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Teams keep up door-to-door effort in Prince George's Co. to boost lagging vaccination rates 06/18/2021 01:46am • Door-to-door canvassers in Prince George's County, Maryland, have completed the first phase of a countywide outreach effort, having knocked on more than 95,000 doors to provide information about COVID-19 vaccines and sign residents up for appointments. The outreach effort, which began April 22, w DC Council passes ban on sales of flavored tobacco products   06/16/2021 04:54am • The D.C. Council passed a bill Tuesday evening banning the sale of flavored tobacco products, such as flavored e-cigarettes, menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. The bill, called the Flavored Tobacco Product Prohibition Amendment Act of 2021, would update a long-standing ban on the sale of tob Booz Allen closes on $725M acquisition of Herndon IT contractor 06/14/2021 10:15am • The Booz Allen Hamilton logo is seen on a building in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, on March 11, 2019. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) McLean, Virginia-based Booz Allen Hamilton, already the largest government IT contractor in the D.C. region, has completed its acquisition of Herndon-based Liberty I Former CIA officer details 'Havana Syndrome' he says he suffered 06/14/2021 09:03am • ▶ Watch Video: Russian intelligence likely behind mysterious, debilitating attacks on U.S. personnel A retired CIA officer, who says he has been a victim of so-called "Havana Syndrome," calls the mysterious and debilitating neurological symptoms "an act of war against U.S. officials." Dietary supplements won't solve fertility problems, federal regulators say 05/29/2021 11:32am • Couples having trouble conceiving a child may try many treatments, but federal regulators said that one they shouldn't try are dietary supplements produced by companies that claim their products can solve fertility problems. The Federal Trade Commission and the Food and Drug Administration are te Montgomery Co. lawmakers set to OK $6B budget, move 'full steam ahead' with reopening 05/24/2021 02:05pm • Lawmakers in Montgomery County, Maryland, are set to give final approval to a $6 billion operating budget billed as a road map for a post-pandemic recovery, and also say the county is moving "full steam ahead" with a plan to lift most coronavirus restrictions come Friday. The council is scheduled AAA expects a summer travel surge among DC-area residents 05/24/2021 01:24pm • As coronavirus restrictions get lifted, AAA said many in the D.C. area are planning to hit the road this summer. More than 70% of D.C. residents and more than 60% of Maryland and Virginia residents say they're planning to take a trip this summer, according to a AAA survey. "This is the year wh PPE shortage could become a challenge in case of another pandemic, expert says 05/23/2021 09:37pm • With vaccinations causing COVID-19 cases to drop, one U.S. hospital president is warning the country may not be adequately prepared for another pandemic. Dr. Shereef Elnahal, president and chief executive of University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, was asked to speak to the Senate Homeland Secu Virginia veterans secretary to deploy to Middle East 05/23/2021 07:45am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. The Virginia National Guard’s Fort Belvoir-based 29th Infantry Division will mobilize for active duty in the Middle East later this spr Man attacked in his Dupont Circle tea shop reflects on attack 05/07/2021 10:14pm • A man who was attacked inside his own D.C. establishment last year is talking about his experience and sharing his views about why it's vital for businesses like his to exist in American society. Yunhan Zhang, who runs Valley Brook Tea near Dupont Circle, joined the Mayor's Office on Asian and Pa Trone launches re-election bid with long list of endorsements 05/07/2021 03:22pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Rep. David J. Trone (D), the businessman-turned-politician who represents Maryland’s westernmost congressional district, has decided not t Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center reopens 05/05/2021 01:26pm • The first of the Smithsonian's museums in the D.C. area reopened Wednesday. The Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, is back in business. Jeremy Kinney, associate director for research and curatorial affairs, told WTOP's Melissa Howell that the center hasn't been op Booz Allen acquires Herndon IT firm for $725M 05/04/2021 09:42am • McLean, Virginia-based government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton will acquire Herndon, Virginia-based Liberty IT Solutions LLC for $725 million. Liberty IT Solutions has about 600 employees, with other operations in Exton, Pennsylvania, and Melbourne, Florida. Its work includes IT modernization Schrader taps Schuh, Chan for deputy posts at the Md. Department of Health 04/29/2021 08:17pm • Health Secretary Dennis R. Schrader at City of Praise Ministries in Landover. (Courtesy Maryland Department of Health) This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Finally ensconced Despite racial reckoning, reparation efforts stall in Md., elsewhere 04/25/2021 11:00am • LOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) — During last summer’s reckoning over racial injustice, decades-long debates about whether to offer reparations to the descendants of slaves in the U.S. finally seemed to be gaining momentum. State lawmakers in California, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Oregon — wher