Murder charges for Germantown oral surgeon - Wednesday, March 23, 2022 - Top News from WTOP

TOP NEWS | March 23, 2022 [Web version](   [Germantown oral surgeon charged with 2nd-degree murder after girlfriend's overdose]( Police said Dr. James Ryan, 48, repeatedly provided drugs to his girlfriend, who worked for him and was a former patient. [READ MORE](   [Defending her record, Jackson back for 3rd day of hearings]( Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson returns to the Senate for a third day of hearings as Republicans try to paint her as soft on crime and Democrats herald the historic nature of her nomination. [READ MORE](   SPONSORED CONTENT [Subscribe to the DC Sports Huddle Newsletter today!]( Straight from the WTOP Sports desk, get weekly updates on the most important DC area sports topics, complete with exclusive insights, analysis, and opinion you can't find anywhere else.   [Maryland test data shows ‘shocking' levels of pre-K learning loss]( All of the state's 24 school systems saw lower scores on tests designed to show "kindergarten readiness." 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