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Updates on DC, Md. and Va. schools' learning plans, free meals for students and graduations during coronavirus closures 05/07/2020 07:03am • With D.C., Maryland and Virginia schools closing for the rest of the school year due to the coronavirus outbreak, many are providing students with lessons to keep their skills sharp as well as free meals to keep them fed. D.C.  D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on Friday, April 17, that pu Northam: Virginia's Phase I plan 'a floor'; localities can seek changes 05/07/2020 01:13am • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said Wednesday that while he's still confident that the commonwealth can enter Phase I of lifting COVID-19-related safety restrictions May 15, he described the relaxed restrictions as "the floor," and that if localities want to keep some restrictions, they might be able t Man dead after being struck by car in Manassas hit-and-run 05/06/2020 09:35am • A man is died after being struck by a car Wednesday morning in Manassas, Virginia. Prince William County police arrived at the scene around 5 a.m. Police say the hit-and-run happened when a silver sedan was making a turn onto Balls Ford Road at Sudley Road when the vehicle struck a man who was There are drive-in movies, so why not drive-in sports? 05/06/2020 04:00am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '958cfd51-a9cf-41c7-ad26-86e92adee6fa' }).render("8816153668399ba9");}); With 12,500 parking spaces just outside Jerry Seinfeld debuts new standup comedy routine in Netflix special '23 Hours to Kill' 05/06/2020 12:19am • Jerry Seinfeld appears in the new Netflix standup comedy special "Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours To Kill." (Netflix) Before we entered the "bizarro" world of coronavirus, Jerry Seinfeld was scheduled to perform at The Hall @ Live! Casino & Hotel in Arundel Mills, Maryland, on July 10. It's Maryland State Police investigating 2 separate fatal hit-and-run crashes 05/05/2020 07:01pm • Maryland State Police are looking for information on two separate deadly hit-and-run crashes that happened in Prince George's County earlier this year. One happened around 8:30 p.m. on March 1. Earl Rogers, 74, of Largo, was struck by at least one, possibly two vehicles, on southbound Maryland Ro 'This must stop': Reckless driving soars amid COVID-19 closures 05/05/2020 02:34pm • The global coronavirus pandemic has eased traffic congestion in the D.C. area but has led to a dramatic rise of excessive speeding at a time when more people are walking or riding bicycles. AAA Mid-Atlantic said in a news release Tuesday that local police departments, which are still ticketing dr How local trash and recycling pickup services are changing amid coronavirus response 05/05/2020 01:20pm • Trash and recycling pickup services across our region are also feeling the impacts of closures and adjustments in an effort to practice social distancing. D.C. Trash collection will go on as scheduled. D.C. residents are encouraged to drop off food waste and scraps at designated farmers markets in Montgomery County police honor MedStar health care workers 05/04/2020 03:22pm • Health care workers at MedStar Montgomery took a moment out of their busy day Monday to receive a special gesture of gratitude, put together by Montgomery County police. About a dozen police cars drove past the front entrance of MedStar Montgomery with sirens blasting as they waved to hospital staff New bike lane coming to Montgomery Co. road where teen cyclists were struck 05/04/2020 01:39pm • A section of Maryland Route 187 in Montgomery County will have a bicycle lane added this year. The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration is beginning construction this week on the dedicated bike lane and narrower travel lanes on a 1-mile stretch of Old Georgetown Road Open up: Virginia dentists see nonemergency patients with measures in place 05/04/2020 01:15pm • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's executive order prohibiting elective surgeries and limiting dental procedures expired last week and was not renewed. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/Harbucks) Now that Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has lifted restrictions to allow nonemergency visits to the doctor and denti Car Review: 2020 Lincoln Aviator Reserve is big on luxury and in price 05/04/2020 03:58am • Just a few years ago, it seemed the Lincoln brand was on the way out with old products that didn’t really move the needle. Times have changed, and now Lincoln has released several vastly improved vehicles. New for 2020, Lincoln turns its magic touch to the large three-row mid-sized SUV. The new Av Drivers accused of stealing Teslas lead Fairfax Co. police on chases 05/02/2020 11:59pm • One man is under arrest after early morning police chases in Fairfax County, Virginia, involving three Tesla sedans and an SUV that were reported stolen. An officer stopped to check on three Teslas and a Mitsubishi SUV that were stopped on the side of the road at Leesburg Pike and Gosnell Road ar 500 grocery boxes run out in less than an hour during Montgomery Co. food distribution 05/02/2020 03:04pm • In just an hour, more than 500 boxes of groceries were handed out in Silver Spring, Maryland, to those in need during a local partnership. Then, they had to start turning people away. "These are very highly impacted communities already before COVID, but now they are some of the highest ZIP codes Growing old in prison: How Maryland is working to ease the path to release for a low-risk, high-cost population 05/02/2020 04:35am • A graphic showing the recidivism rates between "Ungers" and the general prison population. (Courtesy Angela Roberts/Capital News Service) Ask him, and Stanley Mitchell will proudly tell you he works 12 hour days. Over the last seven years, the 71-year-old Charles County resident has held a sw