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2+ hour, 19+ min ago   (117+ words) A stretch of northbound George Washington Parkway will be closed during the week between the morning and afternoon commutes for the rest of August beginning Monday. The northbound section between Sprout Run Parkway and Route 123 will be closed for four…...

8+ hour, 33+ min ago   (140+ words) August 9, 2026, 3:24 PM It was a battle for the biggest catch and largest prize in Ocean City, Maryland, this weekend. The 53rd annual White Marlin Open closed Saturday with an 80-pound white marlin coming in as the biggest catch from Bill Sharpe,…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (251+ words) Next month marks 25 years since 9/11. After the terrorist attacks, thousands of people worked around the clock to rebuild the Pentagon. Now, 25 years later, one of those engineers is hoping to bring his former colleagues together for a reunion. Engineer John…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (939+ words) Nikiyah Clark had five boxes and a backpack when she ultimately received the keys to her Howard University dorm. Weeks earlier, the school had told her this moment would never come. When Howard administrators informed Clark — and hundreds of others…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (460+ words) FLE – A crew removes the statue of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson, July 1, 2020, in Richmond, Va. A federal judge has sided with the Virginia NAACP in its lawsuit against a county school board’s reinstatement of Confederate military names to two schools,…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (271+ words) August 8, 2026, 6:45 AM Some familiar summer weather is expected across the D.C. area Saturday, as soupy air and oppressive heat fuel potentially severe afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Thursday and Friday both saw afternoon temperatures climb well into the 90s, while high humidity pushed…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (453+ words) August 8, 2026, 5:54 AM D.C. residents have less than a week left to share their thoughts on the framework for developing the 180-acre area surrounding the future Washington Commanders stadium at the former RFK Stadium site. The 45-day public comment period on the…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (334+ words) Maryland’s Office of the Attorney General released police body camera video from the fatal shooting of a 46-year-old Rockville man at a bus stop in Gaithersburg last month. On July 12, Gaithersburg police received a call about a man loading a…...

2+ day ago   (212+ words) Saturday will be hot and humid again, with storm chances. A few storms may bring locally heavy rain. It won’t be a washout, but keep an eye on the sky, especially between 3 and 9 p.m. Sunday will be the better day…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (32+ words) 2.27 in. of early August rain puts Washington DC more than halfway to average. Is the area still in a drought? Is Washington DC still in a drought after recent August rainfall?...