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Prince William Co. school nurses answer hotline calls during coronavirus closures 04/09/2020 08:31pm • School nurses from Prince William County, Virginia, are volunteering with the Prince William Health District call center. "Since we aren't currently serving students in the school setting, it seems fitting that we serve them and their families in the communities at-large," said Glorya Jordan, Maryland boy spends savings to make care packages for seniors staying home 04/09/2020 08:26pm • (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: '59478a05-1daa-4f29-ac36-b3e1bfa21c88' }).render("564615362caa1596");}); Would you spend your life savings to help Brian McKnight dishes on career as R&B star reschedules Strathmore concert 04/09/2020 01:02am • This Feb. 6, 2017 file photo shows Brian McKnight performing at AARP's 16th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. McKnight's latest release,��� Bedtime Story,��� dropped last month. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Invision/AP, File) Over the last 30 years, R&B icon��Brian McKn Litter of cheetah cubs born at Virginia Smithsonian facility 04/08/2020 08:39pm • If you've worked your way through Tiger King and need some positive exotic cat news: A cheetah at a Virginia Smithsonian facility just became a first-time mom. Echo, a 5-year-old female cheetah at the Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute, or SCBI, in Front Royal, started having contractio 'Out the window': Maryland minor league teams benched by coronavirus 04/08/2020 02:05pm • The Bowie Baysox play in a 2015 photo. (WTOP/Joan Jones) The coronavirus hit when area minor league baseball teams saw their season arrive in the on-deck circle. Right now they can't do anything more than wait and hope for the best with everyone else. The virus hit at a time when baseball was Review: Relentlessly crude kid undercuts entertaining romp in 'Coffee & Kareem' 04/08/2020 12:55am • This image released by Netflix shows Taraji P. Henson, from left, Terrence Little Gardenhigh and Ed Helms in a scene from "Coffee & Kareem." (Justina Mintz/Netflix via AP) We all need a good laugh right now during the stress of the coronavirus shutdown. So you might be curious to chec Is 'distance learning' secure? Montgomery Co. leaders say yes 04/07/2020 04:50am • Maryland's largest school system is in the middle of its second week of a distance learning program that has students at home trying to adjust to a new way of life during the coronavirus pandemic. All things considered, Montgomery County leaders say the program has gotten off to a smooth start �� For Md. teacher, distance learning challenges traditional classroom connections 04/07/2020 04:30am • Rian Reed teaches English and World Studies at Laurel High School in Prince George's County, Maryland, and when she is not brainstorming with colleagues about how to get past technical glitches, she is reassuring students who find distance learning frustrating. For many teachers, getting lesson p Local harp player hosts 'Quaran-Tea' livestreams for soothing quarantine 04/07/2020 12:30am • Kristen Jepperson plays the harp. (Courtesy Kristen Jepperson) Local musicians have been unable to perform live during the coronavirus shutdown. However, one D.C.-area artist is streaming harp performances to ease our anxiety. "Harp music is so soothing," Kristen Jepperson told WTOP. " Why experts are urging parents to avoid play dates for their kids 04/06/2020 10:48pm • The weather's getting nicer and schools are closed, but experts are warning parents that it's still not OK to let kids have play dates with friends during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. "It's hard. It's really hard," said Allison Lowry on keeping kids away from in-person visits with friends. Montgomery Co. neighborhood celebrates girl's bat mitzvah with drive-by parade 04/06/2020 10:17pm • A Montgomery County, Maryland, neighborhood wanted to celebrate a young girl’s bat mitzvah, but how do you do that when you can’t gather people together because of the coronavirus restrictions? Debbie Berger Fox, of Somerset, organized a drive-by parade for Olivia, the daughter of her f Campaigning amid coronavirus: Candidates look for new ways to connect 04/04/2020 07:00pm • In Colorado, a pediatrician running for office is serving as a health resource for constituents and advocating for more protective gear; in Montana, a candidate running for statewide office has started holding story time for children online to give parents a break, and in a Senate race where the inc DC gym faces pressure to stop charging fees during pandemic 04/04/2020 10:20am • Washington Sports Club may soon be hit with a lawsuit if the company doesn't stop charging membership fees amid the coronavirus shutdown to all nonessential businesses. In a letter to Town Sports International, the parent company of the sports club, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine joined attorn Children's coronavirus questions addressed in new book 04/04/2020 04:12am • "I Have a Question about Coronavirus" aims to help children with navigating the pandemic. (Courtesy Meredith Polsky and Arlen Gaines) For adults, navigating the ever-changing developments of the coronavirus outbreak can sometimes be challenging at best.��It can be even more difficult for childre U.Md. provides additional details about partial fee refunds 04/02/2020 10:49pm • The University of Maryland has released more details about partial fee refunds students will get following the transition to online classes to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The university will give students prorated fee refunds or credits for the following: room and board if they have be