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Burmese actress goes into hiding as celebrities opposing Myanmar coup added to arrest list 02/18/2021 03:31am • Since "day one" of the military coup, Burmese actress Paing Phyo Thu -- one of the country's highest-paid stars -- says she has been on the streets opposing the ruling junta. One of Myamar's highest-paid actresses, she has been offering financial help to striking staff who have given up their job DC to open up COVID-19 vaccinations to grocery store workers, more 02/17/2021 07:02pm • FILE — A mural depicting local jazz legend Buck Hill is visible as Trader Joe's grocery store employee Patrice Boyd, left, and her co-worker cross 14th and U streets, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) D.C. will open up COVID-19 vaccination appointments to certain Some seniors frustrated with new Md. vaccine appointment call center 02/16/2021 07:00pm • Getting a vaccine appointment in Maryland is not an easy task for some seniors. While the state opened a new vaccine appointment call center to create greater access, whether callers get through on the phone seems entirely up to chance. Aimed at seniors who don't have internet access, Maryland's Va. statewide preregistration site for COVID-19 vaccine launches smoothly 02/16/2021 11:33am • Virginia's new statewide preregistration site to receive a coronavirus vaccination launched smoothly Tuesday morning. Even before the scheduled 8 a.m. debut, the Virginia Department of Health site was online, providing a consistent signup process for residents across the state. Last Friday, VDH a DC led the nation in green building in 2020 02/15/2021 08:56am • U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Platinum-certified headquarters at 2101 L St. NW in D.C. (Courtesy A.E. Landes Photography) If D.C. were a state, it would have topped all states in 2020 for LEED-certified green building, based on square feet per capita. The U.S. Green Building Council, w Alsobrooks promises better vaccination process in Prince George’s Co. 02/13/2021 12:39pm • Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks says she knows people are frustrated and growing impatient with the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine. She said the complaints aren’t falling on deaf ears and that the process is going to improve. Alsbrooks held an hour-long telephone to Va. to institute statewide COVID-19 vaccine preregistration system; Fairfax Co. to sit out 02/12/2021 05:51pm • Virginia is beginning a statewide COVID-19 vaccination signup program, and that means local systems will shut down Friday evening. The Virginia Department of Health said in a statement that local vaccination registration systems will shut down at 5 p.m. Friday, and the new statewide system will s School sports restarting in Montgomery County 02/12/2021 04:31pm • Sports will soon be back in Montgomery County Public Schools. The school system announced Friday that it's rolling out a plan for the fall sports season to begin in just a few weeks. "We're ready to go. So everyone is excited: student-athletes, coaches, our parents and our communities," said Jeff Maryland to hand out $60M in pandemic grants to child care providers 02/12/2021 01:59pm • Cash-strapped child care centers in Maryland will soon be able to able to apply for grants that will provide a total of $60 million to providers across the state. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced the Child Care Pandemic Relief Fund in a news release Friday. The grant program aims to help child COVID-19 variants found in DC; more vaccine doses on the way 02/11/2021 02:51pm • The two COVID-19 variants that were first detected in the U.K. and South Africa, and have since been detected in Virginia, Maryland and throughout the U.S., have been recently identified in D.C. "I do want to notify you all that last evening, we did receive notification from the CDC that two of t The Best Presidents Day Sales to Shop in 2021 02/11/2021 12:00am • Presidents Day gives many Americans a day off work. And retailers know that gives them a long weekend to shop. That means plenty of sales. What defines Presidents Day sales are discounts on home items, including big-ticket items like mattresses, furniture and appliances. However, plenty of small hom Maryland bill would allow therapy dogs in schools 02/09/2021 06:19pm • COLLEGE PARK, Md. — A bill in the Maryland General Assembly would require public schools to allow the use of therapy dogs. There’s currently no Maryland-wide policy for these dogs. Under the law — filed in the House of Delegates as HB713, and in the state Senate as SB419 — certified ca Montgomery Co. officials want mass vaccination site, press state on vaccine doses 02/09/2021 04:35pm • Montgomery County officials are calling for the state of Maryland to establish a COVID-19 mass vaccination site in the county amid "significant concerns" about how the state is allocating a still extremely limited supply of shots. County Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles, who voiced his concerns a 10 Ways to Keep Your Cryptocurrency Safe 02/09/2021 12:00am • Cryptocurrency account hacking is on the rise.The popularity and surge in prices in Bitcoin and Ethereum means that virtual currencies often become a target for hackers that want to take advantage of these valuable assets. "The economics of hacking suggests that attackers will continue to gravitate House overrides Hogan’s veto of education reform plan, other measures 02/08/2021 09:35pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The House voted Monday to override Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s veto of a multibillion-dollar education reform plan, known as the Bluepr