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Knights of Columbus hold Black Friday coat giveaway in DC 11/22/2020 10:37pm • While Black Friday is typically dedicated to consumerism, it's also when the Knights of Columbus' annually show the giving spirit of the holiday season. The fraternal organization affiliated with the Catholic church gives out winter coats to children each year the day after Thanksgiving. This yea With coronavirus cases getting worse, here's a refresher on how to stay safe 11/22/2020 12:59am • It's a recurring headline these days: New cases of coronavirus are surging around the country, along with hospitalization rates and Covid-19 deaths. And with winter coming, health experts say it's only going to get worse, as more people gather indoors to avoid cold weather. The US Centers for Two more DC-area museums will close Monday as COVID-19 cases surge 11/20/2020 11:45pm • As coronavirus cases surge in the D.C. area and throughout the country, the list of area museums electing to temporarily close is getting longer. Two more local attractions announced their upcoming closures following eight Smithsonian facilities and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum who CARE classrooms: What does distance learning look like inside DC schools? 11/20/2020 04:18pm • Though some students are at their desks in D.C. Public Schools, their teachers have been elsewhere as CARE classrooms got under way this week. The goal of CARE — Canvas Academics and Real Engagement — is to provide a supervised educational environment for students whose parents need to be at Students coming home for Thanksgiving advised to take COVID-19 precautions 11/20/2020 09:59am • Even though the nation’s top public health agency recently urged people not to travel for Thanksgiving because of the coronavirus pandemic, many students still plan on doing just that. So what can be done to keep everyone safe when students come home for the holidays? The Virginia Department of Fairfax County Public Schools' return to classroom plan may have to switch gears 11/20/2020 04:27am • A plan to bring more students back into Fairfax County, Virginia, Public School classrooms remains on hold until Nov. 30 at the earliest, and now the school district might have to take a step backward. So far, only four groups of students, amounting to a small percentage of the total, have return Curfew for unaccompanied minors at National Harbor going into effect 11/19/2020 10:38pm • Citing a recent spike in COVID-19 cases, Prince George's County, Maryland, executives instituted a weekend curfew for unaccompanied minors within the National Harbor complex starting Friday. Anyone who violates the curfew could face a $1,000 fine or be charged with a misdemeanor that carries a p Tips for people grieving over pandemic-related losses 11/19/2020 09:52pm • Pandemic-related losses, large and small, may be causing people to grieve, and a D.C. counselor has some advice that may be able to help. "I think we're all experiencing grief on a variety of different levels," said Cheryl Hughes, a clinical social worker for the palliative care team at MedStar G Montgomery Co. cancels national boys soccer tournament this weekend over COVID-19 concerns 11/19/2020 09:20pm • Just days before the boys Bethesda Premier Cup soccer tournament was to start at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Montgomery County has rescinded its approval for the event. The boys tournament, which drew local teams as well as some from states including Michigan, Virginia and Pennsylvania, was Homelessness in Maryland Worsens During COVID-19 Pandemic 11/19/2020 08:45pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The coronavirus pandemic has increased the strain on groups that work to prevent homelessness in Maryland, with experts saying single mo National Zoo, several DC museums to close amid rising COVID-19 cases 11/19/2020 03:00pm • As COVID-19 cases rise around the region and across the U.S., a number of well-traveled D.C. destinations will be closing their doors to the public. The National Gallery of Art will close Saturday, Nov. 21, with both the West Building and the Sculpture Garden closed. The museum said it was closin As COVID-19 cases rise, so do test requests; 'plenty of tests' assures Loudoun Co. health director 11/19/2020 02:29pm • With a dramatic recent surge in local COVID-19 cases, lines have gotten longer at local free testing clinics and, in some cases, sites have run out of tests. Loudoun County Health Director David Goodfriend said the increase in requests for testing is a good thing. "As a region, there are plenty o Va. gun show organizers cancel after losing effort to circumvent pandemic restrictions 11/19/2020 01:36pm • The Nation's Gun Show, set to start Friday at the Dulles Expo Center, in Chantilly, Virginia, has been canceled by the organizers after a judge ruled against their attempt to circumvent Virginia's newly toughened coronavirus restrictions. The cancellation is on the show's website. Under new re DC, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia share COVID-19 contact tracing data 11/19/2020 01:00pm • D.C., Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia are blazing a new path in COVID-19 information sharing. The four have joined in the nation's first multistate effort to quickly share contact tracing data. "There's lot of travel, people live in one jurisdiction and work in another, so this really he CDC urges Americans not to travel on Thanksgiving 11/19/2020 12:54pm • ▶ Watch Video: More than a quarter of a million Americans have died from COVID-19 The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday urged Americans not to travel during the Thanksgiving holiday as coronavirus cases continue to surge across the country. The agency's updated