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Capitol riot suspect who buried officer's badge ordered to be returned to jail 03/16/2021 05:51pm • A Buffalo, New York, man accused of ripping off the badge of a D.C. police officer who was beaten unconscious during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was ordered Tuesday to be returned to jail. A federal magistrate judge last week in Buffalo allowed Thomas Sibick to live with his parents until Maryland Rep. Raskin presses IRS to extend tax deadline 03/16/2021 04:50pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP's news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters' free email subscription today. U.S. Rep. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Md.) is spearheading an effort to get the IRS to extend the deadline for Americans to file their 2020 federal taxes Montgomery Co. moves ahead with mass vaccination site; county aims to run site in partnership with state 03/16/2021 04:21pm • Editor's Note: This story has been updated with comments Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan made at a news conference later Tuesday afternoon. Officials in Montgomery County say they're moving ahead with plans to open a COVID-19 mass vaccination site in the Northern part of the county that aims to eventu 1st children vaccinated in Moderna's Phase 2/3 pediatric vaccine trial 03/16/2021 07:53am •  The first children have been vaccinated in Moderna's Phase 2/3 pediatric Covid-19 vaccine trial, the company announced Tuesday in a statement. The clinical trial, called the KidCOVE study, will enroll approximately 6,750 children in the US and Canada between the ages DC Mayor Bowser reflects on year of COVID-19 — and looks to the future 03/16/2021 03:50am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '7e14a1d8-acf2-4ad8-a5f0-3f36494d3df8' }).render("435615365484ef34");}); D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says she "coul Column: Best Director emerging as Oscar's consistent hope for diversity 03/16/2021 01:47am • It's no secret that the Oscars have a diversity problem. In nearly 100 years, only four Black actors have won Best Actor and only one Black woman has won Best Actress. In recent years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has tried to expand its membership to include more women a More in DC eligible for COVID-19 vaccine; some safety rules to be relaxed 03/16/2021 12:16am • More people in D.C. are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, and some restrictions will soon be relaxed, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday. Some of the changes regarding vaccinations: People in Phase 1b Tier 3 and Phase 1c Tier 1, including postal workers, frontline transit workers and court Nationwide face mask standard for workers still under consideration 03/15/2021 09:44pm • The White House's self-imposed deadline to impose a nationwide face mask standard in workplaces won't be met, since deliberations are still underway. President Biden on January 21 directed the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration to determine by Monday, March 15, i Maryland expands priority appointments at mass vaccination sites 03/15/2021 05:55pm • Starting this week, some Marylanders will have a better chance of getting an appointment at a mass COVID-19 vaccination site. Gov. Larry Hogan said Monday that the state will set aside weekly "community-based priority appointments" in an effort to focus on ensuring equitable access. Priority a $6B Montgomery Co. spending plan fully funds schools, removes SROs 03/15/2021 05:18pm • Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland will get the largest chunk of the county's $6 billion budget proposed for the coming fiscal year. County Executive Marc Elrich's proposed spending plan for fiscal 2022, unveiled Monday, would give $2.7 billion to the public school system. Elrich noted 5 displaced after house fire in Northwest DC 03/15/2021 03:49pm • U Street Northwest was blocked while firefighters fought a blaze in a row house. (WTOP/Luke Garrett) Five people were displaced from their homes when a row house caught fire in Northwest D.C. Monday afternoon. The D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Service said the fire started around 2 p.m. in New restaurant grants available for National Landing businesses 03/15/2021 01:33pm • The National Landing Business Improvement District and the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington have a new round of grant aid for restaurants and small businesses. The $100,000 relief program, called “Love Local,” will divide the funds equally among businesses that apply and are Hundreds arrested in Miami as spring breakers ignore COVID protocols 03/15/2021 08:51am • ▶ Watch Video: Miami Beach mayor to would-be spring breakers: "We are enforcing zero tolerance" The mayor of Miami Beach said hundreds of people were arrested and at least two police officers were injured this weekend as thousands of spring breakers flocked to the popular South Florida Sisters in law: Sisters are judges in Prince George's County 03/15/2021 05:45am • Judges DaNeeka Varner Cotton and Donnaka Varner Lewis, both sisters, together with their brother, Dr. Geoffrey Mount Varner, an emergency room physician. (Courtesy Varner Family)   WTOP is featuring women who make a difference in the community during Women’s History Month. Two sist FEMA sent to US-Mexico border to help shelter droves of unaccompanied migrant children 03/13/2021 08:58pm • The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border for the next 90 days to help manage the surge in unaccompanied migrant children being detained there. The Department of Homeland Security announced the move on Saturday, with the stated goal of safely sheltering th