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Art installation featuring origami doves visits Washington National Cathedral 12/21/2020 06:35pm • The Washington National Cathedral remains closed to visitors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but a new piece of art is being installed with the hope that, before too long, people can enjoy it. The piece, called "Les Colombes," consists of as many as 1,500 origami doves, each suspended from a nearly Maryland to receive additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines this week 12/21/2020 05:00pm • Boxes containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the McKesson distribution center in Olive Branch, Miss., Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, Pool) Maryland will receive this week almost three times the doses of COVID-19 vaccines that it was sent last week. Health tips for enjoying safer holidays with others amid pandemic 12/21/2020 03:02pm • Avoiding large gatherings this holiday season is a safe step toward staying clear of COVID-19. But here are some tips if you believe attending one is a must. "If you have to travel, have everyone get tested if there are tests available, and then you must isolate or quarantine until you get a nega Report: Pandemic walloped Virginia on all levels, and it's 'still an uphill climb' 12/21/2020 02:52pm • It’s no surprise that the COVID-19 pandemic walloped the commonwealth of Virginia in 2020, but a new report from Old Dominion University lays out the impact in dramatic fashion. The pandemic broke a streak of 11 straight quarters of economic growth in Virginia, and the 27% contraction in the se Bowser: Stay home so hospital workers don't get overwhelmed after holidays 12/21/2020 02:26pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser had a simple message for residents during the holidays: Stay home so hospital workers don't get overwhelmed on the other side. After a spike in coronavirus cases in D.C., Bowser introduced new restrictions that go into effect Wednesday at 10 p.m. as part of a "holiday pau Vaccines offer 'tremendous boost for morale,' but front-line workers still cautious 12/18/2020 06:05pm • Nurse practitioner Robert McCary gives the thumbs up as his picture is taken while nurse Anil Shandil gives him the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. They both served in the Army reserves together. (Renée C. Byer/The Sacramento Local coronavirus numbers remain troubling week before Christmas 12/18/2020 01:45pm • A mall-goer wears a face mask to protect against COVID-19 while walking in front of a Christmas display at the Towson Town Center, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Towson, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Deaths and hospitalizations related to the COVID-19 pandemic have been rising in the D.C. region, and DC schools, teachers union a step closer to return to in-person learning 12/17/2020 10:47pm • Teachers at D.C. schools are one step closer to an agreement to return to in-person learning. "The Washington Teachers’ Union is pleased to announce an agreement with D.C. Public Schools on a Memorandum of Agreement that lays out conditions needed to return to in-person learning," the union sai Bill would pick up the tab for alcohol license fees in Montgomery County 12/17/2020 10:17pm • Bars and restaurants pay a kind of bar tab in the form of licenses to sell alcohol, and a Maryland state lawmaker would like to give them a break. Del. Eric Luedtke, House Majority leader in Annapolis, has come up with a bill that would exempt bars and restaurants in Montgomery County from paying Basilica of National Shrine to offer tickets, online streaming for Mass 12/17/2020 10:09pm • For the first time, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in D.C. is planning to use an advance registration and ticketing system for some Sundays and Holy Days in the coming weeks. The system comes as D.C. eased its coronavirus-restrictions on religious gatherings to l Convincing someone to get the COVID-19 vaccine may require adjusting your focus 12/17/2020 08:53pm • Getting as many people as possible inoculated against COVID-19 is the only way out of the pandemic — so, how should folks be approached if they reject the vaccine? An expert advises not trying to convince them. "One of the things that I have learned is that just trying to convince people, I Free rides on Metrobus ending in January 12/17/2020 07:24pm • Passengers have been able to ride Metrobus for free since early in the pandemic, but that will change in a few weeks. Starting in late March, Metro waived fares on buses, and required riders to board through the rear door. It was a safety move to prevent the spread of COVID-19, because bus dri Montgomery County Public Schools presents $2.7B budget request 12/17/2020 06:42pm • Maryland's Montgomery County Public Schools is asking for $2.7 billion for the coming fiscal year. In the prerecorded message, Superintendent Jack Smith said, "Let me be frank: Planning for next year's financial needs is unlike any year in our lifetime." The operating budget request comes in a 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