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What Is the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX)? 10/09/2020 12:00am • Investors who want to get a read on stock market sentiment can turn to the CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, to interpret patterns of expected future volatility before making investment decisions. The VIX is an index, not a financial instrument investors can buy directly. Investors can access the VIX Expert: Nursing Home Workers Have the Most Dangerous Job in COVID-19 10/09/2020 12:00am • Nursing home workers face a higher risk for COVID-19 than most Americans, providing essential care in hazardous conditions and at lower pay than they deserve, says David Grabowski, a professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School. Giving them a living wage, decent benefits and adequate p Former White House Coronavirus Task Force member on complex protocols and why social distancing is challenging 10/08/2020 09:20pm • A former White House insider is providing insight into the protocols taken at the White House leading up to the COVID-19 outbreak and about the need to be as forthcoming as possible about infections. Joe Grogan, a former Trump White House domestic policy council director and former member of the Montgomery Co. residents are recycling a lot more during the pandemic 10/08/2020 08:39pm • From bottles to cardboard, Montgomery County, Maryland, is seeing a big spike in recyclables left out on the curb at homes in the county amid the pandemic. “We’re seeing real big increases from residences,” said Adam Ortiz, director of the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Prote Prince George's Co. advises against traditional trick-or-treating for Halloween 10/08/2020 04:48pm • As Prince George's County, Maryland, remains in Phase Two of its coronavirus recovery plan, officials are advising against some traditional October activities, such as door-to-door trick-or-treating, and outright banning others, such as indoor haunted houses. "Halloween is going to have to look d Prince George's County: Phase Three could come in next few weeks 10/08/2020 01:57pm • Officials in Prince George's County, Maryland, say they could begin relaxing more coronavirus-related restrictions in a few weeks, but for now, citing a recent uptick in new daily cases and the rate at which COVID-19 tests are coming back positive, the county is remaining in Phase Two. "COVID-19 Trump campaign proposes delaying 2 remaining debates by a week to allow them to be in person 10/08/2020 12:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign is proposing delaying the two remaining presidential debates by one week to ensure the debates can take place in-person, rather than virtually, after Trump's coronavirus diagnosis. The Commission on Presidential Debate announced Thursday that Northam announces additional federal money for Virginia schools 10/08/2020 12:30pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is announcing he’s putting an additional $220 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds towards the state’s public schools. Northam said in a statement Thursday the extra money would be used to help schools pay for testing supplies, personal p DC-area health officials to White House staff: Come get a COVID-19 test 10/08/2020 10:54am • Health officials across nearly the entire D.C. area are calling on people who work at the White House or anyone who attended the recent Supreme Court nomination announcement in the Rose Garden to contact their local health departments and get tested for COVID-19. "Given the growing numbers of pos Pandemic is contributing to rise in the number of cremations 10/08/2020 10:01am • WESTMINSTER, Md. — The coronavirus pandemic is contributing to more people choosing to have cremations instead of funerals in Maryland and across the nation. The Carroll County Times reported Thursday that Maryland’s cremation rate has gone from about 35% in 2010 to more than 50% in 2020. Albemarle County spent $100K on Confederate statue removal 10/08/2020 09:10am • CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A county in Virginia spent more than $100,000 to take down its Confederate statue and hold an event around the removal. The Daily Progress reported Tuesday that the cost to pay a construction company for the removal in Albemarle County cost about $60,000. But there wer With the MCM going virtual this year, some are doing all 3 races 10/08/2020 05:14am • In a normal year, 30,000 people would have converged in the D.C. area to run the Marine Corps Marathon and push their bodies as hard as they can. This year is not a normal year. Sure, thousands of people will still run the marathon virtually, on the course of their choosing. And some are going to COVID-19 Complications: Registry Aims to Track Virus Impact on Heart 10/08/2020 12:00am • When the novel coronavirus pandemic slammed into the country last spring, officials at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas suspended the treatment of many patients who didn't have COVID-19, as was happening at hospitals nationwide. The intensive care unit remained fully operational, primarily Military-Style Response at One Retirement Community Stymies COVID-19 10/08/2020 12:00am • Along with much of the country, Knollwood Life Plan Community in the District of Columbia went into lockdown in mid-March to try to protect residents and staff from the COVID-19 pandemic. The retirement community includes sections for independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing. The lea Bowser expects 'more conversations' with White House as DC offers help with virus response 10/07/2020 07:39pm • D.C. leaders have been trying to coordinate with the White House on a response to an apparent COVID-19 outbreak among federal officials. On Wednesday, Mayor Muriel Bowser said that D.C. Health Director Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt connected with the White House by phone late Monday. "Dr. Nesbitt was