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12 Northern Virginia ABC stores to close temporarily 04/09/2020 03:41pm • The closures, which could last until at least April 30, come as stores deal with reduced staffing levels with some workers under self-quarantine. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/franticstudio) Twelve ABC liquor stores in Northern Virginia will close starting Monday, the state's Alcoholic Beverage Cont Delaware shop owner threatens mask wearers on social media 04/09/2020 07:54am • MILFORD, Del. (AP) — A Delaware distillery owner threatened to point a gun at anyone who tries to enter his store wearing a mask, despite federal guidance promoting face-masks in public to avoid spreading the coronavirus. Eric Fibelkorn of Feebs Distilling Co. later deleted his Facebook message Passover Seder amid coronavirus: Traditions, togetherness and tech tweaks 04/08/2020 08:29am • Charoset — a meal combination of apples, honey, wine, nuts — is symbolic of clay Jews used as mortar while enslaved in Egypt. (Courtesy Facebook/We Love Jewish Food) The Jewish holiday of Passover begins Wednesday evening at sundown, but in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, this year's tr Website links customers with open-for-business DC shops 04/07/2020 09:36pm • Book stores and bicycle shops are just a few of the places that are open for business in the District. Numerous restaurants — and even an ice cream shop — are serving takeout and delivery. Shop in Place DC is a new website that profiles open D.C. businesses, highlights what they sell and deta Montgomery County could make face masks mandatory for businesses 04/07/2020 05:50pm • Forty thousand cloth masks manufactured locally by Custom Ink of Fairfax, Virginia, are expected to be delivered Wednesday to Montgomery County, Maryland, for its employees. And the County Council is now considering a requirement that workers in private businesses wear facial masks to help slow t Giant Food to significantly limit customers in stores 04/07/2020 02:40pm • This Oct. 2010 file photo shows a Giant Food store in Burtonsville, Maryland. (The Washington Post via Getty Images/The Washington Post) Giant Food will now limit the number of customers allowed to shop inside its stores, starting Thursday. Though Giant did not put an exact number on how many DC neighbors feed hospital workers, support local businesses 04/07/2020 04:40am • A group of neighbors in Northwest D.C. has found a way to support local restaurants and health care workers fighting the coronavirus simultaneously. The neighbors have sent meals to 21 hospitals and three nursing homes and, in the process, also helped about 15 local businesses, said Kathleen Norr Curtain Call: DC-area theaters hope to stage comeback after coronavirus 04/06/2020 01:05am • Ford's Theatre sits empty. (Maxwell MacKenzie via Ford's Theatre) They say all the world is a stage, but what happens when the world closes the stage? The recent coronavirus crowd restrictions have devastated the local theater community, whose entire livelihood and passion for life relie Fairfax Co. mom gets creative with son's birthday during COVID-19 04/05/2020 05:18am • Suzan Watkinson's driveway in Fairfax County. (WTOP/Kyle Cooper) As stay-at-home and social distancing orders linger in the D.C. area, it’s not work, shopping and going out to eat being disrupted. Everyday things we take for granted can no longer happen right now, such as birthday parties. The Latest: Nearly 3,000 released from Sri Lanka prisons 04/04/2020 11:17pm • The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. TOP OF THE HOUR: , — China reports 30 new coronavirus cases, mostly Fairfax Co. coffee shop finds ways to stay engaged despite coronavirus closure 04/04/2020 10:20am • Two employees at Caffe Amouri in Vienna, Virginia, demonstrate their coronavirus safety precautions as they toast while wearing face masks. (Courtesy Caffe Amouri) While local small businesses are shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, some are figuring out unique ways to keep in touch with Dr. Fauci's face will soon be on a bobblehead 04/03/2020 09:50am • (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: 'c63ee8e5-ff4c-41aa-bb41-e1d74ac3321d' }).render("5096153691ccd559");}); MILWAUKEE (AP) — The United States' top Maryland Democrats urge Hogan to close gun stores 04/03/2020 08:20am • A large group of Maryland Democratic lawmakers wants the state's gun stores closed during the coronavirus pandemic and sent a letter to Gov. Larry Hogan Thursday, urging him to do so. Under federal guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, gun shops are considered essential b Masks in public likely, despite Va., D.C. mask laws 04/03/2020 07:45am • After initially discouraging it, public health officials are leaning toward recommending people without symptoms of coronavirus wear non-medical grade masks when shopping. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein) Although still not finalized, public health guidance is shifting toward wearing non-medical masks in Wine of the Week: Picking the right bottle online 04/03/2020 05:22am • I used to really enjoy buying stuff on the internet because, as my wife is so fond of saying, “it comes to me.” Now, with the unique circumstances that go along with fighting a pandemic through self-quarantining and social distancing, buying “stuff” online is more of a lifeline. However, wh