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D.C. to ban indoor dining, close museums, restrict libraries to curbside Michael Brice-Saddler, Tim Carman Trio Restaurant on 17th Street NW is one of the few restaurants open on Thanksgiving Day in Washington, D.C. (Astrid Riecken for The Washington Post) The District will shut down indoor dining for three weeks starting Wednesday night, officials said — becoming the latest local jurisdiction to take that step in the face of a surge in coronavirus cases, and leaving some restaurant owners wondering how their businesses will survive. The order by Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (...

Maryland Restaurant Association sues over dining bans as D.C. announces new restrictions Rachel Chason, Michael Brice-Saddler The Restaurant Association of Maryland announced lawsuits against Montgomery County, Prince George’s County and Baltimore City in an attempt to roll back coronavirus-related bans on different types of restaurant dining in those jurisdictions. Association President Marshall Weston said the bans on indoor dining in Montgomery and Prince George’s and on indoor and outdoor dining in Baltimore City have led to layoffs and furloughs. He said too many...

D.C. and teachers union reach deal on how to reopen school buildings, capping months of contentious debate Perry Stein The District’s public school system and the Washington Teachers’ Union reached a deal late Thursday on how to reopen schools, capping months of contentious negotiations in a city that has so far been unable to bring teachers and students back together in classrooms. The deal settles a major dispute that has held up previous agreements: Teachers who do not have medical exemptions may be required to go back to classrooms, even if they do not want to. ...

Morgan State University receives record $40 million gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott Lauren Lumpkin Morgan State University announced the largest single private gift in the school’s history Tuesday, a $40 million donation from author and philanthropist ­MacKenzie Scott that will help support the school’s endowment and further its research goals, officials said. The university in Baltimore has its sights set on becoming the first historically Black school to reach the nation’s highest class of research institutions, said David Wilson, Morgan State’s presid...

As covid cases surge, Montgomery County delays return of students Donna St. George With coronavirus cases surging, Montgomery County officials delayed their timeline for bringing the first students back into classrooms to Feb. 1, stepping back from the possibility of opening to small groups of students in special education in mid-January. When students return to school campuses, they will be phased in, with the first group to include more than 18,600 children in kindergarten through third grade, along with some students in special education and career programs. But any...