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Montgomery County to prioritize COVID-19 vaccine doses by ZIP code 02/03/2021 05:27pm • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, say they are putting the finishing touches on a plan to make sure communities hardest-hit by the coronavirus have access to COVID-19 vaccines by allowing residents age 75 and older from certain ZIP codes to move to the front of the line for appointments. Comcast to delay data-overage fee, waive contract cancellation charges amid pandemic 02/03/2021 03:11pm • Internet and cable provider Comcast will delay its plans to charge a data-overage fee to customers who use more data than their plan allows in a given month, the attorney general of Pennsylvania announced Wednesday. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said the company agreed to waive the f 50 best hotels in US 02/02/2021 12:00am • From seaside resorts to glamorous urban hotels, these unique properties are the best in the country. With such a wide array of luxurious urban hotels, boutique lodges and beachfront resorts to choose from, it can be difficult to decide where to travel. That's why U.S. News did the work for you. U 13 Top Hotels With Work-From-Hotel Packages 02/02/2021 12:00am • From private workspaces to office essentials, these hotels offer everything you need to stay productive while working remotely.As the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact daily life in the U.S. and around the world, many companies remain committed to employee safety by offering remote work optio Bezos Stepping Down as Amazon CEO 02/02/2021 12:00am • All three major U.S. stock market indices rose for a second consecutive day on Tuesday as a big earnings week began to unfold. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 475 points, or 1.6%, to finish at 30,687. World's richest man to retire as CEO. One of the two Big Tech stocks headlining earnings se A groundhog forecast: More winter or early spring? 01/31/2021 11:03am • Every year on Feb. 2 people keep an eye out for a groundhog's shadow to help predict what the weather will be like for the next few weeks. This year that shadow may be cast on snow. The legend goes that if groundhog Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow we will have six more weeks of winter. If he do Va. vaccine coordinator: Availability improving, but 'still nowhere near where we need to be' 01/30/2021 02:17pm • Northern Virginia residents continue to be concerned about getting access to the coronavirus vaccine, but health officials stress the process is improving. They said the state's ability to distribute and track the vaccines is getting better compared to earlier in January, but the top problem co Prince William libraries closing for employees to help with COVID-19 vaccines 01/29/2021 06:36am • 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. Prince William County's 12 public libraries will be closed to the public and offering curbside service only starting Feb. 1 to dedica Should You Buy Facebook (FB) Stock? 01/28/2021 12:00am • With 2.8 billion monthly active users, a meaningful fraction of the global population uses Facebook (ticker: FB) or one of its products. Among the six most popular social media platforms in the world, Facebook owns three: WhatsApp, Instagram and, of course, Facebook itself. With the pandemic contin Improved DC COVID-19 vaccine booking site aims to streamline appointments 01/27/2021 11:35pm • With a promise of ramping up coronavirus vaccine distribution from the Biden administration, D.C. has made improvements to the process of booking a vaccine appointment. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. health department director Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt said that President Joe Biden's announcement to in Microsoft chatbot that would let you talk to dead people too 'disturbing' for production 01/27/2021 06:41am • The internet is buzzing over a new technology created by Microsoft developers that could make it possible to have a virtual conversation with a deceased loved one (well, kind of). A patent granted to Microsoft last month details a method for creating a conversational chatbot modeled after a speci Should You Buy Microsoft (MSFT) Stock? 01/27/2021 12:00am • Twenty years ago, Microsoft Corp. (ticker: MSFT) was the most valuable company in the world. Today, Microsoft is worth around $1.8 trillion, and other tech titans like Alphabet ( GOOG, GOOGL) and Facebook ( FB) are not too far behind. The company that brought you Windows may not be the groundbreaki Federal appeals court hears case on FCC's 5G safety standards 01/26/2021 06:54pm • While tech companies work to get the 5G label slapped on their products to appeal to consumer demand for faster internet speeds, there's a push to get the Federal Communications Commission to update the standards it uses to determine if a technology is safe. A number of groups, including the Envi Widespread internet outages hit Northeast US 01/26/2021 12:47pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Users across the Northeast U.S. reported widespread internet outages Tuesday. Verizon reported a fiber cut in Brooklyn via Twitter, although it's not clear if that issue is responsible for the entire outage. According to DownDetector and user reports on Twitter, the prob Md. education officials study ways to help students who fell behind during online learning 01/26/2021 05:30am • Maryland state education officials are trying to determine the best ways for school districts to help students who may have fallen behind during online learning. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the pivot to online learning last spring has forced some students to try to catch up. “Alth