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Community members embrace outside the Manassas Park police station Thursday afternoon after learning that Naresh Bhatt, the husband of Mamta Kafle Bhatt, had been charged with concealing a dead body. Mamta Kafle Bhatt has been missing for nearly four weeks. Grace Schumacher/InsideNoVa

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Blue Angels take flight over Annapolis ahead of Naval Academy graduation

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Water main break floods Bradley Boulevard in Bethesda, roadway remains closed

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DC teacher uses ‘bike bus’ to boost attendance, improve safety

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Metro crackdown on fare evasion draws union pushback

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Man charged in recent shooting spree was released from a life sentence

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Live performances add to the Smithsonian’s celebration of America’s 250th birthday

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After decades behind bars, Glen Burnie man goes on shooting spree

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Where to find NoVa's version of Comic Con

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DC-area chef spreading Lao culture through food

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Historic school in Manassas to be torn down for court expansion

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Officers fatally shoot man who killed woman inside Alexandria apartment

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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 16: A model of President Donald Trump's proposed arch to commemorate the country's 250th anniversary is seen on a table at a public meeting of the Commission of Fine Arts on April 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. The Commission of Fine Arts holds a meeting to discuss the proposed 250-foot arch informally dubbed the "Arc de Trump" would sit in a roundabout near Memorial Bridge on the Arlington, Virginia side of the Potomac River between Arlington Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

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FILE - Shipping containers in the Staten Island borough of New York are seen below the shipping terminal in Elizabeth, N.J. April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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