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Leesburg man pleads guilty to $2.5 million pandemic fraud 01/29/2021 05:55am • ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia man has pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining $2.5 million in federal coronavirus loans and using the money to buy an airplane and luxury car. Didier Kindambu, 49, of Leesburg, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Alexandria to bank fraud. Pr Get your Phil, DC: Groundhog adjusts his plans for Feb. 2 01/29/2021 03:54am • Potomac Phil is a groundhog of few words. Get him on a video chat or on the phone, for instance, and any questions are met with silence. Is it shyness? Is it arrogance? Is it because he's stuffed? No, D.C.'s weather-predicting marmot is stoic and dignified. A strong and silent type. And his st How to Invest in Biotech 01/29/2021 12:00am • The biotechnology industry's mission is to advance the well-being of life on earth through developments in technological processes that support advances in health of all forms. Biotech applications range within industries including medicine, agriculture, industrial processes and environmental susta Vaccinations Expected to Prevent Almost 70 Million Deaths in Low and Middle Income Countries, Study Shows 01/29/2021 12:00am • Vaccines against 10 major pathogens including measles, rotavirus and hepatitis B are expected to prevent 69 million deaths in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2030, according to a new study published in medical journal The Lancet. The study estimates the impact of vaccinations agai Loudoun Co. schools chief responds after frustrated parent's comments go viral 01/28/2021 11:55pm • The head of a Northern Virginia school system is asking for patience, grace, flexibility and comfort with the unknown amid increased media attention after a parent expressed his frustration during a school board meeting on school reopening. "Following Tuesday’s School Board meeting there ha What to know about layering up with double masks to avoid COVID-19 01/28/2021 10:13pm • You might start seeing more people wear double masks, and the philosophy behind that is that layers provide greater filtration and better protection, according to a Maryland infectious disease expert. "Additional layers provide additional filtration, and therefore protection to the mask wearer," Yet another Top 100 prospect list shines light on the Orioles farm system 01/28/2021 09:15pm • Yet another Top 100 prospect list praises Orioles farm system originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonAnother week, another Top 100 prospect ranking revealed by a national outlet. Another week, another prospect ranking that praised the Orioles' rapidly improving farm system. Another prospect ran Montgomery Co. health officer shares COVID-19 vaccine story to build community confidence 01/28/2021 08:53pm • The coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected members of Black and brown communities, but those communities are also reporting the lowest level of confidence in COVID-19 vaccines. "You let us know how things go, and if everything goes smoothly with you, we're on,” is something Dr. Tr Wizards announce more schedule changes, including added game vs. Celtics 01/28/2021 08:32pm • Wizards announce more schedule changes, added game vs. Celtics originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThe Wizards look to be in store for a busy February. The team announced further changes to its first-half schedule Thursday including an added game against the Celtics on February 14 and a Erasing stigma associated with mental health in Latino community 01/28/2021 08:19pm • Members of the Latino community are disproportionately affected by the pandemic, and stigma surrounding mental health means they are among those least likely to reach out for support — but a young advocate has ideas for what might help. Speaking from the experience of organizing a mental health Select Montgomery Co. students could return to school buildings by end of February 01/28/2021 07:52pm • Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland's largest school system, could see some "small groups" of special education and career and technical education students return to school buildings "for specific services" by the end of February. The final decision on when schools will open to all student Howard County begins working through Phase 1b vaccine group 01/28/2021 06:38pm • Howard County, Maryland, has begun the process of vaccinating residents against COVID-19 in the Phase 1b group, along with those in Phase 1a, County Executive Calvin Ball announced Thursday. The county opened a second vaccine clinic at Howard Community College earlier this week, and this facility Davis Bertans, Rui Hachimura among Wizards players returning from protocol 01/28/2021 05:15pm • Bertans, Hachimura among Wizards players returning from protocol originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThe Wizards are getting some of their top scorers back from the NBA's health and safety protocol as they return home to face the Atlanta Hawks on Friday.Davis Bertans, Rui Hachimura and Maryland bars, restaurants can stay open later starting Monday 01/28/2021 04:28pm • Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday announced that bars and restaurants in Maryland will no longer be required to close at 10 p.m. starting Monday. He said in a statement that the move was based on improving COVID-19 numbers in the state. The case rate, test positivity rate and hospitalizations are a COVID-19 vaccine appointments for Prince George's Co. teachers begin this weekend 01/28/2021 02:43pm • Teachers in Prince George's County, Maryland, are set to start getting COVID-19 vaccine appointments this weekend, part of a big push to get school employees vaccinated before students return to classrooms this spring, the school system announced. Prince George's County Public Schools is working