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Distance learning especially challenging for students with disabilities 09/13/2020 08:37pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Noah, a pseudonym for a middle school child with autism, had been doing well in his public education program until school buildings close 'Woks for Washington' aims to preserve local Asian cuisine during the pandemic 09/13/2020 03:40pm • Two sisters looking to give back during the pandemic decided to pair their culture and experience as Asian Americans to help struggling businesses. Grace Shi, 23, is a foodie at heart. But when the coronavirus pandemic hit, she decided to take her passion for food a step further. "It was reall Memorial garden dedicated to victims of addiction 09/13/2020 02:32pm • RICHMOND, Va. — More than 200 people have helped dedicate a new memorial garden in Virginia to commemorate loved ones lost to addiction. The dedication on Saturday was part of Recovery Fest, an event put on by the McShin Foundation to celebrate National Recovery Month. Many people who attended Football begins again in DC, but a game day staple is missing 09/13/2020 01:17pm • D.C.-area football fans can scrap any plans they may have for tailgating in the Landover, Maryland, parking lot of FedEx Field. There's no official word on the Washington Football Team's website regarding a no tailgating policy, but if fans attempt to come to the stadium in Prince George's County Need an escape? DC-area author says you don't even need to leave the city 09/13/2020 12:41pm • The coronavirus pandemic has made it tough to get away. Vacations were cut short or modified, with many people reluctant to fly or travel long distances — a situation that persists. But author Melanie Choukas-Bradley of Chevy Chase, Maryland, suggests there’s a perfect escape that doesn't req DC's Circulator and Streetcar up service as reopening progresses 09/13/2020 07:46am • The DC Circulator will resume its National Mall route and the DC Streetcar will resume normal operating hours starting Sept. 20, city officials announced Friday. The National Mall route will run weekdays from 6 a.m. – 7 p.m. and weekends from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. DC Streetcar will return to nor Redefining COVID-19: Months after infection, patients report breathing difficulty, excessive fatigue 09/13/2020 04:00am • It's been five months since Lucy Gahan contracted Covid-19, and her life still hasn't returned to normal. Gahan, a clinical psychologist in Shrewsbury, United Kingdom, hasn't been able to return to work. The disease causes what she calls "storms," disabling periods when she feels shortness of AP Source: Big Ten presidents to reconsider fall football 09/13/2020 01:03am • Big Ten football might be making a comeback. Big Ten university presidents will meet Sunday to hear a presentation about playing a fall football season after all -- maybe as soon as mid-October -- amid pressure to kick off from parents, players, coaches and even the president. A person with di Grandparents Day 2020: 5 tips for a safe grandparent-grandchild visit 09/13/2020 12:00am • Dear Grandma, We know you're itching to see your grandkids after spending the last few weeks in isolation. But a visit with family may not be the safest idea at the moment. Staying home is the best way to stop the spread of the coronavirus. But if your heart is set on a playdate, there are way Flashback to encounter with reggae icon Toots Hibbert, dead at 77 09/12/2020 05:28pm • The death of reggae pioneer Frederick “Toots” Hibbert, who fronted Toots and the Maytals, is prompting heartfelt praise from fellow musicians and fans of hits like “Pressure Drop,” “Monkey Man,” and “Funky Kingston.” NBC Washington (and former WTOP) reporter Mark Segraves has vivi Is virtual learning meeting the needs of special ed students? Loudoun County parents say 'no' 09/12/2020 04:28pm • As a fall semester of virtual learning has begun amid the coronavirus pandemic, many students and parents across the D.C. region have faced the same set of challenges. But parents of special education students in Virginia's Loudoun County said distance learning has been especially hard for their chi UVA-Virginia Tech football game pushed back over COVID-19 concerns 09/12/2020 08:54am • Concerns surrounding positive cases of COVID-19 within the Virginia Tech football team have led to the postponement of the much-anticipated season opener between the Hokies and rival University of Virginia. The game would have been played in Blacksburg on Saturday, Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m. Now, the From a stable job to a tent: A waiter's homeless struggle 09/12/2020 08:42am • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jeff Lello has never been rich, but the 42-year-old could pocket $100 cash most weekend nights at the steakhouse chain where he waited tables. He always had enough money for groceries, his car and the modest Orlando apartment he rented with roommates. But when he re Britain risks car-crash Brexit of food shortages, recession and isolation 09/12/2020 03:33am • In the four years that have passed since Britain voted to leave the European Union, business executives have consistently delivered one message to the country's political leaders: Do not under any circumstances crash out of our largest export market without a deal to protect trade. Now, after pai Confederate statue removed in Charlottesville, near site of deadly rally 09/12/2020 01:32am • People gathered to watch the "At Ready" statue's removal in Charlottesville, Virginia on Sept. 12, 2020 (Courtesy Hawes Spencer). CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A crowd cheered Saturday as workers in Charlottesville removed a Confederate statue near the site of a violent white nationalist rally t