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Maryland's abbreviated road tests keep drivers on closed course 06/08/2020 04:15pm • Maryland's Motor Vehicle Administration has resumed road tests for new drivers, only they don't have to leave the parking lot. In mid-March, Maryland, like Virginia, suspended the administration of road tests out of concern that having a testing agent in the car with a new driver could spread the 'What's happening?' How to help your children in stressful times 06/08/2020 04:00pm • Do you think your kids are stressed? A local psychiatrist offers advice. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/fizkes) Helping children process current events during turbulent times should involve lots of questions from calm parents, according to a Northern Virginia psychiatrist. "First of all, you must Black birders focus on breaking down barriers to the outdoors 06/06/2020 12:59am • Black bird watchers, or "birders," flocked to social media this week to spotlight their own presence in the outdoors — whether they bird watch as a hobby or as scientists in the field. With the hashtag #blackbirdersweek, Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman and Corina Newsome created a forum to draw attent DC native James Brown tells 'Timeless Stories' on 60 Minutes Sports 06/05/2020 03:56am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '6b765d53-cec2-4f16-baf6-873173d08169' }).render("3056153642f484e2");}); While there is hope for live competition Georgetown will temporarily widen sidewalks, but it's complicated 06/04/2020 01:28pm • In the past, Georgetown has temporarily widened M Street and Wisconsin Avenue sidewalks several times for weekend events. (Credit: Google Street View) Georgetown is working on giving pedestrians more socially-distanced breathing room by taking away some street parking to widen sidewalks, but it Loudoun County school leaders investigate racist social media posts 06/04/2020 09:35am • One of Virginia's largest school systems, Loudoun County Public Schools, said it is investigating a number of messages posted on social media platforms that contain "racist and other inappropriate content." School administrators said the social media posts, which began appearing this week, name L Prince William schools reject FOIA request for superintendent's Twitter messages 06/04/2020 04:43am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Prince William County Public Schools rejected a request by the Board of County Supervisors to provide more than 20,000 private messag Maryland meal delivery company Healthy Fresh expands 06/03/2020 10:11am • Healthy Fresh has seen an uptick in business over the past three months. (Courtesy Healthy Fresh Meals) The coronavirus pandemic has been a boon for the meal delivery business, with U.S. customers spending about $100 million on meal kits between mid-March and mid-April nationally, according to N Despite COVID-19, The Washington Center internships are up, virtually 06/02/2020 01:35pm • The Washington Center's 2020 Summer Virtual Internship Program has 322 students beginning their virtual internships at 13 different federal agencies, a 22% increase. (Getty Images/ThinkStock) The Washington Center, which arranges internships for college students every year, many of whom get to l COVID-19 and the Class of 2020: A future scientist on what students really think of school 06/02/2020 04:30am • The third in a series by WTOP’s Kate Ryan on local high school seniors and how they’re coping with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the end of their school careers. Student: Amadu Bah, 18 School: Watkins Mill High School, Gaithersburg, Maryland Future: Hope College, Holland, Michiga Frontline Heroes: Va. child care veteran kept day care center running smoothly during pandemic 05/27/2020 08:06pm • Lisa Matteson is the Director of the Imagination Learning Center in Gainesville, Virginia kept day care services running for parents who were working on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. EDITOR’S NOTE: During the coronavirus pandemic, there are people throughout the community workin Loudoun County Public Schools will hold in-person graduations 05/27/2020 02:50pm • Graduations ceremonies are on hold for students across the D.C. area, but Loudoun County school officials have agreed to allow in-person graduations with safety measures in place starting in June. After a petition was signed by hundreds of parents and supporters, the county school board agreed to Gaithersburg’s Novavax buys Czech manufacturer for COVID-19 vaccine production 05/27/2020 10:19am • Novavax will be able to make more than a billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine once testing is over. (AP/Ted S. Warren) Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Novavax, whose experimental COVID-19 vaccine is now in limited human trials, has acquired Praha Vaccines A.S., gaining its biologics manufacturing Why now is the time to embrace video games for kids 05/27/2020 03:42am • Before the pandemic, video games were a weekend-only activity in our house, allowed for one hour a day, Saturday and Sunday. It was a compromise that worked for our family. My 7-year-old had a chance to dig in to his favorite games, and we parents felt like we were putting reasonable limits on an Parenting and managing online learning during the pandemic 05/26/2020 12:29pm • This content is provided by JSSA. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a shift in the family system, as many parents find themselves wearing the hat of a homeschool teacher in addition to working from home and maintaining their household responsibilities. While this increased time spent together