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DC mayor declares state of emergency as coronavirus cases increase 03/11/2020 09:20pm • D.C. is under a state of emergency and a public health emergency, a move that comes after health officials announced a jump in the number of new coronavirus cases on Wednesday. Concerns around the outbreak have prompted a number of major event cancellations or schedule changes, and local places o Fairfax County Public Schools superintendent talks plans for response to new virus 03/11/2020 07:50am • Fairfax County Public Schools, one of the largest school districts in the D.C. area, will close next Monday to allow teachers to prepare for teaching remotely over the possibility of a local outbreak of the new coronavirus. Superintendent Scott Brabrand said the decision is part of an effort to b Making the cut with the editor of 'The Dark Knight,' 'Inception,' 'Dunkirk' and '1917' 03/10/2020 12:15am • Lee Smith, winner of the award for best film editing for "Dunkirk" poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) He's spliced together images for the biggest movies of our time, from superhero action 16 coronavirus cases confirmed in DC, Md. and Va. 03/09/2020 10:30pm • Sixteen people in D.C., Maryland and Virginia have tested positive for coronavirus, officials say. Shortly after D.C. confirmed three new coronavirus cases Monday night, bringing the city's total to five, Maryland confirmed its sixth case and Virginia confirmed two new cases — a second in the C Virginia teen charged after loaded gun found in school locker 03/09/2020 05:43pm • A Virginia teenager is facing charges after the Stafford County Sheriff's Office said a loaded gun was found in his locker Monday morning. The 14-year-old student at Mountain View High School in Stafford is charged with possession of a firearm on school property, and the boy is at the county's de 2 members of Congress say they met man with coronavirus 03/08/2020 09:54pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Two members of Congress, Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Paul Gosar, said Sunday they are isolating themselves after determining they had contact at a political conference with a man who has tested positive for coronavirus. Cruz, R-Texas, said he had brief con Prince George's County woman gets prison time in crash that killed 6 03/06/2020 07:07pm • A Maryland woman will spend several years in prison for her role in a crash last year that killed a man and five children who were related to her. On Friday, a judge sentenced Dominique Taylor, 33, of Bowie, to 30 years with all but 18 suspended for a 2019 crash that killed five children and her 'Cleanliness is a top priority': How DC-area gyms are tackling coronavirus concerns 03/06/2020 01:52pm • Gyms around the D.C. area are trying to do their part as concerns of the coronavirus outbreak grow. (Getty Images/iStockphoto) The places where D.C.-area residents work out are by their very nature a hotbed for germs, and several local gyms are taking steps amid coronavirus concerns. Washingt How to talk to your kids about coronavirus 03/06/2020 09:46am • Understanding and preparing for the coronavirus can be hard enough for adults, so what needs to be said to inform children on what they need to know about the epidemic? Dr. Lisa Damour, an American clinical psychologist and author, says you should tell your kids the truth and stay calm. "Kids Review: Pixar's 'Onward' combines 'Harry Potter' with 'Weekend at Bernie's' 03/06/2020 12:54am • "Onward," an undeniably emotional and imaginative concept, joins that rich tradition, without reaching the upper rungs of the ladder set by its predecessors. Pixar's nearly untouchable track record makes each new release appointment viewing. But its latest film shifts from animation to re Montgomery County schools prepare in case coronavirus requires closings 03/05/2020 02:55pm • Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Jack Smith takes questions from reporters at a news conference on Thursday, March 5, 2020. (WTOP/Kate Ryan) Montgomery County, Maryland's public school system continues normal operations, and school and health officials say they are preparing shoul Loudoun County prosecutors seek bond for double-murder suspect 03/05/2020 12:06pm • Loudoun County, Virginia, prosecutors have made the extraordinary request of requesting bond for a defendant charged with the 2018 armed murders of an Aldie woman and her adult son — in a case where prosecutors previously were forced to drop charges against the man. Brian Kuang-Ming Welsh, 38, Garth Brooks receives Gershwin Prize from Library of Congress 03/05/2020 05:40am • Garth Brooks receives the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song at DAR Constitution Hall. (WTOP/Jason Fraley) He recently passed Elvis Presley as the top-selling solo artist in American history and remains second overall only to The Beatles. So it's only fitting that country icon Garth Brooks r Maryland could spring forward permanently with Daylight Saving Time bill 03/03/2020 08:39pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. — At 2 a.m. Sunday, hundreds of millions of Americans will "spring forward" one hour in the annual observance of Daylight Saving Time — gaining an hour of sunlight but losing an hour of sleep. Some Maryland lawmakers are aiming to change that. Whether it’s gaining an hour White supremacist out of prison for 3 months stabs man to death in California 03/01/2020 04:31am • A white supremacist gang member was sentenced to 56 years to life in prison for stabbing a man to death in California just three months after being released from prison, the Orange County District Attorney's Office said. Craig Matthew Tanber, 40, of Los Alamitos, was convicted in December of one