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The banned terms on the Olympic app include unwelcome references to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, Tibetan Buddhists and the Dalai Lama, and Tiananmen Square, and the Falun Gong. But the list also highlights more obscure sore spots, such as infighting between ex-leaders Hu Jintao and Jiang Zemin. There’... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: It’s about the water, not the data centers
Prince William County water tower in Woodbridge. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post)
I live in Virginia’s “rural crescent.”
The Jan. 16 Metro article “Fight over data centers roils rural Prince William” did not tell the real story. Everyone who lives in the rural cre... | null | null | null | null | null |
It reminded us that things can still get better, partly because people can.
Characters on “The Expanse.” (Amazon Studios)
Last week, “The Expanse” — the best science fiction series of this century, and possibly all centuries — came to an end. There is plenty to admire about the show. “The Expanse” is an exemplar of “ha... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: Animal welfare matters to most Americans
A hog walks in a holding pen on the Ron Mardesen farm in Elliott, Iowa, on Dec. 2, 2021. (Charlie Neibergall/AP)
Regarding Mitch Daniels’s Jan. 19 Wednesday Opinion column, “California’s ham-fisted war on pork offers some useful lessons”:
In a way, California’s animal c... | null | null | null | null | null |
After clinching a tiebreaker to claim the first five-set victory of his career, Sebastian Korda celebrated his 4-hour, 47-minute triumph at the Australian Open with a scissors kick — rare theatrics for an uncommonly even-keeled 21-year-old with designs on tennis greatness.
Blackman is also buoyed by the fact that they ... | null | null | null | null | null |
“These culture war issues do just have a resonance,” Ruffini told me. “Everybody says, all right, you need to talk about bread-and-butter kitchen-table economic issues. The challenge for both sides is it gets very hard to get people to pay attention to that, even if you have a message on those issues. It’s very hard to... | null | null | null | null | null |
Look where we ended up. A political faction that spent March 2021 wailing about Dr. Seuss and the purported threat to speech and open discussion in the United States transitioned into a faction that advocated restrictions on the availability of particular books or lines of argument and instruction. We shouldn’t assume ... | null | null | null | null | null |
DALLAS — International airlines have canceled some flights heading to or departing from the U.S. The cancellations Wednesday were less dramatic than feared, but represented the latest complication in a dispute over concerns that 5G mobile phone service could interfere with aircraft technology. Airlines said they receiv... | null | null | null | null | null |
FILE - Robert Mardini speaks during a news conference on the situation in Gaza, at the International Red Cross, headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 31, 2018. The International Committee of the Red Cross, which is best known for helping war victims, says hackers broke into servers hosting its data and gained acc... | null | null | null | null | null |
U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehend a migrant illegally crossing over the Mexico and U.S. border in Calexico, Calif., on Jan. 4, 2022. (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg)
D.C. Circuit Judge Justin Walker struggled to pin down the Biden administration’s approach to the border Wednesday. In one lawsuit, he said, government officials... | null | null | null | null | null |
NEW YORK — Authorities decades ago blew chances to build a case against multimillionaire Robert Durst in the death of his first wife, a suburban New York prosecutor said Wednesday after Durst’s death in a California hospital lockup last week quashed a case that took nearly 40 years to bring.
At his trial, Durst denied ... | null | null | null | null | null |
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Wednesday presented his final budget proposal, touting tax cuts, record education and school construction spending and aid for the vulnerable amid an enormous surplus.
Hogan’s proposal would gradually eliminate the taxation of all income for retirees above 65 who receive So... | null | null | null | null | null |
President Biden takes questions from reporters during a news conference in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
One of the two main policy priorities President Biden is advocating at the moment is legislation that would bolster elections by ensuring early and mai... | null | null | null | null | null |
The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of Florida, claims Commissioners Joe Carollo, Alex Diaz de la Portilla and Manolo Reyes “weaponized City resources against perceived enemies, impermissible issued and/or dictated orders to Chief Acevedo and the Miami Police Department, and interfered with his operations,” acc... | null | null | null | null | null |
FILE - This April 12, 2018, file photo shows Britney Spears at the 29th annual GLAAD Media Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif.Disability rights activists and advocates for Britney Spears backed a California proposal Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2022, to provide more protections for those under court-ordered conservatorships, while ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Transcript: Valerie Bertinelli, Author, “Enough Already: Learning to Love the Way I Am Today”
MR. EDGERS: Hey, folks. This is Geoff Edgers, national arts reporter here from the National Arts Bureau. And we are lucky today to have Valerie Bertinelli, who we first met as America’s sweetheart on “One Day at a Time,” and s... | null | null | null | null | null |
The shift intensified a harsher tone that Biden has taken this year toward Republicans, starting with an address commemorating the Jan. 6 Capitol assault and continuing in Georgia last week with a blistering address suggesting that those who do not support the current voting rights bills will be remembered in history a... | null | null | null | null | null |
After practice this week, a day before the Washington Wizards’ gutting 119-118 loss to the Brooklyn Nets at Capital One Arena, Bradley Beal spoke about his team’s “good problems.”
As the roster returns to full health, the Wizards’ depth is so extensive that it leaves at least two previously significant role players out... | null | null | null | null | null |
Spurs: Murray’s dozen triple-doubles are second in franchise history, trailing Hall of Famer David Robinson’s 14. Alvin Robertson (eight) is third followed by Johnny Moore (six) and Tim Duncan (four). ... Assistant coach Becky Hammon remained in the health and safety protocols and was joined by fellow assistants Mitch ... | null | null | null | null | null |
At a contentious and chaotic school board meeting in Virginia’s Spotsylvania County this month, members moved into an unplanned closed session and voted to fire Baker, who had served in the role for a decade. The board probably violated Virginia open meetings law, and it failed to identify an interim superintendent. Bu... | null | null | null | null | null |
Biden is engaging in a practice perfected by former president Donald Trump — offering numbers without context. The United States is emerging from a pandemic that caused huge job losses in 2020 — 9 million jobs, in fact. The rounds of stimulus bills — passed under Trump and Biden — certainly had an impact. The unemploym... | null | null | null | null | null |
But the majority of those cases can be explained as the result of some preexisting medical condition or were caused by environmental or other factors, the official said, declining to specify the precise number.
Only “a couple dozen” incidents, which the official deemed “the toughest cases,” have no explanation as yet, ... | null | null | null | null | null |
A convoy of Russian armored vehicles moves along a highway in Crimea, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. Russia has concentrated an estimated 100,000 troops with tanks and other heavy weapons near Ukraine in what the West fears could be a prelude to an invasion. The Biden administration is unlikely to answer a further Russian inv... | null | null | null | null | null |
The majority of cases could be attributed to a preexisting medical condition or environmental or other factors, the senior official said. “A few dozen” of those incidents, which the official called “the toughest cases,” could not be explained and will receive further scrutiny, the official said. “Our work is continuing... | null | null | null | null | null |
Saint Bonaventure Bonnies (10-4, 2-1 A-10) at Duquesne Dukes (6-9, 1-2 A-10)
BOTTOM LINE: Leon Ayers III and the Duquesne Dukes host Jaren Holmes and the Saint Bonaventure Bonnies in A-10 action.
The Dukes are 3-4 in home games. Duquesne is 4-4 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents and averages 10.7 turnovers ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Brown leads Washington against Oregon State after 25-point game
Washington Huskies (8-8, 3-2 Pac-12) at Oregon State Beavers (3-13, 1-5 Pac-12)
Corvallis, Oregon; Thursday, 11:30 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Oregon State -2.5; over/under is 143.5
BOTTOM LINE: Washington visits the Oregon State Beavers after Terrel... | null | null | null | null | null |
Bryant Bulldogs (9-8, 5-1 NEC) at Merrimack Warriors (9-10, 4-2 NEC)
North Andover, Massachusetts; Friday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Bryant visits the Merrimack Warriors after Peter Kiss scored 31 points in Bryant’s 82-52 victory against the Saint Francis (PA) Red Flash.
The Warriors are 5-4 on their home court. Merrimac... | null | null | null | null | null |
Youngstown State Penguins (10-8, 4-4 Horizon) at Cleveland State Vikings (11-4, 7-1 Horizon)
Cleveland; Friday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Youngstown State plays the Cleveland State Vikings after Dwayne Cohill scored 25 points in Youngstown State’s 90-87 win over the Wright State Raiders.
The Vikings are 9-2 on their home... | null | null | null | null | null |
Evansville faces Illinois State, looks to break 5-game slide
Evansville Purple Aces (4-12, 0-5 MVC) at Illinois State Redbirds (9-9, 2-3 MVC)
Normal, Illinois; Friday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Evansville enters the matchup with Illinois State after losing five straight games.
The Redbirds are 8-2 in home games. Illinois... | null | null | null | null | null |
James leads Rider against Canisius after 24-point game
Rider Broncs (5-11, 1-5 MAAC) at Canisius Golden Griffins (5-12, 1-5 MAAC)
BOTTOM LINE: Rider plays the Canisius Golden Griffins after Mervin James scored 24 points in Rider’s 73-67 loss to the Quinnipiac Bobcats.
The Golden Griffins are 4-3 on their home court. Ca... | null | null | null | null | null |
Kent State Golden Flashes (9-8, 4-3 MAC) at Buffalo Bulls (9-6, 3-2 MAC)
BOTTOM LINE: Buffalo hosts the Kent State Golden Flashes after Jeenathan Williams scored 20 points in Buffalo’s 74-68 win against the Ball State Cardinals.
The Bulls have gone 4-1 at home. Buffalo ranks eighth in the MAC shooting 34.0% from downto... | null | null | null | null | null |
Nevada faces Fresno State following Sherfield's 20-point showing
Fresno State Bulldogs (13-4, 3-1 MWC) at Nevada Wolf Pack (8-7, 2-2 MWC)
Reno, Nevada; Friday, 11 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Nevada hosts the Fresno State Bulldogs after Grant Sherfield scored 20 points in Nevada’s 77-67 loss to the Wyoming Cowboys.
The Wolf P... | null | null | null | null | null |
No. 14 Michigan State visits No. 8 Wisconsin after Davis' 27-point performance
Michigan State Spartans (14-3, 5-1 Big Ten) at Wisconsin Badgers (15-2, 6-1 Big Ten)
Madison, Wisconsin; Friday, 9 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 8 Wisconsin takes on the No. 14 Michigan State Spartans after Jonathan Davis scored 27 points in Wis... | null | null | null | null | null |
Toledo Rockets (14-4, 6-1 MAC) at Ohio Bobcats (14-2, 5-0 MAC)
Athens, Ohio; Friday, 6 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Ohio hosts the Toledo Rockets after Ben Vander Plas scored 23 points in Ohio’s 86-63 win over the Miami (OH) RedHawks.
The Bobcats have gone 9-0 in home games. Ohio is fifth in the MAC with 30.9 points per game ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Plummer leads No. 17 Illinois against Maryland after 24-point game
Illinois Fighting Illini (13-4, 6-1 Big Ten) at Maryland Terrapins (9-9, 1-6 Big Ten)
College Park, Maryland; Friday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 17 Illinois visits the Maryland Terrapins after Alfonso Plummer scored 24 points in Illinois’ 96-88 overtim... | null | null | null | null | null |
Sacred Heart plays Mount St. Mary's after Thomas' 21-point performance
Sacred Heart Pioneers (7-12, 3-3 NEC) at Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers (6-12, 2-4 NEC)
Emmitsburg, Maryland; Friday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Sacred Heart takes on the Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers after Tanner Thomas scored 21 points in Sacred Heart... | null | null | null | null | null |
Central Connecticut State Blue Devils (5-14, 2-4 NEC) at Saint Francis (PA) Red Flash (5-12, 1-5 NEC)
Loretto, Pennsylvania; Friday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Saint Francis (PA) takes on Cent. Conn. St. looking to break its three-game home slide.
The Red Flash have gone 2-3 at home. Saint Francis (PA) is third in the NEC... | null | null | null | null | null |
Saint Peter’s Peacocks (6-6, 4-1 MAAC) at Niagara Purple Eagles (8-8, 3-4 MAAC)
Lewiston, New York; Friday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Niagara plays the Saint Peter’s Peacocks after Noah Thomasson scored 20 points in Niagara’s 72-63 win against the Manhattan Jaspers.
The Purple Eagles have gone 3-2 in home games. Niagara ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Spear leads Robert Morris against Purdue Fort Wayne after 21-point game
Robert Morris Colonials (3-14, 1-7 Horizon) at Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (9-8, 4-4 Horizon)
Fort Wayne, Indiana; Friday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Robert Morris takes on the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons after Kahliel Spear scored 21 points in Robert... | null | null | null | null | null |
The software giant has carved out a distinct reputation among policymakers, distancing itself from the political scrutiny embroiling its top competitors in Washington
Microsoft President Brad Smith testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill. It’s one of many appearances the company made as... | null | null | null | null | null |
“Our schools are a critical source of stability for kids — we know they learn better in the classroom and thrive among their peers,” Lujan Grisham said in a news release. " … The state stands ready to help keep kids in the classroom, parents able to go to work and teachers able to fully focus on the critical work they ... | null | null | null | null | null |
“Our schools are a critical source of stability for kids — we know they learn better in the classroom and thrive among their peers,” Lujan Grisham said in a news release. “The state stands ready to help keep kids in the classroom, parents able to go to work and teachers able to fully focus on the critical work they do ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Laura Marano as Izzy in “The Royal Treatment.” (Kirsty Griffin/Netflix)
It’s not hard to guess what happens to Izzy and her handsome prince, who is betrothed to another at the start of the film. But that doesn’t make it any less fun to watch. “Regular girl falling in love with a prince of made-up country is something w... | null | null | null | null | null |
She will take on Del. Jazz Lewis (D), a protege of House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.), who endorsed him; Glenn Ivey, who served as county state’s attorney from 2002 to 2010 before running unsuccessfully against Brown in 2016; and former delegate Angela Angel, who served two terms in the House of Delegates and... | null | null | null | null | null |
From left, former Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. The three former Minneapolis police officers charged with federal civil rights violations in George Floyd’s death will go on trial Jan. 20. (Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office/AP)
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Jury selection is set to begin T... | null | null | null | null | null |
A dangerous conspiracy theory animated the attack on a Texas synagogue
Congregation Beth Israel Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker hugs a man after a service Monday night at White's Chapel United Methodist Church in Southlake, Tex. Cytron-Walker was one of four people held hostage by a gunman at his synagogue this past weeken... | null | null | null | null | null |
If the former president can’t use media platforms to advance his ‘big lie,’ they are useless to him
Former president Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Canyon Moon Ranch festival grounds in Arizona on Jan. 15. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Federico Finchelstein is professor of history at the New School and author of the... | null | null | null | null | null |
The news of Diaz-Johnston’s death brought about an outpouring of grief from LGBTQ advocates, who highlighted the role he played in furthering gay rights in the state.
At the time, Diaz and Johnston had been dating for about a year and wanted to marry in Florida, Diaz told the Herald when the couple filed suit.
The coup... | null | null | null | null | null |
FILE PHOTO: Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful for the last time from the balcony of his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo February 28, 2013. REUTERS/ Tony Gentile/File Photo (Tony Gentile/Reuters)
The law firm that carried out the investigation said Benedict could be accused of wrongdoing in four cases, includin... | null | null | null | null | null |
Stampede at church gathering, sparked by armed gang attack, kills at least 29 in Liberian capital
At least 29 people died Wednesday night following a stampede at a religious gathering in the Liberian capital of Monrovia.
The stampede erupted at a “crusade,” as some Christian prayer gatherings are known in Liberia, orga... | null | null | null | null | null |
In this photo provided by the University of Alabama at Birmingham, surgeons prepare to transplant kidneys from a genetically modified pig into the body of a deceased recipient in September 2021. The experimental procedure was a step-by-step rehearsal for operations they hope to try in living patients possibly later in ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Jenner said it’s unfair for transgender women like Thomas to compete in women’s sports. Thomas, a 22-year-old University of Pennsylvania senior, has been setting records and crushing competitors this season for the women’s swim team, re-electrifying one of more recent battles in the culture wars — how transgender athle... | null | null | null | null | null |
Kazakhstan’s protesters weren’t happy about government corruption. Will anything change?
Here’s what my research found
People walk past cars burned during clashes between protesters and government forces on a street in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Jan. 7. (Vasily Krestyaninov/AP)
By Margaret Hanson
After mass unrest that kic... | null | null | null | null | null |
Researchers for the French National Center for Scientific Research study corals in the waters off the coast of Tahiti of the French Polynesia in December 2021. (Alexis Rosenfeld/AP)
Photos released by the team showed a seabed covered with rose-shaped corals — some of them more than 6 feet (2 meters) in diameter. | null | null | null | null | null |
Taken as a whole, the Tuesday filing offers the clearest picture yet of the evidence investigators have against Trump and his three eldest children and suggests how they might proceed. A civil case is likely to be filed by James in the upcoming months, while a criminal case on valuation practices remains less certain, ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Jenner said it’s unfair for transgender women such as Thomas to compete in women’s sports. Thomas, a 22-year-old University of Pennsylvania senior, has been setting records and crushing competitors this season for the women’s swim team, re-electrifying one of more recent battles in the culture wars — how transgender at... | null | null | null | null | null |
News of Diaz-Johnston’s death brought an outpouring of grief from LGBTQ advocates, who highlighted the role he played in furthering gay rights in the state.
At the time, Diaz and Johnston had been dating for about a year and wanted to marry in Florida, Diaz told the Herald when the couple filed the lawsuit.
The couples... | null | null | null | null | null |
Biden’s first two attempts to help young people brought to this country when they were young were blocked. Fortunately, there’s a Plan C.
Arlin Karina Tellez, front left, a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals beneficiary and student at Trinity Washington University, demonstrates with others in front of the Supreme C... | null | null | null | null | null |
Losing the child tax credit would sting, but it’s worth the historic investments in climate and child care
President Biden speaks during a news conference on Wednesday. (Oliver Contreras/Bloomberg)
To be a parent in this moment is to be encircled by crises. There’s the pandemic, of course, but America’s family-unfriend... | null | null | null | null | null |
Since economists don’t agree on what’s causing it, someone will likely use it to sell other policies.
President Gerald Ford holds a news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House on Oct. 9, 1974, the day after disclosing his anti-inflation program. (AP)
By Elizabeth Popp Berman
Inflation, which recently hit 7 pe... | null | null | null | null | null |
Prosecutors said recent developments prompted them to seek the dropping of the case against Gang Chen, a Chinese American nanoscientist. The filing was made in U.S. District Court in Boston.
But what tipped the scale was an interview by prosecutors this month of a senior Energy Department official, who is considered an... | null | null | null | null | null |
It seems many of their colleagues are finally getting the message, launching a gold rush for the music catalogues of the world’s most iconic names. Bruce Springsteen. Bob Dylan. Stevie Nicks. Paul Simon. Tina Turner. They have all cashed in. David Bowie’s estate sold his catalogue earlier this year; John Legend, earlie... | null | null | null | null | null |
“A lot of people have dry skin — that’s just a lack of moisture in the skin itself,” said Priya Parthasarathy, a podiatrist who practices in Silver Spring, Md., and is chair of the American Podiatric Medical Association’s communications committee. “When you have severely dry skin, or you don’t treat that dry skin, it d... | null | null | null | null | null |
FILE - Jamie Dornan arrives at the premiere of “Belfast” on Nov. 8, 2021, in Los Angeles. Dornan stars in The BBC series “The Tourist” which will air in the U.S. on HBO Max later this year. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
NEW YORK — One of the most memorable scenes in “ Belfast ” is when Jamie Dornan’s character s... | null | null | null | null | null |
BALTIMORE — Three men, including an anti-violence worker, were killed in a shooting in East Baltimore on Wednesday night, police said.
In July, Safe Streets Cherry Hill worker Kenyell Wilson was fatally shot. Last January, Safe Streets leader Dante Barksdale was shot and killed. He had served time in prison and was the... | null | null | null | null | null |
New York police said they are looking for a woman who was captured on video spitting on an 8-year-old Jewish boy on Friday and telling him and his young siblings that Hitler should have killed them. The woman has yet to be publicly identified. (Screenshot via YouTube/CBS New York; New York Police Department)
The incide... | null | null | null | null | null |
Race in America: The Power of Representation with Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Tex.)
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Tex.), whose district stretches from El Paso to San Antonio, was recently named co-chair of the Congressional Hispanic Conference. On Friday, Jan. 28 at 10:00 a.m. ET, Gonzales joins congressional reporter Marianna Sotom... | null | null | null | null | null |
Jack Spahr Sr., insurance broker
Jack Spahr Sr., 96, an insurance broker who operated his own business in Arlington, Va., died Dec. 29 at his home in Falls Church, Va. He had skin cancer and kidney failure, said a son, Jack Spahr Jr.
Mr. Spahr was born in Eldorado, Ill., and moved to the Washington area in 1940. Thirty... | null | null | null | null | null |
New York police said they are looking for a woman who was captured on video spitting on an 8-year-old Jewish boy on Jan. 14 and telling him and his young siblings that Hitler should have killed them. The woman has yet to be publicly identified. (Screenshot via YouTube/CBS New York; New York Police Department)
The incid... | null | null | null | null | null |
Bertha Morgan, defense analyst
Bertha Morgan, 95, who retired in 1986 as a Defense Intelligence Agency analyst after 35 years of federal service, died Nov. 16 at a medical facility in Largo, Md. The cause was Parkinson’s disease and heart disease, said a daughter, Carolyn Baker.
Mrs. Morgan, a resident of Mitchellville... | null | null | null | null | null |
Reps. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) and Kay Granger (R-Tex.) voted against the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal in November, but they are now touting funding for projects in their home states thanks to the measure.
Ultimately, only 13 House Republicans voted for the infrastructure bill — and were heavily criticize... | null | null | null | null | null |
Foley is among legal scholars who have advocated for reforming the 1887 law that governs the counting of electoral college votes so there is no ambiguity about what Congress should do if confronted with dueling slates. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has signaled that he is open to the debate. | null | null | null | null | null |
Coronavirus: Impact on Children with Kurt Newman, MD
With the continued spread of the omicron variant, new hospitalizations for children under 18 have hit record highs, leaving children’s hospitals reeling from an unprecedented strain. On Tuesday, Jan. 25 at 10:00 a.m. ET, Kurt Newman, MD, president and CEO of Children... | null | null | null | null | null |
While Black immigrants have much in common with both U.S.-born Black Americans and other immigrant groups, their experience stands apart in a number of ways. Nearly a third of Black immigrants over the age of 25 have a college degree, compared with 22 percent of U.S.-born Black Americans, the Pew report notes. Black im... | null | null | null | null | null |
Roy Choi’s ‘Broken Bread’ is a food show that’s really about gentrification and other social issues
“Our mission statement is looking at broken food systems and finding good people doing great things against all odds,” the Los Angeles chef says
Roy Choi meets the people actively preserving Latinx cuisine in Los Angeles... | null | null | null | null | null |
Nancy Matthews, exhibits director
Nancy Matthews, 94, who retired in 2008 as director of international exhibits for Meridian International Center, a Washington nonprofit organization that promotes international understanding, died Jan. 7 at an assisted-living facility in Missoula, Mont. The cause was complications of a... | null | null | null | null | null |
Rebecca Robinson, rental site director
Rebecca Robinson, 70, who retired in 2015 as director of rental events at the Woodend Sanctuary and Mansion, an Audubon Naturalist Society property in Chevy Chase, Md., died Jan. 13 at her home in Kensington, Md. The cause was cancer, said her husband, Scott Robinson.
Mrs. Robinso... | null | null | null | null | null |
A customer buys an Antigen Rapid Testing Self-Test Kits at a vending machine in Singapore in September 2021. (Lauryn Ishak/Bloomberg)
Brits are testing before book club
Brits test as part of quarantine rules, but also before meeting friends for book club or taking their kids to a birthday party or visiting elderly rela... | null | null | null | null | null |
She will take on Del. Jazz Lewis (D), a protege of House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.), who endorsed him; Glenn Ivey, who served as county state’s attorney from 2002 to 2010 before running unsuccessfully against Brown in 2016; and former delegate Angela Angel, who served two terms in the House of Delegates and... | null | null | null | null | null |
Foley is among legal scholars who have advocated for changing the 1887 law that governs the counting of electoral college votes so there is no ambiguity about what Congress should do if confronted with dueling slates. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has signaled that he is open to the debate. | null | null | null | null | null |
NEWARK, Del. — A person was found dead inside a burning townhouse in Newark on Wednesday night, Delaware fire investigators said.
Firefighters were called to a home on Council Circle around 10 p.m. and found flames shooting from a middle-of-the-row townhouse, the Delaware State Fire Marshal’s office said in a news rele... | null | null | null | null | null |
An “exile” from the American South finds the nation’s soul there
BIRMINGHAM, AL - June 19: People are seen near a memorial sculpture memorializing Martin Luther King Jr. during a Black Voters Matter event on June19, 2021 in Birmingham, Alabama. The four girls were killed during the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing by... | null | null | null | null | null |
Prince Andrew easily could have won his bid to get the suit against him tossed
If his accuser lives in Australia, not Colorado, the federal court in Manhattan has no jurisdiction
Prince Andrew is featured on the front pages of British newspapers on Jan. 13, the day after he lost his bid to have a civil lawsuit filed ag... | null | null | null | null | null |
No Democrat has been as integrated into the effort to institute accountability for the riot at the Capitol last year as Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.). Raskin led the prosecution during President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial last February, arguing that Trump’s incitement of the riot warranted conviction. He is al... | null | null | null | null | null |
Frandsen, then, was decided on by both the club and network. Details of his contract were not immediately known Thursday afternoon. This offseason, Carpenter signed on for two more years, according to multiple people with knowledge of the situation. The opening for Frandsen was created after the Nationals declined to b... | null | null | null | null | null |
Transcript: The Biden Administration: Cedric Richmond
MR. CAPEHART: Good morning. I’m Jonathan Capehart, opinion writer for The Washington Post. Welcome to Washington Post Live and another in our series on the Biden administration. From 2011 until 2021, Cedric Richmond represented the Second Congressional District of L... | null | null | null | null | null |
Ice storm warnings are up for Wilmington, N.C., and Myrtle Beach, S.C., while a winter storm watch is in effect for Virginia Beach
A high-resolution model simulating freezing rain in the Carolinas. (WeatherBell)
Southeast Virginia could experience a combination of ice and snow at times through Saturday morning. It’s un... | null | null | null | null | null |
The Washington Nationals unveiled a revamped player development staff this week, checking their biggest box in what’s otherwise been a quiet, lockout-dampened offseason. There are a lot of new names — some familiar, some less so — and added roles to sift through. And a lot of questions, too, a handful of which are aske... | null | null | null | null | null |
The sweeping legislation will likely be subject to months of debate before a final vote.
The Louise Weiss building, the principle seat of the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, France. (Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg)
The legislative arm of the 27-nation bloc voted overwhelmingly to given initial approval to the sprawling... | null | null | null | null | null |
Frandsen, then, was decided on by both the club and network. Details of his contract were not available Thursday afternoon. This offseason, Carpenter signed on for two more years, according to multiple people with knowledge of the situation. The opening for Frandsen was created after the Nationals declined to bring bac... | null | null | null | null | null |
Some restaurants are opting to shut down their indoor dining operations and go back to takeout-only instead. Rise Bakery in Minneapolis this week alerted its customers that its dining room would close, citing the new requirements. “We have made the tough decision to once again stack up our tables & chairs,” the restaur... | null | null | null | null | null |
Surgeons at the University of Alabama at Birmingham prepare to transplant kidneys from a genetically modified pig into the body of a brain-dead recipient in September 2021. (UAB/AP) (AP)
Surgeons at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have transplanted genetically modified pig kidneys into a brain-dead man, the uni... | null | null | null | null | null |
HELENA, Mont. — Former Montana Gov. Steve Bullock and former Bureau of Land Management Director Neil Kornze are two of the first four board members of a new nonprofit foundation created to help leverage public and private funds to conserve, protect and restore land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. | null | null | null | null | null |
This combination photo shows Comedian Redd Foxx, left, speaking to journalists about the reasons he left the top-rated sitcom “Sanford & Son,” March 14, 1974 in New York and actor Demond Wilson participating in a CBS “Face the Nation” discussion on school prayer on May 5, 1984, in Washington. It was 50 years ago this m... | null | null | null | null | null |
“I was looking at the IP list, I mean, let’s go!” Spencer said. "‘King’s Quest,’ ‘Guitar Hero.’ … I should know this but I think they got ‘HeXen.’”
Toys for Bob, one of the studios working under the Activision Blizzard banner, successfully launched games like “Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time,” but later get folded i... | null | null | null | null | null |
It could be entirely speculative based upon only Hannity’s texts, and perhaps the threatened resignations didn’t result from determining the plan was illegal. It would also be relevant whether Trump was informed of what White House counsel had determined. But it at least suggests this is a key part of what the committe... | null | null | null | null | null |
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has requested voluntary testimony from Ivanka Trump, saying in a letter sent Thursday that witnesses have told investigators that she may have direct knowledge of President Donald Trump’s actions before, during and after his supporters attempted ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Senators and representatives receive a substantial amount of information that the public does not, including details about how U.S. companies operate and how the government scrutinizes businesses. The fact that so much congressional stock trading goes on — with thousands of stocks traded each year by members of both pa... | null | null | null | null | null |
The stock pared some of its losses before falling again. It closed at $24.22, down nearly 24 percent. The share price has tumbled 84 percent the past year.
The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Post.
Peloton was among a cadre of fitness-minded companies that benefited in the early da... | null | null | null | null | null |
The Home Depot store in Riverbank, Calif., is one of more than 70 stores across the United States to sport rooftop solar panels. (The Home Depot)
With roughly 2,000 stores in the United States, Home Depot ranks third among superstores in rooftop solar potential. The home-improvement retailer said more than 70 of its st... | null | null | null | null | null |
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