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Maryland launches website to help prepare for an active assailant incident 04/08/2021 04:17am • Maryland has launched a website designed to be helpful in the most unfortunate circumstances. Its purpose is to help schools, homes, houses of worship and businesses prepare for a potential active assailant incident. The website is a product of Maryland's Active Assailant Interdisciplinary Work G 'Exciting day' as Maryland Gov. Hogan tours 2 new mass vaccination sites 04/07/2021 05:47pm • The FEMA-run Greenbelt vaccine site can administer up to 3,000 shots a day. (Courtesy Prince George's County executive) Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan called it an "exciting day" as he toured new mass vaccination centers in Prince George's and Montgomery counties Wednesday. The Prince George's Cou What D.C. residents should know about the COVID-19 vaccine and what to expect 04/07/2021 03:59pm • This content is provided by DC Health. 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After weeks of laying low in the sports gaming debate, Maryland senators sprung to action Tuesday, taking steps to put their imprint on House New details: What led forensics board to suspend DC crime lab’s accreditation 04/06/2021 10:08pm • New details are emerging on the reason a national forensics board suspended the D.C. crime lab’s accreditation to conduct forensic testing, with the board saying it has “credible evidence” the lab deliberately concealed information and engaged in fraudulent behavior. WTOP obtained a copy of Officer killed in Capitol car attack to lie in honor in Rotunda 04/06/2021 02:40pm • The veteran Capitol Police officer who was killed last week after a man rammed his car into officers at a security barricade will lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the ceremony Tuesday, hailing Officer William "Billy Montgomery Co. 'not there' on herd immunity 04/06/2021 02:23pm • A growing number of Maryland residents in Montgomery County are getting vaccinated, but a Montgomery County official said Tuesday that "we are not there" in terms of herd immunity. Roughly 35% of people across the state have some protection. And 20% of Montgomery County residents have been fully Bowser announces vaccine eligibility expansion, relaxation of more COVID-19 safety rules 04/05/2021 08:30pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the expansion of vaccine eligibility on Twitter and the relaxation of some COVID-19 safety restrictions in the District at a news conference Monday. Beginning April 19, D.C. residents 16 and older will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. UPDATE: On Monday, Md. to open mass vaccination sites to everyone 16 and older starting Tuesday 04/05/2021 05:57pm • Maryland is accelerating its vaccination rollout for those 16 and older. Anyone 16 and older will be able to get a vaccine at any of the state's mass vaccination sites starting Tuesday, Gov. Larry Hogan said in a news conference Monday. And by next Monday, April 12, all providers in the state Atlanta's Hunter has nonsurgical procedure on ailing knee 04/05/2021 04:44pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Hawks forward De'Andre Hunter continues to struggle with an ailing right knee, undergoing a nonsurgical procedure Monday to address lingering soreness. The team said Hunter will return to activity later this week. It's not known how much longer he'll be out after missing How a low-cost medical ID card could help save your life 04/05/2021 09:17am • If you ever have to call 911, there's something you can do now that will make it a lot easier to give responders the information they need: It's called the File of Life. In essence, the File of Life is a simple packet of important medical information about a person, geared at helping first respon An inmate has died at Virginia's Chesterfield County Jail 04/05/2021 08:27am • CHESTERFIELD, Va. — Authorities in Virginia say that an inmate at the Chesterfield County Jail has died. The Richmond-Times Dispatch reports that Jonathan Curtiss Couch, 45, was placed in the jail early Sunday after being charged with simple assault against a family member. The county sherif Pandemic pushes DC school to provide English learners with new laptops, mental health services 04/04/2021 02:46pm • A D.C. school for adult English learners is working to overcome the wide-range of difficulties its students face switching to virtual learning during the pandemic, especially with most being both immigrants and parents. "It's been quite a journey," said Allison Kokkoros, CEO of the Carlos Ros Rockville police chief informs local Asian community about how to report hate crimes 04/04/2021 02:00am • As hate crimes against Asian communities are increasing nationwide, one local group asked Rockville, Maryland's police chief how they should handle the situation should they become victims. Chief Victor Brito said his department is trying to make sure local Asian communities have the information