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3 questions for Maryland Terrapins men's basketball entering the 2020-21 season 10/14/2020 09:36pm • 3 questions for Maryland Terps men's basketball entering the season originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonA year makes a huge difference for Mark Turgeon's Maryland Terrapins heading into the 2020-21 college basketball season. Entering the coronavirus pandemic, the Terps were riding Former Wootton High coach accused of sexually abusing players 10/13/2020 07:15pm • A former football coach at Wootton High School in Rockville, Maryland, is charged with sexually abusing two players, and police are concerned that there might be others affected. Montgomery County police said Christopher Papadopoulos, 26, of Gaithersburg, was arrested Monday on charges that inclu Best places to retire in 2021 10/13/2020 12:00am • Find your ideal retirement spot. You might be able to save money and improve your quality of life by relocating to a retirement spot that better suits your interests and budget. A new U.S. News analysis compares the 150 largest metropolitan areas in the country as potential places to retire. The Commonly overlooked consequences of malnutrition among people who are obese 10/07/2020 08:00pm • Malnutrition is not only a problem for people without enough to eat, it also increasingly affects people who are obese. "Malnourishment is surprisingly and exceedingly common," said Dr. Andrew M. Freeman, a cardiologist at National Jewish Health. Freeman is a co-author of an editorial accompa Should you take a mental health day? 10/06/2020 10:00am • A mental health day is a day taken off from work for the purpose of de-stressing or recovering from burnout. While you may wonder whether it's appropriate to schedule time out of the office if you aren't physically ill, it's important to recognize when you've reached your limit mentally and emotiona Pand-aww: Giant panda Mei Xiang's cub begins to open eyes 10/02/2020 01:07pm • Mei Xiang's panda cub. (Courtesy Smithsonian National Zoo/Marty Dearie) Giant panda Mei Xiang's 6-week-old cub is beginning to open its eyes, the Smithsonian's National Zoo keepers said in an update Friday. During a weekly checkup, keeper Marty Dearie described the cub "as wide awake, alert a Trigger discipline: Maryland has new gray triggerfish record holder 10/02/2020 11:46am • Logan Liddick is seen with his record-breaking gray triggerfish catch. (Courtesy Maryland Department of Natural Resources) You could say he pulled the trigger on a record-breaking catch. A Pennsylvania angler now holds the record for the largest gray triggerfish caught in Maryland, according Maryland researchers identify what works to help children avoid obesity 09/30/2020 08:05pm • Fourteen percent of 2- to 5-year-olds are overweight, but researchers at the University Of Maryland School Of Medicine have identified strategies they believe work to help prevent childhood obesity. "Young children learn by watching their families," said study leader Maureen Black, a professor of What happens to your body over months in isolation? 09/26/2020 05:54am • Since the pandemic officially began in March, we've been told staying home is the best way to avoid catching Covid-19. And it is. But life in confinement can cause physical ailments on its own. Being homebound for so long contorts the body, weakens the heart and lungs and even impairs brain funct Coronavirus pandemic could impact future cancer rates and patient care 09/25/2020 11:36pm • The news about cancer is good for now, but the future doesn't look as bright, according to a report published this week by the American Association for Cancer Research. Progress in cancer care The AACR Cancer Progress Report 2020 found the number of cancer survivors livin Uses for apples 09/22/2020 04:40am • The versatility of apples Apples are the most commonly consumed fruit in the U.S., according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service. There's good reason for the fruit's top ranking, says Lisa Jones, a registered dietitian based in Philadelphia. "Variety is the spice of How a Hong Kong teenager's death became a magnet for conspiracies 09/19/2020 07:45pm • The crowd recoiled as tear gas canisters rained down on them and riot police advanced up the street, carrying shields and batons. It was August 10, 2019. Protesters had gathered outside a police station on Nathan Road, a busy shopping street in Hong Kong that had become the latest battleground in Slow, steady roll toward MCPS buses carrying students back to school 09/18/2020 01:42pm • The superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland says he is confident most students will willingly wear masks on school buses, when pandemic conditions improve enough to allow in-person learning. In a virtual meeting between the Montgomery County Board of Education and Service E Is the great COVID-19 airplane seat overhaul happening? 09/14/2020 06:35am • Plexiglass dividers between passengers, new staggered row layouts, zig-zag seating, space-age transparent bubbles around travelers' heads -- just as new divider screens popped up in shops and restaurants around the world in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, so came a wide variety of new concepts fo Craving sugar during a pandemic? Here's how to tame your sweet tooth 09/14/2020 04:26am • Cakes, cookies, pie. During a global pandemic or even more moderately stressful life circumstances, we often turn to comforting sugary and carb-rich indulgences that may help to calm us down. Now for the bad news. New recommendations that will inform soon-to-be-released U.S. dietary guidelines