D.C. officials marked the first day of school in the District by opening two new single-sex schools in Southeast — one for girls and one for boys.
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Parishioners in the Archdiocese of Washington, already rocked by the resignation of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick amid sexual misconduct accusations, on Sunday expressed outrage over the sexual abuse by priests detailed in a Pennsylvania grand jury’s report. But they offered a variety of reactions about Cardinal Donald Wuerl’s role in concealing those crimes from public scrutiny when he was bishop of Pittsburgh.
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For all the moms and dads reading the paper in the quiet of the morning as you sip that first cup of coffee, let this be the day.
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Police say two people have died after a small plane crashed in Carroll County.
Shares D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser took a victory lap Friday on Twitter after President Trump blamed her for forcing him to cancel his proposed military parade because of the whopping price tag.
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A D.C. resident was sentenced to prison Tuesday for using fake names and local colluders to sneak heroin from Nigeria into the national capital region, while using the U.S. Postal Service as his unwitting courier.
Shares Democrat Ben Jealous is struggling to close the gap in the Maryland gubernatorial race against Gov. Larry Hogan, according to a survey that shows Mr. Jealous down by double digits in the deep-blue state.
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Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the archbishop of Washington, says he expects a grand jury report being released Tuesday on the sexual abuse of children by clergy in six Pennsylvania Roman Catholic dioceses to be critical of his actions as the former longtime bishop of Pittsburgh.
Shares It's darn near impossible for a college or university head coach to know what his coaches and players are up to 24/7. That hardly offers a break, however, to University of Maryland football coach DJ Durkin.
Shares Virginia authorities have cleared a facility that houses illegal immigrant children after finding that reports of child abuse were "unfounded."
Shares Protesters harassed multiple reporters during the white supremacy "Unite the Right" rally in downtown D.C. Sunday, including two Washington Times reporters.
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A small group of white nationalists and many more anti-racism protesters staged dueling rallies Sunday across from the White House, as a phalanx of police officers kept the two camps separated to prevent a repeat of the deadly violence that erupted last year at a white supremacist gathering in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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It's actually pretty basic: We're tired of being ridiculed and stepped on. We're sick of being targeted by liberal lawyers for wanting to live out our faith. We're done with our pastors being silenced at the pulpit, of our beliefs belittled in front of our children in public schools. We're no longer willing to put up with activists judges who deny us our constitutional rights.
Shares Maryland Democrats are hoping voters are so dismayed by what is happening across the border in the District of Columbia that they will take it out on Gov. Larry Hogan in this year's elections.
Shares Thousands of people, mostly anti-racism counterprotesters, have descended on Lafayette Square across from the White House to oppose a white nationalist rally going on elsewhere in the public park on Sunday.
Shares A huge group of counterprotesters greeted about a dozen attendees to a white nationalist rally with boos and shouts as the rally-goers left a train Sunday at the Foggy Bottom Metro Station.
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Hundreds are gathering at Freedom Plaza to protest the upcoming Unite the Right rally which is slated to take place later this afternoon. Just blocks away from Trump International Hotel, the plaza is was filled with signs condemning racism and calling for the impeachment of Donald Trump.
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Jason Kessler, who abandoned his bid to stage an anniversary event in Charlottesville, said in his permit application that he expects 100 to 400 people to participate in his event Sunday afternoon in Lafayette Park, in front of the White House.
Shares Ben Jealous, the Democratic candidate for governor in Maryland, has called on the University of Maryland to suspend athletic director Damon Evans and head football coach D.J. Durkin in light of an ESPN report published Friday night.
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Shares D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser activated the city's emergency operations team Thursday in preparation for "Unite the Right 2" rally on Sunday, marking the one-year anniversary of the violent white nationalist gathering that left one counterprotester dead in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Shares Nobody is saying how many people are expected to show up between Friday and Monday. The best official estimates, or at least those given to the National Park Police, are 400 for the Unite the Righters and 1,000 for the Un-Haters.
Shares The mayhem of Charlottesville was a year ago, but many of those charged with inciting or participating in the race-tinged clashes have yet to face final justice.
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Tribune withdrew Thursday from its $3.9 billion buyout by Sinclair and it's filing a lawsuit against it, citing breach of contract.
Shares Robert E. Lee remains defiant in the U.S. Capitol, where his statue stands in a place of honor a year after the race-tinged clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, brought renewed attention to him and other figures of the Confederacy.
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