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Navigating Test-Optional Admissions Amid COVID-19 12/18/2020 12:00am • When the novel coronavirus began to spread throughout the U.S., it upended numerous facets of higher education such as in-person instruction, the college admissions cycle and entrance exams such as the ACT and SAT. Test-makers canceled previously planned sessions of the ACT and SAT and shifted thos Do-It-Yourself Estate Planning Mistakes 12/18/2020 12:00am • The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has pushed many people to make long-delayed decisions about estate planning. Many people will try the do-it-yourself route via various websites or books. Internet DIY websites make it easy to download forms, but there are mistakes people make when they try do-it-your How to Make Moving With Your Cat or Dog a Success 12/18/2020 12:00am • In a time defined in many ways by the coronavirus pandemic, everyday life is affected constantly as we adapt to changing circumstances. One of the many effects of the pandemic is that more and more people are buying or adopting pets, sometimes referred to as "pandemic puppies," than ever before. Si DC schools, teachers union a step closer to return to in-person learning 12/17/2020 10:47pm • Teachers at D.C. schools are one step closer to an agreement to return to in-person learning. "The Washington Teachers’ Union is pleased to announce an agreement with D.C. Public Schools on a Memorandum of Agreement that lays out conditions needed to return to in-person learning," the union sai Bill would pick up the tab for alcohol license fees in Montgomery County 12/17/2020 10:17pm • Bars and restaurants pay a kind of bar tab in the form of licenses to sell alcohol, and a Maryland state lawmaker would like to give them a break. Del. Eric Luedtke, House Majority leader in Annapolis, has come up with a bill that would exempt bars and restaurants in Montgomery County from paying Basilica of National Shrine to offer tickets, online streaming for Mass 12/17/2020 10:09pm • For the first time, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in D.C. is planning to use an advance registration and ticketing system for some Sundays and Holy Days in the coming weeks. The system comes as D.C. eased its coronavirus-restrictions on religious gatherings to l Washington Monument closes due to COVID-19 exposure among staff 12/17/2020 09:30pm • The interior of the Washington Monument will be temporarily closed to visitors beginning Friday due to a reduction in workforce from exposure to the coronavirus, the National Park Service said Thursday. The park service said the monument could not be operated safely after accounting for the staff Convincing someone to get the COVID-19 vaccine may require adjusting your focus 12/17/2020 08:53pm • Getting as many people as possible inoculated against COVID-19 is the only way out of the pandemic — so, how should folks be approached if they reject the vaccine? An expert advises not trying to convince them. "One of the things that I have learned is that just trying to convince people, I Free rides on Metrobus ending in January 12/17/2020 07:24pm • Passengers have been able to ride Metrobus for free since early in the pandemic, but that will change in a few weeks. Starting in late March, Metro waived fares on buses, and required riders to board through the rear door. It was a safety move to prevent the spread of COVID-19, because bus dri Montgomery County Public Schools presents $2.7B budget request 12/17/2020 06:42pm • Maryland's Montgomery County Public Schools is asking for $2.7 billion for the coming fiscal year. In the prerecorded message, Superintendent Jack Smith said, "Let me be frank: Planning for next year's financial needs is unlike any year in our lifetime." The operating budget request comes in a COVID-19 pandemic has piled many more tasks on oldest child 12/17/2020 04:20pm • Katherine Banegas-Bonilla, a high school student at Baltimore City College, has much more to do at home since classes went virtual. (Photo by Megan Sayles/Capital News Service) BALTIMORE — A year ago, 17-year-old Katherine Banegas-Bonilla had to worry only about managing her classes at Baltimo Vienna fitness studio owner offers advice for outdoor exercise 12/17/2020 10:40am • Many fitness classes that normally would have been held inside gyms were transformed into outdoor classes due to coronavirus-related restrictions on group activities indoors. Even though the weather has turned colder, those classes have continued without many issues. "You get moving and you fo Virus hospitalizations reach 400 as vaccine is distributed 12/17/2020 08:33am • DOVER, Del. — The number of people who are hospitalized with COVID-19 in Delaware has risen to 400 for the firs time. The Delaware State News reported Wednesday that the number was reached after hospitalizations went up by 24. The Delaware Division of Public Health said that 54 of the people DC Water joins national sewage study to search for COVID hot spots 12/17/2020 07:48am • Searching for clues about where coronavirus hot spots are in the nation's capital is a dirty job. DC Water is joining several other water treatment agencies across the U.S. to study sewage in an effort to find clues about where the disease is cropping up. “COVID-19 is the health issue of our Cost and Access Barriers Complicate COVID-19 Testing 12/17/2020 12:00am • In early November, the dreaded call finally arrived. I was strolling into a store on a Sunday, lightly browsing on my way to the checkout counter to make a return thanks to my ongoing pandemic-induced online shopping frenzy, when someone I'd come into contact with the week before called to let me k