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A crash on Rock Creek Parkway on March 15 left three people dead and two more injured. (WTOP/Kyle Cooper)

Body camera footage shows drunken driver speed off before Rock Creek Parkway crash

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DC man ordered to stop smoking medical weed at home after neighbor sued over smell

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Md. Transportation Authority moves ahead with bike access on Nice-Middleton Bridge

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The George Washington Parkway is set to undergo a major rehab project. (WTOP/Kyle Cooper)

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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 12: Members and allies of the LGBTQ community participate in the Pride Walk and Rally through downtown Washington, DC on June 12, 2021. The Pride Month celebration is hosted by the Capital Pride Alliance, a non-profit organization serving the needs of the LGBTQ community in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., reacts after throwing out a ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Nationals Park, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Washington. The Nationals celebrated Pride month with their 18th Night OUT event. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Former Speaker Pelosi throws out first pitch at Nationals' Pride night

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Looking southwest towards St. Mary's County. Located in Calvert County adjacent to the Patuxent River and Chesapeake Bay.

New recognition for Maryland’s oldest-settled region

Official individual astronaut portrait of Reid Wiseman in an EMU. Photo Date: August 6, 2015. Location: Building 8, Room 183 - Photo Studio. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

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DC Council passes emergency bill to cap rent increases for stabilized rent housing over next 2 years

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FILE - A train arrives at Metro Center station in Washington, April 23, 2021. The regional train system serving the Washington D.C. area will remain on drastically reduced service levels through at least the end of this year, as authorities grapple with a safety problem that has forced the majority of the trains out of service. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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FILE - Tina Turner, Pop and R&B vocalist, as holds up a Grammy Award, Feb. 27, 1985, in Los Angeles. Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer, died Tuesday, after a long illness at her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, according to her manager. She was 83 (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

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