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Coronavirus update: Dozens more dead in DC region, PG Co. requiring residents to wear face masks in stores 04/11/2020 07:41pm • The latest The D.C. Department of Corrections confirmed four more cases of COVID-19 among people incarcerated in D.C. jails Thirty-five people died of the coronavirus in Maryland on Friday, health officials said, bringing the state’s death toll to 206 — with Prince George’s County, Mon Just a strong suggestion: Va. governor won't require coronavirus masks for public 04/11/2020 09:47am • A customer at a Giant grocery store in Alexandria, Virginia, wears a protective face mask while waiting in line at the checkout. (Courtesy Shannon Finney/shannonfinneyphotography.com) Despite orders in the District of Columbia and Montgomery County, Maryland, that require shoppers to wear cloth Coronavirus in black America: Living in the eye of a 'perfect storm' 04/11/2020 03:58am • Dr. Monica Peek was shopping for groceries on Chicago's South Side when she noticed half the 15 or so store clerks weren't donning masks. An internist who helps screen coronavirus patients at the University of Chicago Medical Center's emergency room, Peek knows what's at DC-area grocery stores adjust hours, set purchase limits to soothe coronavirus pandemic pains 04/10/2020 09:15am • While D.C., Maryland and Virginia have mandatory stay-at-home orders to combat the coronavirus, that will not affect whether you can go to the grocery store. Getting food and supplies are allowed in all three jurisdictions. Grocery stores, though, have been changing their hours, closing early, Maryland boy spends savings to make care packages for seniors staying home 04/09/2020 08:26pm • (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: '59478a05-1daa-4f29-ac36-b3e1bfa21c88' }).render("564615362caa1596");}); Would you spend your life savings to help Coronavirus updates: Shoppers in Montgomery Co. must wear face covering starting Monday 04/09/2020 07:00pm • A supermarket employee at a Giant in Alexandria, Virginai cleans a self-checkout station. (Courtesy Shannon Finney/shannonfinneyphotography.com) The latest Starting on Monday, shoppers in Montgomery County, Maryland, will need to wear cloth masks or face coverings when they go to grocery stor 12 Northern Virginia ABC stores to close temporarily 04/09/2020 03:41pm • The closures, which could last until at least April 30, come as stores deal with reduced staffing levels with some workers under self-quarantine. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/franticstudio) Twelve ABC liquor stores in Northern Virginia will close starting Monday, the state's Alcoholic Beverage Cont Delaware shop owner threatens mask wearers on social media 04/09/2020 07:54am • MILFORD, Del. (AP) — A Delaware distillery owner threatened to point a gun at anyone who tries to enter his store wearing a mask, despite federal guidance promoting face-masks in public to avoid spreading the coronavirus. Eric Fibelkorn of Feebs Distilling Co. later deleted his Facebook message Passover Seder amid coronavirus: Traditions, togetherness and tech tweaks 04/08/2020 08:29am • Charoset — a meal combination of apples, honey, wine, nuts — is symbolic of clay Jews used as mortar while enslaved in Egypt. (Courtesy Facebook/We Love Jewish Food) The Jewish holiday of Passover begins Wednesday evening at sundown, but in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, this year's tr Website links customers with open-for-business DC shops 04/07/2020 09:36pm • Book stores and bicycle shops are just a few of the places that are open for business in the District. Numerous restaurants — and even an ice cream shop — are serving takeout and delivery. Shop in Place DC is a new website that profiles open D.C. businesses, highlights what they sell and deta Montgomery County could make face masks mandatory for businesses 04/07/2020 05:50pm • Forty thousand cloth masks manufactured locally by Custom Ink of Fairfax, Virginia, are expected to be delivered Wednesday to Montgomery County, Maryland, for its employees. And the County Council is now considering a requirement that workers in private businesses wear facial masks to help slow t Giant Food to significantly limit customers in stores 04/07/2020 02:40pm • This Oct. 2010 file photo shows a Giant Food store in Burtonsville, Maryland. (The Washington Post via Getty Images/The Washington Post) Giant Food will now limit the number of customers allowed to shop inside its stores, starting Thursday. Though Giant did not put an exact number on how many DC neighbors feed hospital workers, support local businesses 04/07/2020 04:40am • A group of neighbors in Northwest D.C. has found a way to support local restaurants and health care workers fighting the coronavirus simultaneously. The neighbors have sent meals to 21 hospitals and three nursing homes and, in the process, also helped about 15 local businesses, said Kathleen Norr Curtain Call: DC-area theaters hope to stage comeback after coronavirus 04/06/2020 01:05am • Ford's Theatre sits empty. (Maxwell MacKenzie via Ford's Theatre) They say all the world is a stage, but what happens when the world closes the stage? The recent coronavirus crowd restrictions have devastated the local theater community, whose entire livelihood and passion for life relie Fairfax Co. mom gets creative with son's birthday during COVID-19 04/05/2020 05:18am • Suzan Watkinson's driveway in Fairfax County. (WTOP/Kyle Cooper) As stay-at-home and social distancing orders linger in the D.C. area, it’s not work, shopping and going out to eat being disrupted. Everyday things we take for granted can no longer happen right now, such as birthday parties.