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Prince George's Co. health coach helps clients shed pandemic pounds 03/28/2022 12:05am • This is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of people making a difference from our community authored by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more of that coverage. Heavenly Bodies Live, LLC, is an integrated Wellness Center in Prince George's County, Maryland. Many of us felt like the weight of th White House press staffer Karine Jean-Pierre tests positive for COVID-19 03/27/2022 08:58pm • White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says she tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from a trip to Europe with President Joe Biden. Jean-Pierre was with the president after Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced that she tested positive for the coronavirus. What to Know About the Optional SAT Essay 03/27/2022 08:00pm • Although the essay portion of the SAT became optional in 2016, many students still chose to write it to demonstrate strong or improved writing skills to prospective colleges. In June 2021, the College Board opted to discontinue the SAT essay. Now, only students in a few states and school districts s What Is Vagus Nerve Stimulation? 03/27/2022 08:00pm • Everyone is a big bundle of nerves. No, that's not a description of the current pervasive sense of anxiety many people in America feel these days; rather, it's an anatomical description of how the human body is home to billions of nerve cells and structures that thread all throughout the body, carry Va. couple, DC man and NASA employee investigated for COVID-19 fraud schemes 03/26/2022 04:39am • A Virginia couple and a brother, as well as a D.C. man and a NASA employee are among those the IRS investigated for tax and money laundering related to COVID-19 fraud. Southwest Virginia couple Gregory Tackett and Leelyn Chytka were sentenced to nine years in prison for defrauding the government PHOTOS: Virginia’s Gold Cup returns 03/25/2022 10:37pm • The Virginia Gold Cup, the commonwealth’s biggest horse racing event, will be held May 7 at Great Meadow in The Plains. The event, celebrating its 97th anniversary this year, was scaled down for the past two years in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, organizers said in a statement Friday, a New video shows assault on 14th Street Bridge involving alleged trucker convoy participants 03/25/2022 08:41pm • Video footage shows a fight between a motorcyclist and alleged members of the trucker convoy demonstration that happened on the 14th Street Bridge last week. An Alexandria, Virginia, man named Logan confirmed to WTOP that he was the one in the video on March 16, wearing a helmet and pinned down o Fauci urges vaccination as new omicron variant could cause spike in cases as soon as next week 03/25/2022 04:53pm • Though coronavirus caseloads, deaths and hospitalizations are declining in the U.S., the nation's top infectious disease expert is urging Americans to get vaccinated and boosted as a new variant has cases rising across Europe. Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser, sa White House Easter Egg Roll returns: Here's how to get tickets 03/25/2022 07:48am • The annual White House Easter Egg Roll will return to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. next month after being canceled the past two years due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Biden administration said the event, one of the oldest traditions in White House history, will take place on the South Lawn on Easte Judge rules in favor of immunocompromised students, but masking still optional in Virginia 03/25/2022 01:20am • A federal judge has ruled in favor of the families of 12 immunocompromised students, who filed a lawsuit claiming that Virginia's new mask-optional law violates their rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act. In his ruling, Judge Norman Moon makes clear that SB739 is law in Virginia, but Former WH adviser: 'stealth omicron' may not lead to increased hospitalizations in US 03/24/2022 08:39pm • A more transmissible strain of the coronavirus' omicron variant has been growing in Europe. While in the past what is happening on the continent has been a barometer for how things might unfold, an expert explains why BA.2 might not lead to increased hospitalizations in the U.S. BA.2 has been Montgomery Co. council member Andrew Friedson tests positive for COVID-19 03/24/2022 02:00pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, council member Andrew Friedson has tested positive for the coronavirus, he said in a statement Thursday. Friedson said he has "mild symptoms thanks to being vaccinated and boosted" and is working remotely from home while isolating. He urged residents to get vaccina Tests, vaccines, wastewater surveillance: Montgomery Co. preps for next possible COVID wave 03/23/2022 04:54pm • Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations remain extremely low in Montgomery County, Maryland, but with a more infectious strain of the virus driving rising case numbers in Europe, officials are making plans to make sure "we're ready for a surge." Speaking during an online briefing with reporters, A As Commanders football steadies on the field, its business operations stumble 03/23/2022 10:00am • As Commanders steady on field, business operations stumble originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThe Washington Commanders lost a major partner last week when global beer company Anheuser-Busch InBev decided to pull out of its sponsorship deal.That contract was worth at least $4 million annual Montgomery Co. to keep streeteries in Bethesda, Silver Spring, Wheaton open until Labor Day 03/22/2022 06:13pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, will keep streeteries in Bethesda, Silver Spring and Wheaton open at least through Labor Day, the county’s Department of Transportation announced Tuesday. Streeteries were established during the pandemic to help restaurants by closing off street traffic to create ou