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The WTOP Huddle: COVID's current impact on sports, Stafford a QB option for Washington? 01/26/2021 03:13pm • How well are sports leagues coping with playing amid the coronavirus pandemic? Is a trade for Matthew Stafford a good option for the Washington Football Team? The answers lie inside the WTOP Huddle with WTOP Senior Sports Director Dave Johnson, Sports Director George Wallace, and Sports reporters Ro Anne Arundel County to lift some COVID-19 business restrictions 01/26/2021 01:41pm • Citing a decline in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman said that restrictions on business capacity put in place in November and December would be lifted later this week. While saying that an executive order with all the details would come out Wednes Maryland, Virginia rank low on list for percentage of vaccine doses distributed 01/26/2021 01:39pm • Maryland and Virginia rank low on lists of states with the most coronavirus vaccine doses given out so far, as states and local jurisdictions figure out how best to distribute them. Maryland ranks 30th and Virginia ranks 31st on the list of states with the highest percentage of the population tha Montgomery County parents locked in debate over reopening classrooms 01/26/2021 08:56am • A fierce debate is underway in Montgomery County over when to restore in-person learning in public schools. While some parents are cheering Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's call for all school districts to offer some in-person learning by March, other parents want to wait. A coalition of parents and e Georgetown sidewalks may get decked out — literally 01/26/2021 08:44am • The BID has already installed prototypes of the decking extensions in front of three Georgetown restaurants, Clyde’s, Bodega and Ladurée, and it says customer and employee reviews have been favorable. (Courtesy Georgetown Business Improvement District) The Georgetown Business Improvement Dist New coronavirus variants pose major risk to the global economy 01/26/2021 08:06am • The pandemic could slam the brakes on a global economic turnaround this year despite mass vaccination programs and unprecedented levels of stimulus, according to the International Monetary Fund. The IMF expects the global economy to grow by 5.5% this year, it said on Tue Maryland runs into complications getting people vaccinated because of expanded eligibility 01/26/2021 07:56am • Maryland’s health secretary said a recent federal announcement expanding eligibility for coronavirus vaccines is making vaccination in the state more difficult. Speaking Monday to the newly formed Maryland Senate Vaccine Oversight Workgroup, acting Health Secretary Dennis R. Schrader said the s Pfizer and AstraZeneca take heat as vaccine delays threaten Europe's recovery 01/26/2021 06:10am • The European Union is calling out vaccine makers AstraZeneca and Pfizer over delivery delays that could slow its recovery from the pandemic. Officials are even threatening to take legal action and introduce export controls on doses produced in the bloc as anger mounts. A Md. education officials study ways to help students who fell behind during online learning 01/26/2021 05:30am • Maryland state education officials are trying to determine the best ways for school districts to help students who may have fallen behind during online learning. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the pivot to online learning last spring has forced some students to try to catch up. “Alth 'We continue to lead the nation': West Virginia vaccinating at nearly double the national rate 01/26/2021 04:42am • More than 9% of people in West Virginia have received at least their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to data published Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nationally, that number stands at less than 6%. "We continue to lead the nation," U.S. News Ranks 2021 Best Online Programs 01/26/2021 12:00am • In a year marked by a deadly pandemic, much of life in 2020 was spent on the internet. That's especially true of education, with colleges scrambling to shift learning online as the coronavirus disrupted daily operations. Online learning offered students continuity, a chance to finish the semester w How Premed Students Can Combine Passion for the Arts and Medicine 01/26/2021 12:00am • Many premeds have creative outlets and express themselves through the arts, including: music, painting, photography, graphic design, writing and sculpting. While some students pursue artistic endeavors as their hobbies or as sources of relaxation, others take a more academic approach, majoring or m 10 Affordable Online Colleges for Out-of-State Students 01/26/2021 12:00am • The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: How International Students Can Find the Right Online MBA in the U.S. 01/26/2021 12:00am • As someone who has studied and lived overseas since her early 20s, British national Grace Atkinson was ready to tackle her next ambition: an MBA program. Living in the United Arab Emirates at the time, and having last attended university in person 14 years ago, she wanted an online MBA program that Restaurant association: Montgomery Co. 'on an island' by itself with indoor dining ban 01/25/2021 10:32pm • An advocate for the food and hospitality industry in Maryland is turning up the heat on Montgomery County to loosen its grip on indoor dining restrictions. The Restaurant Association of Maryland, or RAM, is calling out the county after Prince George's County decided to join other jurisdictions by