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DC health director warns of COVID-19 vaccine scam 02/01/2021 03:25pm • There's a coronavirus vaccine scam out there, and District officials want Washingtonians to be on alert. D.C. Health Director Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt warned residents Monday not to be fooled by offers to privately purchase a vaccine dose. Vaccines and vaccine providers have to be vetted and appr HeadStrong: How Wizards dealt with adversity of the coronavirus 02/01/2021 02:37pm • HeadStrong: How Wizards dealt with adversity of the coronavirus originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonAs the NBA began its 2020-21 season without a bubble amid the coronavirus pandemic, many saw positive cases, outbreaks and postponements as inevitable. It would all depend on how teams were ab 2 mass vaccination sites to open in Maryland later this week 02/01/2021 01:31pm • Two mass vaccination sites will open in Maryland later this week — now the state just needs the COVID-19 vaccines to dispense for them. Gov. Larry Hogan said in a statement Monday that the first two in a series of mass vaccination sites would open Friday — at the Baltimore Convention Center a DC restaurants still reeling, but they get credit for innovation 02/01/2021 08:52am • People enjoy eating outside a restaurant in Georgetown, Washington DC, on Jan. 10, 2021 amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images) For restaurants in the D.C. area, it has been 11 months of one step forward and one step — or two steps — back, with closures ear Black voices that make a difference: The Karson Institute's Karsonya Whitehead 02/01/2021 04:32am • Karsonya (Kaye) Whitehead wanted a place where people could go to discuss race, peace and social justice, so in October 2020, she launched the Karson Institute at the Loyola University of Maryland in Baltimore. Whitehead, an associate professor of communications and African American Studies at L Arbitrator clears way for DC to resume in-person learning despite union concern 02/01/2021 04:13am • Before snowfall prompted D.C. schools to temporarily return to virtual learning Monday, an arbitrator ruled that most schools could resume in-person learning this week. An arbitrator had been brought in to hear the Washington Teacher's Union's arguments that the school system failed to meet some 1040 Tax Form Guide 02/01/2021 12:00am • If you are dreading the idea of filling out your 1040 income tax form and feeling lost, you probably aren't alone. The 1040 tax form was overhauled and revamped in 2018, designed to be shorter and hopefully less confusing. But after a few years, it's clear this isn't really the case. "Remember when 5 of the Most Shorted Stocks of February 02/01/2021 12:00am • Short selling has gotten a lot of attention in recent weeks after online retail trading communities on Reddit and other social media platforms triggered a series of short squeezes in several popular stocks. These short squeezes have created unprecedented volatility in GameStop Corp. (ticker: GME) a Winter storm disrupts COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites in DC region 01/31/2021 03:40pm • The winter storm dropping snow across the D.C. region is impacting a number of COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites in the D.C. area. Multiple COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites will be closed on Monday, Feb. 1 and may be canceled at sites on Feb. 2 due to winter weather conditions. Thos 'The Great Snowakening': Large snowball fight kicks off at Smithsonian Castle 01/31/2021 01:36pm • After a two-year period with less-than-impressive amounts of snowfall, a D.C. tradition is set to make a comeback: A massive snowball fight will be held near the National Mall Sunday. The event is being dubbed as "The Great Snowakening" by the event's organizers, the Washington DC Snowball Fight A groundhog forecast: More winter or early spring? 01/31/2021 11:03am • Every year on Feb. 2 people keep an eye out for a groundhog's shadow to help predict what the weather will be like for the next few weeks. This year that shadow may be cast on snow. The legend goes that if groundhog Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow we will have six more weeks of winter. If he do Capitol Police to keep grounds closed for sledding despite Del. Norton's request 01/31/2021 03:03am • Two children go over a ramp as they sled on Capitol Hill as a winter storm arrives in the region, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Despite D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton's call to allow sledding on the U.S. Capitol grounds, the hills on the complex will remain close With new COVID-19 variant confirmed in Maryland, how effective will current vaccines be? 01/31/2021 12:52am • Maryland confirmed that a variant of COVID-19 first identified in South Africa that has proven to be somewhat resistant to current vaccines was found in a sample taken near Baltimore. So what does that mean for the efficacy of current vaccines that are currently being administered in the D.C. are South African COVID-19 variant found in Maryland 01/30/2021 09:31pm • A Maryland resident has contracted a potentially more infectious variant of COVID-19 that was originally identified in South Africa, Gov. Larry Hogan confirmed Saturday. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), variant B.1.351 is believed to be more transmissible than ot Baltimore canceling vaccine appointments after overbooking 01/30/2021 03:12pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore officials are canceling some COVID-19 vaccination appointments scheduled for next week after overbooking hundreds of first-dose appointments. Officials did not specify how many appointments would be canceled or why the overbooking happened. The health department sa