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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 Immigrant Helps Her Community Survive COVID-19. 'We Were in the Shadows.' 05/14/2021 12:00am • Ethel Wirth, 35 Title: Founder of Se Fuerte Annapolis, a Facebook group for Latino immigrants. Wirth is maintenance manager for the Islamic Society of Annapolis and also works as a housecleaner. Location: Annapolis, Maryland In April 2020, Wirth, a bilingual Mexican immigrant launched a Facebook g 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 Chinatown church becomes latest house of worship to host COVID-19 vaccination clinic 04/22/2021 03:23am • There's a push to get more people protected against COVID-19 in D.C. by offering vaccinations at houses of worship. That effort continued Wednesday in the Chinatown neighborhood in Northwest. About 150 people came to the Chinese Community Church on I Street to get the first of two doses of the Md. health department hires adviser to focus on vaccination of underserved Prince George’s residents 04/20/2021 02:48pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The Maryland Department of Health has hired an adviser to support efforts in vaccinating vulnerable and underserved communities in Prince Ge Maryland General Assembly 2021: Winners and losers 04/19/2021 07:42am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. During the 90 days the General Assembly was in session, we ran out of ways to say what an unusual, challenging and hard session it was. We Residents in Closest Allies Have Doubts About U.S. Democracy 04/19/2021 12:00am • Residents in countries that are longtime members of perhaps the most important military alliance for the United States are among the most skeptical about the health of American democracy, according to a newly released U.S. News global survey. As part of the 2021 Best Countries report released this Jailed students file suit alleging DCPS hasn't offered virtual school since pandemic began 04/14/2021 04:20pm • Two students who are serving sentences in the DC Jail have filed a lawsuit against D.C. Public Schools and the State Superintendent of Education, claiming that the city hasn't offered any virtual or in-person instruction to kids in custody since the pandemic began. In the complaint, the two incar