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Two dead, others injured in overnight shooting in Virginia 03/13/2021 03:50pm • Police in Virginia say two people were killed and several others were injured in an early-morning shooting. Henrico County police said they received several emergency calls shortly after 3 a.m. Saturday reporting a shooting near the Richmond Raceway. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports police Case of coronavirus variant 1st identified in South Africa reported in Northern Virginia 03/11/2021 05:38pm • A case of the coronavirus variant that was first identified in South Africa has been reported in Northern Virginia. The Virginia Department of Health said Thursday that the first case of this variant was found in a sample from an adult resident who had no history of travel during the exposure per Md. comptroller extends deadline for state tax filing 03/11/2021 05:16pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Maryland Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot (D) on Thursday announced that he is extending the state income tax filing deadline by three months DC schools lagged nation in providing meals during COVID-19, report finds 03/11/2021 04:15pm • Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct some of the figures used and include additional comment from D.C Public Schools and the Food Research and Action Center. The COVID-19 pandemic caused a dramatic drop in meals provided by schools across the U.S., including in D.C. — but as o Doctors report concerning child health trends: self-harm, anxiety, obesity 03/10/2021 05:17pm • Doctors in D.C. are seeing more cases of self-harm, depression and anxiety in kids, and they're sharing what trends are concerning them the most in pediatric health. "Our children are in crisis and are literally suffering, not just because of learning loss but perhaps even more significantly the Elrich: Hogan’s push to re-open ‘will trigger another spike’ 03/10/2021 01:54pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Montgomery County Executive Marc B. Elrich said Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s decision to largely reopen the state’s economy ignores the Stimulus checks could come quickly, but the jobless may have a wait for unemployment benefits 03/10/2021 06:05am • The $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill that President Joe Biden championed even before taking office is expected to land on his desk in coming days, but it could take some time for struggling Americans to see all the benefits. While the $1,400 stimulus payments could hit pe Beltway Basketball Beat: Bracket Racket 3 — Big dreams, bigger nightmares 03/10/2021 05:25am • It's four days before Selection Sunday sees the scene shift from Tuesday in Greensboro to Wednesday afternoon at MSG and Wednesday evening in Indianapolis. As Maryland tips off tomorrow, we'll hold off on the Big Ten until then, even though their dreaded first round takes place this evening. Apol Inova ER doctor recalls 'exhausting, incredible year' of pandemic life 03/10/2021 04:00am • This week marks a year since people's lives changed in ways they could never have imagined — and for a Northern Virginia doctor, the COVID-19 pandemic brought a long and often grueling grind taking care to live and work as safely as possible. Working 12-hour shifts with a respirator, Goldberg Legislating in the Pandemic: ‘The quiet is so loud’ 03/09/2021 09:21pm • A Maryland state flag waves near the state house on the morning of the first day of the state's 2020 legislative session, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for M ‘Forward progress’ — Northam touts Va. vaccine distribution 03/09/2021 05:15pm • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Tuesday touted the commonwealth’s “forward progress” on getting residents vaccinated against COVID-19, saying the state was on pace to have every adult vaccinated by the summer. Noting that the state’s first COVID-19 case was a year ago last Sunday, and the DC opens up millions in added funding to support child care centers 03/09/2021 04:59pm • Any working parent will likely call child care essential to going back to work, and D.C. is ensuring that providers have the financial help they need to stay in business. The District is allocating $10.7 million to a new grant program that will offer financial relief for licensed child care cente Md. to hold walk-through for potential mass COVID-19 vaccine site in Montgomery Co. 03/09/2021 04:29pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, health officials say they are one step closer to a mass COVID-19 vaccination site opening at the Germantown campus of Montgomery College — but it likely won't be until April, at the earliest, that the site gets up and running. Dr. Earl Stoddard, director of the Offi Naval Academy to start vaccinating midshipmen this week 03/09/2021 08:49am • The U.S. Naval Academy will administer the COVID-19 vaccine as early as this week. The Department of the Navy gave the Annapolis, Maryland-based academy the go-ahead to administer vaccines to midshipmen, with the first doses expected this Thursday. Summer training programs are set to begin in Beltway Basketball Beat: Bracket Racket 2, the dreaded first round 03/09/2021 05:54am • Five days from Selection Sunday fires up the first of the Power Five Conference Tournaments, and it's the granddaddy of them all. The Atlantic Coast Conference wasn't the first league to hold a conference tournament (the Southern in its many versions has been held since 1922, and at one point had