Local Headlines: Groups call on D.C. to classify more kids as at-risk for academic failure
| Overriding Hogan, lawmakers expand abortion access, create paid leave ; D.C. man admits stealing $31 million in pandemic-relief funds; Four people shot near Nationals Park; District block party for Jackson celebrates a 'historic moment'; Georgetown degree program launches for Maryland prisons; Two hope to unseat Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C.'s delegate for 31 years; Arlington man gets 10 years for pushing counterfeit, fentanyl-laced pills; Jim Limber and the myth of the Confederate president's adopted Black son; For Native American teens, a D.C. trip seemed beyond reach - at first; Squirrels, they're just like us: They have personalities; D.C.-area forecast: Trending much warmer, with 80 degrees by midweek; Explore the major changes to Maryland's congressional map; At D.C.'s Dacha Beer Garden, Kevin Bacon drops by to help Ukraine effort |
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| | | |  |  | | Essential news and more for DMV residents. | | | | | |  (Calla Kessler/The Washington Post) Forty local groups say undocumented students, students who have incarcerated parents, and adult learners should receive extra funding. By Perry Stein ● Read more » | | | | The new law puts Maryland at the vanguard of abortion rights nationwide, expanding access and requiring most insurance policies to pay for the entire cost of the procedure. By Erin Cox and Ovetta Wiggins ● Read more » | | | | Federal prosecutors say phony business records were used to obtain numerous Paycheck Protection and Economic Injury Disaster loans. By Paul Duggan ● Read more » | | | | Police said none of the victims suffered fatal wounds in the incident. By Martin Weil and Paul Duggan ● Read more » | | | Some of the organizers had been pushing to get a Black woman on the Supreme Court. By Teo Armus ● Read more » | | | | A Georgetown University degree program designed for incarcerated students has begun at the Patuxent Institution in Jessup, Md., officials announced. By Jasmine Hilton ● Read more » | | | | Running for reelection every other year, Norton has faced a smattering of challengers over the decades, but none have come anywhere close to defeating her. By Julie Zauzmer Weil ● Read more » | | | | The fentanyl-laced pills deceptively resembled prescription medications, prosecutors say. By Meagan Flynn ● Read more » | | | | In the final year of the Civil War, Jefferson Davis and his wife, Varina, adopted a Black boy named Jim Limber and brought him to live with them in Richmond. Who was he and what did he really mean to them? By Sydney Trent ● Read more » | | | | The Washington trip wouldn't have happened for the New Mexico students if it weren't for a teacher who cared and strangers who helped. Perspective ● By Theresa Vargas ● Read more » | | | | When it comes to the golden-mantled ground squirrel, fortune favors the bold. Perspective ● By John Kelly ● Read more » | | | | Wednesday and Thursday are the days when we have a chance to top 80 degrees. By Jason Samenow ● Read more » | | | | As a tight battle nears for control of the U.S. House, Maryland has redrawn its map — scrambling incumbents' districts and moving around thousands of voters. By Meagan Flynn ● Read more » | | | Kevin Bacon and his band showed up to play a few songs to help raise money for Ukraine relief. By Travis M. Andrews ● Read more » | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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