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Multiple organizers plan protests in DC this weekend 08/14/2020 04:45pm • Organizers heralding an array of causes are putting together plans for weekend protests, with some beginning Friday. Extinction Rebellion DC, Occupy DC and Shut Down DC have all arranged for protests for the weekend. Extinction Rebellion is hosting their second "Truth-Blasting Parade" Friday a National Zoo's giant panda Mei Xiang could be pregnant 08/14/2020 03:26pm • A recent ultrasound of the Giant Panda Mei Xiang showed signs of fetal tissue, meaning she could be pregnant. (Courtesy Smithsonian's National Zoo) The Smithsonian's National Zoo in D.C. said Friday that a recent ultrasound of Mei Xiang, one of their resident giant pandas, showed signs of fetal Experts: DC region 'not out of the woods yet' on coronavirus 08/14/2020 02:40pm • New novel coronavirus cases in Maryland and Virginia have been on a slight decline over the last month, but experts say the region should stay vigilant, in part because of another number: the positivity rate. D.C.'s seven-day average positivity rate among residents is 3.3%. In Maryland, the rate Langley Park census response among lowest in Md., community may miss millions in needed funds 08/14/2020 02:21pm • Meybelin Juarez calling Langley Park residents urging them to fill out their Census forms. (Courtesy CASA) This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. This is the fourth in an occa Virginia Lottery reports profitable year, despite COVID-19 08/14/2020 09:59am • RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Lottery had the third most profitable year in its history, boosted by a final quarter in which coronavirus quarantines and restrictions on other gaming opportunities limited competition for the state-run enterprise. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that the lotte Virginia, Maryland tap hospitals for COVID-19 antibody studies 08/14/2020 09:08am • Maryland and Virginia are tapping local hospitals to conduct antibody studies to determine the reach of COVID-19 in hopes of getting a better understanding of how it's spread and how to fight it. On Thursday, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced the state’s health department is moving forward With early voting a month away, Va. senator shares concerns about system security 08/14/2020 04:55am • The 2020 presidential election is now less than three months away, and registered voters in Virginia will be able to start casting their votes in just a matter of weeks. Election officials in Virginia and states across the U.S. are busy preparing for what will be a very different run up to Electi 'I don't sleep at night': Maryland school leaders look for added guidance on school reopenings 08/14/2020 02:53am • Legislative leaders and school superintendents from urban, rural and suburban school districts in Maryland say more standardized guidance is needed to help schools as they move from virtual to in-person learning as conditions regarding the spread of COVID-19 allow. Maryland State Senate President Fair food drive-thru returns to Calvert County for second weekend 08/13/2020 11:09pm • A pop-up drive-thru serving fun food typically found at festivals and fairs is returning to Prince Frederick, Maryland, for a second weekend. The Southern Maryland Fair Food Drive-Thru at the Calvert County Fairgrounds will be open, rain or shine, Aug. 14 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Aug. 15 and 16 Partial reopening of Route 9 in Loudoun County should benefit wineries, breweries 08/13/2020 09:40pm • After being closed since May 4, traffic will soon be trickling on Virginia's Route 9 through the tiny town of Hillsboro in western Loudoun County, with a partial reopening of the road that typically carries 17,000 daily commuters from West Virginia and Maryland. Route 9 has been completely closed University of Virginia researchers developing coronavirus-sanitizing robot 08/13/2020 08:57pm • A semi-autonomous coronavirus decontamination robot is being developed by researchers at the University of Virginia. "It is available and usable already, it just depends on how much capability we are going to introduce ," University of Virginia professor of mechanical and aerospace engineerin Virginia parents create learning pod in place of virtual instruction 08/13/2020 08:10pm • Allie Mulligan, 5, learning virtually in the spring of 2020. (Courtesy Mulligan family) Faced with the option of virtual learning for their 6-year-old daughter in the fall, a Virginia family is choosing instead to create a small school of their own, called a pod. The Mulligan family, of Alexa Virginia House Dems look to pass paid sick leave in special session 08/13/2020 06:00pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia House Democrats are planning to use an upcoming special session to mandate employers provide paid sick days, along with several other priorities. The Democratic majority unveiled its agenda Thursday for a special session set to start next week. The session was i Anne Arundel County health officer recommends private schools to stay closed 08/13/2020 05:30pm • Anne Arundel County Health Officer Dr. Nilesh Kalyanaraman is recommending private schools stay closed for in-person instruction for the upcoming school year. "This is a recommendation," Kalyanaraman told WTOP on Thursday. "What we've asked for nonpublic schools to do is to submit a plan that sho Fauci, DC Mayor Bowser call for more universal response to COVID-19 08/13/2020 05:00pm • The lack of a unified plan for fighting the coronavirus pandemic has cost the country, according to both Dr. Anthony Fauci and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that after the surge of cases in the Northeast, specifica