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Review: Ron Howard’s ‘We Feed People’ charts charity of DC chef José Andrés

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Virginia man pleads guilty to failing to pay $1.3M in taxes

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From WTOP’s Election Desk: DC drop boxes open, and a rough night for Trump

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Virginia reports 1st presumed case of monkeypox

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Delmarva beaches hoping for another record-breaking year

DC’s Mormon Temple releases extra visitors tickets

DC’s Mormon Temple releases extra visitors tickets

At long last, jury gets closing arguments in Depp trial

At long last, jury gets closing arguments in Depp trial

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School Zone: What is the Virginia literacy act?

More than 20 arrested for illegal narcotics activity in Northwest DC

More than 20 arrested for illegal narcotics activity in Northwest DC

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DC drivers could soon pay a lot more to register big trucks, SUVs

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China criticizes US as tensions rise in South Pacific

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Al Jazeera says it will go to ICC over killing of journalist

Al Jazeera says it will go to ICC over killing of journalist

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Tank vs talk: Gervonta Davis aims to quiet challenger Romero

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All Elite Wrestling head Tony Khan is jacked for Sunday’s ‘Double or Nothing’ PPV

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State Dept auditors raise ‘favoritism’ concerns within Foreign Service promotion boards

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Which is crazier: Commanders winning 13 games with Wentz or putting a stadium in Woodbridge?

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Mass shooters exploited gun laws, loopholes before carnage

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At long last, jury gets closing arguments in Depp trial

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Biden tells Naval Academy grads Putin ‘NATO-ized Europe’

No ‘one solution’: Mayor, PTSA president react to deadly stabbing near Alexandria City High School

Napaway starts bus service from DC to Nashville, with beds

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