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Letter carriers load mail trucks for deliveries at a U.S. Postal Service facility in McLean, Va., Friday, July 31, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) States across the U.S. have made solid improvements in election security since 2016, according to experts testifying Tuesday before a House panel who pushed back on President Donald Trump’s assertions that…

Isaias has passed out of the D.C. area, but high water and possible flooding, as well as the damage from heavy rain and winds, remain in the region. The storm damage was worst in southern Maryland, particularly in St. Mary’s County. A driver was killed in Mechanicsville when a tree fell on their car at…

Isaias has passed out of the D.C. area, but high water and possible flooding, as well as the damage from heavy rain and winds, remain in the region. The storm damage was worst in southern Maryland, particularly in St. Mary’s County. A driver was killed in Mechanicsville when a tree fell on their car at…

The name of Francis G. Newlands is memorialized in his namesake fountain, which straddles the D.C.-Maryland border. (WTOP/Ken Duffy) New demands to erase a segregationist’s name from the Chevy Chase Circle Fountain gained traction Tuesday on Capitol Hill. D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., introduced a bill to remove the name…

Much of the Interstate 95 corridor, including D.C. and Baltimore, is under a tropical storm warning as forecasters eye heavy downpours and powerful winds from Isaias early Tuesday. The National Hurricane Center’s latest forecast has Tropical Storm Isaias — pronounced ees-ah-EE-ahs — cutting north across the Chesapeake after landfall in the Carolinas, with the D.C.…

Washington Football Team owner Daniel Snyder is seen in a 2019 photo. The team has increased $300 million in value over last year, Forbes says. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Washington’s NFL team, currently called The Washington Football Team, is tied with the Los Angeles Dodgers at No. 14 on Forbes’ new rankings of the most valuable…

The National Hurricane Center’s official forecast for Isaias as of Sunday morning. (Courtesy NWS/NHC) Chances of rain will increase early this week as Tropical Storm Isaias moves closer to the area, with a possibility for torrential tropical downpours and flooding in the D.C. region. Even though the storm weakened from a hurricane on Saturday, Isaias…

The National Hurricane Center forecast for Isaias as of 11 a.m. Saturday. Updates are posted on the NHC’s website every three hours. (Courtesy NOAA/NHC) Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has declared a state of emergency ahead of Hurricane Isaias, which could bring heavy rain and gusty winds from coastal Virginia through Maryland’s Eastern Shore early next…

Saturday’s storm outlook from the National Weather Service. (Courtesy: National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington via Twitter) A partly cloudy and calm Saturday will give way to potentially severe evening storms throughout the D.C. region — some of which could produce damaging wind gusts, localized flooding and even a risk of an isolated tornado. Thunderstorms are expected…

Prince George’s County police are seeking to identify this person of interest in connection with a fatal Landover shooting. (Courtesy Prince George’s County police) Police in Prince George’s County, Maryland, are asking for the public’s help in identifying a person of interest in what they describe as the murder of a Clinton man two weeks…

District officials said during an update Thursday that D.C. Public Schools will have an all-virtual start to the school year. “Our top priority and planning for this school year is of course, the health and well being of our students, staff, families and community,” Deputy Mayor of Education Paul Kihn said. “We are moving forward…

Black women in the D.C. earn just 51 cents for every dollar a white man makes, according to a new analysis from the National Women’s Law Center. As a result of that wage gap, a Black woman will lose $1.98 million over the course of a 40-year career. She would have to work until she…