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Senate clears way for OK of Biden's COVID-19 relief package 02/05/2021 06:00am • The Senate early Friday passed a budget resolution, clearing a path for reconciliation that will allow Democrats to move ahead with or without GOP support for President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package. Vote was 51-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris providing the deciding vote. Will Super Bowl parties be COVID-19 super spreaders? DC-area health departments fear so 02/05/2021 05:56am • Health departments in the D.C. region are reiterating concerns that not all of the passing on Super Bowl Sunday will involve two prolific NFL quarterbacks throwing footballs. There is worry that Super Bowl parties will help pass the coronavirus around too. The Super Bowl party is a uniquely Am Friends of the National Zoo, Smithsonian’s National Zoo part ways 02/05/2021 02:46am • The 63-year relationship between Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Friends of the National Zoo, known as FONZ, is over because of pandemic-related financial pressures. “This is a hard day. It’s a hard day for FONZ; it’s a hard day for the zoo as well,” said Pamela Baker-Masson, National Zo Leftovers From Backyard Gardens and Small Farms Feed Californians 02/05/2021 12:00am • GRANITE BAY, Calif. --Throughout the year, Duskie Estes and her team of 300 volunteers spread out around Sonoma County, California, venturing into backyard gardens and small farms, gleaning seasonal produce after harvests and unwanted fruit from trees and bushes. What may seem like an insignificant Understanding the New Strains of COVID-19 02/05/2021 12:00am • With the world struggling to get the COVID-19 pandemic under control, reports of emerging virus variants are clearly troubling. New strains appear to be significantly more transmissible and slightly more lethal than the original version. Although the picture keeps changing as data continues to come COVID-19 vaccines obtained for Capitol Police employees 02/04/2021 10:45pm • Enough coronavirus vaccines have been secured to vaccinate all U.S. Capitol Police personnel, the department’s acting chief said. “Thanks to the efforts of the Congressional Leadership, especially House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Administration, enough doses of the COVID-19 vaccines have be 'You're going to be unstoppable': Md. school counselors provide support to students during pandemic 02/04/2021 08:30pm • National School Counselor Week may be coming to a close, but the work of one Montgomery County, Maryland, counselor to help students get set for their futures continues. Bethlehem Beru is the resource counselor at Briggs Chaney Middle School in Silver Spring and the leader of a team of counselors State lawmakers propose revamp of Md. unemployment insurance program 02/04/2021 07:05pm • Citing months of issues with Maryland's unemployment insurance program that has led to numerous delays and frustration among residents to even get through to make a claim, Democrats in the state General Assembly are proposing a package of reforms. In a joint statement, state leaders, including Se Georgetown Bracketology: How the Hoyas' upset win changes their tournament outlook 02/04/2021 05:36pm • Bracketology: How the Hoyas' upset changes their tourney outlook originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonAny day where five ranked teams fall to unranked foes is a big day in college basketball. The Georgetown Hoyas were one of the teams doing the upsetting on Wednesday night, nabbing their DC's Urban Athletic Club fined $10,000 for COVID-19 safety violations 02/04/2021 05:04pm • Urban Athletic Club, a D.C.-based gym with locations around the District, has been ordered to pay a $10,000 fine for multiple violations of COVID-19 health and safety requirements at its Shaw location at 804 N St. Northwest. The D.C. Office of the Attorney General filed suit in December, alleging 2 sites for mass vaccinations to open in Prince George's Co., Baltimore on Friday 02/04/2021 03:29pm • Maryland will open its first two planned COVID-19 mass vaccination sites — one in Prince George's County and one in Baltimore City on Friday — but residents' expectations for getting an immediate shot are being tempered. The sites opening are at Six Flags America in Prince George's County and Why DC went ahead with vaccinating those age 65+ against COVID-19 02/04/2021 03:29pm • Life expectancies in D.C.'s many neighborhoods are playing a big role in how the District is rolling out its COVID-19 vaccination plans. "We have been very thoughtful about the age for our Phase 1b population," D.C. Health Director Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt told reporters during a Thursday news confe What a new U.Md. study says about skipping second doses of COVID-19 vaccine 02/04/2021 03:27pm • None of the trials conducted on the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines tested them on people who already had been infected by the coronavirus. Now, a study involving people previously infected with COVID-19 suggests the immune response from getting sick may act like getting a first dose of those d DC activates Carjacking Task Force after spate of violent thefts 02/04/2021 01:13pm • D.C. is ramping up efforts to stem the rising threat of carjackings in the District since the coronavirus pandemic began. Acting D.C. police Chief Robert Contee said Thursday that the city has started a task force explicitly designed to deal with the crime. Contee said D.C. is "pulling in our Va. Gov. Northam announcement due Friday: 'We want to extend our classrooms to this summer' 02/04/2021 11:41am • The specifics aren't clear yet, but Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said he will make an announcement Friday, with the goal of helping students whose school years have been complicated by the coronavirus. "We want to extend our classrooms this summer, to allow our children to catch up, so that everyb