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Maryland National Guard to help with new vaccination plan 01/05/2021 07:58pm • As of Tuesday, the total number of Marylanders who had been vaccinated for coronavirus stood at 76,916 — about 1.27% of the state's population. And as the state struggles to ramp up its efforts in what Gov. Larry Hogan called "the greatest peacetime undertaking in American history," Maryland an Montgomery County biotechs received nearly $8B in research funding in 2020 01/05/2021 10:21am • GlaxoSmithKline, a multinational company with offices in Montgomery County, is among the companies that received funding for coronavirus research. (Photo by FRANCOIS LO PRESTI/AFP via Getty Images) COVID-19 vaccine research drove a lot of funding to biotechnology companies in Maryland's Montgome DC-area leaders discourage counterprotesting on Jan. 6 01/04/2021 06:00pm • Several regional officials are asking people to avoid going to downtown D.C. to counterprotest demonstrations held in support of President Donald Trump this week. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the District was working to maintain safety during the protests, but requested that those not attending Car Review: Nissan packs more power, extended range in Leaf Plus 01/04/2021 03:46am • It wasn’t long ago that choosing an electric car meant something odd and bare-bones with a short range. But Nissan’s second generation Leaf fixes a lot of the common complaints about electric cars. The vehicle certainly solves a lot of the range-anxiety, with up to 225 miles per charge. GOP torn over Trump's Electoral College challenge of Biden 01/01/2021 08:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's extraordinary challenge of his election defeat by President-elect Joe Biden is becoming a defining moment for the Republican Party before next week's joint session of Congress to confirm the Electoral College results. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McCon Maryland senior guard Darryl Morsell undergoes surgery for fracture in face 01/01/2021 04:35pm • Maryland basketball senior guard Darryl Morsell to miss 1-2 weeks originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonTo add to the Maryland Terrapins' misfortunes after losing at home to No. 16 Michigan on Thursday night, they have now learned they will be without their senior leader for the next couple of Woman dead, 3 others seriously injured in Prince George's Co. house fire 01/01/2021 04:15pm • A fire tore though a Prince George's County, Maryland, house on New Year's Day, killing a woman and sending three other people, including an 8-year-old girl, to the hospital with serious injuries. Prince George's County firefighters were called to the one-story house in the 11300 block of Montgom 18 new COVID-19 outbreaks reported at long-term care facilities in Northern Virginia 01/01/2021 09:24am • 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. Eighteen new COVID-19 outbreaks have been reported in Northern Virginia long-term care facilities since early December, with 27 total How a critical business decision in a pandemic worked out for an area Black-owned business 12/31/2020 01:48pm • As the restaurant business stumbled, cratered and crawled to recovery in 2020, one D.C.-area small business owner is grateful for the one critical decision she and her chef-husband made when launching their own business. Dara Morrison and her Jamaican-born husband, Denardo Elcock, knew they wante As 2020 ends, Va. rabbi on COVID, heart attack, fear and faith 12/31/2020 05:00am • For many people, 2020 couldn't end soon enough. However, for a Virginia rabbi, the year provided once-in-a-lifetime challenges — including a look at his own mortality — and a personal reminder about the faith he encourages congregants to nurture. Rabbi Bruce Aft is rabbi emeritus at Congregat Baltimore police officer charged with assaulting man not wearing mask 12/31/2020 12:36am • BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore police detective is facing criminal charges after prosecutors say he slammed to the ground a man who refused to wear a face mask inside a grocery store. Prosecutors said Detective Andre Pringle was stationed at a grocery store in West Baltimore in spring when 25-yea DC revenues could return to normal by 2022 12/30/2020 09:38pm • D.C. revenues could return to fiscal year 2019 levels by fiscal year 2022, as vaccines are deployed and the economy recovers. That's according to updated revenue estimates released Wednesday by the District's Office of the Chief Financial Officer. The new estimate is a revision to the Septembe New year, new laws: January 2021 legislation goes into effect in DC, Maryland and Virginia 12/30/2020 03:57pm • With the new year just around the corner, some D.C.-area jurisdictions have new laws on the books. Here's a brief compilation of laws and regulations slated to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2021, or shortly thereafter. Virginia Holding a cellphone while driving: It’s illegal to hold a cellphone whil Hundreds of Fairfax County health care workers receive COVID-19 vaccine 12/30/2020 12:20pm • (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: 'ab988d64-afd4-4352-ad8e-591dac52c9ba' }).render("64861536742a522a");}); Hundreds of health care workers signed up Marylanders urged to buy local in 2021 to lift the 'spirits' of businesses 12/30/2020 11:50am • This content is sponsored by the Montgomery County Alcohol Beverage Services. After getting hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic and enduring such a tragic and trying year, business owners in Maryland are hoping for a bright start in 2021 as consumers recover, look to the future and use their dol