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An Oregon mink farm has reported a COVID-19 outbreak 11/28/2020 07:09pm • An Oregon mink farm has reported an outbreak of coronavirus among mink and farmworkers. Ten mink samples submitted all came back positive for coronavirus, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) said in a news release on Friday. The farm has been placed under quarantine, meaning "no animal or Kamala Harris, DC Mayor Bowser visit holiday market to promote small businesses 11/28/2020 02:58pm • One of the most famous shoppers in D.C., and her husband, broke out their wallets for Small Business Saturday at the D.C. Holiday Market near Gallery Place. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, and her husband, Doug Emhoff, visited the newly opened, socially distant, outdoor market in downtown D.C S. Korea agency says N. Korea executed people to stave off coronavirus 11/27/2020 10:00am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered at least two people executed, banned fishing at sea and locked down the capital, Pyongyang, as part of frantic efforts to guard against the coronavirus and its economic damage, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers Friday. COVID-19 Infections On The Rise In Maryland’s Prisons 11/26/2020 08:03pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Staff members and incarcerated individuals are beginning to see spikes in COVID-19 infections in Maryland prisons, echoing upward trends i New tool in Fairfax Co. fight against coronavirus 11/26/2020 10:04am • The Fairfax County, Virginia, online coronavirus data dashboard includes case counts, positivity rates and hospitalization -- but now the county has introduced a new metric to its online coronavirus data dashboard: contact tracing. The Public Health Department has over 400 contact tracers that call GMU's COVID-19 research targets frontline health-care workers 11/25/2020 08:49pm • 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. With the large-scale distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine not expected until next spring at the earliest, experts expect that accurate Turkey police? State deploys cops to quash super-spreader events over the holiday 11/25/2020 08:44pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. As the state’s COVID-19 positivity rate climbs higher and  the holiday season approaches, public health officials are pleading with Mar One of DC's oldest nonprofits gives out Thanksgiving turkeys 11/25/2020 04:54pm • One of D.C.’s oldest nonprofits has spent the past two weeks making sure families in need can have a Thanksgiving turkey. Central Union Mission gave out about 700 frozen turkeys from its distribution center off Bladensburg Road during its annual Feast of Sharing. On Tuesday alone, nearly 200 Small Business Saturday: Amid pandemic, small businesses hope to hang on 11/25/2020 03:51pm • For the past decade, Small Business Saturday has been a once-a-year occasion to encourage people to think local amid the rush of the holiday shopping frenzy. This year, it’s more than just a heartwarming bit of PR. Amid the economic toll taken by the coronavirus, strong sales during the holiday 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 How hospitals in different parts of the country are grappling with COVID-19 11/25/2020 09:36am • Hospitals in at least 25 states face a critical shortage of nurses, doctors and other staff amid the surging coronavirus pandemic, according to recent research from Stat News. Thanks to therapeutics and lessons from the spring, hospitals are able to save more lives. But as the number of cases With US in COVID-19 panic, Georgia Sen. Perdue saw stock opportunity 11/25/2020 07:25am • WASHINGTON (AP) — As the ravages of the novel coronavirus forced millions of people out of work, shuttered businesses and shrank the value of retirement accounts, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged to a three-year low. But for Sen. David Perdue, a Georgia Republican, the crisis last March Maryland teachers union asks for declaration keeping public schools virtual until mid-January 11/24/2020 11:34pm • With COVID-19 infections continuing to surge in Maryland, a teachers union wants the state to require schools to stick with virtual learning until at least mid-January. The request comes in a letter sent Tuesday from Cheryl Bost, president of the Maryland State Education Association, to state sch Need a COVID-19 nurse? That'll be $8,000 a week 11/24/2020 09:18pm • In March, Claire Tripeny was watching her dream job fall apart. She'd been working as an intensive care nurse at St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, Colorado, and loved it, despite the mediocre pay typical for the region. But when Covid-19 hit, that calculation changed. She remembers her employers Explainer: China's claims of coronavirus on frozen foods 11/24/2020 08:24pm • BEIJING (AP) — China has stirred controversy with claims it has detected the coronavirus on packages of imported frozen food. Frozen shrimp imported from an Ecuadorian company was banned for one week on Tuesday in a continuing series of such temporary bans. While experts say the virus can su