Parents are meeting with DC Police outside Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School for a 'coffee talk' Friday morning.

Students at Washington Community High School are being asked not to bring backpacks to school the rest of the week after possible risk to student safety was made known to school and police officials.

Student backpacks will be subject to search, the Washington, Illinois, school announced Tuesday in an email to families.

I’m going to close the Department of Education and move education back to the states. And we’re going to do it fast,” ...

I struggle to conceive of what a school campus would even look like without backpacks ... it on my back rather than trying to juggle books in my hands as I walked across the Washington Ave ...

Seattle-based entrepreneur and inventor of the modern backpack, Murray McCory, died last month at the age of 80.

Murray McCory, who founded JanSport while a student at UW and whose lightweight backpack, revolutionized school life for millions of students, died Oct. 7 in Seattle.

Bright green banners that proclaimed “Women Are Marching” and “We Won’t Go Back” led Saturday’s Women’s March in DC.

D.C.'s ice hockey team hosted hundreds of D.C. Public School students on the ice at the Washington Capitals practice facility ...

The NBC4 Washington app has a brand-new Storm Team4 weather section with customizable features, upgraded radar settings, improved location experience and much more. We redesigned the app to allow ...

Great Country Farms Dino Fest: Oct. 31 to Nov. 24, Bluemont, Virginia, $29.99 plus fees in advance, $32 at the gate 31st ...