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Court OKs Virginia AG's agreement to promote absentee voting 08/21/2020 10:32pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring says a federal court has approved a consent decree negotiated by his office that promotes safe absentee voting in November's general election. In a news release from his office, Herring said that under the consent decree, Virginia will What Maryland's statewide COVID-19 antibody study entails and hopes to reveal 08/21/2020 09:02pm • Thirteen hospitals throughout Maryland are testing patient blood samples to see whether they have COVID-19 antibodies. One goal for the study is to help gain insight into how the virus spreads. It should also help build upon a body of knowledge plagued by countless unknowns. "We' re still tryi CDC updates school guidelines for COVID-19 pandemic 08/21/2020 08:05pm • The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its school guidance Friday. The update adds more details to existing guidelines that will better inform administrators' decisions about opening schools and limit risk, according to CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield. Redfield said the upda Metro employee dies after contracting COVID-19 08/21/2020 02:43pm • A Metro employee has died after contracting COVID-19, becoming the transit agency's first-known coronavirus death. "Overnight, we learned that we lost a friend and colleague," the agency said on its website. "This is the first known Covid-related death in the Metro family, an employee who worked Fairfax County teacher finds ways to adapt for career start amid pandemic 08/21/2020 01:36pm • Rachel Wright is a first-year teacher at Weyanoke Elementary School in Fairfax County, Virginia. (Courtesy Rachel Wright) For many first-year teachers across the D.C. region, the anxiousness of starting a new career path with the upcoming school year now has added challenges from the COVID-19 pa Inaugural Loudoun Arts Film Festival coming, pandemic or not 08/21/2020 01:15pm • It's not quite the way planners originally envisioned it, but the inaugural Loudoun Arts Film Festival is about to get underway next week with a mix of virtual and drive-in events happening over the next several weeks. The film festival will feature a number of movies and short films that appeal Slow but steady progress in DC region's struggle against the coronavirus 08/21/2020 07:55am • The D.C. region in the past week has seen some good progress in battling the coronavirus. The region’s positivity numbers for COVID-19 are the lowest they’ve been in over a month, after seeing a spike from June's phased reopening. When each area loosened coronavirus restrictions, there was a Purple Line construction continues as squabble remains unresolved 08/21/2020 07:47am • Construction work continues on the long-delayed Purple Line that will connect Maryland's Montgomery and Prince George's counties, even as a major squabble between the builders and the state remains unresolved. Vernon Hartsock, Maryland's acting Purple Line project director, spoke at an event Thur DC United coach Ben Olsen talks strategy, path to playoff as MLS returns 08/21/2020 04:43am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '89cc7165-9552-40a4-b549-4ad05556c93c' }).render("316615365db8cf98");}); Back in March, D.C. United was preparing 'It allows restaurants to keep their lights on': 'Bethesda Streetery' gives customers sense of normalcy 08/21/2020 12:28am • On Monday, the Montgomery County Council will look at making some changes to COVID-19 restrictions, including allowing bowling alleys and museums to open. There's also a proposed change to the mandates regarding face coverings, requiring that they extend to covering the chin. The county remain Extra $300 payments coming to Marylanders left unemployed during pandemic 08/20/2020 11:56pm • Residents collecting unemployment in Maryland as a direct result of the COVID-19 crisis will get larger checks soon. Maryland applied for and was approved Thursday to receive a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. An executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Aug. 8 all How to prove you have car insurance when Md. MVA sends you an FR-19 notification 08/20/2020 11:45pm • Maryland's Motor Vehicle Administration recently introduced something called "Customer Connect" with more options to carry out online transactions. It's part of an effort at streamlining a number of processes for drivers in the state. And in the age of the coronavirus, it can reduce the number of Revisiting the Alexandria Library sit-in on its 81st anniversary 08/20/2020 09:05pm • Five men were arrested at the Alexandria Library on Queen Street on Aug. 21, 1939, because they defied the exclusion of black people. (Courtesy Alexandria Black History Museum) The 81st anniversary of the Alexandria Library sit-in will be virtual this year, as the Alexandria Black History Museum VCU reports COVID-19 cases in students, workers 08/20/2020 06:28pm • RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Commonwealth University says it has confirmed 25 student cases and 11 employee cases of COVID-19. University spokesman Mike Porter said in an email on Thursday that of the 25 student cases, 11 are students who live on campus and are in isolation. VCU is offering in-p DC Auto Show dates pushed further into 2021 because of pandemic 08/20/2020 05:25pm • Though many big events have been canceled or gone virtual because of the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers appear to be pressing forward with plans for a big D.C. event: the auto show. The plan is for the Washington, D.C. Auto Show to still happen at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in 2021