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2020 Turkey Trots: Thanksgiving tradition goes virtual 11/09/2020 10:30am • The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we do everything in the D.C. area, and one Thanksgiving tradition is changing too: this year's Turkey Trots will be virtual. Find out where they are and how to register below. DC DC Trot for Hunger 5K The Trot for Hunger raises money for So Others Huge online holiday shopping expected, with 2 factors possibly driving sales higher 11/09/2020 09:01am • Online holiday shopping is forecast to reach a record $189 billion this year, according to Adobe Analytics, which issues its annual forecast for holiday e-commerce spending a few weeks before shopping begins in earnest. If that is accurate, that would be 33% more than online holiday spending last Downtown DC is showing signs of life, but not much more 11/09/2020 08:52am • Seven months into the coronavirus pandemic, downtown D.C. is showing more signs of economic activity after coming to a screeching halt after the first outbreak — just not much more. The pulse of downtown Washington's economic activity is office workers, entertainment and cultural attractions, b AP PHOTOS: Joe Biden and his decades of public life 11/09/2020 07:56am • Joe Biden mounted two previous presidential bids in 1988 and 2008, never making it out of the Democratic primaries. In 2020, the third time’s the charm. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Biden has been a fixture in Democratic national politics since he won an upstart campaign to become a U.S. Fauquier Co. students return to classrooms in all grades 11/09/2020 07:34am • With Fauquier County students of all grades returning to classes on Monday, the school system is Northern Virginia's first to offer in-person learning in all its facilities following the March coronavirus shutdown. While families can still choose to have students continue with distance learning, Md.'s Larry Hogan activates medical volunteers amid COVID-19's second wave 11/08/2020 09:10pm • Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has renewed an executive order enabling medical students and people with an out-of-state or expired in-state medical licenses to practice in the medical relief effort because of a shortage in nurses amid the coronavirus pandemic. Medical volunteers can sign up to help in St. Mary's Co. cancels in-person class this week due to uptick in virus cases 11/08/2020 08:00pm • St. Mary's County, Maryland, Public Schools is canceling in-person instruction for the upcoming week due to a spike in the rate of coronavirus cases there. Due to the increased rate of COVID-19 Cases in our area, there will be No In-Person Instruction for the week of Nov 9-13, 2020, for all SMCPS Virus sends Allegany County students back to online school 11/08/2020 06:23pm • CUMBERLAND, Md. — All students in Maryland’s Allegany County Public Schools will return to remote learning Monday because of a shortage of staff available to teach in person as a result of a rising number of coronavirus cases in the area. The Cumberland Times-News says the school district ann Trump-to-Biden transition: A ton of work, 'a fraught time for everybody' 11/08/2020 05:00pm • President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris addressed the nation Saturday night after their projected victory in the 2020 presidential election when Harris said, "Now, the real work begins." The campaign behind them, the work of their presidential administration starts with a Spanberger projected to win in near-sweep for Va. incumbents in Congress 11/08/2020 01:41pm • The Associated Press on Sunday projected that U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger will be reelected to her seat in Virginia's 7th District after a dayslong count of votes that was prolonged by mail-in votes in the midst of the pandemic. Spanberger, a Democrat, is nearly 8,000 votes ahead of Republican D Photos: Joe Biden and his decades of public life 11/08/2020 10:43am • Joe Biden mounted two previous presidential bids in 1988 and 2008, never making it out of the Democratic primaries. In 2020, the third time’s the charm. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Biden has been a fixture in Democratic national politics since he won an upstart campaign to become a U.S. Va. sees highest single-day increase of coronavirus cases since pandemic began 11/08/2020 02:40am • There were over 2,100 new cases of COVID-19 reported Saturday in Virginia, the highest number of cases reported in a single day in the commonwealth since the virus first arrived in March. The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) said the Southwest region of the state has an ongoing surge "with sub Montgomery County calls for investigation into improper COVID-19 hazard pay 11/07/2020 05:51pm • The Montgomery County, Maryland, council said it is "outraged" by certain employees receiving improper COVID-19 hazard pay. The Office of the Inspector General issued a report Friday revealing that Department of Permitting Services inspectors improperly received COVID-19 differential pay. Dur 10 Bowie State University students test positive for COVID-19 11/07/2020 05:37pm • Bowie State University said 10 students have tested positive for COVID-19, and it's now taking steps to stop the virus from spreading. Six of the students with positive test results live on campus, and four are off-campus students. Faculty and students were notified by email, and an online sta Obama congratulates Biden and Harris on projected victory 11/07/2020 02:50pm • Former President Barack Obama congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in a statement posted to Twitter on Saturday, after multiple news outlets projected Biden's electoral victory over President Donald Trump. "I could not be prouder to congratulate our next