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DC police union suit alleges unpaid overtime during pandemic 10/06/2020 08:20pm • The union representing D.C. police officers is accusing the District and the police department of not fully compensating them for work done during the pandemic. The D.C. Police Union names Mayor Muriel Bowser, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine and the department in a federal lawsuit filed in D.C. As 39,000 eviction filings loom, DC extends renter protections 10/06/2020 06:23pm • D.C. lawmakers say some 39,000 evictions are in line to be filed in District Superior Court as soon as the state of emergency's moratorium lifts. Expecting a wave of potential homelessness, D.C. Council members unanimously passed a bill that extends renter protections. Council member Charles A DC-area lawmakers: White House coronavirus spread 'out of control' 10/06/2020 05:55pm • Members of Congress from the D.C. area, saying they are "alarmed and dismayed" by the Trump administration's response to the spread of the coronavirus at the White House, are calling for expedited contact tracing to help determine who is at risk. The Democratic lawmakers, from D.C., Maryland and Expert: Concerns of White House positives valid as DC sees bump in COVID-19 cases 10/06/2020 05:30pm • D.C. reported the highest daily number of new COVID-19 cases it has seen since early June on Tuesday in a development a doctor from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health called "concerning." "The increase in new cases is concerning in D.C., and there is enough community spread that 2020 Supreme Court confirmation: What you need to know 10/06/2020 02:17pm • FILE - Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trumps nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, meets with Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via AP, Pool) The spread of COVID-19 cases within the White House and amon Should you take a mental health day? 10/06/2020 10:00am • A mental health day is a day taken off from work for the purpose of de-stressing or recovering from burnout. While you may wonder whether it's appropriate to schedule time out of the office if you aren't physically ill, it's important to recognize when you've reached your limit mentally and emotiona Fairfax City offers grants for restaurants to winterize 10/06/2020 09:38am • Main Street dining is seen in Fairfax City. (Courtesy Fairfax City Economic Development Authority/Fairfax City) Precious outdoor dining space will become less attractive to restaurant patrons with cold weather coming, but Fairfax, Virginia, is joining D.C. in offering to help restaurants make pa Pandemic first for Maryland casinos: More gambling than a year ago 10/06/2020 08:54am • Despite strict limits on the number of patrons allowed on gaming floors, Maryland’s casinos reported combined gaming revenue in September that was slightly higher than a year ago. It's the first time that's happened since February. Maryland’s six casinos generated $143.7 million in gaming rev Virginia's governor says he's developed mild COVID symptoms 10/06/2020 08:51am • RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia’s governor says he’s developed “mild” symptoms of the coronavirus. Ralph Northam told The Washington Post on Monday afternoon that he “had a little bit of cold-like symptoms over the weekend” and had lost his sense of taste or smell. But other than that, Free food trucks for voters waiting in long lines at DC area voting locations 10/06/2020 08:48am • More than 180 trucks like this one will soon deploy across D.C. and 24 other cities. (Courtesy Uber Eats) Uber Eats is partnering with nonprofit Pizza to the Polls to launch a nonpartisan fleet of food trucks that will offer free food to voters standing in lines, starting Vote Early Day on Oct. Virginia ends moratorium on utility disconnections for missed payments 10/06/2020 07:19am • Virginia customers unable to pay their utilities during the coronavirus pandemic are no longer protected by a moratorium stopping providers from shutting off electricity, gas, water or sewer service. The State Corporation Commission said it would allow the moratorium to end on Oct. 5, after it ha Anne Arundel Co. to bring some students back to buildings starting Nov. 9 10/06/2020 06:32am • Anne Arundel County, Maryland's public schools will begin a phased reentry of students to in-person teaching come November, after starting the academic year with an all-virtual learning plan due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Elementary schools will welcome pre-K and second grade students back to scho How does a haunted attraction scare during a pandemic? Md.-based Markoff’s Haunted Forest brings socially-distanced frights 10/06/2020 04:22am • You find yourself in a dark and eerie wood, surrounded by close friends and family, and that is some comfort. You know you're being watched, but don't know where your tormentor is hiding. Suddenly, in the tree-line, you get a glimpse of a grotesque, shambling thing. Its gray skin, blotched and ra Round House Theatre kicks off virtual fall season with political game show 10/06/2020 12:24am • You've heard of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" What about "Who Wants to Be an American?" That's the premise of the new political game show "American Dreams" (Oct. 5-11), which kicks off the fall season at Round House Theatre in Bethesda, Maryland. "'American Dreams' is an online imagin Cruise ships preparing to sail in the months ahead 10/05/2020 11:31pm • U.S. cruise ships with approved COVID-19 mitigation plans could be allowed to sail as soon as Nov. 1, but most cruisers won't be packing bags to sail anywhere any time soon. The "no sail" order imposed on the cruise ship industry in March by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been