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Data Doctors: Beware of scam Wi-Fi boosters 03/06/2021 06:39am • Q: I keep seeing ads for the Novitec Wi-Fi Booster that claims it can bypass an Internet provider’s speed caps and provide faster connections; is this legit? We all rely on the Internet so much these days that when there are performance issues, it’s aggravating. This common experience is w A look back at COVID-19's impact on Montgomery Co. -- and a look ahead 03/05/2021 01:26pm • In any other year, Montgomery County's elected officials and civic leaders would be crowding into an auditorium to hear the county executive deliver a  State of the County address. But not this year. Instead, County Executive Marc Elrich delivered a taped message seated behind a desk, and put Prince William Co. opens large vaccination site near Potomac Mills Mall 03/04/2021 11:27pm • A new COVID-19 vaccination site is open near the Potomac Mills Mall in Prince William County, Virginia. County officials said Walmart will distribute 2,400 doses at the former Gander Mountain store in Woodbridge. The location is seemingly the long-awaited large vaccination site that county offici Maryland Vaccine Hunters take control of appointment search 03/03/2021 01:49pm • Frustrated with the slow rollout, many residents are turning to a Facebook group for help in hunting down COVID-19 vaccine appointments. The Maryland Vaccine Hunters group has existed for just over a month but boasts, at publishing, nearly 55,000 members. Nancy Knuth, 75, lives in Parkton with Rifts form among Senate Democrats over police transparency 03/02/2021 11:17pm • Maryland state Sen. Pamela G. Beidle (D-Anne Arundel) on the Senate floor. (Courtesy Maryland Matters/Danielle Gaines) This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Democrats splinte Preparing for next vaccine phase, Montgomery Co. urges more sign-ups to boost equity 03/02/2021 03:29pm • Health officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, say they plan to start putting hundreds of recently authorized Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine doses into arms as early as this week. As they prepare to soon expand eligibility at county-run clinics for residents 65 and older, county offi US attorney seizes another COVID fraud website 03/01/2021 05:45pm • The U.S. Attorney's office in Maryland has seized another fraudulent COVID-19 treatment website, according to a statement released Monday. The website, called "remdesivirmx.com," claimed to sell and distribute Remdesivir, a drug used to treat COVID-19. But the website was used to collect users' p Security chief: DC 'must reimagine safety and security,' amid evolving domestic terror threat 02/25/2021 11:50am • The head of D.C.'s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency said the Jan. 6 insurrection on Capitol Hill made something clear: "The District must reimagine safety and security, in the face of the evolving threat of domestic terrorism." In an oversight hearing before D.C.'s Committee on t Maryland Democratic senators detail additional COVID-19 relief plans for state 02/18/2021 04:14am • Democrats in Maryland's senate are out with their plan to help the state recover from the coronavirus pandemic and to prepare for any future health crisis. In a virtual conference, several pieces of legislation were discussed. Senate President Bill Ferguson and other members of the Democratic Virginia launches call center to help with vaccination preregistration 02/17/2021 04:36pm • Virginia has added a dedicated call center to go with its newly-launched preregistration website to help residents who either don't have internet access or are struggling to get a COVID-19 vaccine appointment. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced that the call center — which has around 750 peo Some seniors frustrated with new Md. vaccine appointment call center 02/16/2021 07:00pm • Getting a vaccine appointment in Maryland is not an easy task for some seniors. While the state opened a new vaccine appointment call center to create greater access, whether callers get through on the phone seems entirely up to chance. Aimed at seniors who don't have internet access, Maryland's Md. secretary of health says Prince George's Co. needs to improve confidence in vaccines 02/15/2021 09:24pm • BOWIE, MD - FEBRUARY 06: People wait in their cars inside of a mass vaccination tent in the parking lot of Six Flags on February 6, 2021 in Bowie, Maryland. Maryland officially entered Phase 1C of COVID-19 vaccine distribution including people over age 65, U.S. Postal Service employees, and workers You're on the list: Va. statewide COVID-19 preregistration site aims to calm fears 02/15/2021 12:01pm • One of the most important functions of Virginia's statewide preregistration system for COVID-19 vaccinations will be to assuage fears from Virginians who aren't quite sure whether they have signed up to be notified when they are eligible to get their shots. "There will be a confirmation on screen Maryland lawmakers move ahead with first tax on internet ads 02/12/2021 07:06pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers are moving forward with a first-in-the-nation tax on internet ads for big companies like Facebook and Google to help pay for an ambitious and costly measure to improve K-12 education. The Maryland General Assembly, which is controlled by Democrats, overr Va. to institute statewide COVID-19 vaccine preregistration system; Fairfax Co. to sit out 02/12/2021 05:51pm • Virginia is beginning a statewide COVID-19 vaccination signup program, and that means local systems will shut down Friday evening. The Virginia Department of Health said in a statement that local vaccination registration systems will shut down at 5 p.m. Friday, and the new statewide system will s