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Financially helping adult children? Don’t make it a loan 05/10/2021 10:55am • Almost half of parents with adult children have given them money since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to help them cover emergency expenses, often sacrificing themselves to do so, according to a recent survey conducted by CreditCards.com. The average is more than $4,100, and it is twice t 'They'll be just fine': Cicadas will weather chilly snap 05/10/2021 10:36am • They've survived 17 years — emerging Brood X cicadas can certainly handle some sweater weather. "It's been chilly," said Mike Raupp, professor of entomology at the University of Maryland, College Park. "This weather's really kind of put them on their heels a little bit." This morning’s #ci COVID test maker Ellume to bring 1,500 jobs to Frederick 05/10/2021 10:28am • Australian diagnostics test maker Ellume will lease two buildings in Frederick, Maryland, for its first U.S.-based manufacturing operations, and will create 1,500 jobs by the end of 2022. Ellume’s at-home COVID-19 test was the first rapid self-test approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administrat 2021 WFT Lineup Predictions: Early look at wide receiver 05/10/2021 09:13am • A very early look at who's in, who's out at WR for Washington originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonFew things better paint the unappealing picture of Washington's wide receiver depth in 2020 than this fact: Dontrelle Inman, a well-traveled veteran, signed with the franchis Prince George's County woman advocates for women's health 05/10/2021 04:14am • On this National Women's Health Week, there are some grim realities facing Black women. If you are unemployed and uninsured, you may not get the proper diagnostic testing that could save your life. That's what has happened to one Prince George's County, Maryland, woman. For a year, Florence Ch Why Republicans are ready to kill the $300 pandemic unemployment boost 05/09/2021 07:09am • Even as Congress raced to rescue the nation from the coronavirus pandemic last spring, Republican lawmakers were raising red flags about expanding unemployment benefits -- particularly providing the jobless with a weekly federal supplement worth hundreds of dollars. Now, Major US pipeline halts operations after ransomware attack 05/08/2021 06:29pm •   WASHINGTON (AP) — The operator of a major pipeline system that transports fuel across the East Coast said Saturday it had been victimized by a ransomware attack and had halted all pipeline operations to deal with the threat. The attack is unlikely to affect gasoline supply and prices unl Good Samaritan who rescued toddler from Md. bay after crash recounts what happened 05/08/2021 02:32am • The man who jumped in the Assawoman Bay in Maryland to save a toddler, who had been ejected from a vehicle into the water following a five-vehicle crash, shared his story during an event in Ocean City honoring his bravery. Jonathan Bauer said that he had been working on his boat last Sunday and n Local leaders join call for temporary statewide eviction moratorium 05/07/2021 11:53pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Democratic leaders from some of Maryland’s largest jurisdictions joined calls for a temporary statewide eviction moratorium in a letter se Doctor discusses young son's experience with U.Md. COVID-19 vaccine trial 05/07/2021 08:45pm • Dr. Charles Mugera, a doctor of internal medicine, has an 8-year-old son, Christian, who is taking part in the vaccine trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health. (Courtesy University of Maryland School of Medicine) It's expected tha Capitol Police lacked resources amid threat surge, report finds 05/07/2021 11:32am • ▶ Watch Video: Capitol Police face rise in threats, lack "adequate resources," watchdog report says Threats have surged against the people and property that Capitol Police are charged with protecting, according to the most recent report by the department's inspector general, which also State to embark on next phase of Central Maryland transit plan 05/07/2021 08:47am • 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 Transit Administration and five metro Baltimore jurisdictions announced on Thursday that they are moving forward with their joi Texas House OK's Republican-backed voting bill in key vote 05/07/2021 07:07am • ▶ Watch Video: Republican lawmakers in Florida and Texas look to change state voting laws Republicans in the Texas House of Representatives moved a big step closer early Friday to making Texas the latest GOP-controlled state to pass sweeping election law changes. The lawmakers advanced Grace Potter is ready to rock the Frederick Fairgrounds on Mother's Day 05/07/2021 12:50am • Listen to the full conversation in our "Beyond the Fame" podcast. The Frederick Fairgrounds is hosting a drive-in concert series all summer. This Sunday, it welcomes back rocker Grace Potter, who played there last fall. "It was fun because I got to be the guinea pig," Potter told WTOP. Northam plans to lift Va. capacity restrictions June 15 05/06/2021 12:28pm • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said he is planning to lift all capacity limitations for businesses on June 15 if the current trend of falling COVID-19 case numbers continues. Northam made his announcement at a news briefing Thursday. “If our COVID case numbers keep trending down and our vaccina