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DC halts PARCC prep, won't administer other standardized tests this spring 03/05/2021 10:24pm • Some standardized tests planned in D.C. will not be administered, as the District moves forward with a waiver to suspend citywide summative assessments for students this spring. D.C. Public Schools halted preparations Friday related to the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and C PHOTOS: Maryland marks 1 year of coronavirus with twilight vigil 03/05/2021 09:07pm • Several municipalities around Maryland held vigils in honor of those lost to COVID-19 as the state marked exactly one year since its first confirmed cases. See photos and video of the vigils below. More Coronavirus news Sign up for WTOP alerts Latest coronavirus test results in DC, Maryland and Vi WATCH LIVE: Md. hosts twilight vigil on 1-year anniversary of 1st virus case 03/05/2021 06:09pm • It has been one year since the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Maryland, and Gov. Larry Hogan will be marking the solemn anniversary with a twilight vigil ceremony. Municipalities around the state will light up government buildings in amber in memory of those who have been lost to the virus. Amid continued glitches, DC chooses Microsoft as vendor for soon-to-launch vaccine preregistration system 03/05/2021 05:41pm • Days before the scheduled launch of a preregistration system for making COVID-19 vaccination appointments — and amid a continued glitch-plagued process for securing the shots — D.C. has selected Microsoft as the vendor to host its new system. The mayor's office confirmed to WTOP on Friday the My COVID vaccine experience: Safety, peace of mind and music 03/05/2021 03:36pm • Rich Hunter, from the WTOP Traffic Center, gets his first COVID-19 vaccine. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein) Over the past year, I have become familiar with medical terms that I could have gone my entire life without ever knowing what they mean: coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic, community spread, super-spr Pandemic fueled a spike in DC consumer complaints in 2020 03/05/2021 03:27pm • While COVID-19 cases surged in the city, the consumer protection division at D.C.'s attorney general’s office saw a surge in complaints from consumers. The office said in its Consumer Complaint Report for 2020 that it saw 2,264 complaints come in — an increase of more than 700 complaints over Timeline: 1 year into the COVID-19 pandemic in DC, Maryland and Virginia 03/05/2021 03:07pm • More than a year ago, reports began circulating about a mysterious new illness in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. It seemed like a world away, and it was — at first. That all changed March 5, 2020, when Maryland authorities announced the first confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the A look back at COVID-19's impact on Montgomery Co. -- and a look ahead 03/05/2021 01:26pm • In any other year, Montgomery County's elected officials and civic leaders would be crowding into an auditorium to hear the county executive deliver a  State of the County address. But not this year. Instead, County Executive Marc Elrich delivered a taped message seated behind a desk, and put University of Virginia considering graduation options for class of 2021 03/04/2021 11:38pm • The University of Virginia is weighing options on how to hold graduation events in May amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The school is consulting with the 2021 graduating class about two possible choices: holding commencement events in the spring with only the students, no guests; or postpon Prince William Co. opens large vaccination site near Potomac Mills Mall 03/04/2021 11:27pm • A new COVID-19 vaccination site is open near the Potomac Mills Mall in Prince William County, Virginia. County officials said Walmart will distribute 2,400 doses at the former Gander Mountain store in Woodbridge. The location is seemingly the long-awaited large vaccination site that county offici 'Meet people where they are': Md. COVID-19 vaccine equity plan envisions small pop-up clinics at churches, community groups 03/04/2021 10:17pm • Brig. Gen. Janeen Birckhead, the Maryland National Guard's assistant adjutant general, outlines plans to improve equity in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in Maryland during a news conference in Annapolis, Md., on Thursday, March 4, 2021. Gov. Larry Hogan is standing left. (AP Photo/Brian Wit DC mayor details plans for return of high school sports, expands vaccine eligibility 03/04/2021 06:36pm • Now with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the mix, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said all teachers and staff working for a school or child care facility, including those who aren't teaching in person, will be eligible to preregister for a vaccine appointment starting next week. Bowser said over 3, After a year of COVID-19, Fauci sees ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ 03/04/2021 06:19pm • (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: '4108ebc0-5060-4f6e-89e4-68cbb2216df2' }).render("3596153618e5fbce");}); Friday is the anniversary of the first CO Mixed reaction to DC mayor's 'tentative' plan for return to high school sports 03/04/2021 05:16pm • While all 50 states have reinstated some high school sports, D.C. hasn't. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday announced that will change in two weeks with a "tentative plan" to return teens to practice, but some think the lifting of the restrictions falls short. "So let me be perfectly candid that we Alsobrooks calls for more slots for Prince George's Co. residents at mass vaccination site 03/04/2021 04:32pm • A Prince George's County, Maryland, leader is calling for more county residents to receive COVID-19 vaccine appointments at a mass vaccination site within its jurisdiction. County Executive Angela Alsobrooks said during a Thursday news conference that she's asking the state to block off certain d