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Virginia, Maryland, federal officials warn of more mystery seeds in the mail from China 07/27/2020 05:09pm • Hundreds more people in Maryland and Virginia have reported receiving mysterious packets of seeds in the mail that look like they've come from China. The Department of Agriculture is working to identify them and there is concern people could be planting an invasive species. Days after first alert U.S. Fares Poorly in Gallup's Latest World Leadership Ratings 07/27/2020 12:00am • The United States is still receiving low approval ratings for its leadership from other parts of the world, according to a new report from Gallup that was compiled even before the coronavirus pandemic tested global leaders. Gallup released its annual world leadership ratings report on Monday, which Museums, historians navigate how to write history of COVID-19 with no end in sight 07/26/2020 02:43am • When the Covid-19 pandemic broke out in the United States, the California Historical Society received call after call asking for its archive on the 1918 flu. Researchers and journalists were looking for clues into how Americans coped in the thick of a pandemic -- and what we could learn in 2020 f Can You Avoid Back Surgery With Yoga? 07/23/2020 12:00am • Jack Noonan was 74 years old when his sciatic back pain was so bad that he couldn't walk. "I would be walking with my wife and dog, and I'd have to stop and say, 'I can't go on,'" says Noonan, now 79. "It was just the worst pain I ever had. I couldn't believe it." Noonan's debilitating pain was cos Mayor Bowser issues new mask order for DC 07/22/2020 11:50am • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser issued a new mask order Wednesday as officials voiced concern over an upswing in new coronavirus cases. "Basically it says, if you leave home, you should wear a mask," Bowser said. "This means, if you're waiting for a bus, you must have on a mask," she added. "If you a Arlington citizen group to review police policies and practices 07/17/2020 06:14am • A 15-member citizen group in Virginia's Arlington County will review and report on police practices and policies following recent racial justice rallies across the country. The review will "ensure that the Arlington County Police Department is current with policing best practices and continue to Supreme Court Ruling Puts Focus on Slow Path to Progress for Native Americans 07/15/2020 12:00am • In an age of growing global protests against racial inequalities, last week's U.S. Supreme Court decision to classify about half of Oklahoma as a Native American reservation put a spotlight on the economic, health and educational disparities that countries' indigenous peoples still face around the 2 workers seriously injured at Southwest DC construction site 07/14/2020 08:58am • Two construction workers were hit by falling materials at a site in Southwest D.C. on Tuesday morning. The incident happened around 7:30 a.m. on Maine Avenue near 6th Street SW, according to D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Vito Maggiolo. Both men suffered serious injuries but are expected to be OK Health Problems You Should Never Ignore 07/14/2020 12:00am • The novel coronavirus and COVID-19 justifiably dominate the health care world these days. But emergency medicine physicians are noticing a troubling trend as a result. According to an April 2020 poll conducted by Morning Consult and the American College of Emergency Physicians, nearly a third of Am Johns Hopkins discusses return to class in the fall 07/07/2020 04:04pm • In this July 8, 2014 picture, people walk on Johns Hopkins University's Homewood campus in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) How do you bring thousands of students to campus safely during a pandemic? It's a complicated issue they���re working through at Johns Hopkins University. In a tow Machinery falls on construction worker, killing him at DC site 06/30/2020 04:30pm • A man has died at a construction site in D.C. on Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (Courtesy Twitter/D.C. Fire and EMS) A man has died Tuesday after an accident on a construction site in Southeast D.C. Just before 10 a.m.,��D.C. Fire and EMS said a large piece of machinery weighing several thousand pou DC business owner sues city over fireworks license denial 06/24/2020 03:35pm • With Fourth of July around the corner, a D.C. business owner said he's been denied a license to sell fireworks after doing so for decades, and he is questioning the reason he was given. James Peters III has lived in the District his entire life and began his career in the fireworks industry in th Md. Senate leaders outline recommendations for smoother general election 06/24/2020 05:59am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. Two Maryland Senate leaders say the state should hold a ���hybrid mail-in preferred��� election in November to avoid the long lines and late Inspectors canvass Montgomery County before Phase Two of COVID-19 reopening 06/18/2020 10:56am • Heather Detrick speaks with an employee of a hair salon in Montgomery County, Maryland. (Courtesy Montgomery County Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Housing Code Enforcement) As Montgomery County, Maryland, gets ready for Phase Two of its reopening Friday, some county workers are chi Pressure mounts on Maryland legislature to reconvene in special session 06/15/2020 07:27am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. The head of the Legislative Black Caucus wants the General Assembly to return to Annapolis before January to override a series of vetoes i