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Bill would require Md. schools to teach more diverse history lessons 01/21/2022 12:57pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. One lawmaker is attempting to change the way students learn American history by requiring all Maryland public schools to include more histor These are the top Super Bowl 2022 matchup predictions 01/21/2022 12:13pm •  Ranking the best potential Super Bowl LVI matchups originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington Super Wild Card Weekend was anything but super. Four of the six games were decided by at least two touchdowns, and three were 20-plus-point blowouts. But I have some good news: we get a chanc Ocean City dropped from lawsuit by woman impaled by beach umbrella 01/21/2022 11:22am • Ocean City, Maryland, has been released from a lawsuit by a woman who was impaled by an umbrella in 2018. Jill Mendygral, of Kingston, Pennsylvania, was on the beach near 54th Street when she was hit in the chest by a rental umbrella which had come out of the sand because of a wind gust. She need Duke's Grocery hosts fundraising concert for DC Fire 01/21/2022 09:23am • Popular D.C. burger restaurant Duke’s Grocery reopened its Dupont Circle location Thursday after a minor fire last Sunday that kept the restaurant closed this week. Now, it’s holding a fundraising concert Friday night at its Foggy Bottom location to say thanks to the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medi Bundle up, a bitterly cold day is ahead 01/21/2022 08:34am • It's going to be a long underwear, hat and scarf-wearing kind of day. "With a gusty wind, highs mainly in the 20s, it will feel more like the single digits and teens," said Storm Team4 meteorologist Mike Stinneford. By 8:30 a.m., the National Weather Service reported the temperature at Reagan Stafford County School Board votes to keep mask mandate despite Youngkin's order 01/20/2022 11:30pm • The Stafford County School Board voted in favor of keeping a mask mandate in place for all students, staff and visitors with no option of opting out for now, despite Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's executive order ending mask mandates. The board held an emergency meeting Thursday, and after a clos More than 100 snakes discovered during wellness check on dead Charles Co. man 01/20/2022 03:51pm • First responders in Charles County, Maryland, discovered a scaly surprise while conducting a wellness check Wednesday night on a man who turned out to be dead. "We discovered more than 100 snakes inside the home," said Jennifer Harris, the communications officer for the Charles County government. Masks are staying at Prince William schools, but quarantine changes coming 01/20/2022 06:56am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Masks will remain in Prince William County schools, at least for now, although the division is making changes to quarantine requirements. Alexandria Fire Department nominates deputy chiefs 01/19/2022 02:19pm • Alexandria, Virginia's fire department named its deputy chiefs of administration and operations Wednesday. Chief Corey Smedley appointed Francis Doyle Jr. as deputy fire chief of administration; Paul Ruwe was appointed deputy fire chief of operations. Doyle’s appointment is effective Feb. 14 Cybersecurity report finds lack of risk assessments by Maryland state agencies 01/19/2022 10:23am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. A report released by the Maryland Cybersecurity Coordinating Council on Tuesday found that over 60% of surveyed state agencies have not pe Maryland lawmakers press environment secretary on staffing, enforcement shortfalls 01/19/2022 10:20am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Lawmakers grilled Environment Secretary Ben Grumbles on the Maryland Department of the Environment’s enforcement and understaffing issue Lawmakers call for investigation into at-home COVID test price gouging 01/19/2022 06:00am • Senators Ed Markey and Richard Blumenthal are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to launch an investigation into reports of price gouging surrounding over-the-counter at-home COVID-19 test kits. In a letter sent to FTC Chair Lina Khan Wednesday morning, the senators say the surging deman Council to require DC schools to speed up notification of positive COVID-19 cases 01/18/2022 10:43pm • A bill passed by the D.C. Council on Tuesday will require public schools to notify parents if a student in their child’s class has tested positive for COVID-19 within 24 hours. "We are just asking that it happen more quickly," said At-Large Council member Robert C. White Jr., who introduced the Prince George's Co. extends mask mandate into March 01/18/2022 03:52pm • The Prince George’s County Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to extend the county’s COVID-19 emergency declaration, and its mask mandate for indoor public spaces, to March 9. The declaration, which had been set to expire Jan. 23, also now encourages — but does not require — people to w How DC-area libraries became distribution hubs for coronavirus tests, vaccines 01/18/2022 04:07am • WASHINGTON, DC — DECEMBER 15: Local residents wait in-line to receive free COVID test kits outside West End Library on Dec. 23, 2021 in Washington, DC. The City of District of Columbia is distributing free test kits to local residents prior to the holidays as COVID case numbers have surged to a n