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Caps, Wizards would stay in D.C. under deal announced by Bowser, Leonsis

The news comes after the city of Alexandria announced it was ending negotiations to bring the teams to a new arena in Potomac Yard.

By Jonathan O'Connell, Teo Armus, Gregory S. Schneider and Michael Brice-SaddlerUpdated 49 minutes ago

Baltimore Bridge Collapse

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Buttigieg pledges to help Baltimore rebuild, acknowledges difficult path

See how the bridge collapse will snarl the supply of cars, coal and tofu

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Rebuilding Baltimore’s Key Bridge will likely take years, experts say

Six presumed dead were immigrants, soccer fans, family men

Why investigators are looking into ‘dirty fuel’

The RNC’s newly elected chairman, Michael Whatley, and co-chair, Lara Trump. (AP)

Election 2024

Was the 2020 election stolen? Job interviews at RNC take an unusual turn.

Prospective hires said agreeing with Donald Trump’s false election claim appears to be a new litmus test for being hired by the party.

By Josh Dawsey

Live

Princess Catherine cancer video spawns fresh round of AI conspiracies

The video, in which the Princess of Wales shared her cancer diagnosis and pleads for privacy, is real, experts say. Some online commentators may not care.

By Tatum Hunter

Better LivingEasy wins. Good habits.

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Forced to decipher a man’s comments or texts? Now there’s a name for that.

By Nick Roberts

Advice

IRS has $1 billion in 2020 tax refunds. Time is running out to collect.

By Michelle Singletary

Advice

This $20 fix will improve your shower and cut your water bill

By Michael J. Coren

Perspective

You asked: What’s the secret to tender meatballs?

By Aaron Hutcherson

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The House GOP thought it was moving past internal drama. Then more showed up.

Republicans are once again dealing with the threat of removal for the speaker while critical legislation faces an unclear future.

By Marianna Sotomayor

Climate change is altering Earth’s rotation enough to mess with our clocks

The melting of polar ice due to global warming is affecting Earth’s rotation and could have an impact on precision timekeeping, a new study says.

By Joel Achenbach

StylePerspective

Jenn Tran is the first Asian American Bachelorette. It’s about time.

ABC just named the 26-year-old physician assistant student as the first AAPI lead of its juggernaut franchise. Here’s why it matters.

By Jada Yuan

Nex Benedict autopsy lists head wounds but says suicide was cause of death

By Molly Hennessy-FiskeUpdated 1 hour ago

As death toll in Moscow attack rises to 143, migrants face fury and raids

By Francesca Ebel1 hour ago

Most Americans oppose Israel’s war in Gaza, poll finds

By Bryan PietschUpdated 1 hour ago

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Caps, Wizards would stay in D.C. under deal announced by Bowser, Leonsis

Under the terms of the deal, D.C. would spend $515 million over three years to help Leonsis modernize the arena and the owner would sign a new lease keeping the teams in D.C. for 25 more years.

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A large share of the money brought in during Gov. Ron DeSantis’s final months as a presidential candidate came from donors who had businesses that benefited from state decisions.

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Kari Lake and the Trump movement’s billion-dollar defamation problem

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Lawsuit accusing Matt Schlapp of sexual misconduct comes to an end

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Congressman sued over tweet wrongly ID’ing man as Super Bowl parade gunman

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My parents have sided with my cheating ex. Hax readers give advice.

He cheated yet his ex-partner’s parents are still siding with him, saying he’s the letter writer’s “best chance at love.”

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Miss Manners: How to respond when telemarketers ask how I’m doing?

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My 16-year-old twins’ attitudes are a ‘full-blown problem.’ What can I do?

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Ask Sahaj: My husband’s constant micromanaging is wearing me down

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Study finds 3 big risk factors for dementia

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Young people are getting Botox to prevent wrinkles. Does it work?

By Amanda Morris

Advice

Why is my gas so smelly? Gender, diet and plane rides can play a role.

By Trisha Pasricha, MD

IUD placement can be painful. These women used their phones to record it.

By Lindsey Bever

How to keep your kidneys working well

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Why Tennessee lawmakers are pushing a bill to keep government from spraying the sky

By Shannon Osaka

The surprising reasons why Big Oil may not want a second Trump term

By Maxine Joselow

Steel, cement and — cheese? U.S. spends big to cut these carbon footprints.

By Maxine Joselow

Northern lights slash a surprising amount of winter energy bills. Here’s why.

By Kasha Patel

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U.S. clamps down on oil and gas firms releasing potent greenhouse gas

By Maxine Joselow

A way-too-early look at the cloud cover forecast for the solar eclipse

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Advice

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Technology

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Meta is failing to curb anti-trans hate, new report says

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Supreme Court skeptical of efforts to restrict access to abortion pill

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WORLD

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By David Kenner, Sarah Ellison and Jonathan O'Connell

Germany set to add citizenship test questions about Jews and Israel

By Kate Brady

Helma Goldmark, Holocaust refugee who joined resistance, dies at 98

By Emily Langer

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Putin sees Kyiv in Moscow terrorist attack. But ISIS is its own story.

By Ishaan Tharoor

U.K. High Court delays Julian Assange extradition pending U.S. assurances

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Middle East Conflict

U.S. raises treatment of imprisoned Palestinian leader Barghouti with Israel

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State Dept. human rights staffer quits over Biden’s Gaza policy

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By Caroline Kitchener

DNA test says it can predict opioid addiction risk. Skeptics aren’t so sure.

By David Ovalle

Analysis

Emergency physicians decry surprise air-ambulance bills

By Molly Castle Work and McKenzie Beard

Science

Birds, bees and even plants might act weird during the solar eclipse

By Carolyn Y. Johnson

Nature enthusiast, 10, makes rare find: A pink grasshopper

By Cathy Free

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SPORTS

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The spotlight awaits Josiah Gray and MacKenzie Gore. They’re ready for it.

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12 bold predictions for the 2024 MLB season

By Scott Allen and Neil Greenberg

Caps, Wizards would stay in D.C. under deal announced by Bowser, Leonsis

By Jonathan O'Connell, Teo Armus, Gregory S. Schneider and Michael Brice-Saddler49 minutes ago

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