Virginia Department of Health wants that to change; it's launched the…...
No evidence it helps: Doctors warn against adolescents self-medicating with cannabis
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (292+ words) May 15, 2026, 5: 09 AM Doctors who work with adolescents say some young people are self-medicating with cannabis, even though there's no evidence it actually helps their symptoms. Dr. Aishwarya Thakur, an adolescent addiction medicine physician at Children's National Hospital in D. C. , told WTOP…...
DC students" recovery from learning loss during the pandemic leads the nation
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (371+ words) May 15, 2026, 4: 21 AM D. C. schools just received their report card, and it shows'students are making significant gains since the end of the pandemic. According to the Education Scorecard, a research project by Harvard, Dartmouth and Stanford Universities, D. C. leads the national in academic…...
A Texas town may offer a preview of a Trump plan to force noncitizens from public housing
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (640+ words) May 15, 2026, 12: 04 AM Within weeks, the neighborhood was a ghost town and the playground was empty. "The impact was not limited to undocumented immigrants, but really to immigrants who are here legally as well as people within their families who are…...
Money woes close a small Michigan college. It's not alone - WTOP News
1+ week, 1+ day ago (861+ words) Rollan Mattson didn’t expect to make history when he lined up for Siena Heights University’s commencement on Saturday. But about three hours in, the 22-year-old…...
Teen Celebrini captains Canada and has Crosby for company at world hockey champs, US defends title - WTOP News
1+ week, 1+ day ago (300+ words) Macklin Celebrini is to captain Canada and Sidney Crosby will join him on the team at the world hockey championship in Switzerland, where the United States sets…...
Some DC-area high schools let students order food to the school. But is it safe?
1+ week, 2+ day ago (713+ words) May 13, 2026, 4: 09 AM Sometimes, when Dawn Iannaco-Hahn tried to pick her kids up early from Blake High School so they can attend a doctor's appointment, she'd strategically try to plan it around lunch time. As she approached the Montgomery County school's…...
Islanders donating to open a child support center in honor of Matthew Schaefer's late mother
1+ week, 4+ day ago (188+ words) May 11, 2026, 10: 41 AM The team and Northwell Health announced the creation of a place at R. J. Zuckerberg Cancer Hospital on Long Island in New Hyde Park, New York, for children to wait while a parent undergoes treatment. Following the donation from the…...
In Gaza, some Palestinian children find respite and catharsis in breakdancing - WTOP News
2+ week, 1+ day ago (29+ words) DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — As the music comes on in a Gaza refugee camp, a group of boys and girls start showing off their breakdancing moves…...
Fairfax Co. school's "Tech Squad' empowers kids to help each other and teachers with tech tools
2+ week, 1+ day ago (484+ words) May 7, 2026, 4: 12 AM On a recent Friday morning, Lesley Leisey stood in front of a classroom at Poplar Tree Elementary School holding a device with a large blue push button. It was a mouse suited for kids with disabilities. She told…...