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US drugstores squeezed by vaccine demand, staff shortages 12/04/2021 09:45am • A rush of vaccine-seeking customers and staff shortages are squeezing drugstores around the U.S., leading to frazzled workers and temporary pharmacy closures. Drugstores are normally busy this time of year with flu shots and other vaccines, but now pharmacists are doling out a growing number of C Male teen critically shot in Northeast DC 12/04/2021 04:53am • A male teenager is in critical condition after being shot on Friday afternoon in Northeast DC, police said. The teen attends KIPP DC College Preparatory Academy, according to D.C. council member Kenyan McDuffie. More Local News More D.C. News Police say the shooting happene Maryland moves to advance Next Generation 911 12/03/2021 02:44pm • Transitioning 911 emergency call systems into the digital age is a work in progress nationwide. In Maryland, experts released a fourth and final report on Thursday detailing what Next Generation 911 in the state should include. The report by the Commission to Advance Next Generation 911 Across Ma DC wants to give away free rapid at-home COVID tests, but there are hurdles 12/03/2021 02:33pm • D.C. officials said Friday that they want to be able to give away free rapid at-home COVID-19 tests, but there are procurement hurdles. Patrick Ashley, with D.C. Health, told council members during a call that the District has been working toward being able to provide rapid at-home tests to the c WTOP: Our News Philosophy 12/03/2021 12:56pm • WTOP: Our News Philosophy At WTOP News, we work to deliver news that matters to the D.C. area in an unbiased, objective and accurate way. Part of that effort is to be transparent about how we make decisions as a news organization. We hope the information provided below helps you understand the prin DC Council member proposes emergency bill to pause encampment clearings as another is taken down 12/02/2021 05:00pm • As D.C. cleared another encampment at New Jersey and O streets Northwest on Thursday, one council member proposed emergency legislation to pause such actions. Brianne Nadeau, who represents Ward 1, tweeted that her bill would "pause the clearings of encampments until at least the end of hypotherm Arlington increases funding to provide fentanyl-testing strips to those struggling with addiction 12/02/2021 04:09pm • Opioid use is climbing in the D.C. region, and officials in Arlington County, Virginia, are hoping to cut down on the number of overdoses caused by fentanyl that they've seen in the past year. Arlington County data show police responded to 149 emergency calls in 2021 involving fentanyl. Now, the Prince George’s Co. to stop taking new applications for rental assistance 12/02/2021 11:09am • Maryland's Prince George's County is shuttering its Emergency Rental Assistance Program application portal at 3 p.m. on Dec. 15. The ERAP will still review and process remaining applications after the portal closes. The application portal is being closed to ensure that the county's Department 'Form a plan B': National Christmas Tree Lighting could bring heavy traffic along with good cheer 12/02/2021 10:45am • The National Christmas Tree Lighting — set to be held Thursday evening — is one of the most spectacular holiday traditions in D.C., partly for the incredible light show and partly for the incredible traffic jams it always seems to bring. But WTOP Traffic Reporter Dave Dildine said it doesn't Scrooge returns live and in person for 'A Christmas Carol' at Ford's Theatre 12/02/2021 01:55am • Last year, the pandemic forced Ford's Theatre to do a radio play of "A Christmas Carol." This year, the annual tradition returns to live, in-person productions now through Dec. 27. "Obviously we couldn't do it last year because of the lockdown, so we did a radio version of the play, which Virginia labs screen previous coronavirus positive tests for omicron variant 12/01/2021 11:38pm • Pathologists believe it is likely a matter of time before the omicron variant of the coronavirus appears in the D.C. region, but labs across Virginia are scanning millions of previous positive tests for it. It all depends on the new variant's transmissibility, Dr. Amy Mathers with the University Fewer snow days for Prince William County students? 12/01/2021 10:34pm • 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. Snow days could soon be a thing of the past in Prince William County. The county’s public school system is considering a change that Montgomery Co. plan to pay some county managers COVID-19 hazard pay triggers fight 12/01/2021 07:57pm • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, are asking the County Council to approve nearly $1.5 million in new funding to cover COVID-19 premium pay for county managers from earlier in the coronavirus pandemic. The request has set up a sharp battle between County Executive Marc Elrich and some mem Maryland state education officials want mask mandate policy with 'off ramp' for schools 12/01/2021 07:55pm • Maryland's current statewide mask mandate in public schools is staying in place for now. On Wednesday, the members of the State Board of Education voted 12-2 to come up with a new emergency mandate that would provide an "off ramp" for school districts. State Superintendent of Schools Mohammed Frederick Co. schools reach settlement over discrimination accusations in use of seclusion, restraint 12/01/2021 05:32pm • The Frederick County, Maryland, public schools will stop using seclusion as a disciplinary tactic, and change its practices on restraint, after reaching a settlement with federal authorities over accusations of discrimination against students with disabilities. The office of the United States Att