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Meet Xiao Qi Ji: National Zoo names 3-month-old panda cub 11/23/2020 06:30am • As of Nov. 14, National Zoo's three-month-old giant panda cub could nearly walk, and his teeth were beginning to come in. (Courtesy National Zoo) Say hello to Xiao Qi Ji: The newest cuddly member of the National Zoo's panda family. The Smithsonian's National Zoo held a naming contest for the Maryland businesses brace for impact of reimposed COVID-19 restrictions 11/20/2020 05:00pm • FILE -- People brave cold weather to take advantage of free COVID-19 testing at a Frederick County Health Department clinic on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020 in Frederick, Maryland. (Photo by Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images) With coronavirus cases showing what Gov. Larry Hogan call CARE classrooms: What does distance learning look like inside DC schools? 11/20/2020 04:18pm • Though some students are at their desks in D.C. Public Schools, their teachers have been elsewhere as CARE classrooms got under way this week. The goal of CARE — Canvas Academics and Real Engagement — is to provide a supervised educational environment for students whose parents need to be at Arlington Co. teacher removed after insensitive lesson references George Floyd 11/20/2020 02:59pm • An Arlington County, Virginia, chemistry teacher is being pulled from the classroom after students say the teacher made racist and insensitive comments about the murder of George Floyd during a lesson earlier this week. The unnamed H-B Woodlawn High School teacher's actions are being investigated 'Animaniacs' returns for Hulu revival that's once again zany to the max 11/20/2020 12:06pm • "Animaniacs" was a childhood staple for a generation born in the '80s and '90s. This Friday, the zany animated series gets a reboot with Hulu's new "Animaniacs." Created by Tom Ruegger, the original series aired on Fox (1993-1994) and The WB (1995-1998) as the second animated partnership b Virtual learning can work but requires time and professional training, experts say 11/20/2020 11:27am • While some parents are imploring school systems to return students to classrooms, experts argue that the sudden disruption to traditional schooling provides teachers a unique opportunity to educate in new ways. But it will require time, expansion of broadband internet and long-term investment in pro Consolidated bus stops aim to get Prince George's Co. students to school on time 11/20/2020 08:10am • Prince George's County Public Schools has unveiled new safety technologies and protocols to make sure students are in their Maryland classrooms when the bell rings — but the walk to the bus stop may be a bit longer. In a virtual town hall held Thursday, school officials described new technology Fairfax County Public Schools' return to classroom plan may have to switch gears 11/20/2020 04:27am • A plan to bring more students back into Fairfax County, Virginia, Public School classrooms remains on hold until Nov. 30 at the earliest, and now the school district might have to take a step backward. So far, only four groups of students, amounting to a small percentage of the total, have return Mom accuses DC of lack of empathy, transparency after ambulance sent to wrong quadrant 11/20/2020 02:30am • Nearly six months after Billie Shepperd's daughter, Sheila Shepperd, passed away, the mother has some answers to her question of what took so long. (Courtesy Billie Shepperd) A D.C. ambulance took more than 20 minutes to arrive at a Northeast home, where a woman was suffering from a fatal he Montgomery Co. cancels national boys soccer tournament this weekend over COVID-19 concerns 11/19/2020 09:20pm • Just days before the boys Bethesda Premier Cup soccer tournament was to start at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Montgomery County has rescinded its approval for the event. The boys tournament, which drew local teams as well as some from states including Michigan, Virginia and Pennsylvania, was Rochester Red Wings become Nationals' new Triple-A affiliate 11/19/2020 09:21am • Rochester Red Wings become Nats' new Triple-A affiliate originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThe Nationals are no longer without a Triple-A affiliate after a two-year stint partnering with the Fresno Grizzlies. The Rochester Red Wings, formerly the Twins' Triple-A affiliate since 20 Stafford Co. public school employees to get pandemic stipend 11/19/2020 06:22am • Stafford County approved a stipend for all public school employees on Wednesday, in a move meant to support the essential services and staff that have kept schools in the Virginia county moving forward during the coronavirus pandemic. All full-time Stafford County Public School employees are set COVID-19 pandemic strains Maryland groups helping homeless 11/18/2020 05:11pm • COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has increased the strain on groups that work to prevent homelessness in Maryland, with experts saying single mothers and people of color are being hurt the most. Multiple advocacy groups have expanded their programs to try to handle the surge in Making the Family Spiritual Pilgrims (Virtually) 11/18/2020 09:16am • This content is sponsored by the Saint John Paul II National Shrine. by Ken Balbuena, Director of Communications and Outreach at the Saint John Paul II National Shrine “Peace has many different forms. There is peace between nations, peace in society, peace between citizens, peace betwe Montgomery Co. Council introduces bill that would remove school resource officers 11/18/2020 04:20am • Two Montgomery County Council members have introduced a bill that expands on an earlier effort to cut the number of school resource officers in the Maryland county's schools. In the latest version, co-sponsored by Council members Will Jawando and Hans Riemer, all of the SRO positions in the count