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Delaware's coronavirus hospitalizations spike again 12/29/2020 09:07am • DOVER, Del. — The number of people who are hospitalized in Delaware with the coronavirus has bounced back up to its third-highest total. The Delaware State News reported Monday that the spike followed days of continued decreases of hospitalizations. Health officials in Delaware said that hospit DC learning center uses art therapy to help children impacted by gun violence 12/29/2020 07:46am • A D.C. learning center employing art therapy to help children impacted by gun violence is ramping up its operations during the coronavirus pandemic. The TraRon afterschool program evolved into a full-day learning pod through the course of the pandemic at the Langston Lane apartments in the Distri 2020's home bartenders now have the know-how to make a fancy New Year's Eve cocktail 12/29/2020 06:15am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: 'cf8ea250-0aeb-43cf-ba20-c78134ba2e46' }).render("43061536a2c5ccac");}); (Note: In the video above, Tory Pratt is DC's cocktail experts offer their New Year's Eve-at-home favorites 12/29/2020 06:15am • When many bars and restaurants shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020, cocktail fans started mixing drinks at home. For New Year’s Eve, home bartenders are now proficient enough to try crafting some festive drinks. Cocktail experts from D.C. — Tracie Franklin, Frank Mills an Of protests and panda cubs: The biggest DC-area stories of 2020 that weren't about the coronavirus 12/29/2020 05:17am • There’s a meme circulating on social media that shrewdly sums up the year: January, February, quarantine, December. No doubt about it, the global coronavirus pandemic swallowed up 2020 with its terrible toll on human life, the economy, school, work — in short, almost every facet of our lives. An Loudoun County begins giving Moderna vaccine to health care workers 12/28/2020 11:32pm • More health care workers are starting to be vaccinated for COVID-19 in Loudoun County, Virginia. Hospitals in the county began giving frontline workers the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine last week, and on Monday, Loudoun County's government started administering shots of the Moderna vaccine to additi DC health care workers can now schedule COVID-19 vaccinations 12/28/2020 09:02pm • Certain health care workers in D.C. can now schedule their COVID-19 vaccination thanks to a new online portal. Currently, coronavirus vaccinations can be set up by health care workers who have direct or indirect exposure to infectious materials and also don't have the option to telework. Those Maryland lawmakers to focus on eviction challenges in upcoming General Assembly 12/28/2020 07:55pm • Maryland legislators are looking to revamp how the rising number of eviction cases will be handled in its upcoming General Assembly session. Housing advocates, who outlined a series of proposed bills for the legislative session, said that nearly 30% of Maryland families earning less than $50,000 `Noon Year’s Eve': toasting the new year before midnight 12/28/2020 10:46am • Don’t want to stay up till midnight on the last day of the year? Families, early sleepers and those wanting to social distance might consider a midday celebration for December 31. It's easy to bring the festive feeling of a nighttime soiree into the daylight hours at home. Setting the mood Fi Fairfax water service offers financial relief amid coronavirus pandemic 12/28/2020 08:14am • Fairfax Water said it is offering help to its customers struggling to pay their water bills during the coronavirus pandemic. The nonprofit water utility said eligible residents can apply for financial assistance via the COVID-19 Municipal Utility Relief Program by Wednesday, Dec. 30. Fairfax W DC releases results from parent surveys on virtual learning 12/28/2020 08:06am • D.C. public schools has released parent survey results on how virtual learning is going, and how they feel about returning to schools next year. More than 10,500 parents with students in pre-K through 5th grades, and 4,000 parents with students in 6th through 12th grades, responded to surveys abo The year in pictures: 2020's most noteworthy news photos 12/28/2020 04:40am • There’s no use in mincing words: 2020 will go down as an exceptionally rough year. America’s photojournalists spent countless hours on the front line documenting fighting, disease, disaster and heartbreak — some human-made, others from forces of nature. Look back at some of the year Tips to make sure your holiday gift return process goes smoothly 12/27/2020 10:09pm • In the best of times, no one likes standing in line in order to return an item at a store like Target or Walmart. But in a pandemic, most people are looking to limit their time spent around other people. That being said, if you happened to get a holiday gift recently that you don't love, it would Fairfax County firefighters, medics begin receiving COVID-19 vaccines 12/27/2020 08:38pm • 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. COVID-19 vaccines were administered Sunday morning to Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Chief John Butler and department personnel. "W Medical scrub maker faces delays in mailing protective gear to frontline workers 12/27/2020 08:26pm • Because the pandemic has increased how many people are shopping online, a medical scrub supply company is reporting major delays in frontline workers getting their uniforms. Instead of waiting a day or two, some people buying scrubs are waiting up to three weeks for them to arrive. "Between th