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New coronavirus restrictions slash Maryland casino gaming revenue 01/06/2021 08:34am • The "Blossom" cocktail lounge is seen inside the $1.4 billion National Harbor casino and resort, just outside the nation's capital. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Since reopening this summer, Maryland’s casinos had actually been generating close to year-ago gaming revenues, even operating at 50% capa College Park's mayor wants Prince George's Co.'s indoor dining ban extended 01/06/2021 07:58am • The mayor of College Park, Maryland, is pushing for an extension of Prince George's County's indoor dining ban. College Park Mayor Patrick Wojahn said he plans to broach the issue with County Executive Angela Alsobrooks during a call with county and municipality officials on Wednesday. "As muc Pro-Trump protesters rally in DC ahead of Electoral College vote count 01/06/2021 02:56am • A day before Congress is expected to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's election victory, supporters of President Donald Trump and his unproven claims of widespread election fraud rallied in downtown D.C. for the first of at least two days of protests this week. There were six arrests Tuesday nig How Borrowers Can Use the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Help Tool 01/06/2021 12:00am • The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program was created to provide some debt relief for federal student loan borrowers who enter public service careers. To qualify for federal student loan forgiveness, borrowers must meet a complex set of requirements, which has led to extremely high rates of ineli Q&A: What Financial Advisors Should Know About PPP Loans 01/06/2021 12:00am • President Donald Trump last month signed a $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill, which delivered more aid for small businesses and a $600 check to millions of Americans' bank accounts. Much of the small-business relief comes through an expansion of the Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, which was in 9 Upgraded Stocks to Buy in January 01/06/2021 12:00am • Buy these stocks in January.The S&P 500 had a bumpy ride in 2020 but closed out the year at all-time highs on the strength of investor optimism surrounding a new administration in the White House, the rollout of multiple coronavirus vaccines and another round of economic stimulus. Analysts are a Charles County expands mobile meal bus service for students 01/05/2021 10:44pm • Charles County, Maryland, has expanded its mobile meal bus service for students to more locations. Starting Wednesday, school buses will deliver meals to additional locations Monday through Friday. And more sites may be added as they are finalized, a Charles County Public Schools news release sai Sense of smell could take time to return for some COVID-19 patients 01/05/2021 10:06pm • Losing sense of smell or taste is considered one of the hallmark symptoms of COVID-19 that could affect some of those who were infected. But whether that could be permanent for some who had the symptom is unclear. Nearly 40% of COVID-19 patients with symptoms report a change in sense of smell Flooding brings new woes to NYC church hard-hit by COVID-19 01/05/2021 08:12pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A Lutheran church in New York City already reeling from the COVID-19 deaths of more than 60 members of the congregation has suffered a new trauma: Severe flood damage from the rupture of a major municipal water main. The flooding caused significant damage Monday to the sanctuary Maryland National Guard to help with new vaccination plan 01/05/2021 07:58pm • As of Tuesday, the total number of Marylanders who had been vaccinated for coronavirus stood at 76,916 — about 1.27% of the state's population. And as the state struggles to ramp up its efforts in what Gov. Larry Hogan called "the greatest peacetime undertaking in American history," Maryland an Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter won't attend Biden's inauguration 01/05/2021 02:34pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter will not attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. It marks the first time the couple, 96 and 93, will have missed the ceremonies since Carter was sworn in as the 39th president in 1977. A spokeswoman at Charles County hospital faces staffing challenges amid pandemic 01/05/2021 01:55pm • The University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center in La Plata is having a challenging time with staffing levels amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to one of its executives who said the hospital isn't alone. The Charles County hospital is "having a problem with recruiting agency staffi Siné Irish Pub permanently closes on Pentagon Row 01/05/2021 01:32pm • Siné opened its Pentagon Row location in 2002. It has a second location that remains open in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo credit: Google Street View) Popular Pentagon Row bar and restaurant Siné Irish Pub has permanently closed. Its last night was Saturday. "It is with sadness that we have t Coronavirus vaccine rollout continues to lag in Maryland and Virginia 01/05/2021 12:22pm • The rollout of the coronavirus vaccine in Maryland and Virginia is seeing a slow start, with both vaccinations — and the online data dashboards that track them — lagging behind, according to reports. Maryland has given out more than 65,000 thousand doses of the coronavirus vaccine as of Monda Montgomery County biotechs received nearly $8B in research funding in 2020 01/05/2021 10:21am • GlaxoSmithKline, a multinational company with offices in Montgomery County, is among the companies that received funding for coronavirus research. (Photo by FRANCOIS LO PRESTI/AFP via Getty Images) COVID-19 vaccine research drove a lot of funding to biotechnology companies in Maryland's Montgome