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Judge refuses to dismiss lawsuit over mask-optional law for Va. schools 04/05/2022 06:11pm • A federal judge has denied a motion to dismiss a federal court challenge of Virginia’s law that makes masking optional in schools. The lawsuit challenging the law was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of 12 families with immunocompromised children. The ACLU claims in the With used car values up, some Northern Virginians get car tax relief 04/05/2022 09:36am • Anyone who lives in Virginia knows it's the only state in the region to charge an annual property tax on vehicles. The recent spike in used car prices, based on pandemic-related low supply and high demand, has threatened to hurt Virginia taxpayers, even if they're not in the market for a new set Motion to dismiss? Md. courtrooms drop COVID-19 protocols 04/04/2022 08:58am • Courtrooms across Maryland are moving on from COVID-19-related restrictions thanks to the chief judge's latest administrative order. Chief Judge Joseph M. Getty lifted the Maryland judiciary's coronavirus protocols on Monday,  which makes the mask requirement now voluntary in light of the Center China defends policy of separating COVID-positive kids from parents 04/04/2022 07:15am • ▶ Watch Video: China puts Shanghai in COVID lockdown as it tries to mitigate cases Shanghai — Health officials in China's most populous city have defended a policy of separating babies and young children from their parents if they test positive for COVID-19, as frustration at the ci The Big Board restaurant reopens after being shut down for violating DC's COVID mandates 04/02/2022 10:25pm • The Big Board restaurant in Northeast D.C. reopened on Friday after being shut down for nearly two months and refusing to enforce the District's mask and vaccine mandates. The bar and restaurant at 4th and H Street NE announced its reopening on Twitter Friday afternoon. Thanks to everyone who DC’s Cherry Blossom Festival marks 110-year old gift from Japan 04/02/2022 03:01pm • As thousands visit and enjoy the District's Cherry Blossom Festival, it is also marking the 110th anniversary of Japan’s gift to the United States that started the tradition. The famed cherry blossom trees were a gift from the mayor of Tokyo in 1912. Back then, Japan called them a “memorial o Biden says sub he commissioned will enhance US security 04/02/2022 01:31pm • WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — In a public ceremony delayed two years by the pandemic, President Joe Biden on Saturday commissioned the USS Delaware, a nuclear attack submarine, saying it would enhance national security, though he made no reference to the global turmoil from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Who's eligible for 2nd COVID vaccine booster in DC, Md. and Va.? 03/31/2022 09:10am • Health officials in the D.C. area are on board with new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for a second COVID-19 booster shot. And they want residents to know who's eligible. D.C., Maryland and Virginia on Wednesday released new guidance in line with the CDC after the Food Maryland House passes statewide paid leave program 03/31/2022 05:21am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The House of Delegates gave final approval to a paid family and medical leave program on Wednesday that would cover most Marylanders but d DC COVID-19 economic recovery recommendations pass a vote 03/30/2022 05:41pm • The D.C. Council's Special Committee on COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery voted Wednesday to approve a set of recommendations aimed at reducing economic inequity, helping small businesses and raising educational achievement. The recommendations have been developed over a year by the panel co-chaired by How the pandemic factored in funding for new homeless shelter in Prince George's Co. 03/29/2022 09:01pm • The Prince George’s County Council signed off on a $5 million investment Tuesday in a new homeless shelter for the Warm Nights program, which has offered food and shelter to homeless residents around the Maryland county for years. The money is coming from the American Rescue Plan, and that’s Smithsonian to return to 7-day schedule 03/29/2022 01:20pm • The Smithsonian said Tuesday that all but two of its museums will return to a pre-pandemic schedule by Memorial Day. According to a news release, the National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall will stay closed for renovations until the fall, and the Arts and Industries Building, open thro Convoy protesting COVID mandates left Hagerstown, heads to California 03/28/2022 10:23am • HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — A group of truck drivers protesting COVID-19 mandates on roads and highways around the Washington, D.C., area in recent weeks will head to California next, an organizer announced Sunday night. During a livestream of the People’s Convoy nightly rally Sunday, organizer Mi Prince George's Co. health coach helps clients shed pandemic pounds 03/28/2022 12:05am • This is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of people making a difference from our community authored by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more of that coverage. Heavenly Bodies Live, LLC, is an integrated Wellness Center in Prince George's County, Maryland. Many of us felt like the weight of th White House press staffer Karine Jean-Pierre tests positive for COVID-19 03/27/2022 08:58pm • White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says she tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from a trip to Europe with President Joe Biden. Jean-Pierre was with the president after Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced that she tested positive for the coronavirus.