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‘Visible Vault’: Inside the National Building Museum’s newest permanent exhibition

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Edible ‘buttery’ croissant ornaments from Arlington Co. pastry chef

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Volunteer firefighters in Prince George’s Co. collect bikes for kids

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Limani’s igloos offer a unique, festive waterside dining experience in DC

Dozens of kids get to shop with a cop in Prince George’s Co.

Almost 50 years later, man convicted of killing sisters will serve time for murders

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What is lying in wait under the Lincoln Memorial? A future museum

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Loudoun Co. teacher under fire for having high schoolers handle cotton during history lesson

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Prince William Co. school’s turf grass program gets equipment, scholarships through Toro partnership

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Skip the scratchers: Prince William Co. warning about risks of youth gambling

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Metro is getting its budget process underway for the next fiscal year

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Man fatally shot by police at Rosslyn Metro station identified

The Health Care Agenda 2024: Navigating a path to reasonable medication costs

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'This is critical': Town hall lays out plans to stop potential cuts to the federal workforce

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Nancy Pelosi hospitalized after she 'sustained an injury' from fall on official trip to Luxembourg

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10 years in prison for man who led police on 30-mile chase in stolen Md. highway truck

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Road closures for Jingle Bell 5K Run in Arlington

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Developer wants town of Bladensburg to stop trying to annex old hospital site

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Youngkin wants to restrict funding for localities that don’t comply with immigration enforcement

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Nicotine pouch maker Zyn will pay DC $1.2 million

JK Community Farm in Purcellville, Virginia, produced 50,000 pounds of food this year.

Nonprofit Loudoun farm donates a quarter million pounds of food

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Green wreaths on white headstones for as far as the eye can see at Arlington National Cemetery

The final full moon of 2024 will be a rare one

‘There’s really no losers in this game’: Army, Navy meet for the 125th time

Metro is getting its budget process underway for the next fiscal year

DNA analysis links missing Mamta Kafle Bhatt with blood found on handheld power saw

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Friday Freebies: Cookies, Krampus and Charlie Brown headline this week’s holiday deals

An early example of Lincoln Logs is on display at the National Building Museum in D.C.

Thousands of artifacts rarely on display are easy to enjoy at DC museum

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Wreaths Across America visits Black cemetery in Frederick Co. for 1st time

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