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Gov.Terry McAuliffe, Sen. Tim Kaine, Mark Warner and Warner's wife, Lisa Collis, address the crowd at Warner's election party. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)
Jenna Portnoy and Rachel Weiner
Positioning himself as a moderate, the senator didn’t take advantage of an expanding Democratic base.
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Michael E. Ruane
Princess Anne honors World War I hero who was greeted by her grandfather King George VI in 1939.
Brandon Parker
FOOTBALL | The Hornets and Cougars are both on the playoff precipice, but only the winner of Friday’s regular season finale will make it into the 6A North region field.
Angela Fritz
Yet again, the atmosphere is being blamed for the decrease in El Niño odds.
Julie Zauzmer
Police had little information about the double shooting on Thursday afternoon.
John Wagner
Douglas F. Gansler says a convicted murderer should be re-sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Wes Junker
The storm associated with Typhoon Nuri is instigating a pattern change that will usher in colder than normal weather for much of the next two weeks in the D.C. area.
Dana Hedgpeth
Visitors can see striped skunk sisters Trixie and Clementine, and perhaps some future porcupine babies.
Chelsea Janes
FOOTBALL | With playoff berths already in hand, the Knights and Wolverines are still fired up to play for seeding and bragging rights Saturday.
Donna St. George
The school board sworn in next month will include three incumbents and a political newcomer.
Chelsea Janes
FOOTBALL | Almost almost every playoff seed in the Stars and Stripes brackets are dependent on the outcome of this weekend’s games
Chelsea Janes
FOOTBALL | With one week left in the regular season, Eastern, McKinley Tech, Bell and Phelps are all looking to improve their playoff seeding in the DCIAA Stripes.
Isabelle Khurshudyan
FOOTBALL | With a spot in the postseason at stake, Meade’s game against Arundel, another top team, has a playoff feel.
Jason Samenow
A significant outbreak of cold air will surge into the Rockies and eastern half of the U.S. next week, dropping temperatures 20 degrees or more below normal in many areas.
Peter Hermann
FBI agent under investigation for alleged evidence tampering intends to cooperate, his lawyer says.
Angela Fritz
Nuri’s remains are forecast to rise again in the north Pacific, unleashing a potentially record-setting fury on the Bering Sea.
Annys Shin
Maryland Live held its own against Horseshoe Baltimore in October
Dana Hedgpeth
Police are seeking three men in connection with the crime on Hampden Lane.
Luz Lazo
Advocates rallied Thursday morning in support of legislation that would end a contributory negligence system they call “harsh” and “unfair.”
Dana Hedgpeth
More than 1,000 customers of Pepco are without power. Traffic signals were out in some spots
Alex Baldinger
The festival also includes Trouble Funk, Joan Jett, LL Cool J and, of course, fireworks.
Dan Morse
It’s not clear whether Catherine Hoggle, the mentally ill mother of the missing children, will be in court.
Holley Simmons
Dominique Ansel could discover Atlantis, cure cancer and marry a Kardashian, and he’d still be known as “that Cronut guy.” Ansel is in town tonight discussing his new cookbook, “The Secret Recipes.”
Nonprofit groups, hospitals and historic sites seek help in Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s counties
Reports from the Maryland State Police and the Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s counties sheriff’s offices.
Events include a pumpkin collection for pigs, a video game competition and a Piscataway tribe ceremony.
Listings of incidents reported recently by police in Anne Arundel and Howard counties and Annapolis.
Emily Langer
On TV and in newspapers,Monsignor Albacete defended faith in a complex and often doubting world.
Dana Hedgpeth
Fatal crash in Brandywine
Dana Hedgpeth
Beach Drive was closed in both directions because of crash.
Mike DeBonis
Irvin B. Nathan is last in long line of white-shoe litigators to be appointed to head the District’s legal office.
The raises of 20 to 40 percent would not go into effect until after the 2015 elections
Irvin B. Nathan is last in long line of white-shoe litigators to be appointed to head the District’s legal office.
A shot of dopamine makes people happy when the get or send a message.
Advocates rallied Thursday morning in support of legislation that would end a contributory negligence system they call “harsh” and “unfair.”
More than 1,000 customers of Pepco are without power. Traffic signals were out in some spots
Beach Drive was closed in both directions because of crash.
All northbound lanes are closed after a crash.
Police have stopped a person of interest but have not made an arrest.
The Md. governor-elect made campaign statements about canceling the light-rail line.
When private industry stepped in to replace NASA, new rules had to be developed.
Eastern part of toll highway will link up with Route 1 in Prince George’s County.
The November campaign targets traffic safety violations.
Predictive data programs could pick a better route while the commuter is still asleep.
Crash clean up is causing big delays on Route 295 south
Many SE residents have opposed the $170 million rebuilding work, which will take a little over three years.
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John Kelly
More movie theaters have assigned seating. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Robert McCartney
COLUMN | Local Democratic leaders must avoid complacency and heed voters’ message on the economy.
Courtland Milloy
Scrap the mixed-income housing proposal and give Barry Farm residents a role in the community’s rebirth.
Petula Dvorak
Who shapes our government? The huge number of Americans who opt out of this right many have died for.
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The virus is killing 70 percent of those infected, and there could be 10,000 new cases a week in West Africa by Dec. 1.
Candidates and constituents wait for election results to come in across Washington, D.C.; Maryland and Virginia.
Muriel Bowser, David Catania and Carol Schwartz worked D.C.’s city blocks on Nov. 3.
The Metropolitan Washington Old Time Radio Club celebrates the 50th anniversary of ‘The Big Broadcast.’
Walkable, urban mini-D.C.s are popping up nationwide, with Frederick, Md., a notable example.
Maryland’s GOP nominee for governor on the campaign trail, bringing a familiar face along.
The funeral for former Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee at Washington National Cathedral.
Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown served two terms in the House of Delegates, spending some of his tenure deployed in Iraq.
From waterfronts to monuments, Post photographers share their favorite D.C. spots.
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