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Data Doctors: How to make the most of your Amazon Echo 05/15/2020 03:23pm • FILE - In this May 9, 2018, file photo a second generation Echo that controls the blinds as well as televisions and lighting at an Amazon Experience Centers model home in Dallas, Texas. (Nathan Hunsinger/The Dallas Morning News via AP, File) Q: I just got the Amazon Echo and want to learn what i Despite furor, Eastern Shore town approves zoning for possible immigrant detention facility 05/14/2020 07:30am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. When residents of the Town of Sudlersville joined a virtual commissioner’s meeting at 6:30 p.m. last Wednesday, they could see Town Comm DC-area hospitals graded on safety 05/13/2020 11:43pm • Several D.C.-area hospitals earned top scores in safety, while others received low grades, according to rankings by a hospital safety watchdog. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades assigns letter grades A to F to over 2,600 general acute-care hospitals in the U.S. twice a year. The grades rate Hogan: Maryland to relax stay-home order starting May 15 05/13/2020 10:31pm • Fish Taco restaurant workers talk to a customer, left, in front of the restaurant in Bethesda, Md., Monday, May 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Wednesday that the stay-at-home order originally put in place to deal with the coronavirus pandemic would be lif Frontline Heroes: Compassion for patients marks Md. radiology tech 05/13/2020 04:00am • EDITOR’S NOTE: During the coronavirus pandemic, there are people throughout the community working on the front lines. WTOP is honoring essential personnel through its Frontline Heroes campaign. Each day, WTOP chooses two nominees, awards each $100 and donates another $100 to Feed the Fight DC, a Children's National reports 3 cases of inflammatory disease with possible COVID-19 link 05/12/2020 12:52pm • Children's National Hospital is investigating three cases of an inflammatory disease affecting children with potential links to COVID-19. Three young patients at the D.C. children's hospital have been afflicted by Kawasaki syndrome, a rare condition of unknown nature that causes swelling, ras Virginia Tech to hold online commencement ceremony for 2020 class 05/12/2020 10:06am • Virginia Tech will hold its graduation ceremony for the 2020 class online Friday, the school announced, as the region grapples with the coronavirus. Notable Hokies are slated to deliver remarks. They include Miss America 2020 Camille Schirer, who graduated in 2018, legendary defensive coach Bud F New listings in DC area housing market plunge 26% in one month 05/12/2020 10:00am • Pending sales were down 41% from a year ago across the D.C. area. (AP/Elaine Thompson) The Washington metro area’s housing market continues to be a tale of two stories. Prices are strong, but sellers are staying on the sidelines during this coronavirus pandemic, and fewer potential buyers are Virginia doctor charged in shooting that wounded him, wife 05/12/2020 04:15am • VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Lawyers for a Virginia doctor who is accused in a double shooting that wounded him and his wife are requesting a competency evaluation before he stands trial. The Virginian Pilot reports attorneys for Dr. Edwin Cruz told a judge in Virginia Beach on Monday that they w DC Jail populations drop as city introduces efforts to prevent virus outbreak 05/11/2020 11:09pm • A federal judge hearing a class-action lawsuit against the D.C. Department of Corrections over conditions at the D.C. Jail during the pandemic was told Monday the jail population has declined as the city took steps to prevent an internal outbreak. "Last week we were at the jail on May 7, and the Convention center transformed into alternate care site as part of DC coronavirus response 05/11/2020 11:08pm • The Washington Convention Center has become an alternate care site, if needed, as part of D.C.'s coronavirus response plan, Mayor Muriel Bowser said during a news conference Monday. "I've said before that we consider this site our insurance policy," Bowser said. "We hope that we will never have t Va. doctor warns people not to delay medical care because of COVID-19 concerns 05/11/2020 09:25pm • At Inova Loudoun Hospital, Dr. Edward Puccio is concerned about people not pursuing needed medical care because they’re worried about COVID-19 exposure at hospitals. (Courtesy Inova Loudoun Hospital)   Some people worried about COVID-19 exposure are avoiding hospitals despite poten VA pushes back against criticism for use of controversial drug 05/11/2020 05:57pm • Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Sunday, April 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie is firing back after a whistleblower complaint about the agency's use of the con At least 3 NY youths die from illness possibly linked to COVID-19 05/11/2020 09:20am • A mysterious illness affecting children, possibly linked to the coronavirus, is now blamed for at least three deaths in New York, reports CBS News senior medical correspondent Dr. Tara Narula. New York State is investigating at least 85 reported cases of what many are calling "pediatric multi-sys China hits back at so-called coronavirus 'lies' by US politicians as war of words escalates 05/11/2020 03:48am • China has struck back at what it calls "24 lies" by US politicians in the most sweeping and detailed rebuke yet of accusations over its handling of the novel coronavirus outbreak. An 11,000-word article posted on the Chinese Foreign Ministry's website on Saturday gave a point-by-point rebuttal of