Afternoon Buzz: How the East Coast’s busiest highway unraveled: 36 hours of confusion and misery on I-95

More than half of Virginia school districts are defying Youngkin's mask-optional order; D.C., Montgomery County extend mask mandates as covid cases wane; A D.C. bar violated vaccine rules. Its liquor license is being suspended.; Youngkin summons higher education leaders to help promote his plan for 'lab school' partnerships; D.C. conducts annual count of homeless residents; District bill could expand college access for undocumented students; Metro's regular weekday bus service to return Feb. 7; His daughter was shot and killed on live TV. Now he's running for Congress.; Big East Coast storm to brush D.C. area with snow Friday into early Saturday; Bowser aiming to take over Walmart lot, bring needed grocery store to Ward 7 ; Teaching, parenting and grieving: South River coach copes after losing wife to covid at 44; How the Knickerbocker snowstorm became D.C.'s deadliest disaster 100 years ago; Edgar Cahn, champion of legal services for the poor, dies at 86; Maryland must hire the right men's basketball coach. Here are five terrific options.; Congressional committee to hold roundtable with former WFT employees on toxic workplace; How to celebrate the Lunar New Year in the Washington D.C. area ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Local news you don't want to miss.     (Steve Helber/AP) How the East Coast's busiest highway unraveled: 36 hours of confusion and misery on I-95 The I-95 backup left hundreds of drivers and passengers stranded. The state's fuzzy grasp of the situation lengthened the suffering. By Dana Hedgpeth, Luz Lazo, Katherine Shaver and Michael Laris ●  Read more »   More than half of Virginia school districts are defying Youngkin's mask-optional order Sixty-seven percent of the state's public school students are enrolled in districts that believe it is too soon to rescind a mask mandate, according to a Post analysis. By Hannah Natanson ●  Read more »   D.C., Montgomery County extend mask mandates as covid cases wane Experts say the extensions are important to continue recent declines in daily covid-19 caseloads. By Michael Brice-Saddler and Rebecca Tan ●  Read more »   A D.C. bar violated vaccine rules. Its liquor license is being suspended. When the bar receives the suspension notice, it "cannot sell, serve, or allow the consumption of alcoholic beverages," said a spokesman for the D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration. By Justin Wm. Moyer and Michael Brice-Saddler ●  Read more »   Youngkin summons higher education leaders to help promote his plan for 'lab school' partnerships The event to tout Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's (R) plan for partnerships between K-12 systems and colleges and universities seemed aimed at projecting unity after two weeks of culture-war clashes provoked by his education policies. By Gregory S. Schneider ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   D.C. conducts annual count of homeless residents Many cities opted out of the process in 2021. This year's will be the first to capture the impact of the pandemic on homelessness nationwide. By Kyle Swenson ●  Read more »   District bill could expand college access for undocumented students A new D.C. Council proposal would create a grant program for undocumented students in the District who want to attend college. By Lauren Lumpkin ●  Read more »   Metro's regular weekday bus service to return Feb. 7 Metrobus service had been reduced to a weekend schedule due to large numbers of operators sickened from the omicron coronavirus variant. By Justin George ●  Read more »   His daughter was shot and killed on live TV. Now he's running for Congress. Andy Parker, an outspoken gun-control advocate who has been fighting Facebook and Google over violent content, seeks to challenge Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), an ardent gun rights supporter. By Meagan Flynn ●  Read more »   Big East Coast storm to brush D.C. area with snow Friday into early Saturday Heaviest amounts are anticipated east of the Chesapeake Bay with generally just a coating to 2 inches around the District. By Jason Samenow ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Bowser aiming to take over Walmart lot, bring needed grocery store to Ward 7 The D.C. government says it has found a different grocery company willing to open on the site. By Julie Zauzmer Weil ●  Read more »   Teaching, parenting and grieving: South River coach copes after losing wife to covid at 44 Mike Zivic — basketball coach, widower, father of two — finds a balance after the 2020 tragedy. By Kyle Melnick ●  Read more »   How the Knickerbocker snowstorm became D.C.'s deadliest disaster 100 years ago Nearly 100 people died as the roof on the Knickerbocker Theatre collapsed from a record-setting snowfall of more than two feet. By Kevin Ambrose ●  Read more »   Edgar Cahn, champion of legal services for the poor, dies at 86 A humanist and a humanitarian, Dr. Cahn sought to harness the power of the law to promote social justice, helping establish the largest funder of civil legal aid for low-income Americans. By Emily Langer ●  Read more »   Maryland must hire the right men's basketball coach. Here are five terrific options. The Terrapins need a fresh choice, without any worrisome baggage. Perspective ●  By John Feinstein ●  Read more »   Congressional committee to hold roundtable with former WFT employees on toxic workplace Next week's discussion is aimed at giving House committee members a chance to hear firsthand accounts of former employees. By Liz Clarke ●  Read more »   How to celebrate the Lunar New Year in the Washington D.C. area Welcome the Year of the Tiger with in-person concerts, lion dances, virtual performances and cooking classes. By Fritz Hahn ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Local Headlines for important local stories in D.C., Va. and Md., around 8 a.m. on weekdays. Sign up »

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