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DC coffee shop owner under fire for encounter with Uber Eats driver

Montgomery Co. police search for would-be thieves who rammed car into Giant grocery store ATM

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Metro closing multiple stations for trackwork over winter holidays

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Red-backed salamander gets support from students to become DC's official amphibian

Violence interrupters in DC push back at police union calls for funding to be cut

Federal benefits are major draw to service for younger employees

This DC-area tattoo artist also happens to be an underwater photographer

Everyone thinks there’s only one right way to eat a crab. What if they’re wrong?

How Taco Bamba brings flavor, community support to the DC area and other parts of the world

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Key Bridge victims’ families to take legal action against shipowner

UDC students spread civic awareness on Voter Registration Day

Former Loudoun Co. schools spokesman Wayde Byard on indictment, culture wars

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Trial for missing Manassas Park mother’s husband to begin in December

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WTOP looks at the murky future of the Chesapeake blue crab

WW1 sculpture unveiled in DC

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CIA Sexual Misconduct

Veteran CIA officer who drugged and sexually assaulted dozens of women gets 30 years in prison

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How DC is helping drivers to keep child passengers safe

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Fairfax Co. jail deputy gets 6 1/2 years for drug operation, sex trafficking

Congress Budget

House rejects temporary funding bill to avoid government shutdown

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The Ocean City boardwalk. (WTOP/John Domen)

After medical waste washed ashore, some Maryland beaches 'hope to reopen' oceanfront access within days

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Ride On extRa expands service with two new routes

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Testimony begins in trial for ex-sergeant charged in killing of Virginia shoplifting suspect

Abortion Border Towns

Abortion remains top issue in Virginia's most competitive US House race

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Louisa, a white and brown pit bull mix, left the familys home last week and returned with a gunshot wound. She is expected to make a full recovery. (Courtesy Humane Rescue Alliance)

Who shot Louisa? A DC family's dog got out of the house and came back with a gunshot wound

Young people use their phones in this stock photo.

Has your child seen an Instagram post warning of a school shooting? It could have been created hundreds of miles away

Washington Mystics guard Ariel Atkins (7) defends Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) in the second half of a WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

How the Commanders already saved their season and Caitlin Clark's return to DC

A 25 mph street sign is seen in this stock photo.

Hit the brakes — Fairfax Co. considers lowering some speed limits to below 25 mph

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Welding class sparks fire at Academies of Loudoun

Washington Monument on a Clear Autumn Day. There are People are walking along the pool in foreground while the Congress is Visible in Background.

Ahhhhh: Public restrooms finally coming to National Mall

County News

Metro closing multiple stations for trackwork over winter holidays

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Red-backed salamander gets support from students to become DC’s official amphibian

Meet one of coolest tattoo artists in the DC area— who is also an underwater photographer

Montgomery Co. police search for would-be thieves who rammed car into Giant grocery store ATM

Waredaca Brewing Company, located on a sprawling 235-acre farm in Laytonsville, Maryland, has its own bees that provide honey for beer. (WTOP/Nick Iannelli)

This Maryland brewery uses honey for its beer — from its own bees

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Claws and Effect: What's driving Chesapeake Bay watermen away?

Wayde Byard

Acquitted of perjury, longtime Loudoun Co. schools spokesman has new book on school ‘culture war’

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