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Heat islands don’t only happen in DC. Here are the neighborhoods in Fairfax County that are hotter than the surrounding areas

Fights over DC budget delay launch of new sports betting apps

How to prevent porch pirates from running off with your Amazon Prime day booty

Alsobrooks camp seethes at Hogan site; Republicans at convention like his odds

Fifth suspect wanted in Manassas Mall shooting arrested

DC LGBTQ nonprofit founder Ruby Corado pleads guilty to wire fraud

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Prince George’s Co. Council passes resolution to build 8 new schools

Former DCist staff launching their own news outlet The 51st

Md. school board revives African American studies course

This Northern Va. music school owner is battling cancer. The community is raising money to help his small business

Heat driving people indoors, transmissible variants causing people to get sick this summer, virologist says

Pointer Sisters are so excited — and they just can’t hide it — to play MGM National Harbor

Fishing limitations in effect for Maryland as heat wave brings up water temps

Montgomery Co. senior scammed out of $900K in gold bar ‘big-money scheme’

Severe storms batter DC region yet again after another day of blistering heat

DC woman accused of stealing, crashing car with ill woman inside found incompetent to stand trial

Northwest DC restaurant accused of stealing worker tips settles lawsuit for over $500K

1 killed after small plane crashes into water on Maryland’s Eastern Shore

How do DC-area hospitals rank on US News & World Report’s ‘best’ list?

Patton Oswalt’s journey from Va. military brat to Pixar animated rat

You can influence how 4 new memorials in DC are designed

DC’s heat wave could be doing a number on your home

Youngkin touts Trump as fellow ‘outsider Republican businessman’ at Republican National Convention

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Matt About Town: Slow jams and no Crocs — The lore behind the world’s newest ‘nation,’ Slowjamastan!