WASHINGTON — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul on Wednesday implored Senate colleagues to support a sweeping overhaul of federal sentencing guidelines, saying they disproportionately affect minorities and are reminiscent of Jim Crow laws. “There is no justice here,” said the libertarian ...

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WASHINGTON — An effort to require Wal-Mart and other large retailers to pay their employees a “living wage” of at least $12.50 an hour met its end Tuesday when the D.C. Council failed to override Mayor Vincent Gray’s veto. The ...

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WASHINGTON — The D.C. Superior Court says it is adding a second marriage ceremony room and boosting marriage bureau staffing to accommodate an increase in applications believed to be the result of a gay marriage ruling by the Supreme Court ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Gun purchase applications in Maryland are up ahead of the start of a gun control measure that gives Maryland some of the nation’s tightest gun laws. The Washington Times reported state police received 85,141 gun-purchase applications this year ...

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The inconveniences of the daily routine in the nation's capital will be a selling point as Washington, D.C., makes a push to host the 2024 Olympics.

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NEW YORK — When 250,000 marchers converged on Washington in August 1963, the issues were jobs and freedom. Now, as the crowds come together to mark the 50th anniversary of that seminal event in the civil rights movement, those issues ...

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The average Washington, D.C., commuter could drive from the District to Las Vegas and back again in the same amount of time spent crawling across local highways each year.

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Cushman & Wakefield of Maryland Inc. announced it brokered the sale of the Rivers Business Commons, a four-building office complex in Columbia, to Fernau LeBlanc Investment Partners.

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WASHINGTON — A federal jury has awarded $2 to a District of Columbia police detective who was disciplined after being quoted in a newspaper article making comments critical of a police department initiative. William Hawkins alleged that he was unfairly ...

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WASHINGTON — D.C. Councilmember Marion Barry is introducing a bill that would require newly hired District of Columbia government workers to live in the district or move to the city within 180 days. Barry says the bill would have a ...

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