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Free Loudoun County drive-thru COVID-19 test site reaches capacity hours before closing 05/20/2020 09:31pm • A volunteer helps line up cars at Loudoun County's drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at Bolen Memorial Park. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein) There were dozens of cars in line an hour before Loudoun County, Virginia, began free drive-thru coronavirus testing Wednesday morning at Philip A. Bolen Memorial Pa Northam: COVID-19 crisis shouldn't overshadow Va.'s growing overdose numbers 05/20/2020 05:45pm • A woman wearing a face mask walks past a sign advertising a Memorial Day sale amid the coronavirus pandemic on Monday, May 18, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Olivier Douleiry/AFP via Getty Images) As Virginia sees a downward trend in the percentage of COVID-19 tests that come back positi DC Pride organizers announce reworked series of Pride Month events 05/20/2020 11:52am • The traditional Pride Month celebrations set for June in D.C. may be off because of the public health emergency, but organizers have unveiled a schedule of revamped events. The theme for the month’s events is #StillWe, and it’s woven through the reimagined celebrations. The Capital Pride A Protesters at Annapolis rally call for an end to 'tyranny' 05/16/2020 08:34am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. “Tyranny” was the word around State Circle in Annapolis Friday afternoon as the group Reopen Maryland held another rally in protest of Community Spotlight: Take the Virtual Spring 5K Challenge 05/14/2020 02:27pm • This content is sponsored by United Bank. Looking for something to get into ahead of Memorial Day weekend? Join Girls on the Run DC and come together virtually to support the unstoppable strength, resilience, and power of every girl by registering for the Virtual Spring 5K Challenge! Girls on 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 500 grocery boxes run out in less than an hour during Montgomery Co. food distribution 05/02/2020 03:04pm • In just an hour, more than 500 boxes of groceries were handed out in Silver Spring, Maryland, to those in need during a local partnership. Then, they had to start turning people away. "These are very highly impacted communities already before COVID, but now they are some of the highest ZIP codes Blue Angels and Thunderbirds to soar above DC, Baltimore in tribute to essential workers 05/01/2020 11:15am • The military's elite flight demonstration squadrons salute health care workers and others on the front lines in the fight against the coronavirus over New York City on April 28. (Courtesy FEMA/K.C. Wilsey) The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and the Navy's Blue Angels will conduct a flyover through Coronavirus updates: Several Va. measures extended; free meals to be distributed in Md. 04/24/2020 03:27am • Medical personnel from Montgomery County, Md., check patients arriving for a COVID-19 drive-in testing in Silver Spring, Md., Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Maryland has dramatically boosted its testing capacity for the new coronavirus with a shipment of 500,000 tests from a South Korean company. (AP Pho Woods, Mickelson to stage TV match with Brady, Manning 04/23/2020 03:23am • Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are ready for a made-for-TV rematch at a time when fans are craving live action. And this time, they'll have company. Turner Sports says quarterbacks Tom Brady and Peyton Manning will join them for a two-on-two match sometime in May. Missing from the announcement Coronavirus updates: Trump suspends issuance of some green cards; Md. reopens Prince George's hospital 04/23/2020 02:27am • Workers construct a second tent on the House side of the Virginia Capitol, Monday April 20, 2020, in Richmond, Va. The House and Senate are meeting in separate locations for Wednesday's reconvene session due to the COVID-19 social distancing restrictions. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) The latest Pr How coronavirus changed how WTOP brings you news 04/21/2020 04:57am • You've probably been saying to yourself things have really changed in the last couple of months because of the coronavirus. At WTOP, they certainly have. A little over two months ago, WTOP celebrated one year in our new Maryland location. Like all great radio station events, there was food — lo Vacation mecca wants visitors to stay away -- for now 04/18/2020 11:09am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. It’s not the ad campaign Ocean City’s official cheerleaders thought they would be running right now. But a global pandemic has forced VIDEO: Cal Ripken talks about coronavirus pandemic and shift in Ripken charity to help 04/16/2020 04:33am • (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: '52ca230c-1433-4c01-922e-c32b788f7729' }).render("56153627b3bbab");}); Cal Ripken Jr. is retired, but he has nev Turner Classic Movies delivers 'Special Home Edition' of Classic Film Festival 04/16/2020 12:37am • Turner Classic Movies presents a "Special Home Edition" of its Classic Film Festival. (YouTube) Every year, Turner Classic Movies hosts a red carpet Classic Film Festival in Los Angeles. However, this year, the annual public event was scrapped due to shelter-in-place orders. Not to worry,