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An exterior rendering of the new Manassas Regional Airport, featuring the airport's official "HEF" corporate designation.

Manassas airport's commercialization process advances, but 1st flights still not expected until 2027

This past July 14-year-old Ben Keller was in the middle of the sea on The Royal Caribbean cruise ship, the Wonder of the Sea.

This Wish kid from Fairfax County is officially cancer free

A man waits in the cold weather for a bus to arrive.

Gusty, breezy winds arriving to DC region, wind chills in 30s

The House of Delegates chamber in session.

Maryland Gov. Moore calls lawmakers back for long-anticipated special session next week

Photo of Montgomery County Council member Natali Fani-Gonzalez

Montgomery County projects $854M less in revenues over 6 years

Met Gala-Hosts

A high-powered quartet will co-chair next Met Gala

Fairfax Co. school board disbands group providing expert advice on school facilities

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From cybersecurity to AI: Fairfax Co. schools unveils plan for new courses

Player of the Week: Patuxent High's Evan Jones

PHOTOS: New photos show ongoing construction on White House's East Wing

IRS closes out ‘hardship’ requests for telework, citing return-to-office mandate

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Trump says Guardsman severely wounded in DC shooting 'was able to get up from bed'

leaders in hardhats cutting ribbon on housing complex

Explaining the Prince George’s Co. housing voucher process

Nobel Peace

Machado's daughter accepts Nobel Peace Prize in Venezuelan opposition leader's absence

Patruxent High School senior Evan Jones spent weeks covering for an injured teammate

Colin Kaepernick’s AI program comes to a Md. public school system

This Northern Va. teacher is a finalist for a Grammy Award

A new way to really track snowstorms that blow through the DC area

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Step into the enclosure with bat-eared foxes at the National Zoo!

Kids at DC hospital get visit, holiday gifts from Washington Wizards players

Why DC police Chief Pamela Smith is stepping down

Trump hosts the Kennedy Center Honors recognizing Stallone, Kiss, Gaynor

Washington Commanders shut out in embarrassing loss to the Vikings

Fort Dupont Ice Arena reopens in Ward 7 after $39 million renovation

Exxxotica puts the ‘XXX’ in Dulles Expo Center

FIFA draws 12 'unprecedented' group during 2026 World Cup draw in DC

DC's 'sidewalk astronomer' is fighting to stay in the U.S.

DC’s first snow of the season: Was it ‘snow day’ worthy?

Raccoon gets drunk at Virginia ABC store, passes out in bathroom

Iconic U Street building with Ruth Bader Ginsburg mural up for auction

Chef Tobias Dorzon on faith, resilience and rebuilding life after shooting

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An overflowing donations box for Toys for Tots.

Toys for Tots needs your help to make a child’s Christmas

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Kids at DC hospital get visit, holiday gifts from Washington Wizards players

Christmas trees

Picking the perfect Christmas tree: Tips from a DC-area expert

The main land parcel for the proposed Eastwind Blue Ridge resort project

Conservation groups decry high-end resort pitched for rural Loudoun

Rodman injury Soccer

Washington Spirit say they're committed to keeping Trinity Rodman with the club, are hopeful about negotiations

FBI Pipe Bomb Investigation

DC leaders outline priorities for next police chief after Pamela Smith’s retirement

From legacy to leading edge

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UnitedHealthcare CEO Killed

Luigi Mangione’s notes to self: 'Pluck eyebrows,' 'Keep momentum, FBI slower overnight'

Risk & Compliance Exchange 2025: HCLSoftware’s Mike Khusid on continuous, automated security processes

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missing children flyer on a car windshield

Judge set to rule whether Catherine Hoggle is competent to stand trial in 2014 disappearance of two children

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Colin Kaepernick is helping Prince George's Co. high school students through AI

manassas old town

Drunk driver strikes officer, crashes into police cruisers at Manassas holiday event, police say

Earns Atlantic City Casinos

Fairfax Supervisors vote to oppose casino in Tysons

a county council in session

Montgomery County Council approves University Boulevard Corridor Plan in 7-3 vote

Kentucky Campus Shooting

Shooting at Kentucky State University leaves 1 dead, 1 hurt and a suspect in custody, officials say

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Why you might be turning into your father with age

Montgomery County Public Schools headquarters

MCPS chief to recommend closing county’s only charter school

County News

This Wish kid from Fairfax County is officially cancer free

Maryland Gov. Moore calls lawmakers back for long-anticipated special session next week

Manassas airport’s commercialization process advances, but 1st flights still not expected until 2027

Gusty, breezy winds arriving to DC region, wind chills in 30s

Player of the Week: Patuxent High’s Evan Jones

Female bat-eared fox Ziggy in the Great Cats exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Zoo.

Ziggy is the female bat-eared fox at the zoo. She was born on April 10th in 2024 at Zoo Knoxville in Tennessee. She came to the zoo in March of 2025 as part of a breeding recommendation from the Species Survival Plan (SSP). She was born with a partial tail which makes for easy identification. She is the more confident individual of the pair and will come over to keepers for her favorite snacks – mice and insects like mealworms and waxworms.

Have you heard of a bat-eared fox?

The "Snowzilla Gauge" is a 3-foot-tall 6-inch-wide wooden snow stick that you can put in your yard to measure the winter storms of the D.C. area.

A new way to really track snowstorms that blow through the DC area

Gael Gomez poses with telescope

He shares the ‘wonders of the night sky’ with DC. But this young immigrant may be forced to leave the US

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Car Review: Audi S6 Sportback e-tron

Britain Auction

PHOTOS: This egg is expected to sell for more than $26 million

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos

Bezos fund donates $11.25M to fight homelessness in DC area

Maryland

Shebra Evans has been sworn in to fill a vacancy on the Montgomery County Council.

Montgomery County's vacant council seat filled by former school board president

Virginia

A Fairfax County police cruiser is parked outside.

Missing 78-year-old Fairfax County man found dead inside submerged car

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