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Target partners with CVS to bring COVID-19 vaccines to Virginia, Maryland 03/10/2021 03:33pm • Retail giant Target is partnering with CVS Pharmacy to bring coronavirus vaccines to more than 600 stores across the country, including locations in Virginia and Maryland. Target announced the move Wednesday. "Target already supports CVS-administered vaccinations each year for the flu, shingle WTOP Top Kid: Prince William student leads effort to help dogs find homes 03/10/2021 02:24pm • Regan Brisky has been helping animals through her own nonprofit called Regan's Rescue. (Courtesy April Brisky) Your human neighbors in the D.C. area aren't the only ones who need help during the pandemic, so do your four-legged friends. That's been the focus of 11-year-old Prince William Coun Report on Swann Street arrests calls for DC Council to tighten rules on police 03/10/2021 02:22pm • Last June, amid protests in D.C., police penned demonstrators into a block of Swann Street in Northwest D.C., arresting and pepper-spraying those out past curfew and leading residents to take others into their houses while police roamed outside trying to make more arrests. A new report claims D.C Elrich: Hogan’s push to re-open ‘will trigger another spike’ 03/10/2021 01:54pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Montgomery County Executive Marc B. Elrich said Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s decision to largely reopen the state’s economy ignores the DC launches COVID-19 vaccine preregistration website 03/10/2021 01:30pm • D.C. launched its new coronavirus vaccine preregistration website Wednesday, following several technical glitches over the past few weeks that frustrated residents trying to sign up. Eligible residents can now preregister using the new system — powered by tech giant Microsoft — at vaccinate.d Md. boosts number of Six Flags vaccine appointments for Prince George's Co. residents 03/10/2021 12:55pm • Starting next week, Prince George's County, Maryland, residents could find it easier to score a COVID-19 vaccine appointment at the Six Flags mass vaccination site. The number of appointments at the mass site that will be set aside for Prince George's County residents each week is set to more tha WATCH: House votes on COVID-19 relief bill 03/10/2021 10:34am • Congress is approved a landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, placing President Joe Biden on the cusp of an early triumph that advances Democratic priorities and showcases the unity his party will need to forge future victories. See video below. Many DC area office buildings are still largely empty 03/10/2021 10:27am • One year after the outbreak of the coronavirus, many D.C. area office buildings are still far from back to pre-pandemic occupancy of workers. Falls Church, Virginia-based Kastle Systems, whose security entry systems are used by hundreds of buildings in the D.C. region, has been tracking building Loudoun Co. superintendent weighs 4-day hybrid, plans in-person graduation 03/10/2021 08:01am • Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia could soon offer four-day-per-week in-school learning to hybrid students, and will likely hold in-person high school graduations, according to Interim Superintendent Scott Ziegler. In a Tuesday meeting of the Loudoun County School Board, Ziegler said he w 10 years of civil war has left Syrian refugees at 'breaking point' 03/10/2021 07:36am • Ein al-Basha, Jordan — Ammar Haj lives in a modest three-room basement apartment with his wife and five children. Every night they gather for a simple meal of lentils, rice and salad at their home outside the Jordanian capital of Amman. "This is the only time I get to see my children," Amm Stimulus checks could come quickly, but the jobless may have a wait for unemployment benefits 03/10/2021 06:05am • The $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill that President Joe Biden championed even before taking office is expected to land on his desk in coming days, but it could take some time for struggling Americans to see all the benefits. While the $1,400 stimulus payments could hit pe Inova ER doctor recalls 'exhausting, incredible year' of pandemic life 03/10/2021 04:00am • This week marks a year since people's lives changed in ways they could never have imagined — and for a Northern Virginia doctor, the COVID-19 pandemic brought a long and often grueling grind taking care to live and work as safely as possible. Working 12-hour shifts with a respirator, Goldberg Assessing the Spine in a Virtual World 03/10/2021 12:00am • The virtual world has become reality for many because of its convenience and flexibility. For patients, the potential benefits are enormous: less time away from work/need for babysitters, no trouble with directions/parking, potential to connect over long distances to super-specialists and less expo These Are the Most Dangerous States for Pedestrians 03/10/2021 12:00am • Between 2010 and 2019, the number of pedestrians struck and killed by drivers has seen a historic 45% increase, according to a report released Wednesday by Smart Growth America. Over the decade, 53,435 people were killed while walking in the U.S., equating to more than 14 people per day, according Idaho's Economy Gets High Marks in Best States Rankings 03/10/2021 12:00am • After Sachi Weinkle's oldest daughter graduated from high school in 2018 and headed to college, Weinkle started thinking about her own future and eventually her retirement. Should she stay put in Sonoma County, California, where she worked in sales and marketing for a company that operates brain in