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A Flying Dog beer for your video call flubs 03/16/2021 12:37pm • Flying Dog Brewery's newest ale is called "You're on Mute." (Courtesy Flying Dog Brewery) Frederick, Maryland-based Flying Dog Brewery’s newest beer pays tribute to the pandemic-fueled rise in work-from-home video calls. Actually, to one of the most common video call fails. The red ale is c Birchmere hosts tribute concert to musicians we lost in 2020 03/16/2021 12:11pm • This past year, countless voices were silenced, but their iconic music lives on. This Friday, Daryl Davis salutes those musicians that we've lost with his sixth annual tribute concert "Thanks for the Memories" at The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia. "I just keep a running tally until D Hogan bans garnishment on latest round of federal stimulus checks 03/16/2021 10:14am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) banned debt collectors from garnishing Marylanders’ latest round of federal stimulus checks Monday. Un 1st children vaccinated in Moderna's Phase 2/3 pediatric vaccine trial 03/16/2021 07:53am •  The first children have been vaccinated in Moderna's Phase 2/3 pediatric Covid-19 vaccine trial, the company announced Tuesday in a statement. The clinical trial, called the KidCOVE study, will enroll approximately 6,750 children in the US and Canada between the ages Fairfax Co. high school senior calls back-to-school experience 'surreal' 03/16/2021 06:29am • For many students, returning to the classroom is a welcome change in routine after a year of remote learning — but for one Fairfax County, Virginia, high school senior, the transition has been difficult. Henry Smith is a senior at Justice High School who decided to return to in-person learning DC Mayor Bowser reflects on year of COVID-19 — and looks to the future 03/16/2021 03:50am • (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: '7e14a1d8-acf2-4ad8-a5f0-3f36494d3df8' }).render("435615365484ef34");}); D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says she "coul More in DC eligible for COVID-19 vaccine; some safety rules to be relaxed 03/16/2021 12:16am • More people in D.C. are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, and some restrictions will soon be relaxed, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday. Some of the changes regarding vaccinations: People in Phase 1b Tier 3 and Phase 1c Tier 1, including postal workers, frontline transit workers and court How Are Unemployment Benefits Taxed? 03/16/2021 12:00am • Millions of people received unemployment benefits in 2020, and many are in tax limbo now. The federal government usually taxes unemployment benefits as ordinary income (like wages), although you don't have to pay Social Security and Medicare taxes on this income. But the American Rescue Plan Act of Md. state senators pleased vaccine preregistry is up and running 03/15/2021 11:53pm • Three months after administering its first doses of COVID-19 vaccine to hospital workers on Dec. 14, Maryland's vaccine program has expanded, reaching eligible residents at more mass vaccination sites and preregistering eligible residents for vaccine appointments. Key members of a state Senate ov What to expect as a first-time pandemic traveler 03/15/2021 11:38pm • As vaccines go into arms, more and more people are expected to do something they put off last year due to COVID-19: travel. According to a survey done by travel company Expedia, almost half of the 2,200 people surveyed in December said widely available vaccines would make them comfortable traveli DC allows 5K fans per game for 1st Nats homestand; what to expect 03/15/2021 11:16pm • D.C. gave the Washington Nationals the go-ahead Monday to have 5,000 spectators at their home games when the regular season begins next month. The Nationals were one of the few Major League Baseball teams that didn't already have permission to allow fans this season. Washington will host the N Nationwide face mask standard for workers still under consideration 03/15/2021 09:44pm • The White House's self-imposed deadline to impose a nationwide face mask standard in workplaces won't be met, since deliberations are still underway. President Biden on January 21 directed the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration to determine by Monday, March 15, i Biden administration experiences early victories with relief package, vaccinations 03/15/2021 09:37pm • President Biden now has his first major legislative victory – congressional passage of his $1.9 trillion covid relief package, which has put money in the bank accounts of millions of Americans. The Biden administration is also ahead of its own ambitious schedule for vaccinating people against t Maryland expands priority appointments at mass vaccination sites 03/15/2021 05:55pm • Starting this week, some Marylanders will have a better chance of getting an appointment at a mass COVID-19 vaccination site. Gov. Larry Hogan said Monday that the state will set aside weekly "community-based priority appointments" in an effort to focus on ensuring equitable access. Priority a $6B Montgomery Co. spending plan fully funds schools, removes SROs 03/15/2021 05:18pm • Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland will get the largest chunk of the county's $6 billion budget proposed for the coming fiscal year. County Executive Marc Elrich's proposed spending plan for fiscal 2022, unveiled Monday, would give $2.7 billion to the public school system. Elrich noted