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18 new COVID-19 outbreaks reported at long-term care facilities in Northern Virginia 01/01/2021 09:24am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Eighteen new COVID-19 outbreaks have been reported in Northern Virginia long-term care facilities since early December, with 27 total DC homicide rate highest since 2004 01/01/2021 08:34am • As the District combated an increase in coronavirus cases, with more than 780 residents dying from the virus, D.C. dealt with another plague in 2020: rising homicide rates. According to D.C. police data, there were 198 homicides in 2020, up from 166 homicides in 2019 — a 19% jump. That makes 20 Howard Co. warns against ineligible people trying to get the coronavirus vaccine 01/01/2021 07:02am • Some Marylanders who are not eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine are trying to get it anyway, according to health officials in Howard County. "The health department is currently focused on providing vaccine for first responders and healthcare providers with direct patient care responsibil 2021 preview: Big local stories to watch in DC area 01/01/2021 02:00am • It’s over. 2020 is finally over. And with any luck, 2021 will be better for everyone. But let’s not count our chickens before they hatch. There’s an ongoing pandemic, a vaccine rollout, economic woes, new laws, Joe Biden’s inauguration, elections in Virginia and more to watch Montgomery County man brings bikes back to life for free in pandemic bike repair shop 12/31/2020 11:54pm • When Ric Jackson opens his home’s garage in Potomac, Maryland, there are no cars inside, instead there is a line of bicycles next to a very organized workbench with a paper sign that reads, “Pandemic Bike Repair Shop. Over 600 served since April 10th.” “I love working on bikes, I love tak American's men's basketball season opener postponed due to coronavirus test 12/31/2020 03:54pm • American's MBB opener postponed due to coronavirus test at Loyola originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonAfter waiting a month and a half longer than most college basketball programs to start its 2020-21 season, the American Eagles men's basketball program will have to wait a little longer Report: Capital City Go-Go opt-out of season, G-league to host bubble in Orlando 12/31/2020 03:13pm • Report: Capital City Go-Go opt-out of G-league's bubble originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThe Capital City Go-Go will not play in the upcoming NBA G-league season according to a report from The Athletic.The organization has elected to opt-out of playing along with 10 other teams as th How a critical business decision in a pandemic worked out for an area Black-owned business 12/31/2020 01:48pm • As the restaurant business stumbled, cratered and crawled to recovery in 2020, one D.C.-area small business owner is grateful for the one critical decision she and her chef-husband made when launching their own business. Dara Morrison and her Jamaican-born husband, Denardo Elcock, knew they wante Virginia middle schooler sends cards to those suffering from loneliness 12/31/2020 11:44am • The World Health Organization has said social isolation can be as damaging to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. The problem worsens as we get older. Zoe Moser, a 12-year-old student at Bull Run Middle School in Gainesville, Virginia, knows from personal experience. When she wasn’t able Operation Warp Speed chief visits Holy Cross in Silver Spring 12/31/2020 10:28am • The general in charge of the U.S.'s endeavor to distribute coronavirus vaccines across the country paid a "boots on the ground" visit to Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland, on Tuesday. Army Gen. Gustave Perna and his Operation Warp Speed team met with health care leaders and the front As 2020 ends, Va. rabbi on COVID, heart attack, fear and faith 12/31/2020 05:00am • For many people, 2020 couldn't end soon enough. However, for a Virginia rabbi, the year provided once-in-a-lifetime challenges — including a look at his own mortality — and a personal reminder about the faith he encourages congregants to nurture. Rabbi Bruce Aft is rabbi emeritus at Congregat Baltimore police officer charged with assaulting man not wearing mask 12/31/2020 12:36am • BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore police detective is facing criminal charges after prosecutors say he slammed to the ground a man who refused to wear a face mask inside a grocery store. Prosecutors said Detective Andre Pringle was stationed at a grocery store in West Baltimore in spring when 25-yea Restaurant operator hopeful as indoor dining returns in Anne Arundel Co. 12/30/2020 10:59pm • James King is the operator of the Titan Restaurant Group that led the legal challenge to the Anne Arundel County, Maryland, ban on indoor dining. Since the lawsuit has been dismissed and a new executive order allowing indoor dining at 25% capacity, King said he hopes restaurants across the county DC revenues could return to normal by 2022 12/30/2020 09:38pm • D.C. revenues could return to fiscal year 2019 levels by fiscal year 2022, as vaccines are deployed and the economy recovers. That's according to updated revenue estimates released Wednesday by the District's Office of the Chief Financial Officer. The new estimate is a revision to the Septembe How travel credit cards are changing during the coronavirus pandemic 12/30/2020 06:00pm • Travel has been curtailed in the wake of the coronavirus, and rewards credit cards are adapting to fit changing consumer priorities. You may have noticed that travel credit cards have refined their rewards to add earning opportunities for essentials, such as stocking up at the grocery store or filli