D.C. Headlines from The Washington Post

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Two D.C. Council members propose overhaul for paid-leave law

Amendment would lower business taxes, favor mandate for large employers

By Peter Jamison • Read more »

She’s landed! Bao Bao, the giant panda, arrives in China.

Video from official Chinese news agency shows the panda’s crate landing at the airport.

By Dana Hedgpeth • Read more »

Suspect arrested in August killing behind recreation center in Northwest

Police said they found the suspect in Baltimore.

By Peter Hermann • Read more »

D.C. police officer joins others in extricating driver from a car on fire

“We were just thinking about getting the man out,” one officer said.

By Martin Weil • Read more »

D.C. prosecutors link violent protests on Inauguration Day to ‘black bloc’ tactics

They allege that the group “cheered and celebrated the violence and destruction.”

By Keith L. Alexander • Read more »

Congressman sues over removal of Ferguson-inspired student painting from U.S. Capitol

The Architect of the Capitol violated the First Amendment rights of the art contest winner after complaints, the suit says.

By Spencer S. Hsu • Read more »

76-year-old woman charged with murder told police she beat man with baseball bat

D.C. police said Walter Mack Clark, 63, was found unconscious in Thomasine Bennett’s closet.

By Peter Hermann • Read more »

New York-style apartment building to rise near D.C.’s Union Market

TOWN SQUARE | The 318-unit Highline at 320 Florida Ave. NE, inspired by the Big Apple's Meatpacking District, will warehouse-style windows with industrial-framed glass cubes set at varying depths for an uneven facade.

By Michele Lerner • Read more »