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Virginia lawmakers outraged over report of ‘flawed’ FBI headquarters search
Virginia lawmakers expressed outrage Tuesday over a report on flaws in the selection of Greenbelt as the site for the new headquarters of the FBI.
D.C. Council votes unanimously to expel Trayon White over bribery charges
The D.C. Council voted unanimously Tuesday to expel Ward 8 Democrat Trayon White from office, making him the first member in modern history to be removed from the legislative body, after his colleagues said his federal bribery charges became a drain on public trust.
Reagan airport workers charged with leaking video of deadly plane-helicopter collision to CNN
Officials have revealed that two employees at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport have been arrested and charged with leaking to CNN surveillance footage of last week's deadly collision of a commercial jet and an Army helicopter.
Maryland’s highest court upholds ending statute of limitations on child sex abuse lawsuits
Maryland's Supreme Court on Monday upheld the constitutionality of a state law that ended the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse lawsuits following a report that exposed widespread wrongdoing within the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Boston University shuts its antiracism center, as founder Ibram Kendi decamps to Howard University
Boston University plans to shut down its Center for Antiracist Research and part ways with founder Ibram X. Kendi.
Neo-Nazi group leader convicted of plotting Maryland power grid attack
The founder of a Florida-based neo-Nazi group was convicted Monday of conspiring with his former girlfriend to plan an attack on Maryland's power grid in furtherance of their shared racist beliefs.
More remains found in wreckage where 67 died in plane, helicopter collision
More remains were recovered Monday amid the wreckage of the commercial jet and Army helicopter that collided last week over the Potomac River, but D.C. officials did not say how close they are to recovering the last dozen bodies of those killed.
Crews begin removing wreckage from last week’s deadly midair collision from the Potomac River
Crews began removing wreckage from the Potomac River on Monday, five days after 67 people were killed in a midair collision over Washington, D.C., between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter. The crash was the deadliest U.S. air disaster since 2001.
Recovery teams recover 55 of 67 victims from plane-helicopter crash site over Potomac River
Officials said Sunday only a dozen victims are left to be recovered from the Potomac River following last week's deadly midair collision involving an Army helicopter and a commercial jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Richmond’s first Black mayor is remembered as a civil rights fighter and trailblazer
Current and former Virginia elected leaders speaking at this weekend's service for the first Black mayor of Richmond recalled Henry L. Marsh III's trailblazing career and his lifetime commitment to civil rights.
NTSB investigates discrepancy in altitude data after deadly midair crash in Washington, D.C.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating discrepancies in altitude data between an American Airlines commercial jet and Army Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into one another and killed 67 people on Wednesday night near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
MS-13 members get life sentences for murders in Virginia, Maryland
Judges in Maryland and Virginia handed down life sentences to MS-13 members last week in separate cases after they were convicted of brutal murders carried out over social media insults and defaced gang graffiti.
Altitude data discrepancies between plane, helicopter in deadly D.C. crash stump investigators
Investigators worked Saturday to resolve flight data showing key differences in altitude between the commercial jet and the Army helicopter involved in the deadliest aviation accident in a generation near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
George Mason to lift punishment, pay damages to students who opposed tampons in men’s rooms
George Mason University has agreed to pay $15,000 in damages and attorneys' fees to two female students who were disciplined for raising objections to stocking tampons in men's restrooms.
Investigators find helicopter black box, treat jet’s waterlogged recorder in deadly D.C. crash
Federal investigators said Friday they found the black box from the Army helicopter that collided with a passenger jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Wednesday night, while one of the plane's black boxes had water inside it.
Olympic hopefuls, vacationers, professors among those killed in D.C. plane collision
Children with dreams of making the Olympics, friends returning home from a hunting trip and an incoming law professor at Howard University all died in Wednesday's mid-air crash when a commercial jet arriving from Wichita, Kansas, collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River Wednesday evening.
Recovery teams expect to find every victim’s body in deadly midair crash; salvage to start Saturday
D.C. officials on Friday said they anticipate recovering the bodies of all 67 people who were killed when a passenger jet and a military helicopter collided midair near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Wednesday night.
Army identifies two soldiers involved in Black Hawk, commercial jet crash
The Army on Friday identified two of the three soldiers believed to be dead after their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter collided with a commercial airplane in the skies near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport earlier this week.
D.C., other communities counted their homeless this week
The annual point-in-time census of homeless people was undertaken in the District of Columbia this week so city agencies and other groups that get money to aid the homeless remain eligible.
Airport control tower was short-staffed before deadly collision of passenger jet, Army helicopter
An air traffic supervisor at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport allowed one controller to leave work early Wednesday night, shortly before 67 people were killed in a midair collision between a commercial jet and a military helicopter near the nation's capital.
