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City of Alexandria moving toward adopting race and social equity resolution

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Virginia AG: Loudoun Co. schools must reform gifted program admissions process

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Downtown Holiday Market brings season’s greetings to quiet DC

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US Navy strongly opposed to Capital Beltway widening project

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Montgomery Co. music teacher sentenced for child porn possession

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Arlington Co. teacher pulled after insensitive comments on George Floyd

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DC’s Capital Long Drive Classic to be broadcast on the Golf Channel in December

3 separate shootings in Prince George’s Co. leave 5 injured

Settlement reached in lawsuit over jail death

Police: woman, 3 children dead in murder suicide in Va. town

Downtown Holiday Market brings season’s greetings to quiet DC

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Former Army Green Beret pleads guilty to espionage charge

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Maryland authorities link human remains to murder victim

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Anne Arundel County to keep food program thought to violate law

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Charles County weighs stronger COVID-19 response as cases rise

Charles County weighs tougher COVID-19 restrictions amid rising infections

Md. paintball attacks injure 1; photo of suspect’s vehicle released

Charles County delays bringing students back to classrooms amid rise in COVID-19 cases

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Arlington lawyer charged with paying underage girls for sex

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Howard County limits gatherings, schools to pare back in-person learning

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Virginia AG: Loudoun Co. schools must reform gifted program admissions process

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3 separate shootings in Prince George’s Co. leave 5 injured

FBI investigating armed robberies of DC-area delivery drivers

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Curfew for unaccompanied minors at National Harbor going into effect

Metro budget crunch will mean less frequent trains, but not earlier closing time

Prince George’s County gets $470K grant to tackle cold cases

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Controversial Kline Farm development needs ‘new set of eyes,’ Prince William Co. official says

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Stafford Co. public school employees to get pandemic stipend

Stafford Co. Treasurer’s Office closed after positive coronavirus test result

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