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Infectious disease expert warns of more variants emerging without higher vaccination rates 07/15/2021 09:12pm • Parents with young children may be hoping for a complete return to normalcy in the near future, but a pediatric infectious disease expert told WTOP that they should still be exercising caution with their kids. "We're seeing right now the spread of this new variant, the delta variant, and that tha What will the end of the eviction ban mean in DC, Maryland and Virginia? 07/15/2021 04:28pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal freeze on most evictions enacted last year is scheduled to expire July 31, after the Biden administration extended the date by a month. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of ten Citi Open will allow 100% spectator capacity 07/15/2021 08:49am • Rafael Nadal is coming to D.C. for the first time ever to compete in the Citi Open, and more people will be able to see him live in-person. Sources have confirmed to WTOP that the Citi Open will allow 100% capacity for spectators for the tournament which runs Aug. 2-8 at the Rock Creek Park Tenni Students get vaccinated at Prince George's Co. high schools 07/15/2021 05:00am • The Prince George's County Health Department is operating free vaccination clinics at public high schools in an effort to vaccinate students 12 and older ahead of the upcoming school year. A day after 104 shots were administered at Oxon Hill High School, a clinic was set up in the gymnasium at Fa COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Rates Still High in Some States 07/15/2021 12:00am • COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy rates remain high in some states -- especially in Wyoming, just one state where cases are spiking due to the delta variant, according to new data released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The latest batch of data from the bureau's Household Pulse Survey -- which colle How to Save for a Wedding 07/15/2021 12:00am • There may be a few wise savers out there, but most couples don't go into their engagement with wedding savings to pay for their big day. According to the 2021 Behind the Wedding Budget Study, 40% of couples start saving once they get engaged, but most are also juggling other savings goals like buyin 'Normal wasn't good enough': Md.'s new school superintendent lays out an ambitious plan 07/14/2021 09:02pm • Mohammed Choudhury, Maryland's new state school superintendent, has spent his first few weeks on the job talking with school leaders, and he talked with WTOP about reform, recovery from the pandemic, and taking over at "an exciting time." Choudhury was appointed as the successor to Dr. Karen Salm Millions of children worldwide missed routine vaccinations during the pandemic, study suggests 07/14/2021 07:07pm • The coronavirus pandemic may have caused the "most widespread" disruption of routine childhood vaccinations in recent history, a new modeling study suggests. At least 17 million children worldwide missed routine vaccinations because of the pandemic, according to the study's estimates, published W Visitors flock to Washington Monument as it reopens to public for first time in 6 months 07/14/2021 03:56pm • Visitors wait to enter the Washington Monument as it reopens for the first time in six months, July 14, 2021. (WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez) After being closed for six months, the Washington Monument reopened to visitors Wednesday. Florida resident Michael McDowell said his hometown had been open a Montgomery Co. bill would provide extra protections for renters as Md. ends health emergency 07/14/2021 03:38pm • A bill introduced in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Tuesday would provide tenants some extra assurances that their rent would not increase dramatically as the state's public health emergency comes to an end. County Council Member Will Jawando said in a Wednesday news briefing that Bill 3021 woul Montgomery Co. council member introduces bill to further limit rent hikes 07/14/2021 09:32am • Montgomery County Council member Will Jawando is seeking to pass a bill that would further limit rent increases in the Maryland county. The proposed bill builds on Maryland's COVID-19 Rental Relief Act, signed by Gov. Larry Hogan in March of 2020, which prevents evictions due to non-payment of re National Harbor employees honored for hard work during pandemic 07/14/2021 08:00am • Fourteen employees of National Harbor-area businesses in Prince George's County, Maryland, are $100 richer — in Harbor bucks, that is. In a ceremony Tuesday, employees were recognized for their hard work during the pandemic. They were named "Harbor Heroes" and awarded $100 to spend at participa Housing Isn't Affordable for Minimum Wage Workers Anywhere in the U.S. 07/14/2021 12:00am • The United States' federal minimum wage has been $7.25 per hour since 2009. Many states implement higher minimum wages, and several are scheduled to increase theirs to $15 per hour in the next five years. Still, a renter in the U.S. would need to earn $20.40 per hour on average to afford a modest o Union employees at U.Md. want to keep telework policy 07/13/2021 09:05pm • Thousands of employees at the University of Maryland are pushing to keep a broad telework policy in place until September. Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1072 rallied outside of the university's main administration building on Tuesday, and delive DC Council approves measures to protect debtors, renters 07/13/2021 06:36pm • The D.C. Council on Tuesday voted to temporarily keep in place protections against debt collection, evictions and utility shutoffs that were instituted during the COVID-19 pandemic. The protections would have expired soon after the end of the District's public health emergency that is set to end