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Seeing Santa safely: A salve at the end of a tumultuous year 12/17/2020 09:00am • Seeing Santa is for many families a holiday tradition that goes back generations. It’s the annual snapshot that year-after-year marks the passage of time, and a reminder that children believe in magic, and that a jolly bearded man can make their wishes come true. But it’s Christmas in 2020, a Virus hospitalizations reach 400 as vaccine is distributed 12/17/2020 08:33am • DOVER, Del. — The number of people who are hospitalized with COVID-19 in Delaware has risen to 400 for the firs time. The Delaware State News reported Wednesday that the number was reached after hospitalizations went up by 24. The Delaware Division of Public Health said that 54 of the people DC Water joins national sewage study to search for COVID hot spots 12/17/2020 07:48am • Searching for clues about where coronavirus hot spots are in the nation's capital is a dirty job. DC Water is joining several other water treatment agencies across the U.S. to study sewage in an effort to find clues about where the disease is cropping up. “COVID-19 is the health issue of our Migrant Camp On Mexico's Border Limits the Spread of COVID-19 12/17/2020 12:00am • MATAMOROS, Mexico -- It was June when the news began to spread among the rows of tents where thousands of asylum-seekers sleep on the banks of the Rio Grande across from Brownsville, Texas. After months of working tirelessly to fend off the virus from the Matamoros tent camp, health care workers co Md. doctor says Moderna vaccine will be second weapon against coronavirus 12/16/2020 03:58am • The second vaccine against COVID-19, created by Moderna, is expected to secure emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration by week's end, and it offers more hope in the world's battle against coronavirus. Scientists on the pandemic frontlines regard this week's deployment of How Much Does a DUI Cost? 12/16/2020 12:00am • With any luck, you're reading this article about how much a DUI costs before you go out drinking and driving -- and not after you were pulled over. If you are reading it after being pulled over for drinking while under the influence, there isn't much good news to give you. Being arrested for a DUI It's official: Montgomery Co. tightens health restrictions 12/15/2020 03:57pm • It's official: The Montgomery County Council has approved new measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus, including suspending indoor dining and cutting capacity limits at retail stores. They take effect at 5 p.m. Thursday. County Executive Marc Elrich proposed the new restrictions last we National manager Davey Martinez will take coronavirus vaccine but won’t require players 12/15/2020 02:10pm • Nats manager will take COVID-19 vaccine but won’t require players originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonNationals manager Davey Martinez will not require his players to take the coronavirus vaccine once it’s available, though the skipper plans to do so himself as soon as he’s With snow on the way, what are schools' plans? 12/15/2020 01:40pm • With so much learning moved online during the COVID-19 pandemic, will school systems in the area still close when there's snow? Or will systems simply move — or continue — online learning when the weather gets rough? WTOP has asked D.C.-area school systems to share their plans. Many haven't f Judge frees Maryland's longest serving female prisoner 12/15/2020 06:51am • BALTIMORE — A Baltimore circuit judge has granted the release of Maryland's longest serving female prison inmate, a woman who spent more than four decades behind bars. She contracted the coronavirus while in prison. The Baltimore Sun reports 61-year-old Eraina Pretty was resentenced to time 2 Baltimore hospitals get vaccine, 5 workers inoculated 12/15/2020 06:05am • BALTIMORE — Maryland’s first doses of the new COVID-19 vaccine have arrived at two Baltimore hospitals as health care workers at one of the facilities began to get inoculated. A shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived Monday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Two physici What the Coronavirus Means for the College Experience This Spring 12/15/2020 12:00am • Lessons from the fall will help guide the spring semester.COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, hit college campuses last spring, forcing schools into pandemic intervention mode. The pandemic prompted many colleges to empty dorms, send students home and shift to online classes. As t Maryland examining wastewater for coronavirus 12/14/2020 10:41pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. As coronavirus cases continue to rise across Maryland, the state is looking into testing wastewater as another way to help combat the pand Virginia to send DC 8,000 extra COVID-19 vaccine doses for front-line workers 12/14/2020 08:34pm • Virginia is sending 8,000 additional COVID-19 vaccine doses to District hospitals as early as next week, D.C. Health Director Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt said at a news conference Monday — more than the 6,825 vaccine doses the federal government has allotted for the nation's capital. The extra doses Can Congress break impasse over coronavirus relief? 12/14/2020 05:57pm • Congress -- and millions of Americans -- are running out of time for emergency coronavirus relief to be approved by lawmakers. A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators is trying to renew momentum for a $908 billion proposal, releasing legislation on Monday that some hope can still be a building block