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Prince George’s names former Houston superintendent as new schools leader

Former Houston Independent School District Superintendent Millard House II was tapped as the next CEO of Prince George’s County Public Schools on Wednesday.

By Nicole Asbury and Lateshia Beachum32 minutes ago

Graduate and stepfather killed in shooting outside Richmond graduation

By Karina Elwood1 hour ago

House GOP examines D.C. election laws in latest hearing

By Meagan Flynn

Only five percent of lawyers are Black. This attorney wants to change that.

81 years after Pearl Harbor, a civilian-led effort to identify remains

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Updated D.C.-area forecast: Smoke pollution triggers code red air quality alert

We remain in a dry and smoky pattern the next few days, with reduced air quality at times.

By Dan StillmanUpdated 3 hours ago

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D.C., Md. & Va. Politics

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House GOP examines D.C. election laws in latest hearing

The hearing is part of heightened D.C. oversight House Republicans have launched this year.

By Meagan Flynn

D.C. Council caps rent hikes in rent-stabilized buildings amid inflation

By Meagan Flynn

In primary between legendary Virginia Democrats, ‘the loser goes home’

By Laura Vozzella

Jamie Raskin beat cancer twice. Now he turns to his political future.

By Meagan Flynn

D.C. election laws are GOP’s next target in Congress

By Meagan Flynn

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Remembering the boom in sonic booms that once shook the USA

Myrna Morrissey’s pain: Seduced at 17, a mom at 18, ending her marriage at 27

By Petula Dvorak

Ending homelessness: All it takes is love and a mission

By Courtland Milloy

How strangers rallied to give students with disabilities a class trip

By Theresa Vargas

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‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’: Better without Michael Bay

The seventh Transformers movie is still one long commercial for Hasbro but features an appealing, diverse cast and one or two mildly grown-up jokes.

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Bothered by pot smell, she sued her neighbor to stop smoking — and won

Colleagues want a 95-year-old judge to retire. She’s suing them instead.

Hossein Vaziri, wrestling’s villainous Iron Sheik, is dead

2 fatally shot, several injured after high school graduation in Richmond

Graduate and stepfather killed in shooting outside Richmond graduation

D.C.-area carjackings have soared. Here’s where they’re happening.

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Man is fatally shot in Southeast D.C., police say

Bothered by pot smell, she sued her neighbor to stop smoking — and won

By Meryl Kornfield and Kim Bellware

2 fatally shot, several injured after high school graduation in Richmond

By Martin Weil, Hannah Natanson, Moriah Balingit and Sabby Robinson

NTSB examines wreckage of plane intercepted after F-16 sonic boom

By Ian Duncan and Emily Davies

Two drivers charged in crash that killed six construction workers

By Justin Jouvenal

Prosecutors say no charges in fatal shooting by FBI agent at Metro Center

By Peter Hermann

Smoke invaded the D.C. area yet again Tuesday and could get worse

By Ian Livingston

Ending homelessness: All it takes is love and a mission

By Courtland Milloy

Police investigate fatal shooting at Prince George’s County cemetery

By Jasmine Hilton and Peter Hermann

D.C. Council caps rent hikes in rent-stabilized buildings amid inflation

By Meagan Flynn

Remembering the boom in sonic booms that once shook the USA

Mapping the Cessna Citation’s flight path over D.C. and sonic boom from F-16s

By Laris Karklis, N. Kirkpatrick, Nick Mourtoupalas, William Neff and Artur Galocha

Myrna Morrissey’s pain: Seduced at 17, a mom at 18, ending her marriage at 27

By Petula Dvorak

Fire department adviser ignited change behind the scenes

By Clarence Williams

D.C.-area carjackings have soared. Here’s where they’re happening.

By Jasmine Hilton, John D. Harden, Keith L. Alexander and Emily Davies

He kissed his family goodbye. Their private plane never made it home.

By Emily Davies

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House of the Week

1787 house for sale in Alexandria, Va., for nearly $5 million

By Sophia SolanoJune 2

Development in North Potomac, Md., adds 70 single-family houses

By Benjamin C Tankersley

D.C.’s ‘last affordable’ neighborhood poised for growth and change

By Hope Hodge Seck

39 single-family houses planned in Ellicott City development

By Benjamin C Tankersley

Severn Crossroads is a community of 51 townhouses near Fort Meade, BWI

By Benjamin C Tankersley

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