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An allergy-friendly cookie company finds sweet success after rejection 02/14/2022 07:18pm • ▶ Watch Video: Mother builds cookie empire from daughter's allergy Denise Woodard knows rejection when it comes to getting investors for her business — it's happened at least 86 times. "I took it pretty personal," Woodard told CBS News. But her mission was personal, too. Years Va. House passes ban on mask mandates in schools 02/14/2022 04:36pm • The Virginia House on Monday followed the lead of the Senate and passed a ban on mask mandates in commonwealth schools. By a party-line vote of 52-48, the House passed SB739, which allows parents of students to “elect for child to not wear a mask while on school property,” even if it violate Super Bowl ads go heavy on nostalgia and star power 02/14/2022 10:10am • NEW YORK (AP) — On the field, the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals played a nail biter during Super Bowl 56, with the Rams emerging victorious. Off the field, Super Bowl advertisers were in a tough competition of their own. Advertisers shelled out up to $7 million for 30 seconds of airti Column: From The Rock to Dr. Dre, Super Bowl entertainment was generational gold 02/14/2022 05:01am • The Los Angeles Rams won the game, but the Halftime Show won the Super Bowl. At least, that was the feeling from Generation X and Y (Elder Millennials), who grew up blaring "Parental Advisory" CDs and are now old enough to be Parentals ourselves. The entire night was made for us -- and we Virginia to launch mobile COVID testing program after closing community testing sites 02/13/2022 04:20am • The Virginia Department of Health recently announced plans to close community coronavirus testing centers across the state, citing a steep decline in demand and the availability of PCR and rapid antigen tests in the private sector and through government programs. Community testing sites in Fairfa Lanes to be closed on Teddy Roosevelt Bridge for months-long repair work 02/12/2022 08:58pm • D.C. will close multiple lanes on Teddy Roosevelt Bridge for the next few months as crews complete emergency repair work. Repairs started on Friday and are expected to continue for four months, weather permitting, according to the District Department of Transportation. More Washington, Queries on doping, harassment, ineptitude at Olympics 02/12/2022 06:11am • BEIJING (AP) — The biggest questions at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday hardly centered on who would win the six gold medals up for grabs. Not with the fate of 15-year-old figure skaterstill undecided. Will the Russian be allowed to compete after testing positive for a ban substance? Can the R Police: Man shot 2 officers in Frederick Co.; charged with attempted murder 02/12/2022 02:35am • The man who shot and wounded two police officers in Frederick County, Maryland, Friday afternoon has been identified and charged with attempted murder.  In a news release early Saturday morning, Maryland State Police said Dominique Lamarr Lewis, 25, of Hampton, Virginia, was charged with two cou Weekend Road and Rail: Theodore Roosevelt Bridge lane closures 02/11/2022 11:00pm • Snow in the forecast means work schedules could change like the weather, stay tuned! Middle lanes along the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge are closed for emergency repairs for the next four months, and drivers can expect heavy traffic along the bridge and other alternate routes. I-66 Roosevelt Brid FEMA to deploy an expert to help with autopsy backlog, health department facing funding restriction 02/11/2022 01:01pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The Federal Emergency Management Agency confirmed Thursday that a Disaster Mortuary Operation Response Teams expert will be deployed to help Alexandria school employees could get pay hike 02/11/2022 10:26am • Teachers and other public school employees could be taking more home in their paychecks in Alexandria, Virginia. The Alexandria City School Board approved the $345.8 million budget for fiscal year 2023 on Thursday. Alexandria City Public Schools said the budget is focused on paying staff more, Md.-based Novavax says COVID-19 vaccine effective in teens 02/11/2022 09:48am • Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Novavax will supplement its global regulatory filings for its COVID-19 vaccine with new data that shows its vaccine is effective for protecting teenagers. Novavax said it achieved 80% efficacy in adolescents aged 12 through 17 in clinical trials across 73 sites in the Montgomery County likely to drop indoor mask mandate soon, but officials urge caution for schools 02/10/2022 04:27pm • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, said on Thursday they expect the county’s indoor mask mandate to expire Feb. 21 in light of improving COVID metrics, but that masking in schools is a separate decision governed by the Maryland State Department of Education. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan ask Fairfax Co. schools update mask exit ramp, as Va. mask-optional bills advance 02/10/2022 03:24pm • Fairfax County Public Schools announced its plans "to safely scale back layered prevention measures," Thursday, as Virginia's House of Delegates readies to vote on a bill that gives families the ability to opt-out of COVID-19 mask mandates issued by school systems. In a posting on its website, FC Here's why mask mandates are falling across the US 02/10/2022 02:50pm • As the omicron wave of the coronavirus subsides, several U.S. states and cities have lifted mask mandates for schools and indoor businesses. The White House says talks are underway about how and when to move the country out of the pandemic's emergency phase. The CDC still recommends masks in i