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Coronavirus pandemic upends plans for Eisenhower memorial dedication 05/07/2020 09:17pm • The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial's dedication will not coincide with the 75th anniversary of V-E Day. (Courtesy Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission) A memorial in D.C. that honors World War II hero and 34th U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower will not be dedicated on the 75th anniversary o What's the reopening plan for Virginia Beach? Officials await Northam's OK 05/07/2020 07:40pm • Ocean City, Maryland, is set to reopen its beach this weekend. But what about fellow regional destination Virginia Beach? That's what the Virginia Beach City Council discussed in a meeting Thursday. Though an exact date was never discussed, Acting City Manager Thomas Leahy said Virginia Beach Maryland courts set tentative reopening as lawyers prep for surge in backlogged cases 05/07/2020 03:55pm • After months of coronavirus closures, courts across Maryland are tentatively set to begin reopening June 8. But that date is not set in stone, and even if courts do start to reopen then, it will be well into the summer before jury trials resume, judicial leaders told lawmakers during a Maryland S Md. nursing home with most virus deaths fined $10K a day 05/07/2020 11:02am • LA PLATA, Md. — Regulators in Maryland will fine a nursing home that has had the most virus-related deaths in the state $10,000 a day. The Washington Post reported Thursday Sagepoint Senior Living in La Plata failed to use appropriate protective equipment, and failed to separate residents with Mail-in ballot requests surge for DC June elections 05/07/2020 04:31am • With the coronavirus public health emergencies in place, it may be easy for D.C. residents to forget there are two elections coming up next month. The primary election is June 2, and a special election for Ward 2 is on June 16. Ward 2 is holding a special election to replace former council member From Sweden with love: How Calle Johansson keeps up with the Caps amid coronavirus 05/07/2020 04:07am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '49a01525-186c-4925-a183-205ebc259f98' }).render("406615361eb2c449");}); Former Capitals star Calle Johansson is l Md. schools stay closed for rest of academic year; Hogan offers hope on 'Phase One' of reopening 05/07/2020 02:31am • Maryland schools will remain closed for the rest of the academic year, the state's schools superintendent announced Wednesday. And, during the briefing, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan also shared updates that the state appeared to be on track to begin "Phase One" of his reopening plan, possibly as soo Northam: Virginia's Phase I plan 'a floor'; localities can seek changes 05/07/2020 01:13am • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said Wednesday that while he's still confident that the commonwealth can enter Phase I of lifting COVID-19-related safety restrictions May 15, he described the relaxed restrictions as "the floor," and that if localities want to keep some restrictions, they might be able t Billion-dollar Md. education reform faces another hurdle — the pandemic 05/06/2020 11:12pm • Maryland's ambitious $4 billion per year education bill that passed the General Assembly early this year has another hurdle to overcome: the coronavirus public health emergency. As first reported by The Washington Post, Gov. Larry Hogan has until Thursday to decide whether to veto The Blueprint f Season Sidelined: Pandemic could be lone thing to prevent Maryland women's lacrosse from reaching Final Four 05/06/2020 11:05pm • There are few givens in sports. For the last decade, though, one given has been the Maryland women's lacrosse team reaching the Final Four — entering this year, the Terps had made 11 straight national semifinals. The freshmen on this year's team were 7 or 8 years old when Coach Cathy Reese's team Coronavirus update: DC tourism revenue nose-dives amid pandemic 05/06/2020 08:30pm • A man crosses a quiet street in Washington, Monday, April 13, 2020. D.C. is under a stay-home order for all residents in an effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Tourism revenue and visitor spending in the District has nose-dived since the coronavirus cris Getting on a plane: Changes ahead for air travelers 05/06/2020 08:20pm • The number of people flying on commercial flights has dropped to the lowest level since the 1950s, and when passengers resume getting on planes in larger numbers, the experience will be fundamentally different than it was just a few months ago. Major airlines recently began requiring passengers t Pharmaceutical, research firms warned of cyberattacks linked to COVID-19 05/06/2020 08:10pm • In a rare, joint alert by the U.S. and U.K., organizations involved in the fight against COVID-19 have been warned that intensified, malicious cyber activity targeting their operations has been detected. “Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors are actively targeting organizations involved in b AGs to Congress: Paycheck Protection Program should be stronger, more equitable 05/06/2020 05:34pm • Attorneys general in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, and across the nation, want Congress to do more for small businesses, formally urging federal leaders to improve the Paycheck Protection Program responsible for helping businesses survive the pandemic. In a statement, Maryland Attorney General Bri Why COVID-19 is also a mental health pandemic 05/06/2020 01:25pm • This content is sponsored by Greenbrook TMS. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Americans have been watching the numbers of those infected rise daily. Fear of COVID-19 causing physical harm or even death has become a real, daily concern. COVID-19 has disrupted our normal routines, impaired acces