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Montgomery Co. ends contract with lab providing COVID-19 tests 08/19/2020 03:12am • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, have terminated a contract with the genetic testing lab that had been providing coronavirus tests for county-run sites since May. The cancellation of the county's contract with Rockville-based AdvaGenix comes after the state issued an order barring the la Several DC-area Catholic schools prepare to reopen classrooms 08/18/2020 08:01pm • About half of the Archdiocese of Washington's 91 schools — 49% — will reopen this fall with a combination of in-person and virtual classes. About 28% of schools will go all virtual; 23% will hold all in-person classes. Students and teachers returning to school buildings will get daily heal Attorneys general in 14 states, including Md., Va., file suit to reverse Postal Service changes 08/18/2020 05:06pm • Maryland and Virginia are among a group of 14 states that have filed a suit against the U.S. Postal Service to reverse recent changes instituted under Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh said the suit was filed in federal court and seeks to overturn the changes F What's known about COVID-19 and increased potential for stroke 08/18/2020 03:35pm • When it comes to the novel coronavirus and its potential to increase risk for stroke, knowledge is growing and evolving quickly, according to an expert with Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore. “What we know about this is changing on a weekly basis, both because the virus is changing in some wa Ocean City's Sunfest postponed until next year 08/18/2020 12:57pm • Ocean City, Maryland's end-of-summer festival will be postponed until 2021 because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This year's Sunfest, which usually involves live music and arts and food vendors, was scheduled for early October, but the beach town will postpone it until next year. The 2021 dat DC taxi, rideshare ridership down significantly, but official sees 'good signs' 08/18/2020 11:40am • Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, taxi trips are down 90% and Uber and Lyft rides are down about 80% in D.C., according to District statistics. David Do, director of the D.C. Department of For-Hire Vehicles, said he hopes that an increase in Metro hours means that people will be mo Marylanders racking up almost 25 hours of 'sleep debt' per week during pandemic 08/18/2020 11:30am • If you feel like you can't sleep, you're in good company. Or bad, as the case might be. Lack of shuteye has been hitting people in Maryland especially hard during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study. They're incurring 24.5 hours of "sleep debt" — described by The National Sleep Fo Mask-launching gun invented by YouTube star 08/18/2020 11:25am • See someone maskless? An inventor is taking aim by shooting a “mask gun.” Coronavirus hospitalizations drop to under 30 in Delaware 08/18/2020 11:07am • DOVER, Del. — Health officials in Delaware say that coronavirus-related hospitalizations have fallen to under 30 for the first time. The Delaware State News reported Monday that there were 29 hospitalizations. The numbers come from the Delaware Division of Public Health. Seven of the hosp Johns Hopkins graduate students get FDA approval for clear face mask 08/18/2020 09:07am • ClearMask says the mask can be used in hospitals and clinics, as well as schools, retail, hospitality and other settings. (Courtesy ClearMask) Baltimore-based ClearMask LLC, a privately held medical supply company consisting of Johns Hopkins University graduate students and alumni, has received Despite pandemic, DC area ranks No. 1 for new tech office leasing 08/18/2020 08:40am • The D.C. area is leading the market in tech office leasing. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/gorodenkoff) The pandemic took a toll on tech office space leasing nationwide last quarter, falling by 46% compared to a year ago, but the D.C. area was one of the only standouts, with area technology companies How Montgomery Co. schools are dealing with coronavirus 08/18/2020 08:07am • This story is part of “Parenting in a Pandemic,” WTOP’s continuing coverage of how parents are dealing with childcare, schooling and more through the coronavirus pandemic. Public schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, will start the year virtually Aug. 31, and there are a series of changes Police reform, pandemic among priorities for Va. special legislative session 08/18/2020 07:10am • Republican and Democratic delegates of the Virginia General Assembly will tackle coronavirus pandemic and policing-related issues in a special session starting Tuesday. Democrats are expected to seek a requirement for businesses to provide paid sick leave for employees, and protection for tenants Fairfax Co. schools to keep drivers, service workers busy as students stay home 08/18/2020 05:21am • The head of Fairfax County's public school system said there are no plans to furlough bus drivers and food service workers, even as Virginia's largest school district begins a new semester of virtual learning amid the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to staff dated Monday, Fairfax County Public Analysis: Virtual Democratic National Convention — Did it work? 08/18/2020 04:42am • A virtual convention can't replicate the energy unleashed by thousands of the most passionate politicos gathered for a four-day jamboree every four years, to nominate their party's presidential nominee. But the first night of the Democratic National Convention showed that a virtual convention can