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Man who rammed U-Haul near White House sought to end US democracy, prosecutors say

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11-year-old charged with armed robbery, assault in Northwest

A woman holds a sign in support of abortion rights in Washington on Saturday May 14. (WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez)

Western Maryland abortion provider will open in ‘abortion desert’ as other states further restrict abortion access

Fairfax County, Virginia, police brief the press and public on a double homicide in an apartment near Falls Church, Virginia, on Memorial Day, May 29, 2023. (WTOP/Kyle Cooper)

2 dead, 2 injured after shooting and stabbing in Fairfax Co.

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Police identify victims in Woodbridge triple homicide

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Let's Go! Music Festival returns to Annapolis headlined by Live, 311, Chris Young

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Despite persistent rain, thousands of people lined up along Constitution Avenue in D.C. Monday to watch the Memorial Day Parade. (WTOP/Kyle Cooper)

Crowds attend Memorial Day Parade in DC

Retired Navy Captain Timika Lindsay and her daughter Elise Lindsay are the first African-American mother and daughter to graduate from the United States Naval Academy in the academy's 177-year history, according to the academy's public affairs office. (Courtesy Retired Captain Timika Burnett Lindsay)

First African American mother, daughter graduate from US Naval Academy in Annapolis

The National Mall stretches West from the Capitol Reflecting Pool to the Washington Monument on the first day of autumn, in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

New temporary art exhibits coming to some of the most famous landmarks on the National Mall

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Boil Water Advisory in NE DC; some residents warned water could be contaminated

For the first time in five years, a critically endangered western lowland gorilla baby has been born at Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

Gorilla baby born at National Zoo; Great Ape House reopens Tuesday

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