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Hogan’s State of the State: More resilient than ever 02/03/2021 09:41pm • Watch the State of the State address: This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) touted the state’s vaccine plan and urged state lawmakers to q Doctor: 'Extremely exciting' to be vaccinating Prince George's County schools staff 02/03/2021 06:27pm • Receiving the vaccine here is Desann Manzano-Lee, an instructional specialist for PGCPS. She was vaccinated at the Kaiser Permanente Lanham Rehabilitation Center. (Courtesy Kaiser Permanente) From teachers and instructional specialists to bus drivers, Prince George’s County Public Schools empl Survey: What factors into nearly half of Americans' willingness to get COVID-19 shot 02/03/2021 05:52pm • There are many reasons to want to get vaccinated against COVID-19, but 49% of Americans say in a recent survey that the desire to travel affects their willingness to get it. The Points Guy reported that 26.5% of those surveyed said that desire had a major impact, while 22.7% said it had a minor i Montgomery County to prioritize COVID-19 vaccine doses by ZIP code 02/03/2021 05:27pm • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, say they are putting the finishing touches on a plan to make sure communities hardest-hit by the coronavirus have access to COVID-19 vaccines by allowing residents age 75 and older from certain ZIP codes to move to the front of the line for appointments. Comcast to delay data-overage fee, waive contract cancellation charges amid pandemic 02/03/2021 03:11pm • Internet and cable provider Comcast will delay its plans to charge a data-overage fee to customers who use more data than their plan allows in a given month, the attorney general of Pennsylvania announced Wednesday. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said the company agreed to waive the f New coronavirus variant found in Virginia resident 02/03/2021 03:00pm • The new coronavirus variant first identified in the U.K. has been found in another Virginia resident. The Virginia Department of Health said Wednesday that the variant, known as B.1.1.7, was found in a sample from an adult from Northwestern Virginia who had recently returned from an international Loudoun Co. students to return to in-person learning, some by mid-February 02/03/2021 09:39am • Virginia's Loudoun County School Board approved a plan that will bring kindergarten through fifth grade students — whose parents chose hybrid learning — back to school buildings no later than Feb. 16. In addition, middle and high schoolers whose parents previously opted-in to the hybrid mode Virus hospitalizations have declined from peak in January 02/03/2021 09:38am • DOVER, Del. — The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Delaware has increased slightly. But the coronavirus situation in the state has greatly improved over the last month. The Delaware State News reported Tuesday that there are 326 people who are hospitalized with the virus. Th Previously infected COVID-19 patients may only need 1 vaccine dose, U.Md. medical school study suggests 02/02/2021 11:39pm • A recent study from the University of Maryland School of Medicine suggests that those who have had COVID-19 may only need one dose of the vaccine, which could alleviate shortages reported across the U.S. Researchers studied the antibody responses to a single dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna DC-area carjackings rise due to lifestyle changes precipitated by coronavirus 02/02/2021 09:51pm • Police in Maryland and D.C. have seen a steady increase in carjackings since the pandemic began last year. They call it a crime of opportunity and believe closures and lifestyle changes forced by the coronavirus have contributed to the rampant rise in carjackings. The close of 2020 saw carjack National Park Service now requiring visitors to wear masks 02/02/2021 07:30pm • You might need to wear a mask the next time you visit the National Mall. In an effort to limit the spread of coronavirus, the National Park Service announced Tuesday that visitors are required to wear a mask at any park-service-managed building or land. Any time visitors are inside a historic DC teachers want school safety walk-throughs, threaten strike 02/02/2021 05:55pm • On the first day back to school for about 9,000 D.C. Public Schools students, the Washington Teachers' Union said some buildings did not meet the safety fixes the District agreed to make — and now teachers are threatening to strike. Union President Elizabeth Davis said that because teachers fou Fauci expects COVID-19 vaccine rollout to improve in weeks 02/02/2021 05:25pm • The COVID-19 vaccination rollout has been off to a "shaky start" in the U.S., according to Dr. Anthony Fauci. But Fauci, the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is optimistic about the near future. "You will see, in the next few weeks, a much bigger escalation Fairfax County school board votes to support in-person learning plan 02/02/2021 05:22pm • The Fairfax County school board on Tuesday voted to approve the latest draft plan for a return to in-school learning presented by Superintendent Scott Brabrand. Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia's largest school system and the nation's 10th biggest school district, has been almost exclusive Thousands of DC Public Schools students return to some classrooms 02/02/2021 03:15pm • Tuesday marked D.C. Public Schools' most significant return to in-person learning since the COVID-19 pandemic first disrupted learning nearly a year ago, with about 9,000 of the District's 52,000 students back in a classroom. And one of those students, 10th-grader Katherine Bonilla, welcomed the