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Alexandria 911 system to provide location, health conditions for mobile users 11/02/2021 10:47am • The City of Alexandria, Virginia, is set to flip the switch on 911 technology that aims to help pinpoint the location of cellphone users, and quickly provide health information to assist first responders before they arrive on an emergency scene. On Wednesday, the Alexandria Emergency Communicatio VC investor Grant Verstandig donates $50M to MedStar Georgetown hospital expansion 11/02/2021 09:24am • A rendering of the MedStar Georgetown Medical/Surgical Pavilion that will be completed in 2023. (Courtesy MedStar Georgetown University Hospital) Venture capital investor and philanthropist Grant Verstandig has gifted $50 million to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital through his Verstandig F Potentially faster-spreading Delta variant AY.4.2 spotted in 8 states 11/02/2021 07:24am • ▶ Watch Video: COVID cases and hospitalizations decline right before the winter months A potentially faster-spreading "sub-lineage" of the coronavirus Delta variant named AY.4.2 has been spotted by labs in at least 8 states, and health authorities in the United Kingdom say they are inv Montgomery County to vote on amendment holding off on reinstatement of mask mandate 11/01/2021 01:43pm • The COVID-19 case rates have gone up in Montgomery County, Maryland, but the mask mandate might not go back into effect just yet. County Council President Tom Hucker on Monday said the council, meeting as the Board of Health, will vote Tuesday on a proposed amendment to the emergency health regul Novavax COVID vaccine gets first emergency use approval in Indonesia 11/01/2021 09:50am • Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Novavax Inc. has received emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine from regulators in Indonesia, its first approval for the protein-based vaccine. The approval by the National Agency of Drug and Food Control of the Republic of Indonesia, means it will comm Montgomery Co. to resume car towing and booting Nov. 1 11/01/2021 09:22am • Montgomery County's Department of Transportation is set to reinstate its booting and towing parking enforcement program on Monday. Cars that have been continuously illegally parked or abandoned will be among those subject to the parking enforcement, the department said in a statement. Aspects of Rittenhouse homicide trial for Kenosha shootings opens with jury selection 11/01/2021 05:44am • Kyle Rittenhouse, the armed Illinois teenager who killed two people and wounded another during unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer, is set to go on trial Monday on homicide charges, in a case that will test the distinction between self-defense and vigilante killings. Jury selection is set t China's factories are still struggling with the energy crunch and supply woes 11/01/2021 05:38am • China's big factories just had their worst month since the Covid-19 pandemic began, underscoring the scale of the slowdown in the world's second largest economy and the supply challenges facing their customers. A government survey of manufacturing activity released over the weekend fell for a sec Barclays CEO quits after investigation into links with Jeffrey Epstein 11/01/2021 04:15am • The American chief executive of Barclays, Jes Staley, is stepping down with immediate effect following an investigation by British regulators into his relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, the bank said on Monday. The investigation by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the New book explores witchcraft's rebellious history — and modern transformation 10/31/2021 04:13am • Look up "witches" and you might see any of a number of depictions: ugly old ladies and young, sensual temptresses; antiheroes and aspiring role models; evil creatures mixing deadly potions and righteous sorceresses helping girls find their way (a la Glinda the Good Witch in "The Wizard of Oz"). A DC Council may aid medical marijuana while endangering the pot 'gift' economy 10/31/2021 12:09am • The D.C. Council will be considering legislation on Nov. 2 to help providers and consumers of medical marijuana affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation may also cripple the city’s gray market of retail and delivery services that provide marijuana as “gifts.” Ahead of an open hear After 'nasty' weather, breezy conditions with light showers heading to DC area 10/30/2021 08:00am • After the heavy rain that led to flooding in several areas along the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, the Potomac River and the Atlantic coast, the D.C. area is not in the clear just yet. Here's what you need to know to start your Halloween weekend. The bulk of Friday's rainfall concluded by early S 'A lot of nasty weather': Storm could bring worst DC-area coastal flooding in 18 years 10/29/2021 10:00pm • Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has declared a state of emergency for areas along the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, the Potomac River and the Atlantic coast that are under a coastal flood warning. The National Weather Service is warning of widespread flooding at high tide along the Chesapeake Bay and t Elizabeth Mantha, Anthony Mantha's sister, becomes one of the first female officials in AHL 10/29/2021 08:26pm • Elizabeth Mantha becomes one of the first female officials in AHL history originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonIt was already well-documented that the Mantha family has etched their name into hockey lore. Capitals forward Anthony Mantha is the grandson of André Pronovost, a four-time S Worker changing tire dead after being struck by truck in Howard Co. 10/29/2021 09:53am • A man is dead after being struck by a truck while trying to change a motorist's tire on the side of the road in Howard County, Maryland, state police said Thursday. Muhammad Shehzad, 38, of Ellicott City, died in the crash around 11:30 a.m. on eastbound I-70, east of Marriottsville Road.