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Hungry? These DC-area restaurants are open for carryout and delivery 04/03/2020 01:07am • In this Feb. 20, 2018, file photo shows the Uber Eats app on an iPhone in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File) It's a lot harder to get restaurant food amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, but it is safe and it supports local businesses that are likely struggling given the drop in cust Pantry items, toilet paper on the delivery menu for DC-area restaurants 04/01/2020 12:46pm • One restaurant group in the D.C. area wants to stock your pantry — and is even willing to bring you a couple of rolls of toilet paper while it’s at it. The move comes as the Neighborhood Restaurant Group looks to keep its remaining workers employed following a sharp downturn in business becau Coronavirus update: Md., Va. stay-at-home orders in place; DC order in effect April 1 03/30/2020 11:55pm • The latest Editor's note: The stay-at-home order for Maryland started Monday, March 30 at 8 p.m. An earlier version of this story contained an inaccurate description relating to the partial reopening of Liberty University. The campus partially reopened and did not call students back.  Followi DC-area stores gradually catching up with demands during coronavirus pandemic 03/30/2020 07:57pm • Grocery store shelves depleted of food and other products when the nation began seeing increasing cases of COVID-19, are starting to fill up again. “As consumers continue to reduce their demand and just buy what they need, we're starting to see things catch up,” Greg Ferrara, president and CE Nursing homes enact stricter measures to stop coronavirus spread 03/28/2020 01:31pm • Three more Montgomery County, Maryland, nursing homes said they have been affected by the coronavirus outbreak, prompting new measures to protect elderly residents. The county said two residents at Brighton Gardens in Bethesda, as well as employees at the Fox Chase Rehab and Nursing Center in Sil A walk through town: Families, coronavirus and togetherness in a Virginia suburb 03/28/2020 06:30am • GLEN ALLEN, Va. (AP) — In a quiet suburb just north of Richmond, Virginia, a mother and her three children spend a weekday afternoon planting a small garden of spinach, red cabbage and lettuce. Across town, a dad teaches his kids how to play volleyball on an empty court. In a sprawling park, a fat Shop sells 'hundreds' of doughnuts starring Dr. Fauci's face 03/27/2020 09:57pm • In this Wednesday, March 25, 2020 photo, donuts bearing the likeness of Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, rest on a plate at Donuts Delite in Rochester, N.Y. Donuts Delite began making donuts featuring Fauci's face earlier in the week. (Shawn Stuck at home: Parent hacks for homeschooling, social connection 03/27/2020 01:13pm • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grow. By now, most people are practicing some level of social distancing, or what's also being referred to as physical distancing, and an increasing number are responding to recommendations or orders to stay at home. Many schools and businesses are DC-based app will help residents locate stores stocked with essential supplies 03/27/2020 12:26pm • Stay-at-home orders and social distancing recommendations can make shopping for essential goods and supplies a difficult task, particularly if stores are out of stock. The coronavirus outbreak prompted Mark Sussman, co-founder and CEO of OurStreets, to begin developing a new feature — "OurStree Golfers travel to find open Virginia courses during coronavirus crisis 03/27/2020 12:00pm • Golf has always been a one-person game, with social distancing built into the 18-hole tour, around approximately 7,000 yards of grass, sand, water and trees — but COVID-19 has players traveling miles to find places to play. When Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the closure of nonessential bu DC-region farmers markets remain open, but with restrictions 03/27/2020 10:53am • Farmers markets are considered essential services and most remain open with a number of new restrictions in place to encourage social distancing. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/michaelpuche) Popular farmers markets can be packed with shoulder-to-shoulder shoppers in tight quarters — and that presen Coronavirus update: DC positive cases jump to 183; nonessential businesses to close Wednesday 03/25/2020 03:30am • Cyclists ride past the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., on March 20, 2020. (WTOP/Dan Friedell) The latest Congress and the White House have agreed on a $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered more nonessential businesses to close starting 10 p.m. Wednesday. Volunteers sew masks for health workers facing shortages 03/24/2020 05:24am • CHICAGO (AP) — Bill Purdue waterproofs basements for a living, but he has spent the past few days in his buddy's Washington, Indiana, auto trim and upholstery shop cutting rectangles of cotton fabric that his friend sews into face masks. Fashion designer Briana Danyele left Italy last month to Echoes of 9/11, as New Yorkers 'try to keep calm but we can't quite carry on' 03/22/2020 04:02am • The gates outside the centuries-old chapel in the shadow of the old World Trade Center were padlocked as rush hour descended on Lower Manhattan's desolate streets. "In care for our neighbors, parishioners, clergy, and staff, St. Paul's Chapel is canceling services and ev DC-area small businesses look for guidance with no mandated closures 03/20/2020 07:05pm • Irma Wheeler owns Illusions Salon, managing two locations in Georgetown and Arlington. (Credit: Google Street View) It's tough times for small businesses around the region as customers are advised to stay home amid the coronavirus pandemic. But some shops that haven't been mandated to close are