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Pandemic lockdown at DC jail begins to ease, but not by much 05/04/2021 05:48am • A strict lockdown at the D.C. jail has started to ease, but inmates are still being kept in their cells nearly all day as part of an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus throughout the facility. For more than a year, inmates were confined to their cells for 23 hours a day. Now, accord Hogan: $100 for Md. state employees who get COVID-19 vaccine 05/03/2021 04:27pm • If you're a state employee in Maryland who hasn't yet received the COVID-19 vaccine, maybe some money will help sway you. Gov. Larry Hogan announced Monday that the state will "offer a $100 financial incentive" to workers who get the jab. "With this incentive program, we are further encouragin Bowser, DC officials address confusion over mask guidance; launch new portal for vaccine records 05/03/2021 04:22pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser declined to address confusion Monday over the latest mask mandate to come out of her office over the weekend. The updated order, initially released Friday night and then updated Saturday, left some business owners trying to figure out what to do next. Asked at a Monday Federal authorities block fake websites in fight against COVID-19 fraud 05/03/2021 02:14pm • Maryland investigators said Monday they've seized their ninth fake website set up by crooks trying to cash in on the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of the website "freevaccinecovax.org" was to steal personal information or install malware, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland and Montgomery Co. officials seek to speed up COVID vaccinations, resettle unaccompanied minors 05/03/2021 02:12pm • Montgomery County health officials on Monday urged more people to get their COVID-19 vaccinations and said the county would be following the guidance of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over that of the Maryland Department of Health. Vaccines Dr. Raymond Crowel, director of t Prince William plans 5-day-a-week in-person learning in fall 05/03/2021 01:08pm • 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. Five-day-a-week in-person learning will be the default for Prince William County Public School students this fall, according to a plan pr CVS and Walgreens have wasted more vaccine doses than most states combined 05/03/2021 09:13am • Two national pharmacy chains that the federal government entrusted to inoculate people against covid-19 account for the lion’s share of wasted vaccine doses, according to government data obtained by KHN. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded 182,874 wasted doses as of late Mar Mirroring national trend, Maryland’s 'Trump counties' are slower to get vaccinated 05/03/2021 08:36am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters and republished with permission. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. In a recently-produced video circulating on social media, Rep. Andrew P. Harris (R-Md.) urges people to get vaccinated agains Loudoun County Transit brings back fares on all buses 05/03/2021 07:53am • Free rides are over on Loudoun County Transit buses in Virginia: Fare collection has resumed on all bus routes as of Monday, ending a yearlong fee waiver imposed during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors voted in April to reintroduce bus fares star Getting Ready for the SAT, ACT: How Parents Can Help 05/03/2021 12:00am • Parents play an important role in their students' ACT and SAT preparation. In addition to providing encouragement and support, they can also facilitate the review process. Here are six specific goals that parents can use to effectively guide their involvement in their child's ACT and SAT test prep: Why a Big Academic Research Project Can Boost Your Law School Application 05/03/2021 12:00am • When you apply to law school, admissions officers receive transcripts from every institution of higher learning that you have attended, compiled through the Law School Admission Council's Credential Assembly Service. They will look at the grades on these transcripts. In addition to your overall gra 'No beds': Indian hospitals struggle to secure more oxygen 05/02/2021 09:00pm • ▶ Watch Video: COVID deaths and cases surge in new peak worldwide India's COVID surge is getting worse. There were 400,000 new cases on Saturday — and a stream of critical cases arriving at hospitals already over full. Everywhere, there is a shortage of oxygen. In the hospitals, and o Porches will soon light up red in honor of firefighters 05/02/2021 06:55pm • The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation wants you to change the light on your porch in honor of International Firefighters' Day on Tuesday to show support for hometown heroes. The foundation wants people everywhere to change the lights on their front porch to red to highlight the work that fi 'It's confusing': DC businesses respond to mask mandate changes 05/02/2021 04:38pm • The new D.C. mask mandate has left some business owners trying to figure out what to do next. "The instructions aren't clear. The messaging isn't clear," said Mark Bucher, co-founder of D.C. restaurant Medium Rare. On Friday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser issued new COVID-19 mask wearing guidelines Myanmar swimmer Win Htet Oo: 'Genocidaires do not deserve to be in the Olympics' 05/02/2021 04:15pm • A leading Myanmar swimmer has called for the country's Olympic committee to be expelled from the Olympic Movement, saying "genocidaires do not deserve to be in the Olympics." In a Facebook post, swimmer Win Htet Oo said by rejecting the Myanmar Olympic Committee he had foregone any chance of comp