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Montgomery County tracking spike in vaccine appointment scams 02/19/2021 06:21pm • As many Maryland seniors struggle to sign up online for vaccination appointments, Montgomery County, Maryland, says it is seeing a surge in scams. "These crooks are clever, and especially at a time when we are feeling vulnerable," said Eric Friedman, the director of Montgomery County's Office of Maryland Senate OKs tax credit for immigrants 02/19/2021 05:23pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland Senate has voted to extend a state tax credit for low-income workers to include immigrants, including those in the country illegally, as part of pandemic relief. The Senate voted 32-15 Friday for the measure. It now goes to the House. It's a follow-up to a Burmese actress goes into hiding as celebrities opposing Myanmar coup added to arrest list 02/18/2021 03:31am • Since "day one" of the military coup, Burmese actress Paing Phyo Thu -- one of the country's highest-paid stars -- says she has been on the streets opposing the ruling junta. One of Myamar's highest-paid actresses, she has been offering financial help to striking staff who have given up their job Americans need to brace themselves for more deadly storms, experts say 02/18/2021 12:12am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Deadly weather will be hitting the U.S. more often, and America had better get better at dealing with it, experts said as Texas and other states battled winter storms that blew past the worst-case planning of utilities, governments and millions of shivering citizens. This week After heated debate, Maryland Senate advances bill to extend tax credit to undocumented immigrants 02/18/2021 12:02am • The Maryland Senate. (Maryland Matters/Bruce DePuyt) This content was republished with permission from WTOP's news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters' free email subscription today. After a lengthy partisan debate on the Senate floor Wednesday, Democratic senators move The Hunt: ISIS still on Facebook 02/17/2021 06:07pm • Although Facebook has said it has banned terror groups from its platform, ISIS is still continuing to post material there. On this week's edition of "The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent JJ Green," Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, discusses Hogan signs billion-dollar RELIEF Act into law 02/15/2021 05:41pm • Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) was joined by Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) and House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County) as he signed The Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs, and Families (RELIEF) Act on Monday. Also at the ceremony were H Comparing Trump's two impeachment trials 02/14/2021 12:36am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's first impeachment trial centered on a phone call Americans never heard with the leader of a country very far away. The trial went on for two weeks of he-said-she-said. There was a mountain of evidence to pore over but not one drop of blood to see. Trump's second Md. House withdraws proposal for broader stimulus checks, General Assembly passes billion-dollar RELIEF Act 02/12/2021 08:31pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. After the House of Delegates nixed a last-minute provision that would’ve included broader stimulus checks for Maryland taxpayers, Gov. L Man charged with shooting guard at Virginia federal facility 02/12/2021 11:32am • According to court documents, William Douglas Rankin, 44, is alleged to have entered the Social Security Administration building in Norfolk on Feb. 8, armed with a .380 firearm, a 9 millimeter rifle, and approximately 600 rounds of ammunition, including three fully loaded extended 9 mm magazines. T 'Creating a mess': Link sharing, rumor mill gum up vaccine clinic in Montgomery Co. 02/12/2021 03:01am • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, say they continue to fight rumors and misinformation about who can get COVID-19 vaccinations in the county and the improper sharing of appointment links that are gumming up the works to get the most vulnerable county residents vaccinated. Since late Janua Riot aftermath: Still-shaken lawmakers, troops stand guard 02/06/2021 10:25am • WASHINGTON (AP) — On Jan. 6, the U.S. Capitol was besieged by supporters of Donald Trump angered by the then-president's election loss. While lawmakers inside the building were voting to affirm Democrat Joe Biden's win, Trump loyalists were marching to Capitol Hill and breaking in. Five people die Posting pictures of vaccination cards 'could be inviting identify theft' 02/05/2021 06:41pm • Finally getting vaccinated against COVID-19 might feel like winning the lottery — but those getting a vaccine are being asked to celebrate responsibly. The Federal Trade Commission reports that some people are so thrilled about getting inoculated, they’re posing with their vaccination cards a Montgomery County holds public hearing on removing police officers from schools 02/04/2021 10:56pm • More than two dozen people spoke both for and against a bill that would remove police officers from Montgomery County, Maryland, public schools. A virtual public hearing was held Thursday night in front of the Montgomery County Council. The bill would stop the police department from deploying Vaccine hunters: DC region's residents helping others sign up for COVID-19 appointments 02/04/2021 04:51am • COVID-19 vaccines are hard to come by, and some D.C.-area locals are helping to connect supply with demand. The coronavirus pandemic has created a new type of social network: They call themselves the vaccine hunters. Sometimes they work alone, other times in groups. They’re online for hou