|||{{headline}}While most transit services in D.C. D.C., Maryland and Virginia have emphasized additional cleanings, others have made changes to their schedules. Transit services in D.C., Maryland and Virginia are making significant changes to their schedules and have stepped up cleaning efforts in response to coronavirus pandemic.Metro has reduced service as ridership has fallen.On weekdays, trains will now run every 15 minutes on the Red Line and every 20 minutes on all other lines, between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m.On weekends, trains will now operate every 20 minutes on the Red Line, every...…|||{{headline}}While most transit services in D.C. D.C., Maryland and Virginia have emphasized additional cleanings, others have made changes to their schedules. Transit services in D.C., Maryland and Virginia are making significant changes to their schedules and have stepped up cleaning efforts in response to coronavirus pandemic.Metro has reduced service as ridership has fallen.On weekdays, trains will now run every 15 minutes on the Red Line and every 20 minutes on all other lines, between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m.On weekends, trains will now operate every 20 minutes on the Red Line, every...WW…

|||{{headline}}A grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, has indicted 33-year-old Rakibul Fakir on charges of first-degree murder for stabbing and killing another man at a BJ's Wholesale last fall.A grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, has indicted 33-year-old Rakibul Fakir on charges of first-degree murder for stabbing and killing another man at a BJ’s Wholesale Club last fall.The grand jury for Alexandria city handed down the indictment on March 14. Fakir had originally been charged with second-degree murder .Fakir stands of Silver Spring, Maryland, at the BJ’s Wholesale located in the 100...…|||{{headline}}A grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, has indicted 33-year-old Rakibul Fakir on charges of first-degree murder for stabbing and killing another man at a BJ's Wholesale last fall.A grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, has indicted 33-year-old Rakibul Fakir on charges of first-degree murder for stabbing and killing another man at a BJ’s Wholesale Club last fall.The grand jury for Alexandria city handed down the indictment on March 14. Fakir had originally been charged with second-degree murder .Fakir stands of Silver Spring, Maryland, at the BJ’s Wholesale located in the 100...WW…

D.C. police said that one of its officers shot a man armed with an illegal pistol Saturday morning after he was reportedly around other people with the gun.The man was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to D.C. Interim Police Chief Robert Contee.Police arrived on the 3300 block of Georgia Avenue NW around 8 a.m. Saturday morning after a relative of a D.C. police officer called in about the man.See moreThe below firearm was recovered on scene in connection with this incident:— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept)Police said the man, identified as 48...…D.C. police said that one of its officers shot a man armed with an illegal pistol Saturday morning after he was reportedly around other people with the gun.The man was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to D.C. Interim Police Chief Robert Contee.Police arrived on the 3300 block of Georgia Avenue NW around 8 a.m. Saturday morning after a relative of a D.C. police officer called in about the man.See moreThe below firearm was recovered on scene in connection with this incident:— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept)Police said the man, identified as 48...WW…

|||{{headline}}Baltimore County schools said the laptops it issues and its Google accounts are safe to use after the district suffered a ransomware attack Wednesday.Baltimore County Public Schools said its school system-issued Chromebook laptops and county schools’ Google accounts are safe to use after the district suffered a ransomware attack to its IT infrastructure.The announcement comes after BCPS canceled classes for Monday, Nov. 30 and Tuesday, Dec. 1 due to the fallout of the attack.(2/3) You may now safely use: BCPS-issued Chromebooks and BCPS Google accounts for students and staff....…|||{{headline}}Baltimore County schools said the laptops it issues and its Google accounts are safe to use after the district suffered a ransomware attack Wednesday.Baltimore County Public Schools said its school system-issued Chromebook laptops and county schools’ Google accounts are safe to use after the district suffered a ransomware attack to its IT infrastructure.The announcement comes after BCPS canceled classes for Monday, Nov. 30 and Tuesday, Dec. 1 due to the fallout of the attack.(2/3) You may now safely use: BCPS-issued Chromebooks and BCPS Google accounts for students and staff....WW…

|||{{headline}}'Tis the season for the 16th Annual Downtown Holiday Market in D.C., which will span two city blocks starting on Friday, Nov. 20.‘Tis the season for the 16th Annual Downtown Holiday Market in D.C., which will span two city blocks starting Friday, Nov. 20.The  covers F Street Northwest between 7th and 9th Streets and features over 70 exhibitors.Some of the vendors will include Black-owned and minority-owned businesses from the D.C. Department of Small and Local Business Development’s (DSLBD) Made in DC program. Along with them will be collections from the District of...…|||{{headline}}'Tis the season for the 16th Annual Downtown Holiday Market in D.C., which will span two city blocks starting on Friday, Nov. 20.‘Tis the season for the 16th Annual Downtown Holiday Market in D.C., which will span two city blocks starting Friday, Nov. 20.The  covers F Street Northwest between 7th and 9th Streets and features over 70 exhibitors.Some of the vendors will include Black-owned and minority-owned businesses from the D.C. Department of Small and Local Business Development’s (DSLBD) Made in DC program. Along with them will be collections from the District of...WW…

||{{headline}}Maryland's Montgomery County offers alternatives to traditional trick-or-treating to reduce the spread of coronavirus.EDITOR’S NOTE: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Halloween had been called off. If you are planning to take the kids trick-or-treating this year, Montgomery County’s health officer is urging you to call off door-to-door candy collecting in the Maryland county this year.Dr. Travis Gayles, the county’s health officer, doesn’t want to see coronavirus spread as people come to close each other.“You are encountering multiple people outside...…||{{headline}}Maryland's Montgomery County offers alternatives to traditional trick-or-treating to reduce the spread of coronavirus.EDITOR’S NOTE: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Halloween had been called off. If you are planning to take the kids trick-or-treating this year, Montgomery County’s health officer is urging you to call off door-to-door candy collecting in the Maryland county this year.Dr. Travis Gayles, the county’s health officer, doesn’t want to see coronavirus spread as people come to close each other.“You are encountering multiple people outside...WW…

||{{headline}}D.C.-area residents are no exception to the trend of people who are looking for that extra layer of security by purchasing their first firearm.The sounds of gunfire ringing through her Southeast D.C. neighborhood had always kept Neta Vaught away from firearms. To her, guns symbolized the violence that the mother of three worked so hard to shield her family from — the violence that has Vaught regularly coming across dead bodies and kept her from giving her two teenagers the childhood she wanted.But after witnessing the national temperature rise over the past few months, between...…||{{headline}}D.C.-area residents are no exception to the trend of people who are looking for that extra layer of security by purchasing their first firearm.The sounds of gunfire ringing through her Southeast D.C. neighborhood had always kept Neta Vaught away from firearms. To her, guns symbolized the violence that the mother of three worked so hard to shield her family from — the violence that has Vaught regularly coming across dead bodies and kept her from giving her two teenagers the childhood she wanted.But after witnessing the national temperature rise over the past few months, between...WW…

||{{headline}}A Minnesota-based company has agreed to produce up to 4 million mail-in ballots for Marylanders to use in this fall's general election. Here's what to know.A Minnesota-based company has agreed to produce up to 4 million mail-in ballots for Marylanders to use in this fall’s general election, the state’s board of elections announced Friday.The Maryland State Board of Elections said that Taylor Corporation, which also does business as Curtis1000, is a part of the multi-vendor approach in order to meet this election’s high demand for socially distanced ways to vote amid the...…||{{headline}}A Minnesota-based company has agreed to produce up to 4 million mail-in ballots for Marylanders to use in this fall's general election. Here's what to know.A Minnesota-based company has agreed to produce up to 4 million mail-in ballots for Marylanders to use in this fall’s general election, the state’s board of elections announced Friday.The Maryland State Board of Elections said that Taylor Corporation, which also does business as Curtis1000, is a part of the multi-vendor approach in order to meet this election’s high demand for socially distanced ways to vote amid the...WW…