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Maryland legalized recreational marijuana. Here’s what you should know.

Adults 21 and older will be allowed to possess, smoke and grow marijuana in the state. But there’s some fine print on how much is allowed and when Marylanders can legally smoke.

By Karina Elwood20 minutes ago

These Black women are changing TV weather, a field long dominated by White men

By Amudalat Ajasa29 minutes ago

Before it closes, one last trip to a near-empty Lakeforest Mall

By John Kelly37 minutes ago

Road closures planned Tuesday for State of the Union address

By Washington Post Staff40 minutes ago

Once revolutionary, still inadequate. Who’s celebrating the FMLA at 30?

By Petula Dvorak59 minutes ago

Capital Weather Gang

D.C.-area forecast: Unseasonably mild, with 50s and 60s until weekend

Showers could threaten early Thursday and late Friday.

By Jason Samenow9 hours ago

D.C., Md. & Va. Politics

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Maryland legalized recreational marijuana. Here’s what you should know.

Adults 21 and older will be allowed to possess, smoke and grow marijuana in the state. But there’s some fine print on how much is allowed and when Marylanders can legally smoke.

By Karina Elwood20 minutes ago

Maryland’s public health chief prepares to tackle health disparities

By Jenna Portnoy

The first 9 policies Wes Moore pitched to Maryland lawmakers

Virginia could end solitary confinement thanks to unlikely duo of lawmakers

By Gregory S. Schneider

Bowser says Congress shouldn’t interfere as it weighs nixing two D.C. bills

By Meagan Flynn and Michael Brice-Saddler

D.C., Md. & Va. Perspectives

Before it closes, one last trip to a near-empty Lakeforest Mall

Once revolutionary, still inadequate. Who’s celebrating the FMLA at 30?

By Petula Dvorak

Making D.C.’s Ward 3 ‘an example for all the land’

By Courtland Milloy

Meet Nimbee, the mascot who scorns bike lanes, development and change

By Theresa Vargas

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Going Out Guide

(Henry Berman)

The best things to do in the D.C. area the week of Feb. 2-8

Get ready for events honoring Black History Month, celebrations at local breweries, pay-what-you-can theater and State of the Union viewing parties.

By Fritz Hahn, Sophia Solano, Michael Andor Brodeur, Adele Chapin, Chris Kelly and Michael O'Sullivan38 minutes ago

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Man dies in D.C. police custody just hours after his arrest

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Three die in separate D.C. shootings, police say

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Advocates count homeless people for annual census

By Justin Wm. Moyer and Jayne Orenstein

Montgomery County schools report another spate of antisemitic acts

By Nicole Asbury

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$1.3 million payment would settle suit over death in Arlington jail

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