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DC Council extends Bowser's coronavirus health emergency authority 09/22/2020 03:29pm • The D.C. Council on Tuesday extended Mayor Muriel Bowser's health emergency authority until the end of the year, more than six months after she first declared the emergency to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. The council's declaration, which passed unanimously, extends the mayor's authority un How Maryland businesses can benefit from being energy efficient 09/22/2020 11:28am • This content is provided by Washington Gas. As a business owner, you have likely heard that it is important to be energy-efficient, both for the environment and for your bottom line. However, making changes may get pushed aside for more pressing matters. After all, the process can seem difficult Northam expands recovery fund; more Va. small businesses, nonprofits eligible for grants 09/22/2020 07:43am • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is expanding the eligibility criteria for the state's $70 million coronavirus recovery fund Rebuild VA, paving the way for more struggling small businesses and nonprofits to receive grant money. Under the new criteria, small businesses and nonprofits already receiving DC area joins nationwide trend of first-time gun ownership 09/22/2020 04:11am • Cedric Barnes, owner of Barnes 1st Step Firearms Training in Southeast D.C., teaches student Teia Hill how to control a gun’s recoil by adjusting her stance and grip. (WTOP/Matthew Delaney) The sounds of gunfire ringing through her Southeast D.C. neighborhood had always kept Neta Vaught away f Maryland offering $10 million in aid to encourage school reopenings 09/21/2020 08:26pm • Maryland is using the lure of big money to reopen some classrooms this fall, offering $10 million in grants to school systems to help prepare for in-person instruction. Just a day after the state announced new lows in its coronavirus positivity rate, the Maryland State Department of Education, en DC launches $5 million child care relief fund, renews calls for contact-tracing cooperation 09/21/2020 01:47pm • D.C. will provide $5 million to child care facilities throughout the District as part of its pandemic relief efforts, the city said Monday. The D.C. Child Care Provider Relief Fund will provide emergency money to all licensed child care providers. “Expanding access to high-quality child care Matthew Wolff, 21, set to make golfing history as he seizes the lead at the US Open 09/20/2020 04:17am • Matthew Wolff can carve his name into golfing history on Sunday after the 21-year-old took the third round lead at the US Open after a brilliant five-under-par 65 at Winged Foot. The American can become the first player to win the US Open on his debut in the major since As coronavirus skyrocketed in the US, so did stress and depression 09/20/2020 03:51am • As the Covid-19 pandemic got worse in the United States, so, too, did levels of stress and depression, according to a new report. Since the virus broke out in the US more than six months ago, cases have climbed to more than 6.7 million and 199,259 people have died, accor How a Hong Kong teenager's death became a magnet for conspiracies 09/19/2020 07:45pm • The crowd recoiled as tear gas canisters rained down on them and riot police advanced up the street, carrying shields and batons. It was August 10, 2019. Protesters had gathered outside a police station on Nathan Road, a busy shopping street in Hong Kong that had become the latest battleground in Delaware state attorneys defend law allowing universal voting by mail 09/19/2020 06:36am • DOVER, Del. (AP) —  Attorneys for the Delaware Department of Elections are asking a Chancery Court judge to reject the state Republican Party’s challenge to a new law allowing universal voting by mail in the November general election. The GOP filed a lawsuit last month arguing that lawmakers Coronavirus can spread on airline flights, two studies show 09/18/2020 09:28pm • The young woman and her sister had traveled across Europe just as the coronavirus pandemic was taking off there, visiting Milan and Paris before heading to London. When the woman left London on March 1, she had a sore throat and cough as she boarded a flight home to Vietnam, but no one noticed. Metro faces potential service cuts, shorter hours, layoffs in budget battle 09/18/2020 10:48am • The Metro Board of Directors voted Friday on potential service cuts, schedule changes and layoffs as the organization attempts to balance its budget during the coronavirus pandemic. The concern focuses on a lack of federal funding as ridership has failed to bounce back to pre-pandemic levels. Maryland sends first responders to help with West Coast fires 09/17/2020 04:29pm • Emergency management specialists and firefighters from Maryland are, or will soon be, on the ground in both Oregon and California to support those states in fighting devastating wildfires. The Emergency Management Assistance Compact, according to a news release from Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's of Va. teen's death on Potomac prompts change in Montgomery Co. protocol for river rescues 09/17/2020 03:47pm • Montgomery County fire and emergency response officials have said the death of a Virginia teenager has already resulted in changes in the way crews from Maryland and Virginia respond to rescues on the Potomac River. Fitz Thomas, 16, died after being pulled from a Virginia creek that joins the Pot Md. lawmakers close door on special General Assembly session 09/17/2020 12:36am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. In dramatic fashion, the presiding officers of the Maryland General Assembly slammed the door Wednesday night on holding a special legisla