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PayPal provides crucial capital for small businesses in unprecedented times 06/19/2020 11:16am • “The world fundamentally changed for small businesses” PayPal has played a key role in providing critical capital to countless small businesses during the pandemic, helping them navigate some of the most challenging times in the country’s history. The company has also shown an unwave Montgomery County officials detail Phase Two, announce youth jobs program 06/17/2020 03:44pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, is set to enter Phase Two of the lifting of COVID-19 safety regulations on Friday at 5 p.m., but officials on Wednesday emphasized caution as they provided details. Saying the county had seen a “significant reduction in cases last week, per day,” County Executive National Capital Barbecue Battle goes virtual this month 06/15/2020 04:15am • Before the coronavirus pandemic, late June in D.C. meant only one thing for smoked meat fans: the Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle. Not only was the two-day event on Pennsylvania Avenue a chance for backyard pitmasters to mingle with the experts; it was also a chance for the experts to comp Explore! Children's Museum launches interactive website 06/13/2020 01:52pm • Keeping up with the kids may be more challenging this summer but there's a new online resource that will allow them to explore activities from museums all across the world, including the Miami Children's Museum and the City Museum of Manhattan. The Children's Museum in the District is quite famil Hogan: Indoor dining to resume with restrictions on Friday 06/11/2020 07:49am • Citing a decrease in coronavirus numbers based on reopening metrics, indoor dining in Maryland may resume on Friday, with restrictions and capacity. Gov. Larry Hogan said in an update Wednesday that starting Friday at 5 p.m., indoor dining at restaurants can start at 50% capacity, with strict pub 'Brick and mortar to brick and order:' One Rockville retailer's reopening strategy 06/05/2020 11:00pm • As much of Maryland went into Phase Two of Gov. Larry Hogan's coronavirus recovery plan, Montgomery County remains in Phase One and its government issued "additional guidance" for businesses on reopening and recovery. "We know that businesses are finding themselves in unprecedented territory," Mo Data Doctors: Is my MacBook upgradeable? 06/05/2020 04:48pm • Q: I just found out that my MacBook Pro’s hard drive can’t be upgraded because it’s soldered in! When did this change happen on Macs? A: A couple of things everyone buying a new computer should always consider is both the upgradeability and reparability of the unit. I recently wrote abou What the Phase One reopening looks like in 3 Maryland counties 05/28/2020 07:26pm • When Maryland completes Phase One of its reopening on Friday, hair salons, barbershops and other nonessential businesses in Frederick, Anne Arundel and Charles counties will be able to provide services again, but with limitations. Here's what it would look like. REOPENING PLANS AROUND THE DC announces start date for public schools; virtual summer school, camp-at-home offered 05/22/2020 01:58pm • The Lincoln Memorial stands empty, Friday, May 22, 2020, in Washington. The District of Columbia is under a stay-home order for all residents in an effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) D.C. made it official Friday: Public schools in the District will star DC's reopening pilot program for small stores yields promising early results 05/19/2020 11:37pm • A handful of small D.C. stores were allowed to expand their sales operations this week during the pandemic under a pilot program, and the results so far are great in the eyes of owners. Six shops, such as education and academic stores, that applied for waivers were permitted to let customers Md. businesses open to limited customers as coronavirus restrictions are relaxed 05/15/2020 10:38pm • On Friday, some areas of Maryland began to relax coronavirus restrictions after nearly two months, but with limitations. Ridia Dearie had people calling her immediately after Gov. Larry Hogan's announcement saying some businesses could reopen after lifting the stay-at-home order for the coronavir What's allowed, what's not in Anne Arundel Co. as Md. aims to reopen 05/14/2020 06:30pm • St. Anne's Episcopal Church is seen in the distance from Main Street in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, March 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) More from: Prince George's County | Montgomery County | Calvert County | Charles County With Maryland looking to start easing pandemic-related restri Hogan: Maryland to relax stay-home order starting May 15 05/13/2020 10:31pm • Fish Taco restaurant workers talk to a customer, left, in front of the restaurant in Bethesda, Md., Monday, May 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Wednesday that the stay-at-home order originally put in place to deal with the coronavirus pandemic would be lif Coronavirus update: Bowser extends DC stay-at-home order into June 05/13/2020 09:04pm • FILE -- A woman in a mask walks past a digital sign displaying groups of people walking above K Street, an area usually packed with people this time of day, Wednesday, April 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) D.C.'s stay-at-home order has been extended until June 8, Mayor Muriel B The world's best airports for 2020, according to Skytrax 05/11/2020 05:14am • While most of us yearn for the days when we can actually fly in and out of them again, the world's top aviation hubs for 2020 have been revealed at the annual Skytrax World Airport Awards. And in what will come as a surprise to virtually no one, Singapore Changi Airport has for the eighth year in