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Silver Spring events-based plant business finds success expanding to retail during pandemic 05/09/2021 04:47pm • The coronavirus pandemic shut down events last year, leaving a Silver Spring, Maryland, event-based plant business scrambling. Jeff Kushner's business Plants Alive! has provided designer plants for presidential inaugurations and for the dressing rooms of singers like Elton John and Paul McCartney District early literacy program asks DC Council for funding 05/09/2021 09:46am • A literacy-focused program for young students in the District is urging the D.C. Council to prioritize funding in an effort to curb learning loss related to the coronavirus pandemic. Reading Partners is a one-on-one tutoring program that provides students individualized instruction twice a week. Why Republicans are ready to kill the $300 pandemic unemployment boost 05/09/2021 07:09am • Even as Congress raced to rescue the nation from the coronavirus pandemic last spring, Republican lawmakers were raising red flags about expanding unemployment benefits -- particularly providing the jobless with a weekly federal supplement worth hundreds of dollars. Now, Elon Musk shows humility and hubris as 'SNL' host 05/09/2021 02:12am •  Elon Musk showed a combination of humility and hubris as he opened his highly anticipated hosting gig on “Saturday Night Live.” The 49-year-old Tesla CEO, SpaceX founder and one of the world’s richest men opened his monologue by mocking his monotonal speaking style, saying no one can The Space Place: A rocket launch, a rocket tumble, a Supermoon and more sky sights 05/08/2021 04:35pm • There's a lot going on in the skies right now, as NASA prepares for a rocket launch and NORAD keeps an eye on a rocket tumbling out of orbit -- with no clear indication yet of where exactly it will come down. Going down Dr. Edward Murphy, University of Virginia Astronomy Professor, provided me a v Local leaders join call for temporary statewide eviction moratorium 05/07/2021 11:53pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Democratic leaders from some of Maryland’s largest jurisdictions joined calls for a temporary statewide eviction moratorium in a letter se Man attacked in his Dupont Circle tea shop reflects on attack 05/07/2021 10:14pm • A man who was attacked inside his own D.C. establishment last year is talking about his experience and sharing his views about why it's vital for businesses like his to exist in American society. Yunhan Zhang, who runs Valley Brook Tea near Dupont Circle, joined the Mayor's Office on Asian and Pa CDC guidance on spacing in classrooms may not be possible in some Va. schools 05/07/2021 09:01pm • When some local students return to school this fall in Northern Virginia, they may not be sitting very far apart. Currently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines suggest students stay 3 feet apart in classrooms. In Alexandria, Virginia, where students will have in-person l Doctor discusses young son's experience with U.Md. COVID-19 vaccine trial 05/07/2021 08:45pm • Dr. Charles Mugera, a doctor of internal medicine, has an 8-year-old son, Christian, who is taking part in the vaccine trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health. (Courtesy University of Maryland School of Medicine) It's expected tha DC clears walk-in vaccination sites for ages 16-17 05/07/2021 02:32pm • DC Health on Friday announced that its COVID-19 vaccination sites that use the Pfizer vaccine will begin accepting walk-in patients ages 16 and 17. That’s a change from previous policy, whereby the teens and their families had to make appointments through Children’s National. Families can sti Not vaccinated yet? Chef José Andrés will give you a $50 gift certificate to his DC restaurants to get a shot 05/07/2021 02:01pm • For those who have not yet been vaccinated, Chef José Andrés has an enticing offer that could help sweeten the pot: Get a shot and get a $50 gift certificate to one of his D.C.-area restaurants. The famously philanthropic chef said anyone who brings in proof that they were vaccinated between Sa How culture and beer are coming together for social justice 05/07/2021 12:22pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '471af3d4-d869-46b5-9b9e-be676747a470' }).render("956615361b967335");}); The beer handles inside the tap room at t WTOP wins 4 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, including for Overall Excellence 05/06/2021 09:17pm • WTOP has been honored with four Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards by the Radio Television Digital News Association, including one for overall excellence. The WTOP news team was awarded the Overall Excellence award in the Large Market Radio category. It is the 10th time in the last 12 years that it Cheers! DC offers free beer after COVID-19 vaccine shot at Kennedy Center 05/06/2021 08:16pm • Those who received COVID-19 shots at the Kennedy Center in D.C. Thursday got more than inoculations, they also got to celebrate with a free beer. At the Shot and a Beer pop-up vaccination event put on by DC Health, people received the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine; and after rolling u 'I'll have what Joe had': DC restaurant sees spike in sales after presidential visit 05/06/2021 06:56pm • For the crew at Taqueria Las Gemelas in Northeast D.C., Wednesday morning was anything but normal — new or otherwise. Initially, the restaurant was told that members of the Small Business Administration were going to stop by to promote the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. When the morning rolled