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Arlington County holds free COVID-19 testing Tuesday 05/25/2020 10:14pm • Arlington County, Virginia, is holding a free COVID-19 testing Tuesday. It will be at the Barcroft Sports and Fitness Center at 4200 S Four Mile Run Drive from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. “Hosting testing in this location is a conscious effort to concentrate resources in an area easily reachable to th Northern Virginia could enter Phase 1 of reopening this week 05/25/2020 09:16pm • Northern Virginia could transition to Phase One of reopening later this week, joining the rest of the state in easing coronavirus restrictions. In a letter to Gov. Ralph Northam, regional officials said their jurisdictions have met four of the critical benchmarks for moving to Phase One. These in 'There will be blood': Mosquitoes make their annual return in DC region 05/25/2020 06:11pm • As temperatures warm up, an annual pest with a nasty bite is making its return to the D.C. area. Mosquitoes are back and chances are you may have already encountered one or two — or more — while outdoors. Mike Raupp, an entomologist known as “The Bug Guy” at the University of Maryland, Events at RFK Stadium, DC Armory canceled indefinitely 05/25/2020 05:04pm • Events that would have been held at the RFK Campus starting June 8 — including at the stadium and D.C. Armory — have been postponed until further notice. Events DC, which operates the venue, said in a statement Monday, that it has determined the closure to be in the "best interest of all our Man accused of assaulting officer who broke up Southeast DC basketball game 05/25/2020 04:27pm • Police said an officer was assaulted when he tried to stop a basketball game in Southeast D.C. Sunday afternoon. Under the District's COVID-19 stay-at-home order, playgrounds and basketball courts are closed. Police said about 50 people had gathered on the courts at Randle Highlands Elementary Northern Virginia has met 4 of 6 reopening metrics, health officials say 05/25/2020 03:12pm • Northern Virginia has reached four of six benchmark metrics required to begin reopening, health officials from five localities said Sunday in a letter to local leaders. In the letter, health officials from Alexandria and Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties said the region has ac Where to get a free coronavirus test in Alexandria on Memorial Day 05/25/2020 02:40pm • Limited free community coronavirus testing is being offered at two locations in Alexandria, Virginia, on Monday. Drive-thru testing at Landmark Mall along Van Dorn Street stopped accepting new vehicles at 1 p.m., five hours before it was set to close down. The location was one of two that planned Hoyas coach Patrick Ewing continuing to recover from COVID-19, released from hospital 05/25/2020 01:48pm • Georgetown men's basketball coach Patrick Ewing has been released from the hospital and will continue recovering from COVID-19 at home, his son announced Monday. pic.twitter.com/nxxbk269Jn — Patrick Ewing Jr (@pewingjr6) May 25, 2020 Ewing, a legendary player for the Hoyas and New York Kn Coronavirus slams DC couple struggling to feed young daughter 05/25/2020 01:18am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The back door clicked shut behind him and he faced the brick walls of the alley. Roberto, one of tens of millions of newly laid off U.S. workers desperate to make ends meet in the pandemic, struggled with his emotions, upset at being steered to the clinic’s rear exit. But th Johns Hopkins experts on reopening plans, possible 2nd COVID-19 wave 05/24/2020 09:33pm • Experts at Johns Hopkins held a discussion on Sunday sharing insights and warnings as regions go through phases of reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic. Here are some of the takeaways. Could the coronavirus be a seasonal disease? “I think some people were talking about second wave in the DC remains on track to enter Phase 1 reopening Friday despite setback 05/24/2020 09:19pm • A new spike in recently-reported cases of the coronavirus has prompted the District's top health official to adjust one aspect of the city's timeline for reopening. One of the key bench marks in D.C.'s advancement to Phase 1 of its reopening plan is to show, based on a five-day average, a 14-day Coronavirus hospitalizations across Virginia fall to lowest level in a month 05/24/2020 08:32am • 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. The number of patients currently hospitalized for treatment of COVID-19 in Virginia fell to the lowest level in a month Saturday, and DC Jail inspections prompted by lawsuit show virus spread is slowing 05/23/2020 03:17pm • Independent inspectors say the spread of coronavirus has been slowed significantly at the D.C. Jail, but chronic staff shortages have had a major impact on the jail's ability to cope with the pandemic. In a written report to U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, filed earlier this wee Federal judge orders heightened response to COVID-19 in Prince George's County jail 05/23/2020 09:01am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. A federal judge will monitor the Prince George’s County jail’s response to COVID-19, expressing deep concern about medical care for Turbulence, warnings before Pakistan plane crash killed 97 05/23/2020 06:27am • KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — When the plane jolted violently, Mohammad Zubair thought it was turbulence. Then the pilot came on the intercom to warn that the landing could be “troublesome.” Moments later, the Pakistan International Airlines flight crashed into a crowded neighborhood near Karach