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Rehoboth's popular businesses struggle to survive amid pandemic 08/28/2020 08:30pm • The summer sun usually brings out the masses to Delaware's beaches and businesses, but this year's historic low in visitors due to the coronavirus pandemic has left many shops struggling to stay afloat. “It was the worst Fourth of July ever, and going back to Memorial Day, again the worst Memor University of Virginia set to conduct in-person classes 08/28/2020 06:17pm • CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia says it's moving ahead with plans to offer in-person instruction for the fall semester. The school said in a statement Friday that it initially delayed the start of in-person undergraduate classes by two weeks to allow for more assessment o PHOTOS: Commitment March, 57 years after MLK's speech 08/28/2020 04:30pm • Capping a week of protests and outrage over the police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin, civil rights advocates will highlight the scourge of police and vigilante violence against Black Americans at a commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The “Commitment March Senator: Some voters who applied online for mail-in ballot are getting mailed applications, too 08/28/2020 04:28pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Some Marylanders who applied for mail-in ballots online are still receiving applications in the mail, leading some lawmakers and voting righ Thousands gather in DC to protest police brutality 08/28/2020 01:12pm • (function(){ var s = document.createElement("script"); s.type = "text/javascript"; s.async = true; s.src = "//widgets-cbsn.cbsnews.com/live/scripts/widget-compact/v2/"; var el = document.getElementsByTagName("script"); el.parentNode.insertBefore(s, el); })(); Thousands of people gathered in D.C Greater WiFi access for Charles Co. schools will assist virtual start to year 08/28/2020 12:46pm • The virtual start for public schools in Charles County, Maryland, will get a signal boost in the form of expanded WiFi access. With classes set to begin online on Aug. 31, Charles County Public Schools announced that is setting up both a family internet center in a county high school, as well as County: 4 people tied to RNC in Charlotte have coronavirus 08/28/2020 12:40pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Four people who were at the Republican National Convention in Charlotte have tested positive for the coronavirus, health officials in North Carolina’s Mecklenburg County said. WBTV reported Friday that those who tested positive at the event were immediately isolated. Virginia colleges and universities have 500-plus virus cases 08/28/2020 08:57am • RICHMOND, Va. — More than 550 people have tested positive for the coronavirus at colleges and universities in Virginia. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported Thursday that it surveyed 41 four-year colleges across the state. It found at least 558 positive cases. Twenty-one colleges reported at Meal planning and more: Nutrition tips to get virtual school year off to a healthy start 08/28/2020 04:02am • When schools closed in March during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, many D.C.-area parents added two more “slashes” — teacher/chef —  to the ways they described themselves. In addition to taking care of their home and children, going to work (sometimes from home) and maintaining Hogan unveils new metrics, encourages Md. schools to reopen doors 08/28/2020 02:22am • Saying that continued full closure of in-person instruction in Maryland public schools was “simply not acceptable,” Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday unveiled a new set of coronavirus metrics that he said would allow all school systems to reopen their doors to students. Given the new metrics, Hoga Protesters gather in an attempt to drown out Trump's speech 08/28/2020 12:41am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators gathered around the White House on Thursday night for a “noise demonstration and dance party" in an attempt to drown out President Donald Trump's speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination. “I hope you hear us, Trump,” the leader of Best Labor Day car deals, according to US News and World Report 08/28/2020 12:02am • The coronavirus pandemic has managed to disrupt most facets of the U.S. economy, but that disruption may actually be beneficial to some consumers in the market for a new car. U.S. News and World Report says there are Labor Day deals on the marketplace right now that are rarely seen in most normal ye DC removes Delaware from high-risk state list following new data 08/27/2020 08:37pm • Delaware has been taken off D.C.'s list of high-risk states, and those coming from the state to D.C. will not have to self-quarantine for 14 days. The state was placed on the list Monday, when posted data showed that it met the requirements of a high-risk state. DC Health and the Delaware Depa DC-area airport workers demand sick days to work through pandemic 08/27/2020 03:43pm • Many D.C.-area airport workers are considered essential, yet they do not have sick days to use in case they get COVID-19. Though many of the workers are not represented, a local union is rallying on their behalf. A group of about 25 people rallied Thursday outside the offices of the Metropolitan Frederick, Md., man charged with plot to sell fake coronavirus disinfectant 08/27/2020 01:57pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland man sold unregistered and misbranded pesticides falsely advertised as a government-approved disinfectant for the coronavirus, investigators said. Marek Majtan, 35, of Frederick, was charged Tuesday in a criminal complaint that accuses him of repackaging pesticides wi