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The Forum Shopping Center in Bend, Ore. remained closed Monday, Aug. 29, 2022 as police investigated a shooting at the Safeway there that left two people and the suspected gunman dead Sunday night. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP)

Fairfax Co. police find child in car backseat after chasing down grocery store thieves

Pepco customers will see their bills increase in April. (WTOP/Nick Ianelli)

Md. Pepco customers to see bill increase starting in April

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Maryland players Bri McDaniel (24) and Faith Masonius, right, celebrate their victory over Notre Dame after a Sweet 16 college basketball game at the NCAA Tournament in Greenville, S.C., Saturday, March 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)

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Washington Spirit players celebrating after a goal in the 2022 season.

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People visit the cherry blossom trees along the Tidal Basin, Saturday, March 30, 2019, in Washington. Decades of wear and tear from foot traffic, combined with rising sea levels and a deteriorating sea wall, have created a chronic flooding problem in the Tidal Basin, the manmade 107-acre reservoir that borders the Jefferson Memorial, and is home to the highest concentration of cherry blossom trees. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Traffic adjustments in downtown DC to aid cherry blossom visitors

Va. police release photo of suspect car in Capital Beltway shooting

Student raising her hand to ask a question during lecture in the classroom.

Montgomery Co. high school cracks down on off-campus lunch policy due to 'safety concerns'

FILE - Dana Hyde, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, participates in the Ghana Compact signing ceremony during the US Africa Leaders Summit at the State Department in Washington on Aug. 5, 2014. Investigators said Friday, March 24, 2023, that Hyde, a passenger on a business jet, was fatally injured in early March when the aircraft violently bucked up and down after pilots disconnected a system used to stabilize the plane. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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A tractor-trailer crash on the Beltway's outer loop ramp to southbound VA-644, exit ramp 169, in Fairfax, Virginia on Saturday, March 25, 2023.

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Six days a week, it is not unusual to see 100 people lining up in a parking lot at the mall with boxes, as they go through the line getting fruits, vegetables, bread and other staples.

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Owner Host Hotels & Resorts says it has signed a contract to sell the Key Bridge Marriott for $190 million to developers who are expected to redevelop the site for retail, residential and lodging. (WTOP/Jeff Clabaugh)

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Calaya, a 20-year-old female western lowland gorilla, is pregnant with her second offspring and due to give birth between late May and early July at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

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