The largest study ever of school cellphone bans finds that they offer decidedly mixed results, with teachers reporting fewer distractions when students lock their phones away during the school day, but little evidence the bans quickly bring improved academic achievement or better behavior, as many advocates have hoped. The study, by scholars at Stanford ...

The efficacy of flu shots is not always the same and its not always optimal. Some years, they can reduce the risk of illness by as little as 20% to 30%. Messenger RNA technology, or mRNA, is widely seen as a promising way to improve the effectiveness of flu shots, partly because it can be updated more quickly to match circulating strains. New results ...

A purported suicide note from Jeffrey Epstein obtained by his former jail cellmate was unsealed Wednesday by a federal judge. The letter, which is handwritten on lined paper and has not been authenticated, dates to what was believed to be Epsteins unsuccessful suicide attempt on July 23, 2019, less than two weeks before he died. Epstein was found ...

4 things to know about the weather: Cooler Thursday Friday looks good Few Saturday showers Nice and warm for Mothers Day Most of the area ended up with around 1/4 of rain Wednesday. The last of those rain chances will come in the form of light rain and drizzle in the first few hours of Thursday morning. By noon, the rain will be over, ...

As you drive by Frank Tippett Road and 301 in Cheltenham, you’ll see a new roadside markerrecognizing a place you may not have known existed but holds a dark place in Maryland’s history. The House of Reformation, which would later become Boys Village and is now a youth detention facility in Cheltenham, was a place Black boys as young as 5 years old ...

The Northern Virginia au pair who had an affair with her boss and helped scheme to kill his wife and a stranger may have a good chance of selling her story. But the law limits whether she can cash in. Juliana Peres Magalhes testified about trying to reach a deal in Hollywood. I had some people, I’d say, cellmates, that talk to me about it, she said ...

The Justice Department announced an investigation into a high-profile Virginia Democrat Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano. The DOJ said its civil rights division is looking into whether Descano’s office offered “sweetheart deals” to immigrants who are not in the country legally and are charged with serious crimes. A DOJ ...

For long-time D.C. school bus driver Theresa Brooks-Hill, who is coming back to the job after a few years away, theres a special bond with the students she carries on the bus. I miss them saying, Mrs. Theresa, where have you been? Where were you? And they enjoy talking to me. They tell me about their weekend, I tell them about mine, she said. But ...

A man accused of firing a gun at law enforcement officers near the Washington Monument this week was walking along the path of Vice President JD Vance’s motorcade before the shooting and made a vulgar remark about the White House after the confrontation, according to a court filing Wednesday. Michael Marx, 45, of Midland, Texas, was shot multiple times ...

The FBI searched the Virginia state Senate leader’s office on Wednesday as part of a corruption investigation, a person familiar with the matter said. The search at Virginia Sen. L. Louise Lucass district office in Portsmouth comes after the Democrat helped lead the states recent redistricting effort. The FBI said only that it was conducting a ...

Ted Turner, the high-flying media tycoon, entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded CNN and revolutionized American cable television, died on Wednesday. He was 87. Turners death was first reported by CNN, citing a Turner Enterprises news release. “Ted was an intensely involved and committed leader, intrepid, fearless and always willing to back ...

The protester who scaled D.C.’s Frederick Douglass Bridge on Friday afternoon and pitched a tent was off the bridge on Wednesday and now faces charges. The man could be seen just after 9 a.m. using a ladder inside the bridge arch to get to a boom lift near the bridge, which he used to get back to the ground. All southbound and northbound traffic on the ...

Three people were shot and two others were stabbed in two separate areas of a Laurel shopping center parking lot late Tuesday, according to police. A large crowd gathered at the Amigos Mexican Grill at the Centre at Laurel for a big Cinco De Mayo celebration on Tuesday. Social media posts showed large groups of people inside and outside of the ...

4 things to know about the weather: Grab the umbrella Still warm, breezy Wednesday Much cooler Thursday Nice and warm for Mothers Day Theres a chance you might make it to work or school without getting wet but rain is definitely in the forecast and is likely to arrive before 9 a.m. for most of the area. Wednesdays rain will come in two ...

Someone, somewhere out there knows the location of thousands of dollars worth of stolen Breadcoins. More than $7,000 worth of the coins were stolen in Hyattsville, Maryland during a car break-in last weekend. The idea was born in D.C. in 2016. The unique coins are embossed with a wheat sheaf and the words Give us this day our daily bread. ...

A stacked incoming draft class could change the trajectories for many desperate NBA franchises. The 2026 NBA Draft Lottery is coming up, with three teams tied for the best odds at landing the No. 1 overall pick. All three are in the Eastern Conference, a conference that could benefit from an injection of young talent. BYU forward AJ Dybantsa, Duke ...

Jeffery Carroll, interim chief of the Metropolitan Police Department, announced on Tuesday that 13 people are on administrative leave as part of a series of “organizational changes.” In other words, those 13 individuals all captains or above, all in leadership are on their way toward termination. And all of them were served termination papers in ...

A woman was sexually assaulted by a stranger while walking on the Canal Path Trail in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on Friday night. She is the third victim of assaults along the popular trail in the past seven months, according to police. After leaving the Fredericksburg Shopping Center, the victim went to the Canal Path Trail, where a stranger approached ...

Some days are manageable for the Floyd family, but others can be difficult when thinking about the missing piece in their hearts. That void is Donnell Floyd Jr., known in the motorcycle community as Torch. He was my baby D, said his mother, Jennifer Floyd. He showed up for everything. Theres nothing that I do or dont do where Im not thinking about ...

The D.C. Council voted Tuesday to approve a long-term youth curfew measure, but it may not take effect now for several weeks or even months, depending on how quickly Congress signs off. Council members also chose not to take up the emergency curfew today. That means as summer break approaches, the mayor and police chief’s authority to set temporary ...

Caution is advised because of graphic video footage. Dashcam video obtained by News4 shows the National Mall shooting Monday involving Secret Service officers. The Secret Service said a Texas man fired toward officers, who returned fire and hit him multiple times. A teen bystander was hit by the suspects gunfire and suffered a graze wound, authorities ...

Debris from the demolition of the White House East Wing that was dumped at a nearby public golf course tested positive for lead, chromium and other toxic metals, the National Park Service said. An interim report by a Virginia engineering firm says the toxic metals, along with PCBs, pesticides, petroleum byproducts and other chemicals were detected at ...

A judge declared a mistrial in the case of a man accused of killing a teacher on the campus of D.C.s Catholic University in 2023. Victim Maxwell Emerson, 25, was visiting from Kentucky. Jurors found Jaime Macedo guilty of one count: unlawful possession of a firearm by a person with a prior conviction. But they were unable to reach a verdict on the other ...

The theme of this year’s Met Gala is ‘Costume Art‘, which pairs art objects with garments to highlight the connection between fashion and art through the centuries. The dress code ‘Fashion is Art’ invites guests to “express their own relationship to fashion as an embodied art form and celebrate the countless depictions of the dressed body ...

Homeland Security immigration leaders disagreed sovehemently over how to accomplish President Donald Trumps goal of deporting 1 million people during his first year back in office that during a meeting over the issue, handlers had to clear the room to defuse tensions, two DHS officials familiar with the meeting told NBC News. At the center of the ...