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Woytek to leave NASA after 48 years

Jill Biden Memoir

Jill Biden opens up in memoir about Joe Biden's decision to end his 2024 reelection bid

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Firefighters' union raises alarms about proposed cuts to rescue units in Arlington

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Loudoun Co. sheriff continues push for SROs in elementary schools

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Howard County teen starts nonprofit to help young girls build confidence

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FBI offering $1M for information in Dunkin’ Donuts cold case

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Cherry Blossom Festival visitors will be steered away from hundreds of new trees

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4 burglaries by naked suspect in one week in Centreville neighborhood

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Celebrity chef Carla Hall opens new fried chicken restaurant in Capitol Hill

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Meet Little Boy, a gentle and goofy Shepherd mix

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Explore the Library of Congress’ underground film vault

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Inside Maru San, Capitol Hill's new Japanese-Peruvian handroll bar

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IndyCar street race planned for National Mall as part of America’s 250th birthday

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Washington National Opera opens first show since leaving Kennedy Center

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DC region gas prices jump amid war in Middle East

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Virginia legislators consider new gun control measures

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Lynda Carter honors 50 years of Wonder Woman in DC

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DC teacher shares experience on ‘Queer Eye’

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How a Fairfax Co. woman secured a new national powerlifting record

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Metro’s strategy to keep bags off escalators is not working as intended

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Virginia voters weigh in on redistricting plan that would heavily favor Democrats

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2 construction workers trapped in collapsed trench near Bethesda home

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 24: A fountain in front of the Washington Monument sprays water on the National Mall on June 24, 2025 in D.C. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Tuesday’s warm temperatures break decadelong record in DC

America 250: Fueled by gasoline: How the Interstate Highway System remade American life

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Loudoun Co. sheriff says despite vote against it, push for SROs in elementary schools will continue

Giving patients with movement disorders like essential tremor new hope — without a single incision

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Trump Sewage Leak Infrastructure

Human waste backing up in basements is a gut-churning sign of US infrastructure problems

Bumblebirds is Carla Hall's first restaurant since her former restaurant, Southern Kitchen, closed in Brooklyn in 2017.

Fried chicken restaurant by celebrity chef to open in DC

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Howard County teen starts nonprofit to help young girls build confidence

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Lime updates subscription service for frequent riders in DC

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US says it destroyed 16 mine-laying vessels as Iran threatens to block Gulf oil exports

PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 27: Rihanna and A$AP Rocky attend the Dior Homme Menswear Spring/Summer 2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 27, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/WireImage)

Prosecutor says Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, 3 kids were home when woman charged with attempted murder fired

The National Park Service is planting 400 new Yoshino cherry trees around the Tidal Basin and the National Mall.

Cherry Blossom Festival visitors will be steered away from hundreds of new trees

The reshaping of the U.S. Justice Department continues with more career prosecutors being fired or being moved out of long-held positions. CBS News has learned nearly a dozen senior prosecutors who handled Jan. 6 related case were demoted last week at the direction of Ed Martin, the acting U.S. attorney in D.C. Scott MacFarlane has more.

DOJ's Ed Martin faces ethics charges over threatening letter to Georgetown

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Dudamel says Chalamet shows ignorance in claiming 'no one cares' about opera and ballet

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1 dead, 4 wounded in shooting near basketball court in Dumfries, Va.

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Virginia’s former first lady to run for Congress in newly drawn district

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America 250: Fueled by gasoline: How the Interstate Highway System remade American life

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America 250: The telegraph and the birth of real-time military command

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America 250: A woman’s place is where her nation needs her

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