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Stafford deputy recovers engagement ring stolen in online scam 10/02/2020 08:20am • A Stafford County Sheriff's deputy is being lauded after his efforts led to the recovery of a engagement ring that could have been lost in an internet scam. According to the sheriff's office, a Stafford County, Virginia, resident advertised a one-carat engagement ring on Facebook Marketplace in J School officials expect declines in enrollment and funding 09/30/2020 10:08am • BALTIMORE — Thousands of students are missing from class in the Baltimore area. The Baltimore Sun reported Wednesday that some don’t have internet access, and their school building is closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Others may have dropped out. School systems are tallying their Target won't be left out of this year's Prime Day 09/29/2020 07:54am • Target isn't letting Amazon hog the sales spotlight during Prime Day. The big-box store is once again bringing back its own version of the event. On October 13 and 14, Target is holding Deal Days (the same days as Amazon's Prime Day event). The retailer promises that this year's sales extravaganz Q&A: How to handle technology issues with online school 09/26/2020 12:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Across the U.S., the pandemic has forced students to attend virtual school to prevent spread of the coronavirus. But the more we rely on technology, the bigger the consequences when gadgets or internet service let us down. Technology being technology, all sorts of things can go Loudoun County urges child involvement in preparing for emergencies 09/26/2020 02:45am • Loudoun County, Virginia, says that National Preparedness Month is an excellent time to teach your children what to do in an emergency. To start? Make an emergency supply kit together. The Department of Homeland Security's website, ready.gov, outlines how to involve your kids and teens at all Virginia lawmakers unveil new budget plans amid pandemic 09/25/2020 09:29pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers have unveiled proposed budgets plans aimed at mitigating the effects of the coronavirus. The House of Delegates and the state Senate advanced their own spending plans out of committees with several new proposals Friday. That includes new funding for me Board to vote on return to school for some Charles Co. kids 09/24/2020 11:24am • The school board for Charles County, Maryland, public schools is looking into bringing some students back in November and will vote on the matter Oct. 13. In particular, students who need in-person teaching the most, if their parents approve. Special-education students, those without a web co Baltimore City Schools to lay off 450 employees, halt hiring 09/23/2020 07:04am • BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore City School officials say the system plans to lay off about 450 temporary employees and halt hiring as it tries to make up for a $21 million budget shortfall incurred during the coronavirus pandemic. News outlets report that the layoffs will affect full-time employees Amazon landlord JBG Smith lays foundation for National Landing 5G network 09/21/2020 12:15pm • JBG Smith Properties (NYSE: JBGS) has paid $25.3 million for licenses to use small parts of a new class of wireless spectrum to set up a 5G internet network in National Landing, home to Amazon.com Inc.'s second headquarters and Virginia Tech’s innovation campus. “We pursued ownership in spect DC youth center helps at-risk teens turn their lives around 09/19/2020 07:38pm • A faith-based, nonprofit youth center is changing the lives of at-risk teenagers in the D.C. neighborhood of Anacostia. For more than 20 years, The House DC's staff has been working to help young people find the path to a successful future. The youth center occupies 3 buildings on 17th Street Trump, Biden absorb news of Ginsburg death on the fly 09/19/2020 01:16am • BEMIDJI, Minnesota (AP) — Minutes into yet another Donald Trump campaign rally, the world got word that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died. But no one told the president. No one passed him a note. No one whispered in his ear. And so Trump continued with his wide-ranging rally speech, seemingl DC Council committee hears stories of struggle for unemployment benefits 09/16/2020 06:19pm • D.C. residents detailed their hardships in fighting to get their unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic to a council committee Wednesday. Their stories were part of a public oversight hearing held by At-Large Council member Elissa Silverman, who chairs the Committee on Labor and Workf Poll finds racial disparity in financial problems during pandemic 09/16/2020 05:15am • A new poll has found racial disparity among those facing serious financial problems during the coronavirus pandemic. At least four in 10 Latino, Black and Native American households report using up all or most of their household savings during the COVID-19 pandemic. "We were completely taken a MLK Library reopening celebration goes online 09/15/2020 11:15am • Photo provided by: MLK Library This content is provided by the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. While the public will have to wait a bit longer to explore the entire Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library's upper floors, they will be able to experience the building virtually through Distance learning especially challenging for students with disabilities 09/13/2020 08:37pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Noah, a pseudonym for a middle school child with autism, had been doing well in his public education program until school buildings close