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Montgomery County Council to reconsider high school sports plans this week 03/17/2021 07:02am • A few days after putting in place new COVID-19 regulations that continue some virus-related restrictions, council members in Maryland's Montgomery County said Tuesday they plan to go back to the drawing board on rules for youth sports and could vote on new regulations by the end of the week. The Outbreak at Loudoun high school linked to cheerleading competition 03/17/2021 06:38am • At least a dozen students at Independence High School in Loudoun County, Virginia, have tested positive for COVID-19, after many had recently returned from a club cheerleading competition in Richmond, according to NBC Washington. Club sports, which often involve travel, are not school-based activ Don't let St. Patrick's Day parties spread coronavirus variants 03/17/2021 05:29am • St. Patrick's Day was the first major holiday of the Covid-19 pandemic in the US, and we've learned sobering lessons since then. Young, healthy people who were infected around St. Patrick's Day have suffered long-term complications. And infections have been spread by people with no symptoms. B New kid, new normal: How one family has fared a year into the pandemic 03/17/2021 03:50am • The Lally family (Courtesy of Patrick Lally) A year later, it's hard to fathom just how much has changed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, and especially for parents. Their day-to-day lives are so different from what it was before. In many cases kids have adapted well. But for a ba White supremacist propaganda surged in 2020, report says 03/17/2021 03:05am • NEW YORK (AP) — White supremacist propaganda reached alarming levels across the U.S. in 2020, according to a new report that the Anti-Defamation League provided to The Associated Press. There were 5,125 cases of racist, anti-Semitic, anti-LGBTQ and other hateful messages spread through physical Vaccine Nationalism Goes Against a Sustainable Future For All 03/17/2021 12:00am • The global pandemic response has exposed an unsettling trend. Wealthier nations have been accused of hoarding vaccines -- in some cases five times more than they need -- while poorer countries could wait years for lifesaving immunization. A massive 90% of people in 67 low-income countries may not g Montana, Utah, Michigan Among States to Expand COVID-19 Vaccine Access 03/17/2021 12:00am • Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Tuesday that all Montanans ages 16 and over will be eligible for coronavirus vaccines starting April 1, joining a handful of other states who have opened their vaccine eligibility to all adults in previous weeks. President Joe Biden on March 11 directed states Advisors Help Clients Navigate $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Package 03/17/2021 12:00am • Since President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan into law, financial advisors have been working overtime to help clients navigate the $1.9 trillion stimulus package. The most discussed aspect of this coronavirus relief plan may be $1,400 stimulus checks, but it contains other critical comp Maryland sees fewer missed second vaccines than most states 03/16/2021 11:37pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Fewer Maryland residents are skipping their second COVID-19 vaccine shot than in just about any other state in the nation, according to a U. Hogan, Alsobrooks visit Prince George's Co. vaccination site located at a church 03/16/2021 11:04pm • Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks visit the mass vaccination site at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden. (Courtesy Gov. Larry Hogan via Facebook/Joe Andrucyk) Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan joined Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks for WATCH: Young Irish musicians fiddle through pandemic in new school 03/16/2021 09:45pm • The Bog Band tries Zoom rehearsals, where all musicians but one would mute themselves so the instructor could hear them play. But they encountered some challenges. (Courtesy Bog Band) When the pandemic hit the D.C. region just over a year ago, a band of young Irish musicians' hearts were broken Fairfax County schools plan five days of in-person learning this fall 03/16/2021 06:45pm • 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. Fairfax County Public Schools will be returning to five days a week of in-person learning in the fall. The school division said it use Montgomery Co. moves ahead with mass vaccination site; county aims to run site in partnership with state 03/16/2021 04:21pm • Editor's Note: This story has been updated with comments Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan made at a news conference later Tuesday afternoon. Officials in Montgomery County say they're moving ahead with plans to open a COVID-19 mass vaccination site in the Northern part of the county that aims to eventu Parts of Virginia will soon expand to next vaccination phase 03/16/2021 04:17pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Some areas of Virginia will soon transition to Phase 1c of the state’s vaccine distribution plan and start giving shots to other essential workers. The Virginia Department of Health said in a statement Tuesday that those workers include people in the energy and wastewater Large COVID-19 vaccine clinic to open in Prince William Co. 03/16/2021 03:12pm • A "super-size" coronavirus vaccine clinic is opening in Prince William County next week, according to Virginia health officials. A specific opening date was not immediately provided. The site will operate at the old Gander Mountain building near the Potomac Mills Mall in Woodbridge, Prince Wil