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DC in healthier financial shape than projected at start of pandemic 02/22/2021 11:06pm • D.C. is taking its financial temperature and finding that it is healthier than what was projected at the start of the pandemic. Unemployment claims are still higher than they were before the pandemic began, but hiring is coming back as D.C. added more than 14,000 jobs in December, according to a Charles County welcoming all students back to in-person learning 02/22/2021 10:34pm • Students will be making a return to in-person learning in Charles County, Maryland, this spring. The school board has approved Superintendent Kimberly Hill's recommendation to allow any students in K-12 to return to in-person classes two days a week beginning April 19. Hill said when kids come Washington National Cathedral honors COVID-19 victims as US reaches 500,000 deaths 02/22/2021 08:55pm • The Washington National Cathedral rang its bells 500 times Monday, once for every 1,000 people who have died from COVID-19 in the U.S. The United States topped 500,000 virus deaths, a number that all but matches the number of Americans killed in World War II, Korea and Vietnam combined, the Associat Maryland plans statewide preregistry for mass vaccination coronavirus sites 02/22/2021 08:29pm • BOWIE, MD - FEBRUARY 06: A mass coronavirus vaccination site is seen in the parking lot of Six Flags on February 6, 2021 in Bowie, Maryland. Maryland officially entered Phase 1C of COVID-19 vaccine distribution including people over age 65, U.S. Postal Service employees, and workers in manufacturin New Virginia school-reopening bill tightens requirements 02/22/2021 06:25pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers have advanced a new version of bipartisan school-reopening legislation that would tighten the requirements for in-person instruction that districts must offer in the next school year. The lawmakers negotiating the bill said Monday that the aim of the late Montgomery County receives delayed shipment of more than 10,000 vaccines 02/22/2021 04:05pm • After delays in the shipment of COVID-19 vaccine doses to Montgomery County, Maryland, due to winter weather problems, vaccination appointments were on the verge of being postponed until a new supply came in Monday afternoon. The Maryland Health Department allocated the county 10,000 doses for la Annual fundraiser for childhood cancer takes bet on virtual poker tournament 02/22/2021 03:11pm • Rich and Nancy Engler, with their son, Luke, at a previous Chance for Life fundraiser. (Courtesy Rich Engler) It’s an annual poker tournament, which has raised almost $10 million for research into treatments for childhood cancers over the past 16 years. This year, the pandemic is preventing th Fairfax parent says it took 4 days to learn of son's potential COVID-19 exposure 02/22/2021 02:28pm • A Fairfax County, Virginia, family is in quarantine after an elementary school student was exposed to a teaching assistant who tested positive for COVID-19. That student at Sleepy Hollow Elementary is in the individualized education program there, and was among the first group of students to retu DC says missed unemployment checks on the way; more vaccine doses incoming 02/22/2021 02:23pm • Two things D.C. residents depend on — unemployment checks and a COVID-19 vaccine shipment — didn't get delivered last week, but District officials said Monday they're making good on it. Unique Morris-Hughes, director of D.C.'s Department of Employment Services, said the city's unemployment in Funeral home 'running out of granite for headstones' amid pandemic 02/22/2021 01:19pm • ▶ Watch Video: More Americans have died from COVID-19 than from both World Wars, Vietnam War combined The number of lives lost from COVID-19 in the U.S. is expected to reach half a million Monday, with the real total likely higher. The figure represents roughly one in 670 Americans who COVID-19 shot registration opens for M&T Bank Stadium mass vaccination site 02/22/2021 10:58am • Starting Monday, eligible Maryland residents can register to schedule their COVID-19 vaccinations at the state's newest mass vaccination site: M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. The stadium site opens Thursday. According to a news release, between 250 and 500 vaccination appointments will be avai Delaware starts vaccinations at Dover International Speedway 02/22/2021 09:48am • DOVER, Del. — The state of Delaware has begun its largest coronavirus vaccination event to date. The News Journal reports that the inoculation effort kicked off Sunday at Dover International Speedway. The six-day drive-thru clinic represents a possible blueprint for future vaccine distributi Website mistakenly allowed people to sign up for vaccine 02/22/2021 09:03am • BALTIMORE — A large number of Marylanders had signed up to get the coronavirus vaccine at a sports stadium only to have the appointments canceled. The Baltimore Sun reported Sunday that most people had signed up using an invalid link. The vaccine appointments had been scheduled to occur at M Md. coronavirus hospitalizations drop below 1,000 for first time since November 02/22/2021 07:44am • Maryland coronavirus numbers are trending in the right direction but the governor is urging residents to remain vigilant. Coronavirus hospitalizations in Maryland have dropped to 973, down by more than half after hitting a peak in January. It's the first time since mid-November that Maryland hosp Reopening music venues, restaurants could require proof of COVID-19 vaccination 02/22/2021 05:12am • With coronavirus vaccinations underway and a recent decrease in COVID-19 cases, fans of live music, eating out at restaurants and going to watch a movie or play in a theater are finally able to entertain the notion of returning to leisure activities that have been largely shuttered since March 2020.