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Elites are flouting coronavirus restrictions — and that could hurt us all 08/30/2020 02:26am • When countries impose restrictions to combat coronavirus, there's an implicit pact between the government and people: we're all in this together. So when the powerful or influential break the rules, it provokes fierce public anger and puts society's inequalities on full Comment period for I-495/I-270 study extended until November 08/29/2020 08:27pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, residents will get an extra 30 days to provide public comment on the environmental effects of the Interstate 495 and Interstate 270 widening project. Comments can now be made until Nov. 9 following the Federal Highway Administration's approval of extending the origina With the conventions now over, what's next in campaign 2020? 08/29/2020 08:15am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden have emerged from their presidential nominating conventions with each candidate believing he has a head of steam. Trump’s job approval ratings and standing in polls are perilously low for an incumbent, but Biden and other Democrats Astronaut Jeanette Epps to be first Black woman to join ISS crew 08/28/2020 01:29pm • ▶ Watch Video: Female astronaut prepares to make her mark on history NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps will soon make history, becoming the first Black woman to live and work long-term aboard the International Space Station. Her flight is scheduled for 2021. NASA announced this week that Police ID driver suspected of dragging Maryland state trooper nearly a half mile along I-95 08/28/2020 11:24am • A suspected impaired driver was shot and killed by a Maryland state trooper early Friday morning after police say the driver dragged the trooper along Interstate 95 more than 2,000 feet while attempting to flee a traffic stop in Howard County. Maryland State Police identified the driver as 36-yea WTOP photo tour: Historic nuclear power plant at Fort Belvoir to be dismantled 08/28/2020 04:55am • The red button was always there — just in case. Most people never knew the United States’ first nuclear power reactor to provide sustained electricity to a commercial power grid was — and is — on the grounds of Fort Belvoir, the U.S. Army installation in Fairfax County, Virginia. But it Protesters gather in an attempt to drown out Trump's speech 08/28/2020 12:41am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators gathered around the White House on Thursday night for a “noise demonstration and dance party" in an attempt to drown out President Donald Trump's speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination. “I hope you hear us, Trump,” the leader of Montgomery Co. plans town hall discussion with private schools on contact tracing 08/26/2020 05:36pm • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, are planning to meet Friday with hundreds of private school administrators and other representatives to discuss the importance of contact tracing as several nonpublic schools prepare to reopen their doors amid the coronavirus pandemic. The town hall meeti Virginia proposal to allow COVID vaccine exceptions dies in committee 08/26/2020 10:30am • RICHMOND, Va. — A committee in Virginia’s legislature has halted legislation that would create exceptions for people who don’t want to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The Roanoke Times reported Tuesday that the proposal was defeated in the House of Delegates’ Democratically controlled Health, Wel Hundreds of thousands flee US coast ahead of Hurricane Laura 08/25/2020 11:27pm • GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — In the largest U.S. evacuation of the pandemic, more than half a million people were ordered to flee the Gulf Coast on Tuesday as Laura strengthened into a hurricane that forecasters said could slam Texas and Louisiana with ferocious winds, heavy flooding and the power High-risk DC residents may now be able to get free COVID-19 testing 08/25/2020 09:47pm • All D.C.-licensed health insurers will have to cover COVID-19 testing for high- risk residents under a new mandate. “We know that the best place to get tested for COVID-19 is at a doctor or with a medical professional who can talk to you about your symptoms, health, and future care. If you need Montgomery County schools will stop offering free meals to all students 08/25/2020 05:26pm • Public schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, will go back to charging some students for their meals when the new school year begins. Since the start of the pandemic, the school district has been able to offer free meals to all students in the county thanks to an emergency waiver, but that waive DC's Phase 2 pandemic reopening a 'much longer haul' 08/25/2020 03:04am • If you've been eagerly awaiting D.C.'s move into Phase 3 of coronavirus reopening, you'll have to wait a bit longer. Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, D.C. Health director, described the District's Phase 2 reopening a "much longer haul" than Phase 1 during a news conference Monday. Asked when the Distric Montgomery Co. Council OKs opening bowling alleys, museums 08/24/2020 01:51pm • The Montgomery County Council approved some additional attractions to reopen, and it addressed requests to expand youth sports and reopen schools during their virtual meeting Monday. Bowling alleys and museums can reopen starting at 5 p.m. in Montgomery County as the council unanimously approved Car Review: Infiniti melds sport and luxury in the 400hp Q60 Red Sport 08/24/2020 03:53am • The luxury coupe market might not be the most popular segment in 2020, but Infiniti has updated the Q60 to help keep up with the times. The Q60 Red Sport 400 AWD brings performance. With plenty of gusto from the twin-turbo V-6, the power comes on strong when you mash the gas. The handling limits are