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Which hotels, airlines have best travel rewards? 08/31/2021 12:33am • Which hotel and airline industries have the best travel rewards programs in the U.S.? Each year U.S. News & World Report grades both, and here are their top choices for the 2021-22 travel year, why they picked them and how COVID-19 factored in. Wyndham Rewards takes the No. 1 spot for ‘B Maryland House GOP members push back on statewide school mask mandate 08/30/2021 08:56pm • House Republicans in Annapolis issued a statement saying they have “serious concerns” about the State Board of Education’s move to require masks in all 24 of Maryland’s school districts. On Monday, Republican members of the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Revi Officers in Montgomery Co. schools are out, but plans for Community Engagement Officers are incomplete 08/30/2021 06:27pm • For the first time in 19 years, kids went back to school in Montgomery County, Maryland, without encountering a police officer in the building. But the plan to replace them is not finalized, even though kids are already back in the classroom. Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich said the Commu As Montgomery Co. kids return to classrooms, delta COVID-19 cases rise 08/30/2021 02:41pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, continues to see elevated delta-driven levels of COVID-19, but with lower hospitalizations and exceedingly few deaths. The county's health officer said Monday the county's path navigating through delta could be indicative of what "post-COVID life" actually looks like. First day back: Monday marks return to classroom for thousands in DC, Arlington, Montgomery Co. 08/30/2021 11:58am • Hundreds of thousands of students headed back to classes in D.C., Virginia and Maryland on Monday. The school systems welcoming students back Monday were D.C.; Arlington County and Falls Church in Virginia; and the Maryland counties of Baltimore, Charles, Howard, Montgomery and St. Mary's. Baltim As kids return to classrooms across Va., an 'opportune' time to focus on immunizations 08/30/2021 11:10am • Much of the focus over the past year has been on COVID-19, but as kids head back to school, there are concerns that a drop in immunization rates could result in a rise in preventable diseases. August is National Immunization Awareness Month, a time when many health care professionals seek to remi Fairfax Co. high school athletes will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 08/30/2021 11:09am • If you want to play high school sports in Fairfax County, the public school system is going to require you to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Starting Nov. 8, proof of a COVID-19 vaccination will be required for participation in the Virginia High School League for winter and spring sports for the Co-worker pressure to get the unvaccinated vaccinated is rising 08/30/2021 10:06am • More Americans are returning to their place of work — and, in a sign employers have done well keeping protocols in place to make them feel safe, a recent survey suggests more employees find their workplaces safer than  restaurants. In a survey by Arlington, Virginia-based Eagle Hill, a majorit Hybrid work model? Many companies still say no 08/30/2021 09:50am • With many high-profile companies embracing a hybrid work model for employees going forward, it gives the impression that companies in general are considering it, but a recent survey of senior hiring managers found a surprisingly high number of companies want their employees fully back in the office Delaware National Guard to help run mobile vaccine units 08/29/2021 12:18pm • DOVER, Del. — State health officials and the Delaware National Guard are partnering to run mobile vaccination units across the state this week. Delaware State News reports medically trained national guard staff will provide the Pfizer vaccine for ages 12 and up and the Johnson & Johnson vac How to encourage family and friends to stop spreading misinformation on social media 08/29/2021 03:07am • Your cousin knows for a fact that coronavirus vaccines have mind-controlling microchips. "Stop the steal" conspiracy theories maybe flooded your social media feeds during and after the 2020 US presidential election. Your friend shares an article about why 5G technology will harm everyone's health. Concerts and COVID: Can the show go on? 08/29/2021 02:11am • Fans of the band Wilco could have reasonably interpreted frontman Jeff Tweedy singing "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" at an Aug. 13 concert at St. Louis Music Park as the universe explaining the past year or so. For example, 30-year-old fan Lazarus Pittman had planned to see Wilco and co-headli DC reaches rental assistance milestone ahead of use-it-or-lose-it deadline 08/27/2021 11:22pm • D.C. has reached a national milestone for rent relief ahead of a use-it-or-lose-it deadline, ensuring more funds will be available for renters and landlords in the District, the mayor's office announced Friday. So far, the District has provided nearly $143 million available in rent and utility as DC teachers concerned schools won't be ready for class Monday 08/27/2021 07:46pm • School starts in D.C. on Monday morning, but teachers say they're concerned some buildings won't be ready. D.C.'s city administrator told lawmakers that contracted maintenance crews will work all weekend to make necessary fixes to heating, ventilation and air conditioning units. After months of p DC-area students get refurbished computers to close digital divide 08/27/2021 06:44pm • For many D.C.-area schools, free gently used laptops jumpstarted many remote learning classes. For 25 years, a federal government program called Computers for Learning has been giving away free computer equipment. "Computers are expensive," General Services Administration spokesman Richard Ste