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Key Maryland senators want mandatory student COVID-19 vaccinations 09/27/2021 09:53pm • Maryland has one of the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the nation. The state ranks 12th in the nation for the percentage of its population fully vaccinated and seventh in the nation for the percentage of its population that has received a first dose. More Maryland General Assembly N Wizards media day features differing opinions among players about vaccines 09/27/2021 07:47pm • Wizards media day features plenty of opinions about vaccines originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonTwo seasons ago, it was the bubble in Orlando. Last year, it was regular testing and players in and out of health and safety protocol. Now this upcoming NBA season, the 2021-22 campaign, is shapi Northam says it has cost $5 billion to care for unvaccinated Virginians with COVID 09/27/2021 04:50pm • As Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam updated the public Monday on the commonwealth���s COVID-19 response, he had a few words for the eligible Virginians who remain unvaccinated. It was a description of what it���s like to be on a ventilator. ���They put a tube just about the size of a garden hose do Prince George's Co. holding free flu shot clinics 09/27/2021 03:23pm • With many focused on rising cases of COVID-19, it's easy to overlook the oncoming flu season, but Prince George's County, Maryland, health officials are emphasizing the importance of flu shots. "Don't forget about it because flu is not going anywhere," said Diane Young, an associate director with Manassas leaders pledge to relocate baseball league to permanent home 09/27/2021 06:24am • GMBL players, parents and coaches showed up for a public hearing at City Hall Sept. 13, 2021, holding a demonstration outside with signs saying ���Save GMBL��� and ���This is our home.��� (InsideNova/Jared Foretek) This article was written by WTOP���s news partner��InsideNoVa.com��and republishe 'Is my child going to die?': This is COVID-19 as a pediatric doctor 09/27/2021 05:56am • Dr. Sarah Ash Combs' first step of treatment for children brought into her emergency room with Covid-19 usually begins with a question: "What socks are you wearing today?" As her school-aged young patients look up at indistinguishable faces covered by PPE, Combs pulls up a pant leg of her scr Liz Cheney rebukes GOP critics: Trump 'doesn't believe in the rule of law' 09/27/2021 05:45am • GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, one of just two Republicans on the select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, brushed off her GOP detractors in a new interview, stating pointedly that former President Donald Trump "doesn't believe in the rule of law." "Those who think that by ignoring Trump, Some DC schools go without nurses amid shortage of health care staff 09/27/2021 05:06am • School nurses are in short supply in D.C. schools. Not every school has one. Meanwhile, those that do have a nurse cannot monitor or screen kids for COVID-19 symptoms. There's no question the shortage of health care workers is affecting the District's schools, Council member Charles Allen told WT Netflix teases a return to the haunted world of 'Stranger Things' 09/26/2021 06:35am • Fans of Netflix's immensely popular horror series "Stranger Things" got their most substantial look at the upcoming fourth season of the series on Saturday. The teaser ��� which Netflix debuted at TUDUM, its first-ever global fan event ��� provided few details. It also was brief, clocking in at How to improve sleep habits to support emotional wellness, according to a therapist 09/26/2021 06:31am • Editor's note: Psychologist John Duffy, author of "Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety," practices in Chicago. He specializes in work with teens, parents, couples and families. I worked recently with a 25-year-old man struggling at his job. He described difficulty thinking clearly and mi Make-ahead school lunches that are so much better than basic PB&J 09/26/2021 06:28am • By the time your kids get to middle and high school, their tastes are changing, they are feeling very independent, and they have a lot of opinions. That goes double for their taste in lunch. The days of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on squishy white bread and a bag of baby carrots are lon MLK Library's grand reopening draws festive crowd 09/25/2021 04:46pm • On Saturday, with much fun and fanfare, D.C.'s Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library celebrated its COVID-delayed grand reopening following a $211 million renovation. D.C. parents and young students came out for MLK Library's grand reopening, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. (Photo by Dick Uliano/WTO For DC police commander, ending the violence in his Southeast district is 'personal' 09/25/2021 11:00am • Just a couple of hours after five people were shot outside a shopping center in Southeast D.C., John Branch, commander of the D.C. police department���s Seventh District, walked around Alabama Avenue talking to members of the community before addressing a few reporters who were still on the scene. Montgomery Co. schools developing COVID-19 test-to-stay program as quarantine alternative 09/25/2021 05:35am • Students in Montgomery County, Maryland, public schools may stay for in-person learning despite coming in close contact with someone with COVID-19 in a new test-to-stay program currently under development. In a statement to WTOP, Montgomery County Public Schools said it is proposing to give stude 'Dear Evan Hansen' director Stephen Chbosky adapts from stage to screen 09/24/2021 03:57am • Hear the full conversation on today's "Beyond the Fame" podcast. In 2015, "Dear Evan Hansen" premiered at Arena Stage before becoming a Broadway smash that won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Actor for Ben Platt. This Friday, the musical hits the big screen directed by Ste