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America's homeless ranks graying as more retire on streets 04/10/2022 11:28am • PHOENIX (AP) — Karla Finocchio's slide into homelessness began when she split with her partner of 18 years and temporarily moved in with a cousin. The 55-year-old planned to use her $800-a-month disability check to get an apartment after back surgery. But she soon was sleeping in her old pickup Maryland courthouses urged to continue virtually post-COVID 04/08/2022 10:57am • Even when the coronavirus pandemic is over, courthouses across Maryland should continue carrying out a significant portion of their work virtually, according to recommendations released this week by a judicial task force. The task force, created by Maryland Court of Appeals Chief Judge Joseph Get Montgomery Co. schools announce appointment to newly created medical officer position 04/07/2022 10:08pm • The Montgomery County, Maryland, board of education approved the appointment of Dr. Patricia Kapunan as the school system's new medical officer. Kapunan currently serves as the medical director at the Adolescent Health Center at Children’s National Hospital’s Division of Adolescent Young Adul Update on Coronavirus Student Loan Relief 04/07/2022 08:00pm • President Joe Biden has announced another extension of coronavirus emergency relief benefits for borrowers with federal student loans through Aug. 31, 2022. The administration also plans to provide a "fresh start" on repayment to all borrowers with paused loans by "eliminating the impact of delinque DC Mayor Bowser tests positive for COVID-19 amid 'small uptick' in District virus cases 04/07/2022 04:12pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday morning she has tested positive for COVID-19. The positive test comes amid a "small uptick" in COVID-19 cases in the District over the past few weeks, health officials said, although there are no plans to restore a Districtwide indoor mask mandate. In a t Johns Hopkins, Georgetown universities reinstate COVID-19 measures, mask mandates 04/07/2022 04:20am • Two universities in the D.C. region said on Wednesday that they will be bringing back a temporary mask mandate following an increase in coronavirus cases among students. Georgetown University in D.C. and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore will add additional COVID-19 mitigation measures to hel Prince George's Co. students required to take COVID test before returning from spring break 04/06/2022 06:26pm • Students in Prince George's County, Maryland, will be required to take a coronavirus test and upload results before returning from spring break, the school system said in an email to families Wednesday. Monica Goldson, the CEO of Prince George's County Public Schools, said all students will recei Montgomery Co. poised to name new health officer with duties 'beyond COVID' 04/06/2022 04:45pm • After two previous candidates backed out, officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, say they're on their way to having a top doctor once again -- after going months without one during the height of the omicron surge. The county's pick for health officer has been sent to the Maryland Department of George Mason ends on-campus mask requirement 04/06/2022 05:55am • Northern Virginia's George Mason University is dropping its mask mandate, effectively immediately. In a message to the school community posted Tuesday, university president Gregory Washington announced GMU had switched to a mask-optional policy on all its campuses. He said the decision reflected ACLU: lawsuit over Va.'s mask-optional law 'blueprint' for parents of immunocompromised students 04/05/2022 09:45pm • As a legal battle over a law in Virginia that makes masking optional for school children continues to brew, one of the plaintiffs in the case said developments so far in the courtroom can serve as a "blueprint" for parents of students at high risk of getting a severe case of COVID-19. Eden Heilma Resources for College Students Facing Housing Insecurity 04/05/2022 08:00pm • After a hectic day of juggling classes, studying, extracurricular activities and even jobs, many college students retreat to their residence halls or apartments to decompress. But given the high cost of rent in cities across the country, financial uncertainty brought on by the coronavirus pandemic a Judge refuses to dismiss lawsuit over mask-optional law for Va. schools 04/05/2022 06:11pm • A federal judge has denied a motion to dismiss a federal court challenge of Virginia’s law that makes masking optional in schools. The lawsuit challenging the law was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of 12 families with immunocompromised children. The ACLU claims in the With used car values up, some Northern Virginians get car tax relief 04/05/2022 09:36am • Anyone who lives in Virginia knows it's the only state in the region to charge an annual property tax on vehicles. The recent spike in used car prices, based on pandemic-related low supply and high demand, has threatened to hurt Virginia taxpayers, even if they're not in the market for a new set Motion to dismiss? Md. courtrooms drop COVID-19 protocols 04/04/2022 08:58am • Courtrooms across Maryland are moving on from COVID-19-related restrictions thanks to the chief judge's latest administrative order. Chief Judge Joseph M. Getty lifted the Maryland judiciary's coronavirus protocols on Monday,  which makes the mask requirement now voluntary in light of the Center China defends policy of separating COVID-positive kids from parents 04/04/2022 07:15am • ▶ Watch Video: China puts Shanghai in COVID lockdown as it tries to mitigate cases Shanghai — Health officials in China's most populous city have defended a policy of separating babies and young children from their parents if they test positive for COVID-19, as frustration at the ci