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Virginia jail on lockdown after positive tests for COVID-19 09/09/2020 03:34pm • RICHMOND, Va. — Officials in Virginia say a regional jail is on lockdown after approximately 70% of its inmates recently tested positive for COVID-19. According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the superintendent of the Pamunkey Regional Jail says there have been no deaths or hospitalizations as Federal government approves DC application for additional unemployment benefits 09/09/2020 10:10am • The federal government has approved D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's application for a new unemployment benefits program that will allow the city to offer $300 per week of additional compensation to eligible recipients. On Tuesday, Bowser announced the approval of the District's participation in the Lo Emergency guide: What you should do to prepare for emergencies 09/09/2020 10:00am • WASHINGTON — Do you know what you'd do if an emergency hits? What if you're at work, your spouse is stuck in traffic and your children are in school? There's no way to plan for every emergency, but you can make sure you're prepared for different scenarios, including making a plan for your famil What it's like working as a travel nurse right now 09/09/2020 07:14am • Two years into travel nursing, Sierra Levin had no plans to settle down. Working around three months at a time at hospitals in California, Massachusetts and Texas — and taking time off in between to explore France, Australia and New Zealand — the 26-year-old was enjoying the adventure too much t Parents and other caregivers are more stressed and in poorer health due to pandemic, report finds 09/09/2020 06:03am • When Raquel Minina's 11-year-old son Syrus came home from school in Paulding County, Georgia, last week with a sore throat, runny nodse and diarrhea, she was devastated. A hairdresser by trade, she knew a diagnosis of Covid-19 would put her out of work for a month or more, despite all the careful What to do if your kid has a COVID-19 symptom 09/09/2020 04:23am • Under two weeks after school started, Savannah Gardiner's 8-year-old son woke her up at 4 a.m. complaining of an upset stomach, nausea and a sore throat. By the next morning, her two youngest children, ages 3 and 6, had lost their voices. "They just feel miserable," said Safety audit says 'toxic workplace culture' at Metro rail control center puts riders at risk 09/09/2020 02:07am • A new Washington Metrorail Safety Commission report paints the Rail Operations Control Center as a chaotic "toxic workplace culture" beset by "sexual comments, harassment and other unprofessional behavior such as attempts to manipulate safety event investigations that create unacceptable safety risk Robot dogs join US Air Force exercise, giving glimpse at battlefield of the future 09/09/2020 02:03am • A Ghost Robotics Vision 60 unit operates with a US Air Force sergeant during an exercises at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. It looked like a scene from science fiction. Emerging from United States Air Force planes, four-legged robot dogs scampered onto an airfield in the Mojave Desert, offe 'Significant pain': Metro begins planning possible cuts 09/07/2020 06:35pm • With an emergency boost of federal funding set to run out by the end of the year, the D.C. Metro system, which is reportedly losing millions of dollars a day, is beginning to plan for significant cost-saving measures, including the cutting of rail and bus service next year. Metro General Manager U.Md. reverses course, says bus drivers can enforce mask usage 09/07/2020 01:05pm • The union representing bus drivers at the University of Maryland said a driver was blamed for an incident last week that resulted in refused service and broken windows. In a long thread posted to Twitter on Saturday, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Local 1072 sai If you've been saving more by doing less, try these 5 money moves 09/07/2020 10:15am • The coronavirus has upended countless jobs, schools and bank accounts. But while undoubtedly more people are struggling than not, those who are still working may have seen their expenses actually drop due to canceled travel, limited dining options and more time at home. If you’ve managed to end U.Md. reports surge in COVID-19 cases amid outbreak at Greek life houses 09/07/2020 05:13am • Coronavirus cases are climbing at the University of Maryland in College Park as campus officials deal with emerging outbreaks at two Greek life chapterhouses. Confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have spiked over 400% over the last several weeks as students have moved back into the College Pa COVID-19's 'serious, long-term impact' can improve with time, early evidence suggests 09/06/2020 06:46pm • Covid-19 can have lasting impacts on the body, but there is hope that patients can not only recover over time, but can do so more quickly with pulmonary rehabilitation, preliminary research suggests. Two early research reports to be presented Monday at the European Respi Prince George's Co. man dies in Southwest DC crash 09/06/2020 02:27pm • A driver was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Southwest D.C. on Saturday. The D.C. police said they are investigating the death of Ryan Moore, 31, of Fort Washington, Maryland, after the 2020 Dodge Charger he was driving struck a tree head-on in the 4200 block of Overlook Avenue, outside Joint Exactly 25 years later, Cal Ripken Jr.'s '2131' is transcendent 'Moment in Time' 09/06/2020 10:04am • Celebrities. Presidents. Flashbulbs exploding across the night sky. Legends. Teammates. Banners unfurling with pomp and circumstance. Exactly 25 years ago, on Sept. 6, 1995, Cal Ripken Jr. broke Lou Gehrig's consecutive games streak by playing No. 2,131 at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland.