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From 9 to none: Numbers vary on 24-hour ballot drop boxes in Virginia's DC suburbs 10/12/2020 12:49pm • Arlington, Virginia, has opened nine 24-hour ballot drop boxes. The Board of Elections announced on Thursday that it would start opening the locations, and that the process would be completed “by late Friday.” The locations are: Courthouse Plaza, along Clarendon Boulevard near the ear Two hospitalized in DC after Falls Church shooting 10/11/2020 09:24am • Two people were shot in Falls Church, Virginia, early Sunday morning, including one who was found on Interstate 395 trying to drive themselves to the hospital. The shooting happened along the 3800 block of South George Mason Drive at approximately 1:19 a.m., according to Fairfax County police. What Maryland is doing to ensure election security this year 10/09/2020 08:01pm • With mail-in voting underway and early in-person voting set to begin Oct. 26, Maryland is working hard to keep its voting systems and data safe and secure, as well as prepare for possible cyberattacks. The state switched from touchscreen voting machines back to paper ballots in 2016. The machines Presto's Picks: Conference play for Virginia Tech and Navy, plus one poor fair 10/09/2020 02:09pm • 2020, if nothing else, has been a year of Plan Bs and Cs. I'm even going to suggest that many of us out there are on Plan Q right now, but that's okay. We adapt and move on. We've seen Virginia and Virginia Tech's openers get moved multiple times. Navy has experienced quite a rollercoaster of its Study: Increasingly popular telemedicine visits may have shortcomings 10/09/2020 06:42am • Telemedicine is hot. About a third of visits with primary care doctors are happening virtually. But, a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health expert warns they're not always best. The number of blood pressure checks declined by half, and cholesterol checks dropped by more than one-third 4 Montgomery County ballot questions: What you need to know 10/08/2020 05:31am • This fall, voters in Montgomery County are weighing in on four important measures on the ballot that could have far-reaching implications for the way Maryland's most populous county is run for years into the future. The four ballot questions in Montgomery County offer up competing plans for two k WATCH: Vice presidential candidates debate 10/07/2020 11:50pm • Trading barbs through plexiglass shields, Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Kamala Harris turned the only vice presidential debate of 2020 into a dissection of the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, with Harris labeling it “the greatest failure of any presidential admi PHOTOS: 2020 vice presidential debate 10/07/2020 05:08pm • As the coronavirus sweeps through the upper reaches of the U.S. government, Republican Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic challenger Sen. Kamala Harris face off Wednesday night in a debate highlighting the parties’ sharply conflicting visions for a nation in crisis. More Election News Penc In about-face, Trump seeks to salvage parts of virus aid 10/07/2020 01:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday tried to salvage a few priority items after he told aides to halt COVID-19 relief talks, pressing for $1,200 stimulus checks and new aid for airlines and other businesses hard hit by the pandemic. In a barrage of tweets, Trump pressed for p MCPS superintendent says it will take 'tremendous amount of planning' to open schools 10/06/2020 09:31pm • There is still no date set for students in Maryland's Montgomery County Public Schools to return to their classrooms, but the Board of Education did hear from the superintendent on the issue this week. "Everyone understands that we're not going to open the schools tomorrow," Superintendent Jack Montgomery County elections board hiring workers to test, prep voting machines 10/05/2020 05:25pm • Montgomery County's Board of Elections is getting extra help to carry out testing and preparation of the voting machines that will be used in this fall's election. The board needs more help because there are fewer voting centers, elections board officials said. Voting before this year was held DC Public Schools to start limited in-person classes in November 10/05/2020 01:45pm • D.C. Public Schools is planning to begin bringing back most elementary school students next month under a phased reopening plan, schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee announced during a news conference Monday. Under D.C.'s plan, students in pre-K through fifth grade will start returning to classes for It's a boy! National Zoo reveals sex of panda cub 10/05/2020 10:08am • The National Zoo's tiny 6-week-old panda cub is male, zookeepers said Monday. The announcement came in a video released by the National Zoo. Because male and female panda cubs appear similar at birth, veterinarians obtained a DNA swab from the little guy's check during the cub's first check-u How Alex Ovechkin's first Capitals game set the tone for what was to come 10/05/2020 04:47am • Editor’s note: Monday marks the 15th anniversary of Alex Ovechkin's memorable NHL debut. Long before Ovechkin re-wrote the franchise record book and captained the Capitals to their first Stanley Cup title, he was a 20-year-old rookie looking to make an early impression in his new home. Below is How a breast cancer survivor used her experience to create resources for others 10/05/2020 04:19am • There are certain traits that run in families — eye color, hair texture and dimples, to name a few — but what happens when breast cancer runs in a family? Tallulah Anderson is a three-time breast cancer survivor. She's the youngest of 10 children — seven brothers and three sisters. Both of