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National Park Service announces cherry blossom peak bloom; 'Make it a spectacle': Proud Boys leader Tarrio key to Jan. 6, U.S. says; Maryland agrees to pay $7 million to man paralyzed in jail beating ; Virginia education superintendent Jillian Balow resigns; 2023 is off to a record warm start in Washington — but it won't last; Remembering the pickleball revolution of D.C.'s consumer king; Tulsa Race Massacre survivors, 108 and 102, given Ghana citizenship; Commanders rank last in NFL for working conditions, according to NFLPA survey; In his spring training debut, Patrick Corbin finds reasons to believe; The making of 'HoCo Hibachi,' one of Howard County's most dynamic players; The Terps are rolling. Now they just need to win some road games. ; We asked ChatGPT to plan the perfect tour of D.C. Here's how it went. ; A marriage of movement and acting in Shakespeare Theatre's 'King Lear'; Four concerts to catch in the D.C. area over the next several days; A last, best chance to fix the D.C. criminal code; For D.C. housing voucher tenants, the rent is too damn high; Is D.C. juvenile justice a revolving door? We need to know. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Local news you don't want to miss.     (Matthew Barakat/AP) Va. killed bills aimed at trans youth. Here's where the debate moves next. Advocates and lawmakers are certain they'll continue to see a debate over transgender education policies in Virginia and around the country. By Karina Elwood ●  Read more »   National Park Service announces cherry blossom peak bloom Peak bloom, defined as the point when 70 percent of the blossoms along the Tidal Basin have flowered, attracts massive crowds every year. By Karina Elwood ●  Read more »   'Make it a spectacle': Proud Boys leader Tarrio key to Jan. 6, U.S. says Henry "Enrique" Tarrio aligned plans with Trump "stop the steal" campaign organizers, knowing by Jan. 6 that followers might explode into violence, U.S. says. By Spencer S. Hsu and Rachel Weiner ●  Read more »   Maryland agrees to pay $7 million to man paralyzed in jail beating Daquan Wallace, locked up in Baltimore on a burglary charge in 2014 and unable to post $800 bail, was savagely attacked by fellow prisoners. By Ovetta Wiggins and Paul Duggan ●  Read more »   Virginia education superintendent Jillian Balow resigns Balow served as Virginia's top education official since Jan. 15, 2022, when Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) appointed her to the job. By Karina Elwood ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   2023 is off to a record warm start in Washington — but it won't last The January-February period was the warmest in at least 150 years — more than 7 degrees above normal. By Ian Livingston ●  Read more »   PERSPECTIVE Remembering the pickleball revolution of D.C.'s consumer king Where others saw broken asphalt, Robert Krughoff saw community. By John Kelly ●  Read more »   Tulsa Race Massacre survivors, 108 and 102, given Ghana citizenship Two of the last known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre — Viola Fletcher, 108, and Hughes Van Ellis, 102 — became citizens of Ghana in a ceremony Tuesday in D.C. By DeNeen L. Brown ●  Read more »   Commanders rank last in NFL for working conditions, according to NFLPA survey According to the survey, the Commanders have the worst facilities and environment for players and their families. By Nicki Jhabvala and Mark Maske ●  Read more »   In his spring training debut, Patrick Corbin finds reasons to believe The Nationals left-hander has nowhere to go but up, but he's confident he'll do just that. By Andrew Golden ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The making of 'HoCo Hibachi,' one of Howard County's most dynamic players Taking inspiration from Gilbert Arenas, Zech Chin has Reservoir in the state playoffs amid a magical senior season. By Varun Shankar ●  Read more »   The Terps are rolling. Now they just need to win some road games. Maryland wins at Ohio State and Penn State would clinch a top-four seed along with a double-bye in the Big Ten tournament. By Emily Giambalvo ●  Read more »   PERSPECTIVE We asked ChatGPT to plan the perfect tour of D.C. Here's how it went. Could AI be trusted to guide us through monuments, museums and more? I tested the bot's itinerary in my hometown. By Andrea Sachs ●  Read more »   A marriage of movement and acting in Shakespeare Theatre's 'King Lear' Longtime collaborators, director Simon Godwin and movement director Jonathan Goddard, reunite for Shakespeare's tragedy of power struggle and family strife. By Thomas Floyd ●  Read more »   Four concerts to catch in the D.C. area over the next several days Meet Me at the Altar, Thick, Emotional Oranges and Yeat perform. By Chris Kelly ●  Read more »     Opinions Opinion  |  A last, best chance to fix the D.C. criminal code By Editorial Board ●  Read more »   Opinion  |  For D.C. housing voucher tenants, the rent is too damn high By Editorial Board ●  Read more »   Opinion  |  Is D.C. juvenile justice a revolving door? We need to know. By Colbert I. King ●  Read more »     News whiz? Play our daily news quiz. Test your knowledge of current events with our new quotable game, On the Record. Play game   We think you'll like this newsletter Check out The 7 DMV for a brief rundown of the seven most important and interesting stories from D.C., Maryland and Virginia every weekday morning. Sign up »

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