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No White House Easter Egg Roll for second straight year due to pandemic 03/20/2021 10:02am • The annual White House Easter Egg Roll has been canceled for the second straight year due to the coronavirus pandemic. A spokesman for first lady Jill Biden tweeted that the White House will mark the holiday by sending out 2021 commemorative Easter Egg Roll eggs to vaccination sites and hospitals 'He's dead wrong': Fauci clashes with Rand Paul about masks 03/20/2021 07:37am • Dr. Anthony Fauci told "CBS This Morning" on Friday that Senator Rand Paul is "dead wrong" after the two had a fierce face-off about mask wearing in a Senate hearing. Fauci argues that Americans should continue to wear masks even after they are vaccinated against COVID-19 — something Paul dism DC-area schools, parent groups weigh in on CDC's new distancing guidelines 03/20/2021 12:17am • Following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's change in guidance saying that students can sit just 3 feet apart in the classroom as long as they wear masks, D.C.-area schools and parents are evaluating what this means in terms of getting more students back to the classroom. The CDC's Md. Senate leader 'confident' in new COVID-19 vaccine schedule, cautiously optimistic about supply 03/19/2021 08:50pm • The leader of Maryland's State Senate says he has confidence that the state can handle the execution of Gov. Larry Hogan's new COVID-19 vaccine schedule based on increasing supply. But State Senate President Bill Ferguson (D) expressed his concern during his weekly media availability about any po DC, Va. income tax deadlines extended 03/19/2021 05:45pm • D.C. and Virginia are extending the deadline for their residents to file their income tax returns and pay their taxes to May 17. DC extension The Office of Tax Revenue said Friday that the extension applies to all D-20, D-30, D-40, Standalone Schedule H, D-41, D-40B, and D-65 tax filers, and incl Howard plans for virtual commencement while waiting for in-person guidance from DC 03/19/2021 05:29pm • While waiting until D.C. issues guidance on holding in-person festivities, Howard University said that it is also moving forward with plans to conduct a virtual commencement in May. University President Wayne A.I. Frederick said that when the city does issue the parameters under which in-person g Play ball: Montgomery Co. Council loosens restrictions on youth sports 03/19/2021 04:09pm • The Montgomery County Council has approved new COVID-19 rules in the Maryland county that loosens restrictions on youth sports previously deemed high-risk. The council approved the new rules in a 9-0 vote Friday. The new rules require organizers of sports events to submit COVID-19 safety plans ‘We remain vulnerable’ — Johns Hopkins doctors urge continued caution on COVID-19 03/19/2021 03:20pm • COVID-19 case numbers in the U.S. are on the way down, vaccines are getting into arms and spring is coming, which last year meant a decline in cases. But two experts at Johns Hopkins University said Friday that now is not the time to take the foot off the brakes. “Where we are today is of cours Some DC youth sports return to competition 03/19/2021 02:59pm • A new mayoral order in D.C. is allowing for some low-contact kids sports to return to competition April 1, and those who run high school sports in the District say it's a relief. "Those low-contact sports include baseball, softball, track and field and tennis," said D.C. State Athletic Associatio DC gives OK for National Shrine to open at 25% capacity 03/19/2021 01:17pm • The District has given the go-ahead to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to open at 25% capacity from March 29 to April 5, just in time for Easter. The approval was given by D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Director Chris Rodriguez. The Shrine has Pandemic slows DC college student's march to madness 03/19/2021 09:22am •  The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament kicks off Friday afternoon, and lots of small schools will be hoping to pull off an upset and become a Cinderella story. But for one D.C. hoops player, it’s the coronavirus pandemic that has him once again waiting another year to try on a slipper. Aft Former Georgetown Brooks Brothers now an incubator for small retailers 03/19/2021 08:43am • EastBanc, the largest owner of retail properties in Georgetown, has found a new use for the vacated Brooks Brothers store on M Street: A space for small D.C.-area merchants and designers who have never had a physical store to try out a brick-and-mortar presence. Concept 31/M, which opened this we Pandemic a year later: Food banks still in high demand around the region 03/19/2021 08:41am • Since the pandemic hit last year, the Capital Area Food Bank alone has bought 770 truckloads of food to help meet the need. (Courtesy Capital Area Food Bank) One of the most stunning visuals of the coronavirus pandemic was the sight of long lines of cars -- miles long sometimes -- approaching fo 4 busted in violent DC-area crime spree 03/19/2021 08:31am • Montgomery County police Chief Marcus Jones announces the creation of a task force to fight a string of violent crimes in the D.C. area on Thursday, March 19, 2021. (WTOP/Mike Murillo) Four people from D.C. have been arrested and charged following a string of armed carjackings and armed robberie Free Anacostia River boat tours to resume 03/19/2021 07:16am • No joke: Free guided motorboat and canoe tours of D.C.'s Anacostia River will hit the water April 1. D.C.'s Department of Energy and Environment said the tours, which will be conducted by the Anacostia Watershed Society and the Anacostia Riverkeeper, aim to teach participants "about the Anacostia