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Northam: Virginia's Phase I plan 'a floor'; localities can seek changes 05/07/2020 01:13am • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said Wednesday that while he's still confident that the commonwealth can enter Phase I of lifting COVID-19-related safety restrictions May 15, he described the relaxed restrictions as "the floor," and that if localities want to keep some restrictions, they might be able t 'This must stop': Reckless driving soars amid COVID-19 closures 05/05/2020 02:34pm • The global coronavirus pandemic has eased traffic congestion in the D.C. area but has led to a dramatic rise of excessive speeding at a time when more people are walking or riding bicycles. AAA Mid-Atlantic said in a news release Tuesday that local police departments, which are still ticketing dr Seeking health care equity, DC will build 2 new hospitals 04/29/2020 11:45pm • D.C. announced two new hospitals will be built in the city that would address issues of health care equity among its residents. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the hospitals will be in Wards 1 and 8. “While D.C. continues to battle this pandemic, our team has remained committed to delivering hope a DC town hall on business recovery focuses on equity 04/28/2020 07:17pm • At a telephone town hall Tuesday afternoon, a group of D.C. leaders spoke on plans to aid businesses and workers during the COVID-19 public health crisis, and to help them rebuild afterward — with an emphasis on equity. Ashley Emerson, the executive director of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Office of Bowser expands coronavirus testing for DC grocery store workers 04/28/2020 12:07pm • D.C. is expanding how it prioritizes coronavirus testing to include critical infrastructure workers who have been exposed but are asymptomatic, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Tuesday. That includes grocery store workers, essential government employees and others who continue to report to work in t Maryland university system creates panel to explore reviving in-person learning 04/28/2020 04:27am • The chancellor of the University System of Maryland said a new committee will research and develop a plan to reopen all campuses this fall, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement, Jay Perman said the "Return to Campus Advisory Group" will include university-based leaders that wil Satellite imagery finds likely Kim train amid health rumors 04/26/2020 08:36am • This Wednesday, April 15, 2020, satellite image provided by Airbus Defence & Space and annotated by 38 North, a website specializing in North Korea studies, shows overview of Wonsan complex in Wonsan, North Korea. Recent satellite photos show a train probably belonging to North Korean leader Ki Judge orders DC psychiatric hospital to isolate patients following facility cases, deaths 04/25/2020 03:56pm • A federal judge has ordered St. Elizabeths Hospital to isolate patients exposed to the coronavirus after several deaths in the facility. In an opinion released Saturday, the D.C. hospital was ordered by a federal judge to quarantine all patients exposed to the coronavirus separately. Seven pat Coronavirus updates: Several Va. measures extended; free meals to be distributed in Md. 04/24/2020 03:27am • Medical personnel from Montgomery County, Md., check patients arriving for a COVID-19 drive-in testing in Silver Spring, Md., Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Maryland has dramatically boosted its testing capacity for the new coronavirus with a shipment of 500,000 tests from a South Korean company. (AP Pho How does the National Guard keep people safe during a pandemic? By cleaning, sewing and packing 04/22/2020 03:25am • If there's one thing the Covid-19 crisis has taught us, it's that unusual times call for unusual solutions. That's why in Rotterdam, New York, a group of trained soldiers and airmen sat in a call center for weeks, taking more than 118,000 calls from concerned citizens asking about the coronavirus Where have all the flowers gone? Flower Mart at National Cathedral goes online 04/21/2020 06:02pm • Tulips bloom in the Bishop's Garden at the Washington National Cathedral. (WTOP/Abigail Constantino) It's usually a rite of spring — the annual Flower Mart at the Washington National Cathedral. But, this year, the colorful celebration is being sidelined by the coronavirus pandemic. Flower M Prosecutors seek to drop murder case against first DC Jail inmate to die from COVID-19 04/17/2020 08:30pm • The D.C. Jail is seen in this April 2020 photo. (Photo by Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Federal prosecutors have asked a D.C. Superior Court judge to drop the indictment and prosecution of 51-year-old Deon Crowell, who died of complications from COVID-19 before standing t Vital services remain open in DC on Emancipation Day 04/16/2020 09:16am • Emancipation Day is typically a day off for all D.C. students and government employees, but the coronavirus pandemic has kept food, shelter and unemployment services open on the annual holiday. The city announced its Department of Human Services will be closed to celebrate President Abraham Linco Montgomery Co. bill would prohibit rent increases during public health emergency 04/14/2020 11:47pm • With unemployment claims rising in Maryland due to the effects of the coronavirus, Montgomery County has introduced a measure to provide relief to renters. The COVID-19 Renter Relief Act would prohibit landlords from increasing rent for residential tenants during and within 30 days after the COVI Farm to table, via driver's window: Drive-thru farmers' market to open 04/09/2020 11:35am • Normally, the farmers market in historic Warrenton is a walking affair. In the midst of the coronavirus, the town will soon try a drive-thru farmers market. (Courtesy Warrenton Farmers Market) On most weekends, a trip to the farmers market includes a leisurely stroll among vendors, sampling a ju