A massive offshore 8.9 earthquake hit Japan March 11, triggering a 23-foot tsunami that devastated cities near the coastline, primarily the city of Sendai. The earthquake, one of the largest in history,...

Starting in 2012, incandescent light bulbs will be banned across the country to increase both energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy as mandated by the 2007 Energy Independence and Security...

The Montgomery County Board of Education voted March 8 to lease property on Potomac’s Brickyard Road to the county government so that youth soccer fields could be built there. The 20-acre property is...

For many CHS students, nine years of memories will be destroyed this summer as Herbert Hoover Middle School and Beverly Farms Elementary School will be demolished and undergo construction. Beverly Farms...

After nearly three years of planning, the Character Education Committee, a subcommittee of the PTSA, has finalized their plans to install a digital sign on the corner of Tuckerman Lane and Gainsborough...

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D.C. councilmember David Catania introduced a bill Feb. 15, the Pharmacy Access Amendment Act, which would allow women, including women from Maryland, to receive birth control from D.C. pharmacists without...

Since its inception in 2005, Kiva, a nonprofit microloan company, has facilitated nearly $200 million in loans between donors and entrepreneurs in developing countries around the world. Created by Stanford...

Although the Maryland State Senate voted 25-21 last month in favor of legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage, the measure ultimately failed to move forward in the State House of Representatives,...

Congratulations to juniors NancyGuan, Eugene Lin and Maliza Namude for being named semifinalists in the USA Biology Olympiad. The USA Biology Olympiad is a competitive national exam designed to challenge...

Brain atrophy is a condition in which brain cells are lost or the connection between cells is damaged, posing a possible risk for cell phone users. According to an article from www.knowabouthealth.com,...

Congratulations to senior Andrea Mirviss for winning the 2011 National Scholastic Writing Awards National Gold Medal in short story. The gold medal is awarded to the “most outstanding works in the nation”...