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In spite of challenges, Va. food truck owner finds success during pandemic 12/06/2020 08:15pm • The Two Cool Dudes food truck has been staying busy during the pandemic. (Courtesy Max Bawarski) While many small businesses are struggling during the pandemic, one D.C.-area food truck owner has found success hitting the road. Max Bawarski started the Two Smooth Dudes Food Truck as a side gi Wide variety of police reforms recommended in Prince George’s Co. 12/04/2020 08:56am • A group tasked with studying police reform in Maryland's Prince George’s County released its final report detailing recommendations that range from from use of force and training to retention and funding. The 100-page report contains dozens of recommendations, many of which align with demands a Ben Mankiewicz reflects on grandfather writing 'Citizen Kane' in Netflix's 'Mank' 12/04/2020 12:46am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '9e3b449c-1a59-4df4-9644-799aa6210c93' }).render("400615366d077a08");}); Imagine waking up every day knowing y Hogan names acting health secretary as concern about COVID hospitalizations mounts 12/02/2020 08:21am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Maryland’s hospital beds are filling up, as the state reported 2,765 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday morning. Twenty-one hospitals are at Columbia, a suburb, is rated safest city in the US 12/01/2020 07:55pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Columbia, the venerated planned suburb in Howard County, was rated the safest city in the U.S. in a recent study ― for the third strai DC Council looks at cashless businesses, displaced workers in new bills 12/01/2020 06:44pm • The D.C. Council is already planning for life after the COVID-19 pandemic. It's looking at legislation that would affect pandemic-displaced workers and businesses that have moved to fully cashless operations. One bill under scrutiny would require businesses to rehire employees that were laid o T. Rowe Price will stay in Baltimore with new HQ buildings 12/01/2020 10:16am • T. Rowe Price has signed a letter of intent for a 15-year lease for 450,000 square feet at two buildings at Harbor Point that will be constructed to the firm’s specifications. (SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett/SOPA Images) Investment firm T. Rowe Price, which has been headquartered in Baltimor DC's Smoke & Barrel closes, hopes to downsize 11/30/2020 05:15pm • Smoke & Barrel, at 2471 18th St. Northwest, opened in 2011 with the slogan "Beer, BBQ and Bourbon." (Credit: Google Street View) Editor's note: This story has been updated with new information about the closure. Popular Adams Morgan BBQ joint and pub Smoke & Barrel has closed, though DC Health's Nesbitt: District could receive fewer vaccine doses than needed to start 11/30/2020 01:45pm • If you're anticipating getting a coronavirus vaccine once it's shipped to the District, you might want to temper your expectations. D.C. Health Director Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt said that, as things currently stand, the District is only slated to get about a tenth of what it believes it needs for it What is a bad credit score? 11/30/2020 07:50am • It can be depressing when you're on the bottom rung of the credit ladder, but it doesn't have to stay that way. You can increase your bad credit score if you use the right techniques and you're persistent. And I promise it won't take the rest of your life to build a solid credit score, either. So Data Doctors: Why smartphone pay systems are safer 11/27/2020 06:30pm • Q: Are the smartphone-based payment systems safe to use? The holiday season means more items being purchased both online and offline, and how you pay for those items isn’t as simple as it used to be. Credit cards are still the safest way to make purchases, especially online, because they pro 'It still feels a little surreal': Women's 10-mile race record set in DC 11/24/2020 09:33pm • The U.S. women's 10-mile race record was set in D.C. by a mother who resumed her running career after an injury and started a family years ago. Keira D'Amato, 36, drove up from the Richmond, Virginia, area to run the Up Dawg Ten Miler in Anacostia Park on Tuesday morning, making history in a rac WTOP Top Kid: How a Rockville teen went from robotics to making PPE for COVID workers 11/24/2020 03:07pm • Rockville high schooler Arjun Oberoi carries a bin of 3D-printed PPE for COVID frontline workers at Open Works in Baltimore. (Courtesy Arjun Oberoi) An enterprising high school junior from Rockville, Maryland, is using the tech for his robotics team to create potentially life-saving equipment fo Montgomery Co. music teacher sentenced for child porn possession 11/20/2020 07:00pm • A man who once taught music to kids from his home in Montgomery County, Maryland, was sentenced to more than four years in prison for possessing millions of pornographic images featuring children on his computer. Charles Victor Kopfstein-Penk, 75, of Bethesda, pleaded guilty to federal charges of Review: 'Sound of Metal' follows deaf drummer with masterful use of silence 11/20/2020 12:26am • It was one of the standout streaming films at last month's Middleburg Film Festival. This Friday, "Sound of Metal" opens in select theaters before hitting Amazon on Dec. 4. The story follows heavy metal drummer Ruben and his lead singer girlfriend Lou as they drive from town to town in the