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Texas man sentenced to 15 months in prison for posting COVID hoax online 10/06/2021 02:58am • A Texas man was sentenced to more than a year in federal prison for spreading a hoax related to Covid-19 on social media, prosecutors said. Evidence showed Christopher Charles Perez, 40, posted two threatening messages on Facebook in April 2020, falsely claiming he paid someone infected with Covi When Getting Your Student Loans Out of Default Is a Bad Idea 10/06/2021 12:00am • Defaulting on a federal student loan can be an extremely stressful situation. It can have a significantly negative effect on your credit report and can result in high collection costs. Given these things, it's understandable that borrowers would want to get their loans out of default as soon as poss Culpeper County fails to pass resolution cutting funding for entities imposing COVID-19 mandates 10/05/2021 10:53pm • (Courtesy Culpeper Media Network) This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. A resolution regarding the Culpeper County Board of Supervisors' intention not to fund non-governme DC Council defies mayor, passes bill addressing concerns about in-person learning 10/05/2021 08:06pm • D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, shown here in a file photo, acknowledged that an expansion in virtual learning — as part of an emergency measure passed Tuesday — amounts to a group far smaller than what council members wanted to see. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) After an hour of discussion New research shows that school mask mandates work 10/05/2021 07:53pm • Recently published findings on universal masking policies in schools reinforce previously touted messages that they help keep kids safe and prevent the spread of COVID-19, a D.C. pediatrician says. "These studies found that school districts without a universal masking policy in place were more li WATCH: Washington National Cathedral tolls bell 700 times for COVID-19 deaths 10/05/2021 06:30pm • The Washington National Cathedral honored the 700,000 people in the U.S. who have died of coronavirus by tolling the cathedral's bell 700 times Tuesday evening. The Bourdon bell tolled at 5 p.m., once for every 1,000 people who died. It took about 70 minutes to complete the tolling. Maryland does not display Native American COVID-19 data 10/05/2021 05:28pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Lumped into the “Other” racial and ethnic category, American Indians and Alaska Natives are effectively invisible on Maryland’s state website for COVID-19. More than 120,000 people who identify as Native American live in Maryland, but without public-facing numbers of COVI Roy McGrath, Hogan's former chief of staff, indicted for federal, state charges 10/05/2021 01:47pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Roy McGrath, the former chief of staff to Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr. (R) and ex-head of the Maryland Environmental Service, faces more th Gyms ask DC to review mask mandate 10/05/2021 04:51am • Area gyms are asking D.C. to review its mask mandate and requesting parity for the fitness industry. Bryan Myers, CEO and president of SolidCore, and other gyms in the District sent a letter to Mayor Muriel Bowser and Health Director Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt on Monday asking them to examine availabl Artist calls for 'army of volunteers' to help remove COVID memorial exhibit 10/05/2021 04:21am • Artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg spent three days in September installing more than 660,000 little white flags on the National Mall to memorialize those who died in the pandemic. At the time, she had a slew of volunteers helping create the exhibit. When it was completed, visitors traveled from Loudoun County bolstering ranks of medical volunteers 10/05/2021 12:40am • Loudoun County, Virginia, has put out a call for volunteers to beef up the ranks of its Medical Reserve Corps, which has played a key role in the community's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The county needs medical doctors, nurses, paramedics and other medical professionals, and there's also a 9 Upgraded Stocks to Buy in October 10/05/2021 12:00am • Analysts recommend these upgraded stocks for October.The S&P 500 dropped 4.8% in September, its worst month since the disastrous March 2020. Many investors took a hit in September, but the pullback also created some buying opportunities in high-quality stocks. Buying the stock market dip could p Advisors: Don't Let Your Clients Get Lulled Into a False Sense of Security 10/05/2021 12:00am • After more than a decade of generally favorable conditions in stock and bond markets, financial advisors' clients may be feeling a bit complacent and acting, well, a little spoiled. If an advisor is not careful, clients can go from being grounded, with realistic expectations, to being overconfident Fauci clarifies weekend remarks on holiday gatherings 10/04/2021 07:58pm • The nation's top infectious disease expert is clarifying remarks over the weekend about how much precautions Americans should take during the holidays. In a Sunday interview on CBS's "Face the Nation," Dr. Anthony Fauci said it's still too soon to tell whether Americans should avoid gathering for Montgomery Co.'s COVID test-positivity rate dips below 2% 10/04/2021 04:40pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, officials say the county's COVID-19 test-positivity rate has dropped below 2%. During a weekly briefing, officials also said the county has the lowest number of new daily cases across state health metrics. But in other metrics, they remain concerned about racial di