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Earl Shaffer was ‘confused and depressed’ when he started hiking the Appalachian Trail in 1948. He made history 124 days later.
6 months ago
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As America has transformed, so too has its famous footpath. Less than half the A.T. remains where it was originally laid.
6 months ago
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The country’s most-watched spelling challenge had two final master spellers: Charlotte Walsh from Virginia and Dev Shah from Florida.
8 months ago
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After a 13-year-old was nearly killed outside his mom’s apartment, Children’s National Hospital went beyond treating his bullet wounds
9 months ago
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Security camera footage showed a man walking into a tunnel near the Pentagon City stop.
9 months ago
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In Las Vegas, a lawyer with huge gambling debts is accused of a financial fraud that left hundreds of victims in its wake
12 months ago
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Two Moorish Americans facing gun charges after a Charles County traffic stop made their first appearance in court Friday as their supporters shouted, “This is treason!”
about 1 year ago
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How beagles being bred for research at Envigo became the target of the largest animal welfare seizure in the Humane Society’s history.
over 1 year ago
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More than $115,000 has been donated to D.C.’s Eastern High marching band, fueled by a Post story about its accomplishments and financial struggles.
over 1 year ago
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Though the Eastern High marching band has long struggled to pay for instruments, uniforms and trips, it is a beloved and accomplished fixture in the community.
over 1 year ago
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Kirk Shipley, a three-time All-Met coach, had pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two rowers at the Bethesda, Md., high school
over 1 year ago
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Reina St. Juliana is pushing Oxford High to memorialize her 14-year-old sister Hana — and to acknowledge its failings in the school shooting that left four teens dead in November.
over 1 year ago
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Sierra Johnson, 27 and pregnant, was shot in front of her two daughters. Now her grieving family wants a chance to say goodbye.
almost 2 years ago
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Old Rag, a mountain beloved and besieged in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park, will be off-limits to hikers without permits starting March 1. They aren’t happy about it.
almost 2 years ago
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Gerald Thomas is accused of killing Dasha Cleary and injuring four others at the hotel in Northwest D.C.
almost 2 years ago
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Jacob Whaley, a 34-year-old father, wanted to get home after his SUV slid into a ditch six miles from his Lake Anna home, his family said. Then he texted his mother, “Im lost.”
about 2 years ago
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Kirk Shipley, the rowing coach at Walt Whitman High in Bethesda, Md., held onto his job through two investigations into his behavior. Then he was arrested.
about 2 years ago