Today in D.C.: Headlines to start your Monday in D.C., Maryland and Virginia
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Good morning — it’s Monday. Grab your coffee or tea. Forget what happened this year? Here’s a run-down.
6:10 AM: D.C.-area forecast: Mild today, cold midweek, and then a big warm-up to ring in 2021
The Capital Weather Gang rates today’s weather a 8/10: Sunshine and 50 degrees. A somewhat subjective rating of the day’s weather, on a scale of 0 to 10.
Today: We may awaken to a good deal of cloud cover as a cold front slides through, but we should see increasing sunshine by the afternoon. Cold air is slow to follow the cold front, and highs should still top 50 in many areas. Winds are from the southwest and west at about 10 mph. Confidence: Medium-High
Tonight: Skies are mostly clear, and chilly air spills back into the region. Lows range from the upper 20s to low 30s, with winds from the northwest at 5 to 10 mph. Confidence: Medium-High
Tomorrow (Tuesday): A bright and sunny but cold winter’s day. Highs should climb to around 40. Winds from the northwest around 10 to 15 mph make it feel several degrees chillier. Confidence: High
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By: Jason Samenow
6:03 AM: As hospitals swell, nursing students are tapped to join the front lines for the second time
The past eight months within the University of Maryland Medical System have been challenging, said Stuart Barnett, a nursing assistant and recent Towson University graduate. The demand on hospital staffers hasn’t waned since the pandemic started.
“Nurses, they’re still dealing with the same stuff, if not worse,” Barnett said. “There is somewhat of a stressful atmosphere.”
Before he finished nursing school, the 32-year-old was picking up hospital shifts between classes and working at a coronavirus testing center and field clinic in Baltimore. He had been eager to finish his program so he could devote more time at the facility where “there definitely is a need for nurses,” he said.
People need coronavirus tests. And some infected patients need to be monitored in case their condition worsens. But there aren’t enough health-care professionals to handle the crisis, according to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), who this month encouraged colleges and universities to grant health-care students who are in their final semesters and have satisfied graduation requirements an early exit from their programs.
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By: Lauren Lumpkin
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By: Teddy Amenabar