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WATCH: White House COVID-19 briefing 01/27/2021 10:50am • The White House COVID-19 response team and public health officials are held a briefing Wednesday to discuss the status of the federal government’s pandemic response. An archive of the briefing is below. Pandemic fuels beach home sales in Delaware, Maryland 01/27/2021 09:50am • Home sales in the Delaware and Maryland Eastern Shore beach communities saw a huge spike in 2020, and real estate agents and buyers alike say it was largely fueled by the pandemic, with buyers, many from the D.C. area, seeking a refuge away from the city but within driving distance of home. The m Loudoun Co. school board considers plan to return some students to schools 01/27/2021 08:16am • Virginia's Loudoun County School Board will vote next Tuesday on a plan that would have prekindergarten through fifth grade students — whose parents chose hybrid learning — back in school buildings no later than Feb. 16. If approved, middle and high schoolers whose parents have already opted Georgetown University to discipline ineligible students who received COVID-19 vaccine 01/27/2021 07:21am • Georgetown University is seeking disciplinary action against students it says received the coronavirus vaccine despite not currently being eligible under D.C.'s vaccination rollout. As it stands, the COVID-19 vaccine is only available to third- and fourth-year Georgetown medical school students b 6,000 meals to be distributed in Arlington 01/27/2021 06:46am • A food tech company based in Arlington, Virginia, will distribute 6,000 chef-prepared meals to those in need Wednesday. HUNGRY will host the free drive-thru event from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Central United Methodist Church Parking Lot at 4201 Fairfax Drive in Arlington. Each vehicle can r Howard Co. approves phased start to hybrid in-person learning in March 01/27/2021 05:59am • Howard County, Maryland, school officials approved a phased hybrid model for the incremental return of students to in-person learning this March. The Howard County Board of Education on Tuesday voted to approve a model that will have public school students return to classrooms over four distinct January is pandemic's deadliest month with nearly 80,000 Americans dead so far 01/27/2021 03:14am • January has already become the worst month for US Covid-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic. As of Tuesday, there have been more than 79,000 coronavirus fatalities, topping the previous record set in December by more than a thousand, according to data from Johns Ho What John Wall told Bradley Beal after their first game against each other 01/26/2021 11:48pm • What Wall told Beal after their first game against each other originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonBradley Beal and John Wall shared an embrace following their very first game playing against each other. Wall had gotten the best of his former team, going for 24 points and five assists wh DC teachers receive COVID-19 vaccine, prepare for in-person learning 01/26/2021 11:27pm • Teachers and staff at D.C. Public Schools who will be participating in in-person learning started receiving the coronavirus vaccine Tuesday. Appointments are available through Saturday for any staff working in person, which includes security staff, those in food services and also bus drivers. Md. teachers' union pushes back on Hogan's call to return to in-person classes 01/26/2021 10:47pm • Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said last week that he wants students back in the classroom by March 1. Now, Maryland's teachers' union is pushing back on that start date, calling it arbitrary. In a letter sent to Hogan and state Superintendent Karen Salmon, Maryland State Education Association Preside Md. Board of Education denies Montgomery Co. request to cancel school days before in-person learning resumes 01/26/2021 09:16pm • The Maryland State Board of Education has denied a Montgomery County request for four school days to be canceled in the beginning of March, when the county is scheduled to phase back into in-person learning. In a letter to the state board, Montgomery County Superintendent Jack Smith said a waiver DC leaders, medical experts urge communities of color to get COVID-19 vaccine 01/26/2021 08:03pm • A group of D.C. government leaders and medical experts took part in an online forum to further encourage people of color to get the COVID-19 vaccine and to dispel any myths about its safety. The event, hosted by DC Health Link in partnership with the Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health, fea Prince William Co. official: New scheduling system should facilitate COVID-19 vaccinations 01/26/2021 06:48pm • The COVID-19 vaccination rollout in Prince William County, Virginia, has left residents frustrated, with eligibility requirements changing and a lack of supply prompting county officials to stop scheduling first-dose appointments until at least Feb. 15. But Dr. Alison Ansher, the health director Northern Virginia seeks mass vaccination venue, calls for more vaccine supply 01/26/2021 06:36pm • Members of Virginia's congressional delegation have asked the acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to choose Northern Virginia as a mass vaccination site for the COVID-19 vaccine. Reps. Don Beyer, Gerry Connolly and Jennifer Wexton said in a letter to Acting Administrator Ro 'Frustrated, angry, scared': Montgomery Co. residents press council on vaccines 01/26/2021 06:30pm • Montgomery County Council members were pleased that Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and County Executive Marc Elrich had a "productive" discussion about the COVID-19 vaccination rollout. But they're still getting questions from residents desperate to get themselves and loved ones vaccinated. Council