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Fairfax Co. teachers split 50-50 on returning to school buildings

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Maryland teachers, PTA call for state to mandate online start to school year

Officials shut down 2 Silver Spring eateries for not obeying coronavirus restrictions

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Parents, students, teachers raise concerns over Montgomery Co. back-to-school plan

Montgomery Co. lawmakers mount new attempt to change state song with Confederate roots

Deadline near on Maryland’s special health care enrollment

Prince George’s Co. mandates coronavirus testing for all public safety employees

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5 Maryland officers suspended after chase, fatal crash

Prosecutors: 2 teens indicted in death of 17-year-old girl

Former leader of neo-Nazi group pleads guilty to ‘swatting’

Arlington’s superintendent to request virtual start to school year

Reduced traffic taking a toll on Dulles Toll Road income, budget

U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith tests positive for coronavirus

Fairfax Co. officer charged in stun gun assault ‘moving to Minneapolis’ when arrested

Virginia delegate announces 2021 run for lieutenant governor

Fairfax Co. teachers split 50-50 on returning to school buildings

Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorneys pledge support for statewide policing and justice reform

Fraternal Order of Police calls for Fairfax County police chief’s resignation

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Bastille Day brings virtual celebrations to DC

DC’s NFL team needs to get away from red and apologize

DC nears weather record for longest streak of 90-degree highs

2 workers seriously injured at Southwest DC construction site

Broccoli City partners with Events DC for drive-in movies at RFK Stadium

DC’s National Gallery of Art West Building to partially reopen Monday

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Maryland teachers, PTA call for state to mandate online start to school year

Former leader of neo-Nazi group pleads guilty to ‘swatting’

Officials shut down 2 Silver Spring eateries for not obeying coronavirus restrictions

Arlington’s superintendent to request virtual start to school year

Reduced traffic taking a toll on Dulles Toll Road income, budget

U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith tests positive for coronavirus

Former leader of neo-Nazi group pleads guilty to ‘swatting’

Alexandria school board votes to consider renaming TC Williams High

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Alexandria officer being fired for excessive force arrested for battery

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Anne Arundel Co. to require masks outdoors, aims to increase testing

Sanity trial in newspaper shooting postponed amid pandemic

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Confederate statue toppled, defaced at Maryland church

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Arlington’s superintendent to request virtual start to school year

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Virginia sues ‘predatory’ Arlington towing company

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Baltimore mayor: Columbus statue vandals will face justice

Police say ‘professional’ thieves use trucks to steal ATMs

Police: Suspect found driving slain woman’s car in Calvert County

Pair of Southern Md. restaurants thrilled to welcome customers back to outdoor tables

Calvert County extends local state of emergency 30 days

BWI Marshall TSA officer uses stimulus check to make masks for other front-line workers

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Man’s body found in Waldorf lake after woman hears him yelling for help

Report shows school suspension and arrest rates remain highest for Black students

Charles Co. schools seek parent input on reopening

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Reduced traffic taking a toll on Dulles Toll Road income, budget

Fairfax Co. officer charged in stun gun assault ‘moving to Minneapolis’ when arrested

Fairfax Co. teachers split 50-50 on returning to school buildings

Fraternal Order of Police calls for Fairfax County police chief’s resignation

Prosecutors drop stun gun charges, seek to indict Fairfax Co. officer

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Maryland’s Annual Great Frederick Fair canceled amid virus

2nd teen pleads guilty in death of man at Great Frederick Fair

Man shot at Frederick Co. house party

Teens, 14 and 16, charged with murder of girl found off Frederick trail

Confederate statue toppled, monuments defaced in Maryland

Body of girl, 17, found in Frederick, Md.

Howard County man and family tell story of his COVID-19 fight

Highway worker killed as driver smashes into trucks setting up I-70 work zone

Clyde’s Restaurant Group to close two locations

3 men identified as victims of deadly I-95 rollover

3 killed in I-95 crash in Howard County

Howard Co. woman and her team use recycled surgical material, fabric to make 9,000 masks

Reduced traffic taking a toll on Dulles Toll Road income, budget

Loudoun Co. teachers back distance learning as parents make return-to-school choice

Loudoun County plans to ask voters about forming a new police department

Loudoun Co. monument will be returned to Confederate group

New flyover ramp from I-66 East to Route 28 North opens

Herndon man’s body pulled from Potomac River

Officials shut down 2 Silver Spring eateries for not obeying coronavirus restrictions

Parents, students, teachers raise concerns over Montgomery Co. back-to-school plan

Montgomery Co. lawmakers mount new attempt to change state song with Confederate roots

Bethesda water main break snarls traffic

Montgomery Co. back-to-school plan features remote learning, in-class instruction

Montgomery Co. restaurant that defied mask requirement likely to change ownership

Prince George’s Co. mandates coronavirus testing for all public safety employees

5 Prince George’s Co. police officers suspended after fatal car chase kills 2

Protests continue outside Md. restaurant after customer says he was ‘racially profiled’

Vegas Mexican restaurant to replace Jose’ Andres Fish at MGM

Report: FedEx threatened to remove name from Redskins stadium

Prosecutor outlines plan for ending racism, discrimination in Prince George’s County

Prince William Co. school board considers mostly virtual school year due to coronavirus crisis

New flyover ramp from I-66 East to Route 28 North opens

Don’t sell me a gun: Va. law will let people ban themselves from firearms purchase

Prince William Co. crash involving car carrier delayed morning commuters

Police: Prince William Co. car chase ends with crash

Prince William County votes to rename schools honoring Stonewall Jackson

Don’t sell me a gun: Va. law will let people ban themselves from firearms purchase

Fredericksburg, Va. adopts 3-part plan to address racial inequality

Feds sue Virginia county over law blocking Islamic cemetery

Sewage could help researchers studying spread of coronavirus

Stafford’s wastewater part of study on COVID-19 spread

Frontline Heroes: Va. teaching aide works 3 jobs to support her family

DC’s NFL team needs to get away from red and apologize

DC nears weather record for longest streak of 90-degree highs

2 workers seriously injured at Southwest DC construction site

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DC’s National Gallery of Art West Building to partially reopen Monday

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