Afternoon Buzz: Judge throws out Maryland congressional map over ‘extreme’ gerrymandering
| A grandmother's killing: Covid's mental health crisis hits one family; With a mix of eagerness and trepidation, the region returns to not-quite-normal; Alexandria school board requests another year of funding for school police officers ; Slaveowners' names adorn D.C. buildings. The grand effort to change that is dead.; James Madison's Montpelier could vote to strip power from enslaved descendants' group; From snow to spring, D.C.'s cherry trees are a sight for all seasons; Bald eagle egg starts to hatch at National Arboretum in Northeast D.C.; Dredging underway to free massive cargo ship aground in the Chesapeake Bay; Arlington man cited for loaded gun at Reagan National checkpoint; NTSB chair escaped her smashed Subaru with a concussion, and many questions; Dee Strange-Gordon hopes to impress Nationals with 'lost art' of base running; Early 20th-century house with modern updates lists for $2.5 million; D.C.'s attorney general is on the wrong side of transparency; The Virginia Parole Board is too important for political plays; D.C. can pioneer a new way forward in drug policy; Montgomery County's problems are solvable; Miyares can claim the mantle of voting rights champion |
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| | | |  |  | | Local news you don't want to miss. | | | | | |  (Carolyn Kaster/AP) Republicans said Democrats in the state General Assembly sought to silence their votes through partisan gerrymandering. The case is probably headed for the Maryland Court of Appeals. By Meagan Flynn ● Read more » | | | Dianna Swaner was not supposed to care for her violent and mentally ill grandson, but then covid came -- and tragedy followed. By Justin Jouvenal ● Read more » | | | The desire to experience, to reconnect, to interact in person is fueling a D.C.-area comeback. But we've all seen this movie before. By Joe Heim ● Read more » | | | | School officials said the district is working to reimagine its relationship with police, but a police presence inside schools is needed as that work continues. By Hannah Natanson ● Read more » | | | A task force suggested stripping names off any D.C. government site honoring someone who once enslaved Black people or promoted bigoted public policy. Almost nothing has happened. By Julie Zauzmer Weil ● Read more » | | | | Montpelier, James Madison's Virginia estate, has won accolades for empowering the descendants of enslaved workers there to tell the history of the site. But the descendant community now says it's being marginalized. By Gregory S. Schneider ● Read more » | | | Tidal Basin photos show a striking contrast between a January snowstorm and the present peak bloom. By Kevin Ambrose ● Read more » | | | A second eaglet is expected to follow any day now for the eagle pair known as Mr. President and Lotus. By Dana Hedgpeth ● Read more » | | | | A salvage company is in the midst of a multi-day dredging operation to free a massive container ship that has been aground in the Chesapeake Bay for almost two weeks. By Ian Duncan ● Read more » | | | | The passenger was the eighth person caught with a firearm at Reagan National this year. By Lori Aratani ● Read more » | | | | When Jennifer Homendy saw the Toyota RAV4 hurtling her way as she sat in Northern Virginia traffic, the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board had only a moment to prepare before experiencing the type of violent collision she has tried to reduce across the country. By Michael Laris ● Read more » | | | | Strange-Gordon hasn't played in the majors since 2020. He's now clawing for an end-of-the-roster spot. By Jesse Dougherty ● Read more » | | | HOUSE OF THE WEEK | A 1918 Craftsman in Chevy Chase in D.C. veers from expected to unexpected, as you move from the back to the front of the house. By Kathy Orton ● Read more » | | | | | | Opinions | Opinion ● By Liz Brent, Carter Dougherty, Dan Reed, Eric Saul, Abe Saffer and Gray Kimbrough ● Read more » | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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