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WTOP coronavirus poll: Trust in government, media falls 03/31/2020 10:49am • More people believe coronavirus "is a real threat," but fewer are following daily news about COVID-19, as trust in government and media continues to decline. A national online poll of 1,006 interviewees, produced by Heart+Mind Strategies for WTOP between March 25 and March 26, showed a growing nu Dirty wash rags: Suit claims DC failing to protect inmates from coronavirus 03/31/2020 08:33am • A new lawsuit claims the District of Columbia is failing to take basic public health steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in its jails, despite five inmates testing positive for the coronavirus. The American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia and D.C.'s Public Defender Service c Bryan Voltaggio talks 'Top Chef,' running restaurants amid coronavrius closures 03/31/2020 01:55am • Chef Bryan Voltaggio stands his ground in the kitchen. (Courtesy MGM) He's arguably the most famous homegrown chef in the state of Maryland, from Volt in Frederick to Voltaggio Brothers Steakhouse at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill. This week, Bryan Voltaggio is busy running his restaur Coronavirus update: Md., Va. stay-at-home orders in place; DC order in effect April 1 03/30/2020 11:55pm • The latest Editor's note: The stay-at-home order for Maryland started Monday, March 30 at 8 p.m. An earlier version of this story contained an inaccurate description relating to the partial reopening of Liberty University. The campus partially reopened and did not call students back.  Followi DC-area stores gradually catching up with demands during coronavirus pandemic 03/30/2020 07:57pm • Grocery store shelves depleted of food and other products when the nation began seeing increasing cases of COVID-19, are starting to fill up again. “As consumers continue to reduce their demand and just buy what they need, we're starting to see things catch up,” Greg Ferrara, president and CE DC stay-at-home order: What's allowed 03/30/2020 06:41pm • (WTOP/Brett Snyder) D.C. joined Maryland and Virginia Monday in issuing a stay-at-home order for its residents to help contain the coronavirus outbreak. The order goes into effect on Wednesday at 12:01 a.m. Everyone in D.C. has to stay at their residence, with certain exceptions considered Capitals GM hopeful for NHL return amid COVID-19 03/30/2020 03:56pm • Caps' GM Brian MacLellan would like to see the NHL allow its teams a few games to get ready before the playoffs begin. Under normal circumstances, Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan would have met with reporters in early April at the team’s headquarters in Arlington. He would have evalua Coronavirus: Hogan predicts Md. 'a lot more like NY' by Easter; More than 2,500 positive cases in DC region 03/29/2020 08:52pm • Health care workers wait to swab for samples at a drive-through coronavirus collection site in Arlington, Va., Thursday, March 19, 2020. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite) The latest The District said it recorded 59 new positive cases Sunday, bringing the city's new total to 401. A Charles County, M Montgomery Co. closing part of Sligo Creek Pkwy for more recreation space during virus shutdown 03/29/2020 05:55am • Segments of Sligo Creek Parkway in Montgomery County, Maryland will be closed from April 3 to 5 in order to establish additional recreational space for residents to accommodate demand during the coronavirus pandemic. Montgomery Parks announced portions of the parkway from New Hampshire Avenue to Coronavirus preys on what terrifies us: dying alone 03/29/2020 03:47am • Steve Kaminski was whisked into an ambulance near his home on New York's Upper East Side last week. He never saw his family again. Kaminski died days later of covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Because of fears of contagion, no visitors, including his family, were allowed t Rhode Island door knocks in search of fleeing New Yorkers 03/28/2020 09:23pm • WESTERLY, RI (AP) — The Rhode Island National Guard started going door to door on Saturday in coastal areas to inform any New Yorkers who may have come to the state that they must self-quarantine for 14 days while Gov. Gina Raimondo expanded the mandatory self-quarantine to anyone visiting the sta Coronavirus: DC area cases top 2,000; Northam secures federal funding for Va. National Guard 03/28/2020 06:10pm • President Donald Trump sends off the U.S. Navy hospital ship "Comfort" on Saturday afternoon in Virginia. The latest D.C. announces its 5th death related to COVID-19. Maryland had 992 confirmed cases as of Saturday morning, an increase of 218 since Friday's report and a record for most cas 2nd UK Cabinet member joins Johnson in having virus symptoms 03/28/2020 01:57pm • LONDON (AP) — Another member of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Cabinet has developed symptoms of COVID-19, as the number of people with the coronavirus to die in the U.K. passed the 1,000 mark Saturday. Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said he had symptoms of Nursing homes enact stricter measures to stop coronavirus spread 03/28/2020 01:31pm • Three more Montgomery County, Maryland, nursing homes said they have been affected by the coronavirus outbreak, prompting new measures to protect elderly residents. The county said two residents at Brighton Gardens in Bethesda, as well as employees at the Fox Chase Rehab and Nursing Center in Sil Apple releases COVID-19 app with information, screening tools 03/28/2020 06:40am • Apple has put out a new COVID-19 app that brings information and even a screening tool for the virus right to your phone. If you're not an iPhone user, don't worry, there is a website as well. The most prominent feature on the app is the screening tool, which walks users through a series of qu