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Quarantine guidelines change in Prince George's County Public Schools 09/30/2021 04:38pm • Schools in Prince George's County, Maryland, are updating their COVID-19 quarantine policies at the recommendation of the county health department, the school system announced Thursday. The new policy requires quarantining for anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19, displayed symptoms, or is Google Doodle honors Christopher Reeve on 'Superman' actor's birthday 09/26/2021 06:41am • Saturday's Google Doodle honors Christopher Reeve, the "Superman" actor who became an activist for the disabled, on what would have been his 69th birthday. Reeve was paralyzed from the neck down in a horse riding accident in 1995 and spent the rest of his life lobbying for disabled rights and adv Fairfax Co. students offered livestream learning during COVID-19 quarantine 09/21/2021 06:31pm • Students in Fairfax County, Virginia, public schools who are quarantined or isolated due to COVID-19 exposure will be offered livestream instruction starting no later than Sept. 27, the school system said Tuesday. ���StreamIN/CheckIN��� is designed to provide instructional support to students ��� Historic Dupont Circle hotel will become luxury senior living 09/16/2021 09:59am • The Fairfax Embassy Row Hotel on Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, near Dupont Circle, has been acquired by Omega Healthcare Investors and Maplewood Senior Living, and will be converted into an ultra-high end senior living apartment community. The hotel���s previous owner, Westbrook Partners, had f Landover man charged with murder, attempted murder in District Heights shooting 09/15/2021 01:18pm • A Maryland man has been charged with the murder of another Prince George's County man, according to police. De Lonta Terrence White, 32, of Landover, is charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and other related charges following the shooting death of Shakir Taylor, 28, of Maryland baseball group threatens satire website 09/14/2021 12:31pm • The Olney Community Baseball Team hopes to start a team in the local Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League next year. A search on Google doesn't even turn up a website for the team yet, but that didn't stop a local website specializing in satire from using the name of the organization as part of a j Man killed in Prince George���s Co. shooting identified 09/13/2021 01:38pm • Authorities have identified the man killed in a Prince George's County, Maryland, shooting over the weekend. Police said Shakir Taylor, 28, of District Heights, was found with a gunshot wound in an SUV in the 2000 block of Addison Road South around 8:30 p.m. on Sunday. He��was pronounced dead at Revenue from legalized sports betting in DC produces more bust than boom 09/09/2021 06:54pm • Revenue from legalized sports betting in D.C. has fallen short of expectations, in part because gamblers don���t have a lot of options when it comes to placing those bets, according to a Sept. 9 report by the Office of the District of Columbia Auditor (ODCA). ODCA found that sports gambling in D. CarPool Beer and Billiards returns to Ballston 09/08/2021 11:46am • The future home of CarPool at 900 North Glebe Road in Ballston is seen. (Courtesy Google) CarPool Beer and Billiards, a popular sports bar in Ballston before it relocated to its now closed Fair Lakes, Virginia, location four years ago, is making a Ballston comeback. CarPool owner Mark Handwer Teaching Sept. 11 as history: 'We could do a better job' 09/06/2021 04:05am • No one who remembers seeing them will ever forget the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. But 20 years later, they���re almost as far in the rearview mirror as the Carter presidency was when the attacks happened. An entire generation of children has been born, raised and graduated high school since then, and Donations accepted in Sterling for Afghan refugees 08/23/2021 07:55am • Hundreds of Afghan refugees being evacuated out of Kabul have landed in the D.C. region, but for many, the thousand-mile flight overseas is just the start of a long journey. Local faith leaders are organizing to help Afghans fleeing the Taliban after its fighters took the country's capital and ef The mysterious Chinese fashion app that's as popular as Amazon 08/14/2021 08:15pm • Every night before bed, Anushka Sachan whips out her phone to log into an app. "It kind of becomes a habit," said the 20-year-old Hong Kong University student. "Before sleeping, I'm just like, 'Okay, check in.'" The platform Sachan is using belongs to a Chinese brand called Shein ��� pronounce Data Doctors: Sniffing out evil QR codes 08/13/2021 04:48pm • Q: Is there a way to tell if a QR code is safe? A: QR (Quick Response) codes are actually two-dimensional barcodes that were initially developed for the automotive industry in 1994 to expand the capabilities of standard barcodes. Although they were designed to provide a lot more detail when sc Metro, Capital Bikeshare team up to offer free bike rides 08/03/2021 03:20pm • Metro and Capital Bikeshare have announced a joint program to offer free bike rides to eligible Metro customers. The deal hinges on D.C.-area riders creating a mobile SmarTrip card on their phone through the end of the year. Customers who participate get 10 free 30-minute classic bike rides. A Disney World and Disneyland to again require masks indoors 07/29/2021 12:22am • Disney World and Disneyland, the two crown jewels of Disney's parks unit, will again require masks indoors. The company announced on Wednesday that it was adapting its health and safety guidelines based on "guidance from health and government officials." The resorts ��� which are located in Or