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U.Md. students plan protest over lease agreements during pandemic 08/10/2020 09:53am • University of Maryland College Park students will protest Tuesday against being bound to fall semester lease contracts for dorms they won't live in out of coronavirus safety concerns. Students citing health and safety have found themselves protesting an inability to terminate expensive lease agre NZ marks 100 days of no new reported local coronavirus cases 08/09/2020 06:53pm • ▶ Watch Video: New Zealand says it has eradicated coronavirus, at least for now There have been no new cases of the coronavirus due to community transmission in New Zealand in 100 days, the country's Ministry of Health reported on Sunday. The news came the same weekend the United Stat Brazil makes grim milestone — 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 08/08/2020 06:49pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil surpassed a grim milestone of 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday night, and five months after the first reported case the country has not shown signs of crushing the disease. The nation of 210 million people has been reporting an average of more than 1,000 dai Recent surge in Virginia COVID-19 numbers due to 'data backlog' 08/08/2020 12:31am • COVID-19 data numbers for Virginia showed a significant increase Friday, but the state's department of health said it was due to data backlog from earlier in the week.  Friday's data indicated 2,015 new cases, which represents information that should have been reported on Wednesday and Thur Advice on virtual learning from Maryland school where online learning is the norm 08/07/2020 11:17pm • At College Park Academy in Prince George's County, Maryland, online learning was in place long before the coronavirus pandemic sent kids home for the rest of the school year. The charter school enrolls students via a lottery from grades 6-12 features an online curriculum. One-third of the clas DC region must prepare for disease-carrying mosquitos entering 'prime-time season' 08/07/2020 10:42pm • For people who are popular targets for mosquitos: beware. It is now the prime-time season in the D.C. area for the blood-sucking species to transmit diseases. “The biggest nuisance mosquito in the state of Maryland is the Asian tiger mosquito,” said Brian Prendergast, program manager for the Expert: Positivity rate doesn't give full picture of region's overall health 08/07/2020 07:15pm • Though COVID-19 positivity rates continue to move in the right direction in the region, a public health expert said the numbers aren't all they seem to be. Maryland announced its daily percentage of positive tests has dropped to record lows the past few days — down to 3.23%. However, Dr. Jos Howard University moves to online undergraduate classes for fall 08/07/2020 05:18pm • Howard University in D.C. is moving to online instruction for undergraduate classes this fall. University President Wayne A.I. Frederick made the announcement Friday in a letter. "After consultation with our public health faculty experts, District of Columbia officials, university leadership, Montgomery County school board votes on virtual learning, cancellation of sports season 08/07/2020 12:44am • The Montgomery County, Maryland, Board of Education voted in favor of virtual-only learning for the first semester of the 2020-2021 school year. The vote came after hours of presentations of proposed schedules for elementary, middle and high schools. Thursday night's vote formalizes the announ Fight over closing private schools in Montgomery Co. continues with memo from state health secretary 08/06/2020 02:53pm • Maryland's top health official has weighed in on a fight in Montgomery County over closing private schools because of the coronavirus pandemic, issuing a memo to all county health officers, saying, "it is the health policy of the state of Maryland that nonpublic schools not be closed in a blanket ma COVID-19 positive test rate hits new low in Md., on rise around Ocean City 08/06/2020 12:41pm • The latest numbers on the coronavirus pandemic in Maryland look good, with the exception of the area around a popular vacation spot. The statistics released by Gov. Larry Hogan’s office Thursday show that the percentage of COVID-19 tests that came back positive Wednesday was 3.83%, bringing the Joe Biden launches new national ad aimed at Black Americans 08/06/2020 08:05am • DETROIT (AP) — Joe Biden's Democratic presidential campaign has launched a new national ad focused on Black Americans, urging them to stand up to President Donald Trump the way their ancestors stood up to "violent racists of a generation ago." The one-minute ad, which was shared exclusively wit Georgetown music treasure Blues Alley barely holding on during pandemic 08/06/2020 12:22am • Blues Alley Jazz & Supper Club has stood for 50 years in Georgetown. (YouTube) UPDATE: Feb. 16, 2021: Former operations director Kris Ross confirms that the Blues Alley building is up for sale. He holds out hope that the music venue could remain at the same historic address, but it all Smithsonian director on what it takes to reopen, transform during COVID-19 pandemic 08/05/2020 08:31pm • The COVID-19 pandemic has propelled the Smithsonian Institution to consider how its museums and facilities in the D.C. area can be more effective and nimble in the 21st century when they reopen. Lonnie Bunch, the Secretary of the Smithsonian, told Tom Temin of WTOP's sister station, Federal News Montgomery County battle over nonpublic schools opening escalates 08/05/2020 06:35pm • Montgomery County Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles adjusts his mask before talking with reporters at the VEIP station in White Oak on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Montgomery County Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles has repeated his call fo