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Montgomery Co. schools see sharp drop in COVID-19 cases; bus woes easing 02/01/2022 02:01pm • Officials with Montgomery County Public Schools say they have seen a dramatic drop in the number of COVID-19 cases, following a surge last month that disrupted Maryland's largest school system and shifted more than two dozen schools to virtual learning. Speaking Tuesday before the Montgomery Coun How a DC teacher and community group are working to provide students, educators with better masks 02/01/2022 04:58am • Members of Sunset Movement DC distribute N95 masks to D.C. school workers. (Courtesy Sunset Movement) When D.C. teacher Kathy Thorne learned another educator at Marie Reed Elementary School had launched a fundraising campaign to provide higher quality masks to his students, she considered ways t Unearthing the secrets of Groundhog Day and Punxsutawney Phil 02/01/2022 04:13am • After January’s snow and bitterly cold temperatures, many in the D.C. area are probably hoping Punxsutawney Phil doesn’t see his shadow on Groundhog Day this Wednesday. The annual event, taking place Feb. 2, is seen as a quirky, albeit unscientific prediction of when spring will arrive. If th Anne Arundel, Baltimore counties drop mask mandates 01/31/2022 05:12pm • Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties in Maryland are lifting their mask mandates in the wake of improving COVID-19 metrics. The Anne Arundel County Health Department announced that its indoor mask requirement expired Monday, Jan. 31, while Baltimore County’s government announced its mandate woul Gaithersburg’s Novavax officially files for FDA vaccine approval 01/31/2022 03:37pm • Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Novavax, which began developing its protein-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate almost two years ago, has officially filed for approval with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its use in the U.S. The final FDA filing Monday comes months after Novavax had originall Montgomery Co. council president calls for moves to slow police attrition 01/31/2022 02:57pm • The attrition of police officers in Montgomery County, Maryland, has more than doubled during the pandemic, and the president of the County Council on Monday underlined the importance of retaining officers and attracting new ones. Council President Gabe Albornoz said that while the Montgomery Cou Bomb threats made to multiple HBCUs including Bowie State, Howard 01/31/2022 01:58pm • Police respond to Bowie State University's Charlotte Robinson Hall on Jan. 31, 2022, amid a bomb threat. (WTOP/John Domen) Bomb threats were made Monday against several historically Black colleges and universities Monday, including two in the D.C. region: Bowie State and Howard. Maryland Sta Task force draws roadmap to help Prince George's Co. better grapple with food insecurity 01/31/2022 01:20pm • The early months of the pandemic were marked by long lines of cars and people showing up at food pantries and grocery giveaways all around the country. The D.C. area was no exception. The abrupt disruption the pandemic brought revealed not just those who were struggling, but those who had been on DC Council candidate Nate Fleming talks about carjacking, boy's arrest and rise in juvenile crime 01/31/2022 05:29am • D.C. police arrested a 17-year-old boy in connection with the mid-January armed carjacking of a D.C. Council candidate. Nate Fleming, candidate for a city council at-large position and former shadow representative for the District in Congress, said four masked individuals drove up to him at a gas Car Review: Ford's Bronco Black Diamond goes off-road without breaking the bank 01/31/2022 04:11am • The New Ford Bronco is one hot ride and there are six distinct trim levels to satisfy many types of buyer. The Black Diamond is geared for off-roading adventures without a bunch of fluff — or having to spend an insane amount of money. As you walk up to the Bronco Black Diamond, you notice its stee Escaped lioness kills keeper in Iran, prowls zoo for hours 01/30/2022 01:09pm • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A lioness killed her keeper in Iran on Sunday as he was feeding her lunch, then escaped with her male partner and prowled around a zoo before being captured, media reported. The official IRNA news agency said the 40-year-old victim, identified only by his family name, Esfand Nor'easter snow creates 'beach ghost towns' in coastal areas 01/29/2022 11:44pm • Though the Nor'easter was spare in and around the District, coastal areas in Delaware and Maryland experienced their biggest snowfall in years. WTOP's Dave Dildine was on the boardwalk at Rehoboth Beach Saturday afternoon and said, with banks of snow, roads closed and most businesses shut down †DC bar's liquor license suspended for violating COVID regulations 01/29/2022 11:00pm • D.C. bar and restaurant The Big Board has had its alcoholic beverage license suspended for violating the city's emergency public health regulations, enacted because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The DC Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration issued the suspension Friday, effective immediately to 5 taken to hospital after carbon monoxide leak in Northeast DC apartment building 01/29/2022 01:02pm • Five people are in the hospital Saturday with suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in Northeast D.C. D.C. Fire and EMS spokesperson Vito Maggiolo said responders were called to an apartment unit near the intersection of 17th and K Streets for a medical emergency around 10:15 a.m. When they arri DC light snow heads toward New England leaving icy road conditions 01/29/2022 10:55am • Snow that left minimal dusting for much of the region has moved toward the northeast, leaving slick patches of ice and brisk winter weather. Key points:  A winter weather advisory was canceled for large portions of the D.C. area early Saturday morning. Snow totals landed at around a