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See the 2021 best public high schools 04/26/2021 12:00am • Explore the highest-ranked high schools. The best public high schools can help students envision their goals and reach their college or career aspirations. U.S. News reviewed nearly 24,000 public schools in all 50 states and the District of Columbia for the 2021 Best High Schools rankings, using Maryland circuit courts to resume jury trials in criminal, civil cases 04/23/2021 10:18pm • Maryland circuit courts will restart jury trials in criminal and civil cases starting Monday, as they enter the last phase of resumption operations. "All of the circuit courts have the benefit of the successful implementation of jury trials with COVID-19 health and safety protocols last fall. Eig Prince George's Co. police lieutenant charged with federal tax evasion over security side business 04/23/2021 05:24pm • A veteran Prince George's County, Maryland, police lieutenant has been arrested and charged with federal tax evasion charges after authorities say he underreported more than $1 million in income from a security business he ran on the side. Edward Scott Finn, 46, of Dunkirk, Maryland, was charged Some DC museums set to reopen next month 04/23/2021 01:00pm • Several museums and the National Zoo are set to reopen next month, the Smithsonian Institution announced Friday. The museums, which have been shuttered since last fall when they closed their doors amid spiking coronavirus cases in the D.C. region, will reopen in waves. And for the first time, vis Frederick's best outdoor dining 04/23/2021 12:22pm • In the last year, maybe more than ever before, dining outside in Frederick County has been very popular. It’s hard to beat the gorgeous early evening weather, comfortably casual atmosphere, and the lovely sounds of summer while you dine. It comes as no surprise that when expanded outdoor dinin As other states move to restrict voting, the Maryland General Assembly passed bills to expand access 04/23/2021 11:16am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. After an unconventional 2020 election which saw unprecedented absentee ballot use, Maryland lawmakers instituted a slew of election reform Panel releases recommendations for better Metro policing 04/23/2021 09:11am • Better communication and training are the key recommendations offered by an independent panel established to investigate complaints over the Metro Transit Police Department. The first report by the Metro Transit Police Department’s Investigations Review Panel, which was approved in June 2020, w Small acts really can make a difference, says organizer behind Black In Environment Week 04/22/2021 01:08pm • Sharon Dorsey, one of the organizers of #BlackinEnviron Week focuses on activism, spotlighting Black professionals in the environmental fields and ways in which local action can produce results. Dorsey is a Baltimore native and Virginia Tech graduate student. (Courtesy Sharon Dorsey) You don't h Costco pharmacies to administer COVID-19 vaccines 04/22/2021 12:04pm • Costco said Thursday that its pharmacies will be administering COVID-19 vaccines "as soon as they are available." "We are receiving a limited amount of vaccine," the company said in a statement. Users are warned that they could receive a message saying "the resource you selected is not availab Landover Hills hotel worker shot checking on noise complaint 04/22/2021 06:27am • A hotel worker was shot in Prince George's County, Maryland, early Thursday while responding to a noise complaint. Prince George's County police said an employee at the Holiday Inn Express in Landover Hills went to a person's room to check on a noise complaint around 12:30 a.m. Thursday, and was DC Day of Action seeks volunteers to get residents registered for COVID-19 vaccine 04/21/2021 05:22pm • D.C. has planned a Day of Action on May 1 as part of the push to get as many residents as possible vaccinated against COVID-19. "We need more hands on board — more volunteers to help us with a grassroots outreach to knock on doors and to help people get signed up so that they can get vaccinated Blues bar Madam's Organ asks DC for OK to reopen with vaccine passports 04/21/2021 07:17am • The owner of the popular Madam's Organ blues bar and restaurant in Adams Morgan said he has asked D.C.'s mayor for permission to fully reopen by requiring every person in the club to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19. "We're not asking for a government-mandated vaccine passport," wrot Strathmore presents free virtual show 'Step Xplosion' by Step Afrika! 04/21/2021 12:48am • Step Afrika! and Strathmore are partnering for a dynamite dance presentation. A free performance of "Step Xplosion" streams online this Wednesday at 7 p.m. "Step Afrika! has been in D.C. for over 27 years," Founder C. Brian Williams told WTOP. "We are Washington D.C.'s largest African-Ame Spring is Here! Do You Have a Good Organic Lawn Care Plan? 04/20/2021 05:18pm • This content is sponsored by the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection. As temperatures warm up, Montgomery County residents are rethinking their approach to lawn care. The County’s pesticide law bans most synthetic pesticides, including “weed & feed” and other herbic Landlord files counterclaim against Tim's Rivershore 04/20/2021 02:45pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. The property manager for Potomac Shores has filed a counterclaim demanding more than $491,000 in response to court action by Tim’s Rive