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At least six Washington, D.C.-area high school football teams have canceled their 2018-19 seasons amid a fast decline in participation in the sport among local teens, according to an investigation by the News4 I-Team.

At least six Washington, D.C.-area high school football teams have canceled their 2018-19 seasons amid a fast decline in participation in the sport among local teens, according to an investigation by the News4 I-Team.

Veterans Affairs put a new acting director in place at its medical center in Washington, D.C., Thursday following Wednesday’s report that said patients are unnecessarily at risk there, but veterans organizations remain concerned.

Sex abuse allegations against a substitute teacher at Cloverly Elementary School are not the first allegations at the school. Last year, a jury convicted a longtime music teacher of sex abuse against students.

Amid a national conversation about whether more officers and teachers should be armed in schools, data compiled by the News4 I-Team shows many schools in the Washington, D.C. region already have dedicated officers.

News4’s Scott MacFarlane has data on which school systems in the D.C. area have school resource officers. Some of these officers are armed.

When the new school year starts in September in Montgomery County, Maryland, every elementary, middle and high school will be stocked with the drug that prevents people from dying of opioid overdoses.

Some Frederick County schoolgirls are protesting what they call a body-shaming dress code.