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Mystics playoff push will come without Emma Meesseman returning 08/24/2021 06:36pm • Mystics playoff push will come without Emma Meesseman returning originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonWASHINGTON -- Emma Meeseman will not be returning to the Washington Mystics for the 2021 season, according to head coach Mike Thibault. "The whole summer I thought and believed I would jo Md. education board may require masks, sidestepping Hogan and school districts 08/24/2021 05:19pm • Maryland's Board of Education may require students to wear masks inside the classroom — a move that would sidestep the governor and many local school districts. "I've been very clear: All school systems should start the school year with masking," state Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury told the Lawsuits allege 'disgraceful' negligence before fatal 2019 fire, seek $300M from landlord, DC 08/24/2021 05:03pm • The families of two people killed in an August 2019 row house fire in Northwest D.C. have filed wrongful death lawsuits totaling $300 million against the landlord and D.C. authorities, alleging a stunning pattern of negligence in the months leading up to the fire. The two lawsuits were filed by a Anne Arundel Co. exec urges more people to get COVID vaccine 08/24/2021 01:07pm • Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Executive Steuart Pittman urged residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19 during a briefing Tuesday. County employees have until Sept. 13 to get vaccinated. Those who are not vaccinated will need to provide their supervisors with a negative test on a weekly basis Strathmore will require COVID vaccination or testing for indoor shows 08/24/2021 01:01pm • If you have a ticket to a show at Strathmore for Sept. 7 or later, you’ll need a few other things to get seated: a photo ID and proof of either a COVID-19 vaccination or a recent negative test. The performance venue in North Bethesda, Maryland, announced the new rule for indoor events on Monday ‘The best day ever’: Thousands of students return to Alexandria classrooms 08/24/2021 09:50am • Thousands of students in Alexandria, Virginia, are heading back to school Tuesday — for many students, it's the first time back in classrooms since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020. ”This is like the best day ever,” enthused Gregory Hutchings, superintendent of Alexan As COVID cases rise, Hogan tells Biden 'not the time for bureaucratic delays' 08/24/2021 06:16am • Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is urging the Biden administration to pursue what he says are critical actions necessary to stem the spread of new, more infectious variants of the COVID-19 virus. In a letter sent Tuesday to President Biden, the Republican governor implored the White House to hasten its McAuliffe urges employers to require coronavirus vaccine 08/24/2021 04:58am • RICHMOND, Va. — Democrat Terry McAuliffe urged all Virginia employers on Monday to require the coronavirus vaccine for their workers who are eligible, sharpening a policy debate in the closely watched governor’s race over how best to deal with the pandemic. McAuliffe’s call followed a decis Losing Your Sense of Taste and Smell With the Coronavirus 08/24/2021 12:00am • One day in the spring of 2020, around the time much of the country went on lockdown to blunt the spread of the coronavirus, Sara Buursma felt run-down and was battling a low-grade fever. "I was working a lot, and I have three young kids," she says. "I thought it was a common cold." Three days later Back-to-school plans in DC, Maryland and Virginia: Where masks are required 08/23/2021 07:50pm • As the region's schools prepare to start classes, many were hoping for a more normal school year after the pandemic disrupted a significant amount of in-person learning in 2020 and spring 2021. With the arrival of the delta variant and rising COVID-19 hospitalizations, many schools in the region Students in Fairfax and Prince William counties start new, very different year 08/23/2021 02:28pm • Nearly 300,000 students returned to the classroom Monday as four school systems in Virginia reopened, including two of the state’s largest districts. But students will face a very different environment as they navigate in-person learning under a pandemic. Fairfax County, one of the largest scho Washington Monument to remain closed as repairs from lightning strike stretch on 08/23/2021 12:17pm • The Washington Monument will remain closed until at least Thursday, Aug. 26 —  a week and a half after a lightning strike scrambled the monument's electronic access system. Repairs to the system have taken longer than initially expected. The National Park Service said in a tweet Monday it was Prince William Co. superintendent reassures kindergarten families on 1st day 08/23/2021 10:35am • Kindergartners and the superintendent of Prince William County Public Schools share a comforting bond — they've just started their first school year in the Virginia suburb. New superintendent LaTanya McDade, who was hired in March, empathized with the school system's youngest students — and t As pediatric COVID cases rise, more kids in DC area getting respiratory infections 08/23/2021 03:45am • There’s an increased number of respiratory illnesses among children in the D.C. region, according to a pediatric emergency medicine doctor who said they include common ailments in addition to COVID-19. “Respiratory illnesses includes anything from a simple cough and cold, all the way up throu 2022 Best Colleges Rankings Coming Sept. 13 08/23/2021 12:00am • To assist students and their families in researching their college options, on Monday, Sept. 13, U.S. News & World Report will publish its 2022 edition of Best Colleges. These rankings of National Universities, National Liberal Arts Colleges, Regional Universities and Regional Colleges focus on