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Coronavirus intelligence void continues to impede response 04/28/2020 08:43pm • The infection rate and death toll in the U.S. from COVID-19 is soaring, and it will likely continue to do so unless better intelligence-driven decisions are made as part of the national defense against the virus, medical and intelligence experts told WTOP. “We could easily find ourselves right Getting unemployment benefits? What the fed, DC and Maryland will want back 04/28/2020 09:42am • Unemployment benefits are taxed, although how much depends on where you live. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File) The $1,200 federal stimulus checks many Americans are getting are not subject to income tax, but unemployment benefits are. Depending on where the recipient lives, he could be subject to Coronavirus update: Bowser says DC 'not there yet' on reopening but names heads of committee 04/28/2020 12:48am • When it comes to reopening D.C. after its closure during the coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Muriel Bowser said simply Monday: "We're not there yet." The city has not met the federal criteria of seeing a two-week downward decline in positive coronavirus cases. "One of our criteria for reopening is Maryland seafood industry feeling coronavirus impact 04/27/2020 08:47am • Maryland's seafood industry has slowed down as the coronavirus pandemic continues, leading to uncertainty for the oyster and crab markets. Chris Moore, a senior scientist with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, said the market for oysters that have already been harvested is on the decline. "Once t Coronavirus updates: Several Va. measures extended; free meals to be distributed in Md. 04/24/2020 03:27am • Medical personnel from Montgomery County, Md., check patients arriving for a COVID-19 drive-in testing in Silver Spring, Md., Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Maryland has dramatically boosted its testing capacity for the new coronavirus with a shipment of 500,000 tests from a South Korean company. (AP Pho What Amtrak service could look like once stay-at-home orders are lifted 04/23/2020 10:21pm • Amtrak started the year on track to break even financially, but that might not be the case, because of the coronavirus outbreak. Since March, Amtrak Board Chair Anthony Coscia said the company’s ridership has dropped 95%, and he expects to see at least a $700 million drop in adjusted operating Silver Spring restaurant feeds front-line COVID-19 workers 04/21/2020 04:38pm • Spiro Gioldasis says his restaurant, Pacci’s Trattoria has lost 75% of its business during the pandemic. But he’s using his situation to help the surrounding community. (WTOP/J.J. Green) Spiro Gioldasis was standing on a chair, with a screwdriver, gently repairing a chandelier that hangs ove Coronavirus updates: Md. secures half a million COVID-19 tests; coronavirus cases top 25,000 04/20/2020 11:55pm • The shipment of 500,000 COVID-19 tests from South Korea arriving at BWI Airport April 18, 2020. (Courtesy Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan) The latest The state of Maryland has acquired 500,000 new COVID-19 tests from a South Korean health care company, Gov. Larry Hogan announced. Virginia is wor Trump targets Hogan in attempt to flip testing criticism back on governors 04/20/2020 08:36pm • President Donald Trump sought to turn criticism about federal coronavirus testing availability back on governors Monday evening, claiming some didn't "understand" what they were being told by administration officials and assuring that there was plenty of capacity ready to b FDA shares guidelines on how supermarket shoppers can stay healthy during coronavirus crisis 04/20/2020 06:16am • A sign at a Safeway supermarket in Northwest D.C. advises shoppers to wear face masks and practice social distancing on April 18, 2020. (WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez) While businesses across the D.C.-region remain closed, many grocery stores are busier than ever — and health officials are releasing Masks required at DC voting sites as officials push voting by mail 04/16/2020 04:08pm • While officials are urging D.C. voters to cast mail-in ballots in the June 2 primary, there will be voting centers in all eight wards of the city. But, if you plan to vote in person on Election Day, you'll need to wear a mask to cast your ballot. That's according to D.C. Board of Elections Chairm Coronavirus: Metro asks riders to wear masks; US halts payments to WHO pending review of virus warnings 04/15/2020 02:16am • A woman and young girl wear face masks to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus as they walk past a boarded-up store, Monday, April 13, 2020, in Washington. The District of Columbia is under a stay-home order for all residents in an effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Proposed coronavirus tracking program asks Congress for $3.6B to hire workers 04/13/2020 06:27am • A new Johns Hopkins proposal aims at putting an aggressive contact tracing program in place to help isolate the sick as well as those who have been exposed to the coronavirus. "It's a way of getting ahead of the virus rather than always chasing it from behind," said Anita Cicero, deputy director Coronavirus update: Bowser, Hogan say no 'artificial deadline' on lifting restrictions 04/12/2020 11:48am • St. Anne's Episcopal Church is seen in the distance from Main Street in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan issued a "stay-at-home" directive Monday in response to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) The latest D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Maryland Coronavirus update: Dozens more dead in DC region, PG Co. requiring residents to wear face masks in stores 04/11/2020 07:41pm • The latest The D.C. Department of Corrections confirmed four more cases of COVID-19 among people incarcerated in D.C. jails Thirty-five people died of the coronavirus in Maryland on Friday, health officials said, bringing the state’s death toll to 206 — with Prince George’s County, Mon