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Colleges in DC region move up in 2021 US News Best Colleges rankings 09/14/2020 04:11am • D.C.-area colleges moved up in the 2021 U.S. News & World Report rankings after some methodology changes this year. The University of Maryland College Park rose to No. 58 in national colleges, up from No. 64 last year. Johns Hopkins University moved up from No. 10 to No. 9. Howard Unive Key changes in how 2021 Best Colleges rankings were calculated 09/14/2020 12:00am • Today marks the release of the 36th edition of the U.S. News Best Colleges rankings. Over the decades, U.S. News has published data on colleges and universities to help prospective students and their families make the important -- and costly -- decision about where to go to college. Despite chang Princeton, Williams top 2021 US News Best Colleges rankings 09/14/2020 12:00am • Higher education can be a vast and confusing landscape, populated with thousands of colleges and universities across the nation, divided into many categories and comprising differing institutional missions. When making a decision on where to enroll, prospective students and families are faced wit Students and parents are rethinking higher education in a COVID world 09/10/2020 12:25pm • This content is provided by Clark A. Kendall of Kendall Capital in Rockville, MD. Even before COVID-19 changed the face of higher education — and the world — college and university enrollment had been dropping. Students and the parents that pay the college experience bill have already long PayPal steps up with financial resources to help address racial inequality 09/02/2020 12:43pm • These are tough economic times overall for American businesses, but PayPal has continued to thrive as people carry out more and more financial transactions online. The company is not satisfied with more narrow definitions of success, however. The pandemic and social unrest have only intens DMV entertainment venues to light up Tuesday night for pandemic Red Alert 09/01/2020 12:25am • If you see red lights outside D.C. concert venues Tuesday night, don't be alarmed. On second thought, be alarmed! Our entertainment venues are barely hanging on. The North American coalition We Make Events is hosting Red Alert RESTART, inspired by a UK event that lit up 715 buildings and a Maryland small businesses to see $3.4M in CARES Act funds 08/29/2020 12:19pm • A number of small businesses in parts of Maryland could be receiving financial assistance through the CARES Act, as the coronavirus pandemic continues. The U.S. Department of Commerce said its Economic Development Administration is awarding $3.4 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants as Rehoboth's popular businesses struggle to survive amid pandemic 08/28/2020 08:30pm • The summer sun usually brings out the masses to Delaware's beaches and businesses, but this year's historic low in visitors due to the coronavirus pandemic has left many shops struggling to stay afloat. “It was the worst Fourth of July ever, and going back to Memorial Day, again the worst Memor Mazza Gallerie mall in Northwest DC sold at auction 08/28/2020 12:58pm • The Mazza Gallerie sold for $38 million to the highest bidder in a foreclosure auction Friday after its owner, an affiliate of New York's Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp., defaulted on $67.1 million in loans it took out to acquire the 294,000-square-foot retail center in Northwest D.C. in 2017. Repres Arlington increases eviction protection fund, distributes grocery gift cards 08/26/2020 12:05pm • Those needing eviction protection assistance can apply for aid through the Arlington County Department of Human Services. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/BackyardProduction) Arlington County, Virginia, has increased its existing eviction protection fund by another $1.1 million, and has launched a pilo Prince William Co. special ed teacher: Return to in-person classes 'scares me' 08/26/2020 08:53am • Prince William County special education teachers will soon return to the classroom and work with some of the Virginia public school district's most vulnerable students — but it's a decision that's not sitting well with everyone. Patriot High School special ed teacher Ronald Blair Jr. pivoted to High-risk DC residents may now be able to get free COVID-19 testing 08/25/2020 09:47pm • All D.C.-licensed health insurers will have to cover COVID-19 testing for high- risk residents under a new mandate. “We know that the best place to get tested for COVID-19 is at a doctor or with a medical professional who can talk to you about your symptoms, health, and future care. If you need Why it's especially important to get a flu shot during the coronavirus pandemic 08/25/2020 08:36pm • As flu shots become available in coming weeks, doctors want you to know it has never been more important to get vaccinated. In the fall, doctors and health care systems will be dealing with two circulating viruses: influenza and the novel coronavirus. "There has never been a more important tim Delaware leaders push back on high-risk status after DC Health cites data 'anomaly' 08/25/2020 06:30pm • After months of tracking coronavirus metrics, many states have seen so-called spikes, which are often due to a slew of positive tests being reported on a single day. In Delaware's case, that data fluctuation landed the coastal state on D.C.'s high-risk travel list, which the City of Rehoboth mayor s Loudoun Co. man pleads guilty in $1M coronavirus loan fraud scheme 08/25/2020 05:26pm • An Ashburn, Virginia, man has pleaded guilty to a fraud scheme in which prosecutors say he and his wife used bogus companies to seek more than $6 million from a federal loan program to help struggling small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. Tarik Jaafar, 42, pleaded guilty to defrauding