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Montgomery Co. closing Little Falls Parkway on weekends to make more room for pedestrians 04/18/2020 07:11pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, with an estimated population of around 1 million people, is making a little more room for hikers, joggers and bicyclists during the coronavirus pandemic. After closing part of Sligo Creek Parkway for more recreational space in late March, Little Falls Parkway has been Montgomery Co. agency waives respite care income requirement for families of children with special needs 04/18/2020 05:00pm • Leona Meddaugh poses for a picture with her husband and grandchildren Zeki and Oberron Evans-El. The Arc Montgomery County is helping to provide respite care for the family while schools are closed during the coronavirus outbreak. Leona Meddaugh, of Germantown, Maryland, is the primary caregiver Md. protesters demand Gov. Larry Hogan reopen all businesses 04/18/2020 04:18pm • Hundreds of vehicles streamed into downtown Annapolis, Maryland, near the statehouse Saturday, many waving American and Trump flags with signs, honking as traffic moved at a crawl in protest of statewide closures meant to flatten the curve of COVID-19 cases. More than 1,700 people have signed an Prince George's Co. adds financial literacy to graduation requirements 04/18/2020 06:05am • This week the Board of Education for Prince George's County, Maryland, passed a resolution adding a course in financial literacy to graduation requirements. The vote came Wednesday after several meetings where students urged board members to add the requirement so all graduating seniors leave hig Coronavirus updates: Hogan, Northam, Bowser coordinating response; extended school closures in Md., DC 04/18/2020 12:58am • The latest Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser spoke in a conference call Friday to discuss coordinating virus response efforts. Public schools in Maryland will stay closed through May 15 in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the state's top Advice on co-parenting during COVID-19 04/17/2020 11:54pm • The COVID-19 pandemic is especially hard for parents who share custody of their children, and a family advocate in the D.C. area urges them to put past problems aside. "If you've had negative relationships with your co-parent, now is the time to consider forgiving them and starting fresh," Shayne Fairfax County to launch parent support line and online cafe 04/17/2020 04:41pm • Most families are spending a lot more time together than they're accustomed to, and experts have advice for parents who may feel that they're losing their cool. Fairfax County, Virginia, is offering resources to help. "It's completely understandable that people are going to have shorter tempers, 'You hear the cries': Virus toll haunts a New York paramedic 04/17/2020 09:18am • NEW YORK (AP) — Elizabeth Bonilla pulls her ambulance up to a set of Bronx row houses. Another ambulance and a fire truck are already there, their flashing lights painting the dark streets an eerie shade of orange. Neighbors gather on their stoops to watch. Some sip wine. “We gotta gown up,†Warning signs in your home that your child might be abusing drugs 04/17/2020 05:20am • (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: 'da8ec70d-2220-4f20-bbbc-34433dffbb64' }).render("48061536afc23f5b");}); Parents can't help children who are str Review: 'Trolls World Tour' explores music history as it makes film history on demand 04/17/2020 01:15am • This image released by DreamWorks Animation shows characters Branch, voiced by Justin Timberlake, right, and Poppy, voiced by Anna Kendrick in a scene from "Trolls World Tour." (DreamWorks Animation via AP) During normal times before the coronavirus, "Trolls World Tour" might have been quick 5 charged in connection to deaths of Spotsylvania County family 04/16/2020 08:55pm • Five men from Philadelphia have been charged in connection to a triple homicide in May 2019 in the Fredericksburg area of Spotsylvania County, Virginia. The Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office said James Christopher Myers, 30, Durward Anthony Allen, 27, Jamal Kelvin Bailey, 30, Hugh Cameron Green 30, M Fairfax Co. school officials apologize for tech flub; company says software hadn't been updated in 2 years 04/16/2020 03:52pm • Leaders in Virginia's largest school system — Fairfax County Public Schools — are apologizing and promising things will be better when students resume distance learning on Monday. During a virtual school board meeting that focused on the mishaps and glitches in the distance learning exper Coronavirus updates: DC, Md., Va. leaders issue new orders, extend order deadlines 04/16/2020 02:12am • The latest Teacher-led instruction at Fairfax County, Virginia, schools have been canceled for the rest of the week for necessary updates following technical glitches that led to access problems. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has issued an executive order requiring Marylanders to wear masks or f As calls to child protective services drop, it's urgent for the public to be more aware 04/15/2020 09:42pm • While many D.C.-area residents work from home, one local expert is calling on the public to be aware, as the number of calls to Child Protective Services hotlines has dipped in the last month. And that could mean that children's safety issues are not being reported. Social distancing means teache Expecting parents look for alternatives to hospitals during pandemic 04/15/2020 04:25pm • As hospitals focus on treating patients with COVID-19, expecting parents are seeking out other options when it comes to welcoming their new babies. BirthCare and Women's Health is a birth center in Alexandria, Virginia, and earlier this year, they did about 10 births a month. But, recently, they