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Woman critically injured in crash in Southeast Washington
Three others suffered injuries that did not appear life-threatening, D.C. police say
A woman was critically injured in a single-car crash in the District on Tuesday night, D.C. police said.
The woman was unconscious and not breathing when taken to a hospital aft... | null | null | null | null | null |
Man is fatally shot in Southeast Washington, police say
A man was fatally shot in the District on Tuesday, the D.C. police said. The death appeared to be the second homicide in the District in the new year.
The man was shot about 4:40 p.m. in the 3300 block of 12th Street SE, said Officer Sean Hickman, a police spokesm... | null | null | null | null | null |
Critics also see a failure of accountability — both by America’s leaders and the populous — for the events of Jan. 6, making it harder for Washington to hold itself up as a global champion for the rule of law. Republicans — who have sought to downplay the assault on the Capitol in which five people died — are neverthel... | null | null | null | null | null |
By Mallika Sen | AP
Williams has been the public’s eyes in courtrooms since 1980 and has drawn for The Associated Press since 2004, though the typical flurry of courthouse activity slowed during the coronavirus pandemic. Maxwell’s was the first full trial Williams covered from the courtroom itself in the pandemic era, ... | null | null | null | null | null |
BRISBANE, Australia — Novak Djokovic will get a chance to defend his Australian Open title after receiving a medical exemption to travel to Melbourne.
BROOKVILLE, N.Y. — Long Island University has hired veteran coach Ron Cooper, who spent this season working for Alabama, to lead its football program.
INDIANAPOLIS — Kev... | null | null | null | null | null |
Why have mass protests erupted in Kazakhstan?
MOSCOW — In an unprecedented challenge to Kazakhstan’s authoritarian regime, mass protests over rising fuel prices in the Central Asian country have prompted the current government to resign and the president to declare a two-week state of emergency in two regions.
Then on ... | null | null | null | null | null |
The far-right provocateur Éric Zemmour, who announced his bid for the presidency last month, has also taken a hard line against coronavirus containment measures. He held a campaign event in front of some 13,000 supporters in early December, before Paris announced new restrictions — a move his rivals called irresponsibl... | null | null | null | null | null |
The demonstrations, very rare for the Central Asian country of about 19 million, prompted the current government to resign and the president to declare a two-week state of emergency in three regions.
In Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city with a population of nearly 2 million, video footage posted to social media Tuesday... | null | null | null | null | null |
For 20 years, the United States has had detainees at Guantánamo. The base’s problems are even older.
A flag flies at half-staff in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, after a deadly terrorist attack in Afghanistan. (Alex Brandon/AP)
By Jana Lipman
Jana Lipman is associate professor at Tulane University and author of "Guantánamo: A W... | null | null | null | null | null |
Having never made my way through “The Plague” by Albert Camus, I, like a lot of others, decided to pick it up, and I thought it’d be fun if others read it with me. At the time, I was the print editor of the Stranger, a Pulitzer Prize-winning weekly newspaper in Seattle. I announced the formation of a book club to read ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Dave Bateman speaks during StartFEST at the Covey Center for the Arts in Provo on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015. Bateman, a Utah tech company founder, stepped down as chairman after he sent an email screed to several fellow executives outlining false, antisemitic vaccination theories. (Stacie Scott/The Deseret News via AP)
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State trooper accidentally hit and killed his brother when responding to his call for backup: ‘A bad dream’
Lovelace told WSOC he ran out to the scene and found Horton’s younger brother, James “Nick” Horton, also a state trooper. James Horton had been trying to answer his brother’s request for backup at a traffic stop ... | null | null | null | null | null |
5 BEAUTIFUL WORLD, WHERE ARE YOU (FSG, $28). By Sally Rooney. Two friends struggle to define their romantic relationships in the context of today’s uncertain world.
7 HARLEM SHUFFLE (Doubleday, $28.95). By Colson Whitehead. A furniture store owner in Harlem struggles to balance his desire to remain law-abiding with his... | null | null | null | null | null |
What happens when political theorists are read by everyone else?
After Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, political science subfields had different reactions to the worst-case scenarios. This Twitter thread summarizes some of them. (Jacob Levy/Jacob T. Levy)
One of the dirty secrets of political science is tha... | null | null | null | null | null |
Contributions to members of Congress who supported overturning the 2020 election are down compared to four years ago. But it’s early.
People shelter in the House chamber as rioters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
By Florian Gawehns
Amy Meli
After... | null | null | null | null | null |
Dave Bateman speaks during a start-up festival at the Covey Center for the Arts in Provo, Utah, on Sept. 2, 2015. (Stacie Scott/Salt Lake City Deseret News/AP)
A Utah tech executive acknowledged his email opining about the coronavirus vaccines to state lawmakers and business executives would “sound bonkers.” But he sen... | null | null | null | null | null |
Lovelace told WSOC he ran out to the scene and found Horton’s younger brother, James “Nick” Horton, also a state trooper. James Horton had been trying to answer his brother’s request for backup at a traffic stop near Mooresboro, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said in a news release. Instead, he lost control of... | null | null | null | null | null |
Novak Djokovic’s announcement that he had been granted a medical exemption to play in the Australian Open drew a swift rebuke Wednesday from the country’s prime minister, who said the tennis champion must prove why he deserves an exemption from coronavirus vaccination or he will be “on the next plane home.”
Djokovic ha... | null | null | null | null | null |
LE PECQ, France — France is allowing health workers who are infected with the coronavirus but have few or no symptoms to keep treating patients rather than self-isolate, an extraordinary stop-gap measure aimed at alleviating staff shortages at hospitals and other medical facilities caused by an unprecedented explosion ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Novak Djokovic’s announcement that he had been granted a medical exemption to play in the Australian Open drew a swift rebuke Wednesday from the country’s prime minister, who said the tennis champion must prove upon arrival why he deserves an exemption from coronavirus vaccination or he will be “on the next plane home.... | null | null | null | null | null |
GM sold 2.2 million cars in 2021, a 13 percent decline from the previous year that the Detroit-based auto giant attributed to supply chain struggles, namely the semiconductor chip shortage that is vexing the industry. It’s triggered shutdowns of factories and kept inventories at historically thin levels.
But the Japane... | null | null | null | null | null |
Boy Scouts’ bid to settle sexual abuse cases apparently fails to get enough support from alleged victims
A statue stands outside the Boy Scouts of America headquarters in Irving, Texas. (LM Otero/AP)
By Annys Shin
The Boy Scouts of America’s latest effort to reach an agreement with tens of thousands of alleged victims ... | null | null | null | null | null |
The first thing former Trump aide Peter Navarro did during a contentious interview on MSNBC on Tuesday night was try to differentiate his efforts to keep Joe Biden from taking office from the putsch that overwhelmed the U.S. Capitol one year ago.
After all, he continued, their plan — the middle-aged-guys-who-like-actio... | null | null | null | null | null |
This photo released by Archeological Museum Antonino Salinas on Wednesday Jan. 5, 2022, shows a fragment exposed in the Museum in Palermo, Italy, belonging to a draped figure on the east side of the Parthenon frieze, the temple built between 449 and 438BC on the Acropolis of Athens. An Italian museum is sending a fragm... | null | null | null | null | null |
Derrica Lane (Richard Louissaint/Courtesy Derrica Lane)
“As a true collaborative partner, our focus is on delivering new and exciting opportunities for our advertising partners centered around creativity and a deep understanding of our readership,” said Joy Robins, Chief Revenue Officer at The Washington Post. “Derrica... | null | null | null | null | null |
Rep. Jamie Raskin reflects on the impact of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 5 (The Washington Post)
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) was returning to the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, to help certify the 2020 presidential election results, just days after the tragic death of his only son. Joi... | null | null | null | null | null |
Alex Ovechkin earlier this season. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post)
With an unassisted goal five minutes into the first period on Oct. 9, 1974, Jim Hrycuik gave the Washington Capitals a 1-0 lead in their inaugural game at Madison Square Garden. The ensuing 10 minutes and 37 seconds — before Rangers forward Greg Po... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: One year after Jan. 6, truth hangs in the balance
Trump supporters scaled the walls on the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol and gained access inside the building during on Jan. 6, 2021. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)
By Wes Moore
Wes Moore, a veteran of the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, a b... | null | null | null | null | null |
Sean Hannity’s texts, and the duplicity they reinforce
Hannity did not share this with his viewers, mind you. And as has been revealed of other Fox News hosts, he provided those same viewers with a perspective markedly different than the one he was espousing privately.
The issue, as with Fox host Laura Ingraham, whose ... | null | null | null | null | null |
FILE - Former Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Ross Browner waves to the crowd during a halftime ceremony of an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, in Cincinnati. Browner, a two-time All-American at Notre Dame and one of four brothers who played in the NFL, has died. He was 67. Brown... | null | null | null | null | null |
Toyota has dethroned General Motors as the nation’s top-selling automaker, marking the first time a foreign manufacturer has claimed the top slot. The shuffle takes place as the global market continues to be shaken up by supply chain headaches and the transition to electric vehicles.
GM’s U.S. sales hit 2.2 million in ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Lara contended that many of those who’ve left were scooped up by deep-pocketed companies that are building podcasting businesses in direct competition with NPR. “It used to be that hosting a newsmagazine at NPR was the pinnacle” of radio journalism, she said. “Now there are so many opportunities” at Apple, Audible, Net... | null | null | null | null | null |
Welcome to The Daily 202! Tell your friends to sign up here. Via the Associated Press: On this day in 1925, Democrat Nellie Tayloe Ross became America’s first female governor after a special election in Wyoming. She succeeded her late husband, William.
Correction: An earlier version of this bit of political trivia misi... | null | null | null | null | null |
Widespread amounts of 1 to 3 inches are expected with a little more possible locally
A fast-moving storm system will sweep through the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Thursday night, probably laying down about one to three inches of snow in the Washington and Baltimore areas.
It’s not out of the question that a few areas... | null | null | null | null | null |
Francis Markley, scientist
Francis Markley, 82, a NASA scientist for 25 years who retired in 2010, died Dec. 5 at a retirement facility in South Hadley, Mass. The cause was pulmonary fibrosis, said a friend and colleague, Russell Carpenter.
Dr. Markley was born in Philadelphia. He was an assistant professor of physics ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Elizabeth Thom, GWU research scientist
Elizabeth Thom, 72, a research scientist, professor and director at George Washington University’s Biostatistics Center, died Dec. 8 at her home in Washington. The cause was cancer, said a son, Thomas Phillips.
Dr. Thom was born in Felixstowe, England, and came to the Washington a... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: Virginia politicians have already had a rough start to 2022
Drivers wait for the traffic to be cleared as cars and trucks are stranded on sections of Interstate 95 on Tuesday in Carmel Church, Va. About 48 miles of the interstate was closed because of ice and snow. (Steve Helber/Associated Press)
The new year ... | null | null | null | null | null |
CES is the first major trade show of 2022, and its organizer — the Consumer Technology Association — has insisted on holding the event in person despite the fast spread of the omicron variant. The World Economic Forum last month postponed its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, moving it from January to mid-2022, cit... | null | null | null | null | null |
A server at a restaurant as proof of vaccination requirements are in effect in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. San Francisco has become the first major city in the United States to require proof of full vaccination against Covid-19 for a variety of high-risk indoor activities that involve ea... | null | null | null | null | null |
Yet rising temperatures have intensified wildfire behavior and lengthened the season for when they can burn, scientists say. In most forest types, the proportion of fires that are “high severity” (killing the majority of vegetation) has at least doubled in recent decades. The weather necessary for fire — high temperatu... | null | null | null | null | null |
Carl Bouchard, conservation engineer
Carl Bouchard, 80, an engineer with the Agriculture Department’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, died Nov. 17 at his home in Milford, Del. The cause was prostate cancer, said his wife, Janet Bouchard.
Mr. Bouchard was born in Fort Kent, Maine. He began his professional caree... | null | null | null | null | null |
Joseph Collins, car salesman
Joseph Collins, 75, who sold cars at O’Donnell Honda in Ellicott City, Md., for 29 years, died Dec. 3 at a hospice center in Columbia, Md. The cause was renal failure, said a daughter, Maya Collins.
Mr. Collins, a Columbia resident, was born in Washington. He worked for the D.C. Department ... | null | null | null | null | null |
President Donald Trump listens Fox News's Sean Hannity speak at a rally on Nov. 5, 2018, in Cape Girardeau, Mo. (Carolyn Kaster, AP File)
The House Jan. 6 committee asked this week that Fox News host Sean Hannity appear and answer investigators’ questions about his text messages to President Trump’s aides before, durin... | null | null | null | null | null |
That said, amending the ECA is necessary to prevent several tactics the Trump coup plotters considered in 2020. First, the law must make crystal clear that the vice president has no power to stop or alter the electoral vote counting. Second, the number of lawmakers needed to consider challenges should be much higher, n... | null | null | null | null | null |
A covid-19 patient lies intubated in the intensive care unit at Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Jan. 4, 2022. (REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton)
Yet there’s cause for optimism. Most American adults have been inoculated against the virus with at least one dose of a vaccine, reducing the risk they face from se... | null | null | null | null | null |
Two years after resigning amid the U.S. women’s national soccer team’s equal-pay fight, Carlos Cordeiro says he wants to return as president of the sport’s American governing body.
Cordeiro’s decision was not well-received by superstar Megan Rapinoe, leader of the women’s long-standing equality efforts. In a tweet reac... | null | null | null | null | null |
Transcript: Jan. 6: One Year Later with Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.)
MR. CAPEHART: Good morning. I’m Jonathan Capehart, opinion writer for The Washington Post. Welcome to Washington Post Live and our look at January 6th one year later, co-produced with the “Capehart” Podcast. A year ago tomorrow, after a rally on the Elli... | null | null | null | null | null |
The Early 202: Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Tex.)
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Tex.) is one of Capitol Hill’s leading voices on taxes, spending and free trade. On Wednesday, Jan. 12 at 11:00 a.m. ET, Brady talks with Jacqueline Alemany, author of The Early 202 newsletter, about his opposition to President Biden’s “Build Back Better” pla... | null | null | null | null | null |
“Capehart” with Rev. Al Sharpton
Rev. Al Sharpton is a longtime civil rights activist, former presidential candidate and founder and president of the National Action Network. In his new book, “Righteous Troublemakers: Untold Stories of the Social Justice Movement in America,” Sharpton chronicles the tumultuous year fol... | null | null | null | null | null |
Yet rising temperatures have intensified wildfire behavior and lengthened the season for when they can burn, scientists say. In most forest types, the proportion of fires that are “high severity” (killing the majority of vegetation) has at least doubled in recent decades. The weather necessary for fire — high temperatu... | null | null | null | null | null |
The eight-foot-high black metal fence topped with razor wire that surrounded the U.S. Capitol following the Jan. 6 insurrection has been gone since July. The more than 30,000 heavily armed National Guard troops who arrived from all 50 states and the District to help secure the People’s House have returned home. The rum... | null | null | null | null | null |
James Binkley, architect
James Binkley, 79, a senior architect of the U.S. Postal Service who retired in 2009 after 24 years with the agency, died Nov. 27 at his home in Reston, Va. The cause was a pulmonary autoimmune disease, said his wife, Frances Bastress.
Mr. Binkley was born in Winston-Salem, N.C. He had lived in... | null | null | null | null | null |
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday will vow to hold all those responsible for the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol accountable, whether they were actually present or committed other crimes surrounding the day’s events.
“The Justice Department remains committed to holding all January 6th perpetrators, at any level,... | null | null | null | null | null |
But recently, some Republicans are proposing getting Congress out of the role of elections entirely by reforming or getting rid of the Electoral Count Act.
The idea irks top Democrats, because they want to do much more to reform democracy than change this one, esoteric law governing how Congress certifies the winner of... | null | null | null | null | null |
GENEVA — The Swiss army has told its ranks to stop using foreign instant-messaging services like WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram for official communications. Instead, it’s opting for a Swiss alternative —- in part over concerns about legislation in Washington that governs how U.S. authorities can access information held ... | null | null | null | null | null |
FILE - The marquee of the Egyptian Theatre appears during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Jan. 28, 2020. The Sundance Film Festival is cancelling its in-person festival and reverting to an entirely virtual edition due to the current coronavirus surge. Festival organizers announced Wednesday, Jan 5, 202... | null | null | null | null | null |
The Washington Post unveils special coverage plans for January 6 anniversary
The expansive coverage includes on-the-ground reporting and live video coverage from Capitol Hill, dedicated Washington Post Live programming, a live blog and the redistribution of a special print section of the investigative series “The Attac... | null | null | null | null | null |
Pfizer and BioNTech partner again to develop shingles vaccine
Pfizer, BioNTech team
on a shingles vaccine
Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech will develop an mRNA-based vaccine for the prevention of viral infection shingles, collaborating for the third time after the success of their coronavirus vaccine based on the same tec... | null | null | null | null | null |
NASA accomplishes trickiest task on newly launched space telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope’s huge sunshade protects its many scientific instruments
This combination of images from a computer animation shows the unfolding of the components of the James Webb Space Telescope. Webb is so big that it had to be folded... | null | null | null | null | null |
“If we believe that United States history and teaching it, saving it, preserving it and sharing it can help continue the democratic experiment, which is still one of the longest running in the history of the world, then it is one of the most challenging times,” museum director Anthea Hartig said.
Curators are working w... | null | null | null | null | null |
When the streets are cleared and we think back on this week’s snowstorm, the largest since 2019, many of us will remember images that showed adults throwing snowballs on the National Mall, children sledding on neighborhood hills and those stuck-in-place cars and trucks that lined Interstate 95 for more than a day.
“Thi... | null | null | null | null | null |
Government troops make gains in south
The push in Shabwa province comes amid heavy airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition battling the Houthis elsewhere in Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa. The rebels have also stepped up their cross-border attacks, using ballistic missiles and explosives-laden drones to target Saudi... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: What motivates humans
A supporter of then-President Donald Trump places her hand in the face of a counterprotester during an argument outside Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's mansion on Nov. 7, 2020 in St. Paul. (Joshua Lott/The Washington Post)
I agree entirely with George F. Will’s Jan. 2 op-ed, “Acrimonious times ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: Who will replace these environmental giants?
Thomas E. Lovejoy III, a conservation biologist in Australia, in September 2016. (Family photo)
Anyone who knew Thomas E. Lovejoy III, who died on Christmas Day [“Ecologist was dedicated to preserving Amazon rainforest,” news, Dec. 28] knew him to be a big thinker, ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Jan. 6: One Year Later with Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) chairs the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. On Thursday, Jan. 6 at 3:45 p.m. ET, Jonathan Capehart speaks with Thompson about what the committee has learned, the next phase of its work an... | null | null | null | null | null |
In the past few years, the United States has witnessed substantial growth in a domestic extremist movement committed to using violence to overturn our democracy. The warped ideas which motivated the insurrection — the demonization of our fellow Americans, the unwillingness to accept the results of an election unless yo... | null | null | null | null | null |
Those who beat cops with American flags should serve long jail sentences. But the most important lesson from that tragic day may come from deconstructing how plutocrats and trust fund babies deployed propaganda campaigns to push that bloodthirsty mob up the Capitol steps.
Just as the Bakkers used the Gospel of Jesus Ch... | null | null | null | null | null |
The Capitol itself has long been a popular focal point for violence. In 1954, Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the House gallery and wounded five congressman. In 1971, in opposition to the Vietnam War, the Weather Underground detonated a bomb in the men’s bathroom underneath the Senate chamber, saying the goa... | null | null | null | null | null |
D.C. attorney general ends case over Sanford Capital property as Congress Heights apartments get new owner
Roland Carroll, right, an inspector with the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, inspects the kitchen in an apartment in Southeast Washington in 2017. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)
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FILE - Young Dolph performs at The Parking Lot Concert in Atlanta on Aug. 23, 2020. An arrest warrant has been issued for Justin Johnson, 23, in connection with the Nov. 17, 2021, fatal shooting of rapper Young Dolph, who was gunned down in a daylight ambush at a popular cookie shop in his hometown of Memphis, authorit... | null | null | null | null | null |
The odds of this column jinxing my health are excellent
A person takes a coronavirus test on Broadway on Dec. 27, 2021. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)
Discerning readers might have noticed in recent days that an awful lot of Americans have contracted the coronavirus. Not just ordinary Americans: The list includes Broadway star... | null | null | null | null | null |
CES is the first major trade show of 2022, and its organizer — the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) — has insisted on holding the event in person despite the fast spread of the omicron variant. The World Economic Forum last month postponed its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, moving it from January to mid-202... | null | null | null | null | null |
“If we believe that United States history and teaching it, saving it, preserving it and sharing it can help continue the democratic experiment, which is still one of the
longest-running in the history of the world, then it is one of the most challenging times,” museum director Anthea Hartig said.
Curators are working w... | null | null | null | null | null |
A U.S. Capitol Police officer confronts supporters of President Donald Trump inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
Reporter Jacqueline Alemany has been following the Jan. 6 commission for the past six months. As we come up on the first anniversary of the attack on the Capitol, Alemany reports on ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Though the county’s five-member Board of Supervisors includes four elected Republicans, the group unanimously voted to certify Biden’s victory in 2020. Supervisors, including then-Chairman Clint Hickman, refused to interfere with the process despite pressure from fellow Republicans.
During an annual ceremony to elect a... | null | null | null | null | null |
“While my commitment to making incarceration a matter of last resort is immutable, the path to get there through these policies will be dynamic, and, not static, and will be informed by our discussions and our work with trial lawyers, law enforcement and others in the weeks and months ahead," he said in a statement to ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Taylor Heinicke remembers not too long ago when the prospect of playing for a nameless team seemed like the least appealing option — if he ever got another opportunity in the NFL. Now, after a season of starting for one, he could be an unofficial record-holder: the most prolific Washington Football Team quarterback.
“W... | null | null | null | null | null |
Homer Plessy, whose arrest led to ‘separate but equal’ ruling, is posthumously pardoned
Homer Plessy receives posthumous pardon
At a ceremony held near the spot where Plessy was arrested, Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) said he was “beyond grateful” to help restore Plessy’s “legacy of the rightness of his cause . . . undefil... | null | null | null | null | null |
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Long snapper Jacob Bobenmoyer cut a lonely figure at the Denver Broncos practice on Wednesday with both kicker Brandon McManus and punter Sam Martin on the reserve/COVID-19 list.
“I’ve learned a lot from Coach Fangio since I’ve been in this league,” Lock said. “... I mean, you become a way better pla... | null | null | null | null | null |
When the streets are cleared and we think back on this week’s snowstorm, the largest since 2019, many of us will remember images that showed adults throwing snowballs on the National Mall, children sledding on neighborhood hills, and those stuck-in-place cars and trucks that lined Interstate 95 for more than a day.
“Th... | null | null | null | null | null |
Classes canceled as Chicago teachers vote to defy in-person learning order
Union, responding to the covid surge, opted to stay home until Jan. 18
Students leave Darwin Elementary in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood on Monday, the first day back to school from winter break. (Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service)
Chic... | null | null | null | null | null |
A previous version of this story included the incorrect gender for René Nuñez, who is a man.
Vierk, a former chef who is taking a break from restaurants, had often visited Berkeley’s tool-lending library when she lived in the Bay Area. When she moved to Chicago in 2016, she wanted to start a community project of some k... | null | null | null | null | null |
“While my commitment to making incarceration a matter of last resort is immutable, the path to get there through these policies will be dynamic, and not static, and will be informed by our discussions and our work with trial lawyers, law enforcement and others in the weeks and months ahead," he said in a statement to T... | null | null | null | null | null |
In the past few years, the United States has witnessed substantial growth in a domestic extremist movement committed to using violence to overturn our democracy. The warped ideas that motivated the insurrection — the demonization of our fellow Americans, the unwillingness to accept the results of an election unless you... | null | null | null | null | null |
Those who beat cops with American flags should serve long jail sentences. But the most important lesson from that tragic day may come from deconstructing how plutocrats and trust-fund babies deployed propaganda campaigns to push that bloodthirsty mob up the Capitol steps.
Just as the Bakkers used the Gospel of Jesus Ch... | null | null | null | null | null |
Taylor Heinicke remembers not too long ago when the prospect of playing for a nameless team seemed like the least appealing option — if he ever got another opportunity in the NFL. Now, after a season spent starting for one, he could be an unofficial record-holder: the most prolific Washington Football Team quarterback.... | null | null | null | null | null |
North Korea says it tested a new hypersonic missile in its second launch since September
A view of what North Korea's state news agency KCNA reports is the test-firing of a hypersonic missile at an undisclosed location on Jan. 5. (Kcna/Via Reuters)
Pyongyang on Wednesday test-fired what its neighbors said was an appare... | null | null | null | null | null |
This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test launch of a hypersonic missile in North Korea Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provide... | null | null | null | null | null |
Earthships have long been an offbeat curiosity for travelers, but through the lens of climate change, they suddenly look like a housing haven
Earthships were first built in the arid climate of Taos, N.M., maximizing abundant sunlight while using all they can from about eight inches of rainfall per year. (Ramsay de Give... | null | null | null | null | null |
Alex Ovechkin has 24 goals this season. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post)
With an unassisted goal five minutes into the first period in Washington’s inaugural game Oct. 9, 1974, Jim Hrycuik gave the Washington Capitals a 1-0 lead at Madison Square Garden. The ensuing 10:37 — before New York Rangers forward Greg Pol... | null | null | null | null | null |
Cordeiro’s decision was not well received by superstar Megan Rapinoe, leader of the women’s long-standing equality efforts. In a tweet reacting to an ESPN story about Cordeiro’s plans to run, the veteran winger questioned whether he had resigned under pressure or “embarrassed everything and everyone with caveman levels... | null | null | null | null | null |
Antonio Brown says he had serious ankle injury against Jets: ‘I didn’t quit. I was cut’
Antonio Brown released a statement through his attorney Wednesday. (Andrew Mills/NJ Advance Media via AP)
Antonio Brown said Wednesday that he was suffering from a serious ankle injury and was unable to reenter Sunday’s game for the... | null | null | null | null | null |
Veteran tackle Charles Leno Jr. arrived in Washington last May and quickly emerged as a valuable piece of its offense. (Matt Rourke/AP)
According to two people with knowledge of the situation, the team agreed to a three-year, $37.5 million contract with veteran tackle Charles Leno Jr. on Wednesday, ensuring one of its ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Australian Open courtesy cars parked outside Melbourne Airport ahead of the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. Serbia’s Novak Djokovic had received the medical exemption he needed to play at the Australian Open but the tennis champion had his visa cancelled and was prevented from entering ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Tackle Charles Leno Jr. joined Washington in May and quickly emerged as a valuable piece of its offense. (Matt Rourke/AP)
According to two people with knowledge of the situation, the team agreed to a three-year, $37.5 million contract with tackle Charles Leno Jr. on Wednesday, ensuring one of its key veterans and offen... | null | null | null | null | null |
Kazakhstan’s Internet was blacked out Thursday, with national banking services reportedly suspended, as the country entered a fifth day of sweeping protests against its government. The country also braced for the entrance of peacekeepers from a Russian-led military alliance, hours after a regional leader answered belea... | null | null | null | null | null |
In this image from Senate Television video, Paul Allard Hodgkins, 38, of Tampa, Fla., front, stands in the well on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. Hodgkins’ attorney wrote in part, “This country has a long history of the public seeking to punish those who are perceived to hav... | null | null | null | null | null |
Biden Must Hold Ethiopia’s Abiy Accountable
Could Joe Biden become the first American president to sanction a Nobel Peace Prize winner for war crimes and human-rights abuses? As the U.S. steps up efforts to end Ethiopia’s bloody civil war, it must reckon with credible reports that the government of the 2019 laureate Pr... | null | null | null | null | null |
BRISBANE, Australia — Novak Djokovic’s chance to play for a 10th Australian Open title was thrown into limbo when the country denied him entry and canceled his visa because he failed to meet the requirements for an exemption to COVID-19 vaccination rules.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans have made the easy move ... | null | null | null | null | null |
The E.U. continues to sanction Belarus. Some Belarusians agree.
But our surveys reveal why that support may be waning.
A Polish soldier secures the Polish-Belarusian border near the village of Czeremcha in eastern Poland on Dec. 17. Poland, Lithuania and Latvia have seen increased migratory pressure on their borders wi... | null | null | null | null | null |
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