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Loudoun Co. virtual learning interrupted by students using racial slurs, displaying explicit images  09/11/2020 09:17pm • The first week of virtual learning in Loudoun County, Virginia, was interrupted by incidents of students using racial slurs, displaying sexual images or popping into the virtual sessions of other classes or schools. "These incidents are contrary to our core beliefs, our commitment to racial equit Montgomery Co. private school student, employee test positive for coronavirus 09/11/2020 08:41pm • A student and an employee at a private school in Montgomery County, Maryland, tested positive for coronavirus this week. Archdiocese of Washington spokesperson Paula Gwynn Grant told WTOP that a second-grade student at Holy Redeemer Catholic School in Kensington had tested positive for COVID-19 o Maryland brewery stresses support for small businesses during pandemic 09/11/2020 07:50pm • FILE -- Denizens Brewing founders Jeff Ramirez and Julie Verratti are photographed during the annual Make It Funky Festival on Sept. 30, 2017, at the Denizens in Silver Spring. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images) A Maryland business owner said the current economy is "o How to help victims of the West Coast's apocalyptic wildfires 09/11/2020 05:31pm • Unprecedented wildfires have been spreading across the West Coast of the United States, and they show no signs of slowing. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands have fled their homes and tens of thousands have gone without power in the midst of a historic heat wave. The death toll from fires in Ca Bowser recognizes DC first responders, victims on Sept. 11 anniversary 09/11/2020 04:19pm • Standing in front of a fire truck at Engine 16 on 13th Street NW in D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser honored the local firefighters who risked their lives to respond after American Airlines flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. "We remember the day, 19 years ago, when we were called on to help our fellow Virtual ceremony honors law enforcement officers killed on Sept. 11 09/11/2020 02:35pm • (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: 'd13c03d1-0023-4cf7-8a4e-ea71a4a7d599' }).render("59261536a52688c3");}); In a reminder of how different public eve U.Md. set to resume some in-person classes Monday 09/11/2020 12:57pm • The University of Maryland in College Park is set to resume limited in-person classes Monday following three rounds of campuswide coronavirus testing. About 15% of undergraduate classes will resume in-person classes Monday under the university's "cautious, phased approach," university President D PHOTOS: Remembering the Sept. 11 terror attacks, 19 years later 09/11/2020 12:20pm • Americans are remembering the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, which claimed 3,000 lives when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Nineteen years after the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil, the nation is still grapp Loudoun Co. libraries that were closed to provide day care reopen to public 09/11/2020 09:34am • Two public libraries in Loudoun County, Virginia, that had been closed to the public so they could be used as day care facilities during the coronavirus pandemic are reopening Friday. The Ashburn and Rust libraries — two of the county's 10 branches — had been previously limited to curbside pi Delaware officials encourage rodeo attendees to get tested for virus 09/11/2020 08:44am • BRIDGEVILLE, Del. — Health officials in Delaware are encouraging anyone who attended a recent rodeo event to get tested for the coronavirus. The Delaware State News reported Thursday that Delaware Division of Public Health Director Dr. Karyl Rattay has expressed serious concerns about the poten Texas police group puts up billboard warning 'enter at your own risk,' saying Austin defunded police 09/11/2020 08:40am • ▶ Watch Video: Cities weigh cutting police budgets amid coronavirus pandemic The Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA) has put up two billboards along Interstate 35 entering Austin after the city council voted last month to cut the Austin police budget. One of them reads: "Warning! Can't stop 'The Game' — English Premier League kicks off 09/11/2020 04:11am • (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: '52bf093e-b1ca-4337-8f3e-7bf5ee6c3f07' }).render("866615362767325c");}); It may be slightly smaller than Alabama, Column: Washington Football Team, Rivera finally get to play football after long offseason of change 09/11/2020 03:54am • Read a preview of the Baltimore Ravens season opener Ron Rivera took over as head coach of the Washington Football Team in January, just nine months ago. With everything that he's had to endure and has transpired since then, it feels like nine years ago. On Sunday, he will finally get to coach Review: Hulu's 'Woke' blends social commentary with high-concept humor 09/11/2020 12:25am • Over the past few years, the term “woke" has entered our lexicon to describe humanity's awakening to societal injustices that we previously took for granted. Now, it's the title and concept of the new Hulu sitcom "Woke," blending biting social commentary with a high-concept premise of magic Enrollment down by 3,300 at Montgomery County schools, first weeks of school reveal 09/10/2020 10:02pm • Two weeks into the virtual learning experience, school officials in Maryland's Montgomery County reported that student enrollment is down by more than 3,300. Montgomery County Public Schools is the largest school system in the state and reported student enrollment figures at 166,000 before the sc