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DC-area grocery stores that will be open on Thanksgiving Day 11/25/2020 01:52pm • Try as we might, every year, there seems to be at least one item on our Thanksgiving shopping lists that gets forgotten when shopping ahead of time. Luckily, many grocery stores are open on Thanksgiving Day for anybody who needs to score that last-minute can of green beans. The following store Coronavirus curtails volunteering, forcing organizations to get creative 11/25/2020 11:24am • With the coronavirus raging and the holidays approaching, many people want to volunteer their time to help their communities. But the pandemic has made it hard to lend that helping hand. Whether it’s in a soup kitchen, schoolyard or animal shelter, volunteering is usually done in person — not Holiday shopping for stargazers in 2020 11/25/2020 08:17am • Dear Santa, Even though COVID-19 is still with us as is the year we all want to forget, 2020, we can shop for Christmas and the holiday season. Once again it’s that time of year to shop for your fave stargazer. WTOP’s annual gifts for stargazers recommendations will help Santa provide goodies John Wall sort of responds to trade request rumors: 'No comment' 11/24/2020 07:07pm • Wall sort of responds to trade request rumors: 'No comment' originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonJohn Wall spoke to the media for the for the first time since his rumored trade request, prior to his "Thanksgiving Day Assist" food giveaway Tuesday evening.His response? "No comment," 2020 holiday shipping guide: Deadlines for USPS, UPS and FedEx 11/24/2020 11:15am • Deadlines are approaching for anyone sending holiday cheer to their friends or loved ones — and owing to the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 holiday season could be especially troublesome when it comes to on-time arrivals. The major shipping services don't actually have hard cutoffs for holiday Maryland’s McCormick & Co. buys hot sauce maker Cholula 11/24/2020 10:42am • Cholula, seen here at a gift shop at Mexico's Benito Juarez International Airport, will come under the umbrella of the companies owned by McCormick & Co. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) McCormick & Co., the world’s largest spice company based in Maryland's H Manassas shop owner will serve free Thanksgiving meals again this week 11/23/2020 09:03pm • 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. For many, Thanksgiving this year will look much different than it did in 2019. But for Sharita Rouse in Manassas, things will look la Biden taps Hoyer aide for legislative affairs job 11/23/2020 08:29pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. President-elect Joe Biden announced Monday that he has picked a top aide to House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) to be one of his Hogan reminds Marylanders to take COVID-19 seriously this winter 11/23/2020 06:44pm • With Thanksgiving just days away, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan reminded residents to take coronavirus seriously. "The more seriously we take it, the faster we'll be able to get it under control," he said during a news conference Monday. Hogan said he can't understand how the state and nation have Give the gift of lasting memories this holiday season 11/23/2020 10:29am • This content is sponsored by the Visit Frederick. Clothing will wear out and toys will be cast aside, but memories are treasured forever. Give loved ones an experience they won’t forget this holiday season. From theater subscriptions to golf outings or whitewater rafting, treat your loved o Want to return to the office after the pandemic? It’s complicated 11/23/2020 08:38am • A new study has found that a majority of Americans want to have the option to return to the office, especially younger employees, but not every day. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/shironosov) Millions of Americans have adapted to working from home, but when the pandemic passes and it is safe to retur Downtown Holiday Market brings season's greetings to quiet DC 11/21/2020 08:28pm • A long row of white-canopied tents glittering with Christmas lights offers some holiday cheer in downtown Washington, despite the gloom of the pandemic. The 16th annual Downtown Holiday Market opened Friday on F Street NW, between 7th and 9th Streets, in front of the recently-shuttered National P 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 Virginia liquor stores are testing home delivery 11/20/2020 01:40pm • A new alcohol delivery pilot program is launching in several Virginia counties. (Getty Images/iStockPhoto) The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority has just launched a pilot program testing home delivery in a limited number of areas in the state, including parts of Northern Virginia. Curfew for unaccompanied minors at National Harbor going into effect 11/19/2020 10:38pm • Citing a recent spike in COVID-19 cases, Prince George's County, Maryland, executives instituted a weekend curfew for unaccompanied minors within the National Harbor complex starting Friday. Anyone who violates the curfew could face a $1,000 fine or be charged with a misdemeanor that carries a p