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DC, Va. income tax deadlines extended 03/19/2021 05:45pm • D.C. and Virginia are extending the deadline for their residents to file their income tax returns and pay their taxes to May 17. DC extension The Office of Tax Revenue said Friday that the extension applies to all D-20, D-30, D-40, Standalone Schedule H, D-41, D-40B, and D-65 tax filers, and incl Howard plans for virtual commencement while waiting for in-person guidance from DC 03/19/2021 05:29pm • While waiting until D.C. issues guidance on holding in-person festivities, Howard University said that it is also moving forward with plans to conduct a virtual commencement in May. University President Wayne A.I. Frederick said that when the city does issue the parameters under which in-person g Play ball: Montgomery Co. Council loosens restrictions on youth sports 03/19/2021 04:09pm • The Montgomery County Council has approved new COVID-19 rules in the Maryland county that loosens restrictions on youth sports previously deemed high-risk. The council approved the new rules in a 9-0 vote Friday. The new rules require organizers of sports events to submit COVID-19 safety plans ‘We remain vulnerable’ — Johns Hopkins doctors urge continued caution on COVID-19 03/19/2021 03:20pm • COVID-19 case numbers in the U.S. are on the way down, vaccines are getting into arms and spring is coming, which last year meant a decline in cases. But two experts at Johns Hopkins University said Friday that now is not the time to take the foot off the brakes. “Where we are today is of cours Some DC youth sports return to competition 03/19/2021 02:59pm • A new mayoral order in D.C. is allowing for some low-contact kids sports to return to competition April 1, and those who run high school sports in the District say it's a relief. "Those low-contact sports include baseball, softball, track and field and tennis," said D.C. State Athletic Associatio DC gives OK for National Shrine to open at 25% capacity 03/19/2021 01:17pm • The District has given the go-ahead to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to open at 25% capacity from March 29 to April 5, just in time for Easter. The approval was given by D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Director Chris Rodriguez. The Shrine has Pandemic slows DC college student's march to madness 03/19/2021 09:22am •  The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament kicks off Friday afternoon, and lots of small schools will be hoping to pull off an upset and become a Cinderella story. But for one D.C. hoops player, it’s the coronavirus pandemic that has him once again waiting another year to try on a slipper. Aft Former Georgetown Brooks Brothers now an incubator for small retailers 03/19/2021 08:43am • EastBanc, the largest owner of retail properties in Georgetown, has found a new use for the vacated Brooks Brothers store on M Street: A space for small D.C.-area merchants and designers who have never had a physical store to try out a brick-and-mortar presence. Concept 31/M, which opened this we Pandemic a year later: Food banks still in high demand around the region 03/19/2021 08:41am • Since the pandemic hit last year, the Capital Area Food Bank alone has bought 770 truckloads of food to help meet the need. (Courtesy Capital Area Food Bank) One of the most stunning visuals of the coronavirus pandemic was the sight of long lines of cars -- miles long sometimes -- approaching fo 4 busted in violent DC-area crime spree 03/19/2021 08:31am • Montgomery County police Chief Marcus Jones announces the creation of a task force to fight a string of violent crimes in the D.C. area on Thursday, March 19, 2021. (WTOP/Mike Murillo) Four people from D.C. have been arrested and charged following a string of armed carjackings and armed robberie Free Anacostia River boat tours to resume 03/19/2021 07:16am • No joke: Free guided motorboat and canoe tours of D.C.'s Anacostia River will hit the water April 1. D.C.'s Department of Energy and Environment said the tours, which will be conducted by the Anacostia Watershed Society and the Anacostia Riverkeeper, aim to teach participants "about the Anacostia First baby born with COVID-19 antibodies to vaccinated mother 03/19/2021 06:55am • ▶ Watch Video: COVID-19 vaccine's effect on pregnant women and nursing mothers At 36 weeks pregnant, a South Florida frontline health care worker received her first shot of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. She gave birth three weeks later to a healthy baby girl — with COVID-19 antibodie Salvation Army continues to help those affected by COVID-19 pandemic 03/19/2021 12:29am • During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have turned to the Salvation Army for help for the first time. One year after the first cases of the virus were diagnosed in the area, the charity continues to respond to those who have suffered financially. The Salvation Army National Capital Area Com Long-term substitute teachers in demand as schools shift to more in-person instruction 03/18/2021 08:43pm • The search for long-term substitute teachers is a continual process in most school systems, but area school districts say the pandemic and the return to in-person classroom instruction has intensified their efforts. Lena Cohen, supervisor of the Substitute Office at Fairfax County Public Schools U.Md. medical school to host study on Moderna vaccine effectiveness in young children 03/18/2021 06:38pm • As efforts to get the country vaccinated against COVID-19 continue, the effects of the vaccines are just now being studied on a group who represents about a quarter of all Americans — children. The vaccines that are currently available to Americans — Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson