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Virginia adds COVID-19 dashboard for children 10/18/2021 02:09pm • The Virginia Department of Health said Monday that it is adding an online dashboard of COVID-19 cases among children ranging in age from under 1 to 17 years old. The department said the move was in response to an increase in COVID-19 cases among children across the state since the end of the summ DC Startup Week aims to navigate ups and downs of pandemic, economy 10/18/2021 01:15pm • Most people never heard of Zoom before the pandemic's March 2020 crash-landing, but the ubiquitous meeting platform is a real-world example for startup entrepreneurs at DC Startup Week 2021. "Technology has been crucial to allow businesses to not only survive, but thrive throughout the pandemic," Many single women never think they’ll own a home 10/18/2021 10:08am • McLean, Virginia-based Freddie Mac has released new consumer research that shows the uphill battle many single female heads of households face toward homeownership, and confidence of ever being a homeowner is low for many. The research says nearly 60% of single female heads of household renters f On pace to exhaust federal funds, DC sets application deadline for STAY DC rent relief 10/15/2021 06:33pm • Officials in D.C. say they are on track to hand out nearly every penny of emergency federal funding to help residents pay rent and utility bills amid the coronavirus pandemic. Therefore, the city has set a deadline to apply for help under the District's popular STAY DC program. D.C. will stop acc Bennett Elementary students head back to class next week after COVID 'pause' 10/15/2021 05:46pm • 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. Students will be back at Bennett Elementary on Monday after a weeklong suspension of in-person learning due to a COVID-19 outbreak. Of Health officials offer costume, candy tips for a safer Halloween 10/15/2021 04:12pm • As we put the finishing touches on our pumpkins ahead of Halloween, D.C.-area health officials are offering a word of warning on how to keep the holiday safe. Last year, Halloween went largely uncelebrated, as local governments asked families not to participate in trick-or-treating. Even though i A GW professor on the shift in workforce expectations 10/15/2021 03:39pm • Professor James Bailey finds it fascinating that when he asks a younger person what they do, they often respond with their hobbies rather than their jobs. (Courtesy James Bailey) As companies begin transitioning out of pandemic mode, workers who don't want to return to old ways of doing things a National Zoo lions and tigers on the road to COVID recovery 10/15/2021 03:23pm • It's the cat's meow: Lions and tigers (but not bears, oh my) are recovering from their COVID-19 infections at the National Zoo. The zoo said the animals are "behaving, eating and drinking normally." Zoo officials have also started doling out vaccines to eligible critters. "All seven orangut DC boasts improved COVID vaccine rate for Fire & EMS workers 10/15/2021 02:02pm • D.C. has seen a significant jump in vaccination rates among emergency personnel, according to city officials. City Administrator Kevin Donahue said Friday that, while D.C. Fire and EMS vaccination rates had previously been below 60%, they are now at 85% for fully or partially vaccinated. "We s Adventist leader strives to expand health care options in Prince George's Co. 10/15/2021 07:04am • This content is sponsored by Adventist HealthCare Fort Washington Medical Center. Eunmee Shim has an inspirational vision for southern Prince George's County that includes a larger hospital, a robust provider network and a long list of specialty services that are spread more evenly across a regio DC parents frustrated with school-based COVID-19 testing program 10/15/2021 05:20am • Excited at the possibility of having his 4- and 6-year-old kids' return to a classroom after months of virtual classes, parent Mark Histed, of Ward 1 in D.C., decided to have the pair attend school in-person for the 2021-22 school year. School staff and teachers have gone above and beyond, he sai DC allocates additional funding to address COVID-19 mitigation measures in schools 10/14/2021 11:04pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced plans to spend an additional $22 million to support COVID-19 mitigation measures in city schools on Thursday, an initiative that also creates a position in each school for someone to oversee coronavirus-related operations. In a news release, Bowser said the fund Maryland high school marching bands are back to strut their stuff in person 10/14/2021 09:36pm • After a year of rehearsals on Zoom, where members of Maryland high school marching bands struggled to stay in sync over glitchy technology, students are taking the fields again. On Saturday, high school marching bands from across the state will meet up at Arundel High School in Gambrills for the Report probing DC crime lab's missteps coming soon — and it will be public, official says 10/14/2021 06:12pm • D.C. Council member Charles Allen said he is considering rewriting the legislation that formed the District's independent crime lab, and the D.C. Attorney General's Office and federal prosecutors are making plans to launch reviews of past convictions in D.C. Superior Court after a series of serious IG investigation probes whether DC crime lab tried to keep information from defense attorneys 10/14/2021 12:45pm • It started with a ballistics error in a murder case, then spiraled into allegations that managers at the D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences deliberately concealed conflicting findings to minimize the mistake. Documents reviewed by WTOP indicate a sprawling criminal investigation being carried o