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Coronavirus planning: Schools close, change schedules, extend breaks 03/12/2020 11:49pm • As of 11:49 p.m. March 12, WTOP has moved all school closings, including long-term closings, onto its Closings & Delays page. The story below will no longer be updated. Public school systems and universities around the D.C. region are sharing their plans as concerns about the new coronavirus gr No fans, now no players: PGA Tour shuts down for a month 03/12/2020 10:49pm • PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The PGA Tour decided Thursday night to scrap the rest of The Players Championship and shut down its other tournaments for the next three weeks. Commissioner Jay Monahan had said earlier Thursday there would be no fans at the TPC Sawgrass for the final three rounds Weekend races, parade canceled but Metro track work still on 03/12/2020 03:07pm • Many events across the D.C. region have been canceled due to concerns about the new coronavirus, including several parades and races that had been scheduled to close streets. But Metro track work is going forward as originally planned. Major track work and Maryland Purple Line construction will i St. Patrick’s Day 2020 in DC area: What you need to know 03/11/2020 11:00am • UPDATE 3/11 11 a.m.: D.C.'s St. Patrick's Day parade has been postponed, the committee board announced on its website. "This decision was not made lightly and was done out of caution to ensure the safety and health of the thousands of attendees from the Washington area that attend the parade ever 16 coronavirus cases confirmed in DC, Md. and Va. 03/09/2020 10:30pm • Sixteen people in D.C., Maryland and Virginia have tested positive for coronavirus, officials say. Shortly after D.C. confirmed three new coronavirus cases Monday night, bringing the city's total to five, Maryland confirmed its sixth case and Virginia confirmed two new cases — a second in the C DC-area coronavirus cases rise to 9 as Md. reports 2 additional positive patients 03/08/2020 05:42pm • Two more Maryland residents have tested positive for coronavirus, increasing the state's number of confirmed cases to five, Gov. Larry Hogan said. The two new patients — a Harford County woman in her 80s and a Montgomery County man in his 60s — contracted the virus during overseas travel. Sanders, Biden up attacks as head-to-head race takes shape 03/07/2020 09:29pm • DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — The Democratic presidential primary is down to two major candidates, and it shows. Former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders are spending their first weekend as their party's last top White House contenders increasingly taki Ocean City lawmakers want to calm chaos of unsanctioned car enthusiast event 03/05/2020 08:28am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Sen. Mary Beth Carozza (R-Lower Shore) showed a three-minute video compilation to the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee Wednesday of Thousands of migrants rush to cross Greek-Turkish border 03/02/2020 06:38am • KASTANIES, Greece (AP) — Thousands of migrants were trying to find a way across Turkey's western border with Greece Monday, with only dozens managing to pass through either border fences or fording the river there, after Turkey opened its side of the frontier to migrants and refugees to leave the Planning to see DC's cherry blossoms in 2020? Consider an approach from National Harbor 02/29/2020 05:46am • (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: '9d306504-c532-4f8d-ae46-b375d28b90f2' }).render("809615366c0145e2");}); The 200 Okame cherry trees at the Nationa Things to do around DC this weekend: Feb. 28–March 1 02/28/2020 02:55pm • Things to do this weekend in and around D.C. are highlighted by classical music at the Kennedy Center and lots of activities for kids. (WTOP/Mary DePompa) All Weekend The Maryland Spring Home and Garden Show at the State Fairgrounds is three big shows in one with 300+ improvement exhibitors with Virginia girl makes history, tackles stereotypes on wrestling mat 02/24/2020 08:01pm • (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: 'd6b86231-f6ad-471f-b1bb-416ee8a3cda9' }).render("64061536add84a8a");}); Brianna Ta is a student at one of the D DC's mayor after weekend shootings: 'Get serious about illegal guns' 02/24/2020 04:24pm • It was a violent weekend in the District: Four shootings ended three lives and left five others injured. And, during an event Monday for D.C. police's Cadet Corp Program, Mayor Muriel Bowser was blunt about what's necessary to prevent more of the same. "We as a nation have to get serious about Walt Whitman High School students rally behind classmate battling cancer 02/23/2020 03:33pm • Every February, students at Walt Whitman High School in Montgomery County, Maryland, organize events to raise money for Children’s National Medical Center. This year, the fundraiser has a more personal connection for them. Their classmate, Ben Lesser, a senior at Walt Whitman, is battling cance Miracle on Ice shows how much Olympics on TV have changed 02/21/2020 07:13pm •  When the Summer Olympics begin in Tokyo in July, viewers will be able to watch every event either live or on demand. That wasn't the case in 1980 when the United States stunned the Soviet Union during the Lake Placid Games. The Americans' stunning 4-3 victory in the Miracle on Ice game —