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Howard Co. schools warn of possible bus disruptions 11/07/2021 11:35pm • Howard County, Maryland public schools warned parents of a disruption to school bus services that may be possible throughout the week. In an email to families, the Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) said COVID-19 related bus shortages and potential action by bus drivers could limit the sc Ashley Hatch's extra-time goal lifts Spirit to dramatic NWSL playoff win 11/07/2021 10:09pm • Hatch's extra-time goal sends Spirit to NWSL semifinals originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThe Washington Spirit have endured an adversity-filled season that included the dismissal of their head coach following a National Women's Soccer League investigation for verbal and emotional ab Howard University president says he 'hears concerns' about housing in address to students 11/06/2021 11:50am • Howard University President Wayne A.I. Frederick said in an address to students on Friday that he is listening to concerns from students as protests  continue on campus. "I hear the concerns, I want to be absolutely clear about that," Frederick said. "Rather than continue to put out a counternar Fire in Indian hospital COVID-19 ward kills 10 patients 11/06/2021 05:38am • NEW DELHI (AP) — Ten patients died Saturday after a fire broke out in a hospital's COVID-19 ward in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, officials said. An official told New Delhi Television that around 17 patients were in the ward when the fire broke out. The remaining patients have been m Montgomery County turns to 'Abuelina' to help with young kids' vaccination efforts  11/05/2021 10:20pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, health department officials say the first offerings of appointments for kids 5 to 11 years old to receive their COVID-19 shots over the weekend were snapped up within 45 minutes after slots were made available. Mary Anderson, spokesperson for the county's Department o DC's developmentally disabled community especially hard-hit by COVID-19 11/05/2021 05:19pm • Members of D.C.'s developmentally disabled community are being disproportionately affected by COVID-19, with lower vaccination numbers and higher rates of death in the population. Testifying in front of the D.C. Council Committee on Health, Robin Shaffert, with Georgetown University's Center for Roving vaccine clinics coming to 37 Prince George's Co. elementary schools 11/05/2021 05:17pm • Officials in Prince George's County, Maryland, say mobile vaccination clinics will travel to 37 elementary schools over the next month and half to administer after-school COVID-19 vaccines to children age 5 to 11. The list of mobile clinics at elementary schools published Friday are an extension Fairfax Co. schools employees report 97% vaccination rate as deadline passes 11/05/2021 04:14pm • With the deadline for school system staff in Fairfax County, Virginia, to be vaccinated against the coronavirus passing, the school system said 97% of staff who responded to a survey report being partially or fully vaccinated. In August, the county's government and school system both announced a DC's biggest COVID-19 challenges? Vaccine misinformation, hesitancy 11/05/2021 02:11pm • The biggest challenges facing D.C.'s response to COVID-19 isn't access to the vaccine or availability — it's combating misinformation and vaccine hesitancy, city officials said during calls this week. "The District's biggest challenge is not going to be access to the pediatric vaccine. There's A DC woman had her pumpkins stolen. Now, an area restaurant is helping her make pie 11/05/2021 04:49am • While much of the attention in the D.C. region last spring was on coronavirus vaccines and a return to normalcy, Northeast resident Sara Wilson and her daughters were thinking about pumpkins. The family takes its pies seriously, she said, and aimed to grow pumpkins that can be used to prepare Tha Johnny Artis, staple of the DC music scene, dies of COVID-19 complications 11/05/2021 04:35am • Musician Johnny Artis, who spent decades performing in the D.C. area, was found dead in his home Wednesday of complications from COVID-19. He was two weeks shy of his 64th birthday. Artis sang blues, jazz, R&B, Southern rock, funk, soul, swing, reggae and country with his longtime bandmates at v How to Get into the University of California System 11/05/2021 12:00am • Spread across 10 campuses, the University of California system is home to some of the most sought-after colleges in the U.S. Among National Universities -- institutions that are often research-oriented and offer bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees -- that reported fall 2020 application data to Emergent BioSolutions, feds terminate long-running pandemic preparedness contract 11/04/2021 11:03pm • Emergent BioSolutions Inc. and the Department of Health and Human Services have terminated a pandemic preparedness contract the Gaithersburg company has held since 2012. Emergent (NYSE: EBS) said it reached "a mutual agreement" to terminate a contract that established a public-private partnership Loudoun County schools adjust quarantine guidelines 11/04/2021 07:04pm • Some coronavirus-related rules have changed in Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia. On Wednesday, the school district announced that the weekly testing requirement for unvaccinated school staff and student-athletes has been suspended indefinitely because of problems with a vendor. Quaran DC health director rejects gym owners' calls to loosen mask mandate 11/04/2021 07:03pm • Gym owners called on the D.C. Council Thursday to "work alongside us to save D.C. fitness businesses" and slammed the "unfair and overly restrictive policies instituted" by District leaders in response to the pandemic. But their pleading for the city to give gyms and fitness studios a reprieve fr