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No shining moment evokes an all-too-familiar feeling for fans: Loss 04/06/2020 02:41pm • I'll see you courtside. That's what I said at the end of every basketball broadcast I've announced since the late 1990s, when I was calling high school boys��� and Ball State women's games in Muncie, Indiana. Some announcers have simple sign-offs (e.g., Reds announcer Marty Brennaman's "So lo Md. unemployment fund in danger of being depleted, lawmakers are warned 04/02/2020 12:04pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. As the public health crisis spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic worsens, Maryland lawmakers convened Wednesday to discuss the projected medical Coronavirus update: Md., Va. stay-at-home orders in place; DC order in effect April 1 03/30/2020 11:55pm • The latest Editor's note: The stay-at-home order for Maryland started Monday, March 30 at 8 p.m. An earlier version of this story contained an inaccurate description relating to the partial reopening of Liberty University. The campus partially reopened and did not call students back.�� Followi DC stay-at-home order: What's allowed 03/30/2020 06:41pm • (WTOP/Brett Snyder) D.C. joined Maryland and Virginia Monday in issuing a stay-at-home order for its residents to help contain the coronavirus outbreak. The order goes into effect on Wednesday at 12:01 a.m. Everyone in D.C. has to stay at their residence, with certain exceptions considered $1M fund to help close DC's 'digital divide' as distance learning begins 03/24/2020 01:33pm • On the first day of distance learning at D.C. public schools, officials announced a new fund that has already raised $1 million to help close the "digital divide" that keeps many students from taking full advantage of online education. The D.C. Education Equity Fund, announced by Mayor Muriel Bow Echoes of 9/11, as New Yorkers 'try to keep calm but we can't quite carry on' 03/22/2020 04:02am • The gates outside the centuries-old chapel in the shadow of the old World Trade Center were padlocked as rush hour descended on Lower Manhattan's desolate streets. "In care for our neighbors, parishioners, clergy, and staff, St. Paul's Chapel is canceling services and ev Coronavirus updates: DC announces 1st COVID-19 death; Maryland reports 2nd death 03/21/2020 02:11am • The latest Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced that a second person has died from COVID-19. The patient was a Baltimore County man in his 60s who had underlying medical conditions. Hogan is also calling on spring break travelers to self-quarantine for 14 days and avoid people over age 60. U.Va. now conducting its own coronavirus testing 03/20/2020 05:56am • The University of Virginia has started its own coronavirus testing program. According to University of Virginia health officials, the university is currently testing about 20 patients per day and hopes to raise that number to at least 80. There is a national shortage of nasal and throat swabs Amazon donates $1M to DC-area coronavirus efforts 03/19/2020 09:35am • FILE - In this July 27, 2018 file photo, the logo for Amazon is displayed on a screen at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) Amazon, which has its second headquarters in Virginia's Arlington County, donated $1 million for emergency COVID-19 response efforts in the D. Trump doctor says president has tested negative for novel coronavirus 03/14/2020 07:14pm • Trump says he took coronavirus test Friday night, had temperature taken Saturday, defends shaking hands with people. Trump doctor says president has tested negative for novel coronavirus THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP���s earlier story follows below: WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump disbanded NSC pandemic unit that experts had praised 03/14/2020 12:29am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Public health and national security experts shake their heads when President Donald Trump says the coronavirus "came out of nowhere" and ���blindsided the world.��� They've been warning about the next pandemic for years and criticized the Trump admini DC-area religious leaders make adjustments to counter coronavirus concerns 03/13/2020 12:43pm • As the coronavirus spreads, D.C.-area Muslim leaders are taking action to protect their congregants. After a decision from Fairfax County Public Schools to close schools Friday, the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center��in Falls Church, Virginia, decided to cancel this week's Friday prayers. This week Md. Senate panels approve education reform bill with a potential off-ramp after five years 03/12/2020 08:58am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. A Maryland Senate panel moved forward Wednesday with amendments to a multi-billion-dollar education reform plan ��� including a provision DC mayor declares state of emergency as coronavirus cases increase 03/11/2020 09:20pm • D.C. is under a state of emergency and a public health emergency, a move that comes after health officials announced a jump in the number of new coronavirus cases on Wednesday. Concerns around the outbreak have prompted a number of major event cancellations or schedule changes, and local places o GWU: Quarantine 'not necessary' for students who attended AIPAC conference 03/08/2020 01:36am • After learning that two New Yorkers who have since tested positive for coronavirus attended the American Israeli Public Affairs Community Policy conference earlier this week in D.C., the 30 George Washington University students who also attended were offered space by the University to self-quarantin