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'We have a caseload which is still growing:' Montgomery Co. may not follow Maryland's Phase 1 reopening 05/09/2020 06:30pm • While Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich said he sympathizes with his constituents who are dealing with "quarantine fatigue," he pledged Saturday to be "very careful" about reopening regardless of what Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says next week about Phase 1 of the state's plan. "We're not the DC embassy tours move online for Europe Day 05/09/2020 04:36pm • Europe Day usually brings lines and crowds to D.C. as the European embassies open their doors to the public. This year, their doors are closed but the visits are continuing online. Learn how to cook a traditional Danish open-faced fish sandwich, attend a Swedish circus, learn a contemporary Finni Montgomery Co. teacher honored by Chance the Rapper 05/09/2020 11:32am • An English teacher in Montgomery County, Maryland, has been rapping his way through the coronavirus pandemic — and it just paid off in a big way. Michael Doggett, a teacher at Hallie Wells Middle School in Clarksburg, has been using his "Hey Students" rap videos to highlight those in his school Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy dies from coronavirus at 75 05/09/2020 07:23am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy, the duo whose extraordinary magic tricks astonished millions until Horn was critically injured in 2003 by one of the act’s famed white tigers, has died. He was 75. Horn died of complications from the coronavirus on Friday in a Las Vegas ho Catholic Diocese of Arlington prepares to partially reopen churches 05/09/2020 04:43am • Starting May 15, Virginia is expected to allow places of worship to reopen at half their normal capacity, as long as local jurisdictions agree. The Catholic Diocese of Arlington is planning additional measures to keep people safe from the coronavirus. "The use of face coverings and hand steril Coronavirus has created a rift between the US and China that may take a generation to heal 05/08/2020 11:07pm • The novel coronavirus has destroyed lives and livelihoods in both the United States and China. But instead of bonding the two nations together to fight the pandemic, it has sent their already strained relations on a rapid downward spiral -- and fanned the flames of a potentially dangerous strain of Va. senator, DC-area chef, homeless outreach leader share thoughts on reopening 05/08/2020 09:55pm • A senator, a restaurant owner and the leader of a group that serves the homeless population shared their thoughts on the reopening plans in the D.C. area during a livestreamed talk hosted by the Economic Club of Washington. Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, a Democrat, answered questions Friday about th Why parents should make self-care a priority as they take care of their kids 05/08/2020 08:34pm • Just like advice given on planes for parents to put oxygen masks on first before helping kids, a D.C. psychologist advises parents to prioritize self-care during the coronavirus pandemic. "Strong parenting requires patience, quick thinking, limit-setting, consistency, gentleness; and all of t Tips to make sure your donations go to COVID-19 relief 05/08/2020 05:04pm • With so many in need of help, donating to a charity to provide COVID-19 relief can feel a bit daunting. One organization has the resources to make your donation decision easier. Charity evaluator Charity Navigator has put together a page of highly-rated nonprofit organizations responding to the p Northam lays out more details for Virginia's Phase 1 reopening 05/08/2020 04:53pm • A woman wearing a face mask walks past a sign in a store window during the COVID-19 pandemic in Arlington, Virginia, on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. (Photo by Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images) Virginia is still looking to enter Phase One of its reopening blueprint on May 15, and Gov. Ralph Northam 'We'll do what we can': With 9 COVID-19 deaths a day, Prince George's Co. leaders cautious about Md. reopening 05/08/2020 02:54pm • Officials in Prince George’s County, Maryland, are sounding a note of caution about potential plans to begin easing some coronavirus-related restrictions in the state as early as next week. With more than 8,800 confirmed cases and 217 deaths, the county remains among the areas in Maryland harde Bowser: Opening DC eateries 'makes no sense' when more people are dying 05/08/2020 01:57pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser joins other District officials as they provide an update on the financial forecast in regards to the COVI-19 pandemic on Friday, April 24, 2020. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post via Getty Images) "It makes no sense" to open up D.C. restaurants while people ar 3 reasons COVID-19 is on the rise in Fairfax County 05/08/2020 08:09am • More than 60 days after Fairfax County announced its first case of COVID-19, the county has, by far, the most infections, hospitalizations and deaths than any county in Virginia — and now the county's emergency information department is giving three reasons why. The county, the largest in popul Guidance for reopening Md. schools could see combination of online, on-site learning 05/08/2020 12:02am • When students come back to school in Maryland, it could be a new and different experience than the one they left behind in March when the coronavirus pandemic closed schools in the state. State Superintendent Karen Salmon unveiled the plan for students to return to school at a news conference Wed Season Sidelined: Scholarship limits, roster sizes could affect extra year of eligibility 05/07/2020 10:25pm • "In theory" and "in practice" begin on the same road, yet often wind up at the same destination. The Maryland women's lacrosse team learned in March that there would be no May when the NCAA canceled the 2020 season. For the seniors on this year's roster, it was an unfortunate end to careers that