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New Howard County program will divert certain 911 crisis calls to mental health professionals 06/24/2021 06:46pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. A new program in Howard County will divert some mental health crisis calls from county police to crisis counselors. “Every day, people Fairfax officials, housing advocates worry about evictions once moratorium ends 06/24/2021 01:37pm • 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. Mozell Ingram is a month behind on her rent and although she is receiving emergency rental assistance through Fairfax County, the mother CASA launches the care for all coalition to address the health insurance gap in Prince George’s County 06/24/2021 01:34pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Saira Cortez has had a rough six months: She was diagnosed with a hemorrhage and anemia that required her to see specialists and receive blo DC police report details close calls in pedestrian bridge collapse 06/24/2021 12:59pm • The aftermath of the bridge collapse in Northeast D.C. Wednesday. (WTOP/Michelle Basch) The police report of the truck crash that brought down a pedestrian bridge over D.C. 295 Wednesday morning details some very near misses that easily could have caused serious injuries or worse, with one car h After DC 295 pedestrian bridge collapse, officials detail efforts to repair other infrastructure 06/24/2021 11:44am • The aftermath of the bridge collapse in Northeast D.C. Wednesday. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)   After a pedestrian bridge over D.C. 295 collapsed on Wednesday when a truck ran into it, D.C. officials want people to know that the city already has plans in motion to repair other bridges in poor DC 295 reopens after pedestrian bridge collapses, injuring 5 06/24/2021 05:00am • D.C. officials clarified the status of a pedestrian bridge that collapsed onto D.C. 295 in Northeast D.C., after a truck hit the structure, shutting down a major roadway for thousands of drivers and causing traffic delays. The highway reopened around 1 a.m., after having been shut down for more t In some DC neighborhoods, COVID-19 vaccination rates among teens lag behind 06/23/2021 11:22pm • COVID-19 vaccination rates among teenagers vary across D.C.'s eight wards, a disparity that has some officials concerned about this fall's return to schools and the possibility of outbreaks, as the more easily transmissible delta variant spreads. Data from the city's Office of the Deputy Mayor fo Frederick launches 'crisis response car' sending mental health professionals, EMTs with police to certain calls 06/23/2021 05:10pm • A new program in the City of Frederick, Maryland, aims to better de-escalate emergency mental health calls. It's called the Crisis Response Car, and the new unmarked vehicle will have a mental health professional from Sheppard Pratt, an EMT or paramedic and a Frederick police officer on board. Child with lighter starts fire in Fairfax Co. condo; 6 displaced 06/23/2021 12:42pm • Six people were displaced from their homes in Fairfax County Monday after a fire that officials said was started by a child with a lighter. (Courtesy Xavier Halloun) Six people were displaced from their homes in Fairfax County, Virginia, Monday after a fire that officials said was started by a c Maryland education board reviews plan to spend $2B in stimulus funds, bids farewell to Salmon 06/23/2021 07:45am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The Maryland State Board of Education reviewed the state’s 100-page plan for spending nearly $2 billion in coronavirus emergency funding Charging electric scooter to blame for 2-alarm townhouse fire in Sterling 06/23/2021 07:40am • A two-alarm fire in Sterling on Monday. (Courtesy David Payne/via Loudoun County Fire Marshal's Office) A malfunctioning battery in a charging electric scooter sparked a Monday afternoon townhouse fire that displaced seven residents. Just after 3 p.m., the Loudoun County Emergency Communicati Public gets chance to weigh in on police bodycam transparency bill in Montgomery Co. 06/21/2021 03:20pm • Lawmakers in Montgomery County, Maryland, are outlining the next steps in a body-camera transparency bill sparked by the treatment of a 5-year-old boy who was briefly handcuffed and berated by county police officers last year. Members of the public are set to weigh in Tuesday afternoon on a bill Md. leaders highlight mental health program named for Rep. Jamie Raskin's son 06/21/2021 02:35pm • Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and other local leaders gathered in Annapolis on Monday to discuss a new program that aims to tackle mental health issues in the state. It is named after the son of Rep. Jamie Raskin, who died by suicide late last year. The Thomas Bloom Raskin Act will allow Marylanders wh Huge local COVID-19 milestones: No new deaths in Md., 70% partially vaccinated in Va. 06/20/2021 03:02pm • Maryland has reported no new deaths from COVID-19 for the first time since 2020 and Virginia has officially hit 70% of adults with at least one vaccine dose, marking major steps in the states' fights to control the virus. Gov. Larry Hogan made the announcement Sunday morning that it's the first t How mRNA technology is altering vaccine treatments 06/20/2021 09:10am • Back in January, just one month after Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine was authorized for emergency use, fears about a contagious variant strain began to grip the nation – and scientists at Moderna immediately realized this could be a threat. "We didn't think we had time to wait," said Dr. Stephe