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Masks in classes at Georgetown University, COVID-19 testing required 08/23/2022 08:40am • For students returning to campus at Georgetown University in D.C., the school is providing public health guidance for COVID-19 and monkeypox ahead of the start of classes Wednesday. In a message to Georgetown faculty, staff, students and the community, Dr. Ranit Mishori, the university's Chief Pu Best cars for teens are ... 08/23/2022 04:30am • As students go back to high school and college, they may find themselves in need of a safe and reliable set of wheels to get around, and a few new and used cars stand out as top options. U.S. News & World Report’s list of Best Cars for Teens features cars and SUVs that do well in crash test Pentagon again rejects DC mayor's request for help with migrants 08/22/2022 06:44pm • Migrants hold Red Cross blankets after arriving at D.C.'s Union Station in this April file photo. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) As Arizona and Texas continue to bus migrants into D.C., the Defense Department has again rejected Mayor Muriel Bowser’s request for “logistical support” from DC will offer up to $202,000 to some families looking to buy a home 08/22/2022 02:55pm • The District has announced that it is increasing the financial assistance it offers low- and moderate-income residents who want to buy a home. In October, the Home Purchase Assistance Program will go from offering eligible families up to $80,000 to offering up to $202,000. “Homeownership is On pace for 108 losses, Nationals clinch third straight losing season 08/22/2022 12:50pm • On pace for 108 losses, Nats clinch 3rd straight losing season originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThe Nationals’ 2-1 loss to the San Diego Padres on Sunday marked their 82nd defeat of the year, mathematically eliminating any chance of them making a miraculous turnaround and finishing 'I'm going in' — Montgomery Co. police on school safety, role under new agreement 08/22/2022 05:21am • Students in Montgomery County, Maryland, are returning to school just months after the system’s first ever on-campus shooting, and police say they have worked with school officials to increase safety while working to address concerns over equity. Police are operating under a revised agreement o Woman rescued after driving into Anacostia River charged with DUI 08/21/2022 02:46pm • Early Saturday, a woman was rescued from the Anacostia River in the Navy Yard area of D.C. after she had crashed her car through a fence and flipped over. According to police, on Saturday morning, D.C. Fire and EMS responded to the 1300 block of Canal Street and #3 Tingey Street in Southeast D.C. Novavax COVID vaccine cleared for use in adolescents 08/21/2022 01:51pm • Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Novavax has received expanded emergency use approval for its COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents 12 to 17 years old. The approval, announced late-Friday, comes about a month after Food and Drug Administration granted EUA for its protein-based vaccine for adults in the U.S Cardona says states should use COVID-19 funds to stem teacher shortages 08/21/2022 11:37am • Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Sunday that states and school districts should use federal COVID-19 relief funds to address teacher shortages as students across the country begin a new school year, urging institutions to quickly take action to provide the kind of comprehensive instruction th 'Extremely irate' man charged after firing gun at work during argument in Virginia 08/21/2022 07:48am • A man who fired a gun during an argument at work on Friday in Virginia is facing charges, according to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office. It happened at the Richmond Traffic Control in Stafford just before 11 a.m. on Friday. More Virginia News More Stafford County News More Man barricaded in his Calvert Co. home hospitalized after police return fire 08/20/2022 05:16pm • A man, whom police were going out to arrest, was hospitalized after being shot by deputies in Calvert County, Maryland, early Saturday. Officers fired at the man inside his bedroom, where he had barricaded himself after firing a weapon. Ronald Joseph Garraway, 59, of Chesapeake Beach, is charg 5 hospitalized after Maryland man crashes into fire truck on I-95 08/20/2022 03:30pm • A Maryland man was arrested Thursday night in Virginia after authorities said he drunkenly crashed into a fire truck on Interstate 95, causing five people — including three children and a firefighter — to be hospitalized. Deputies with the Stafford County Sheriff's Office arrested and charged DC reveals new monkeypox vaccines strategy in order to increase available doses 08/20/2022 09:06am • The District is modifying how it administers the monkeypox vaccine in an effort to stretch its limited supply. DC Health said Friday that it will begin delivering the vaccine via an intradermal injection — or between layers of skin — rather than beneath the skin. More D.C. News Highway delivery: Fauquier Co. deputies help woman give birth to baby girl 08/19/2022 10:11pm • Two Fauquier County deputies traveling down James Madison Highway in Warrenton, Virginia, helped a mother in labor deliver her baby, wishing the child a happy belated birthday. In a statement, the sheriff's office said deputy Zachary Lawrence was running a radar on Aug. 13 when a vehicle pulled o DC families on gov't assistance to get $1,000 grant 08/19/2022 07:07am • Outside of the Frederick Douglass Community Center in Southeast, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a $1,000 grant for families who received government assistance from the District to ease back-to-school costs. Roughly 15,000 participating families in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families p