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In 2021, Joni Mitchell was honored at the 44th Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C. (Samuel Corum/AFP/Getty Images)
The singer, who last year celebrated the 50-year anniversary of her album “Blue,” also linked to an open letter signed by medical and scientific professionals calling on Spotify to “immediately estab... | null | null | null | null | null |
Va. fabric shop owner looking to sell after nearly 2 decades
Laura “Belle” Stemper, owner of Ragtime Fabrics in Harrisonburg, Va., measures out ribbon by the foot for a customer on Jan. 26, 2022. Stemper is retiring at the end of March and is hoping that a member of the community will step up to buy the business from h... | null | null | null | null | null |
Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow leaves the field after the Bengals beat the Tennessee Titans last weekend. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
They anchored green and gold balloons to the ground before the team buses passed, and residents lined the street and waved as Athens High traveled northwest to Ohio Stadium. It was 2014, Bu... | null | null | null | null | null |
On April 11, 2021, Pope Francis arrives to celebrate Mass in the Santo Spirito in Sassia Church in Rome. (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)
In a State of the World address at the start of the year, Francis touched on the pandemic and called for widespread vaccination in all countries and suggested the global coronavirus respons... | null | null | null | null | null |
Stepping into virtual reality as a parent brings adventure and unknowns
A recently released study by a Stanford group explored whether VR could help children learn from their homes during the pandemic
An Oculus Quest 2 headset. (Theresa Vargas /TWP)
I worked out with comedian Tiffany Haddish the other day.
We stood in ... | null | null | null | null | null |
But of all the numbers that should be worrying Democrats nine months before the election, the one that might be most ominous is a figure that suggests their voters are far less energized than Republican voters. An NBC News poll found that where 61 percent of Republicans say they are highly interested in the upcoming mi... | null | null | null | null | null |
Clearly, Democrats prefer to cobble together a less expensive Build Back Better bill that could win Manchin’s support. At some point in the coming weeks, however, if progress is not made with the West Virginian, that proposal is going to look a lot like the Bruce Willis character in “The Sixth Sense,” a ghost who belie... | null | null | null | null | null |
Rare Steller’s sea eagle travels far from home to Maine coast
The large eagle, native to northeastern Asia, was first spotted in Maine in late December.
A Steller's sea eagle is seen December 31 off Georgetown, Maine. The rare eagle has taken up residence thousands of miles from its home range, delighting bird lovers a... | null | null | null | null | null |
FILE - Norway’s Anne Kjersti Kalvaa competes during a women’s cross country skiing freestyle 10 km pursuit competition at the FIS World Cup Ruka Nordic event in Kuusamo, Finland, on Nov. 29, 2020. Two members of Norway’s women’s cross-country team, Heidi Weng and Anne Kjersti Kalvaa, have tested positive for the corona... | null | null | null | null | null |
Youngkin spent much of this weekseeking face time with legislators, working out of a tiny office on the third floor of the Capitol so they could easily pop in for what his advisers call “drop-bys.” He hosted a reception at the mansion for freshmen delegates from both parties. He wooed leaders of Virginia’s historically... | null | null | null | null | null |
President Donald Trump speaks during a near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg)
No one should underestimate former president Donald Trump’s standing within the Republican Party, especially the passionate allegiance of a substantial part of the GOP base. But there are signs that, since t... | null | null | null | null | null |
The daughters of Madeleine Furey-Livaudais, 33, who was stabbed in her own home, said it was “a lot of information to absorb so suddenly” that the man who killed their mother, a writer and ecologist, had assaulted and killed others, including the Aurora police officer. “With her sacrifice, she prevented him from killin... | null | null | null | null | null |
So, it makes sense that Sony Pictures is bringing the Uncharted franchise to the big screen. In three weeks, the movie adaptation of “Uncharted” will open in theaters, starring Tom Holland as the treasure-hunting, debonair Nathan Drake and Mark Wahlberg as Drake’s cigar-toking partner-in-crime Victor “Sully” Sullivan.
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Italian lawmakers move to reelect a reluctant president Sergio Mattarella
Saturday, Italy’s politicians were on the verge of reelecting him anyway.
Such an outcome would be a testament to Mattarella himself, a widely respected former constitutional court judge who was recently given a four-minute standing ovation at Mi... | null | null | null | null | null |
Youngkin spent much of this week seeking face time with legislators, working out of a tiny office on the third floor of the Capitol so they could easily pop in for what his advisers call “drop-bys.” He hosted a reception at the mansion for freshmen delegates from both parties. He wooed leaders of Virginia’s historicall... | null | null | null | null | null |
The group, which includes leaders of the Northern Virginia and Prince George’s County chambers of commerce, Greater Washington Board of Trade, Tysons Partnership, Federal City Council, Greater Washington Partnership and Coalition for Smarter Growth, was assembled in 2018, campaigning successfully to help Metro receive ... | null | null | null | null | null |
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- AJ Griffin scored 22 points, including consecutive 3-pointers during a late 12-0 run to help No. 9 Duke escape.
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Chuck O’Bannon scored 16 of his career-high 19 points after halftime, including three consecutive 3-pointers from basically the same spot and TCU held on to beat slumpi... | null | null | null | null | null |
TCU forward Chuck O’Bannon Jr. (5) shoots a three pointer in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against in Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. O’Bannon scored 16 of his career-high 19 points after halftime and TCU held on to beat slumping 19th-ranked LSU 77-68. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)
FORT W... | null | null | null | null | null |
The Bengals had not won a playoff game in 31 years before Joe Burrow arrived in Cincinnati. Now the quarterback has the franchise on the cusp of the Super Bowl. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
They anchored green and gold balloons to the ground before the team buses passed, and residents lined the street and waved as Athens H... | null | null | null | null | null |
The WCAC, typically ruled by the same basketball powers, is providing ample chaos this winter
Rodney Rice and the DeMatha Stags have now won six straight games after a rocky start to the season. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post)
The St. John’s Cadets had stormed back late, providing an exciting finish to those fans ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Baylor guard Jordan Lewis (3) is defended by West Virginia guard Ja’Naiya Quinerly (11) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Morgantown, W.Va., Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Kathleen Batten)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Queen Egbo and NaLyssa Smith combined to score 25 of their 40 points in the first... | null | null | null | null | null |
Reluctant Mattarella reelected president
Italian President Sergio Mattarella, 80, had made it clear he did not want to be reelected. He said he was looking forward to the chance to “rest.” On Saturday, Italy’s politicians reelected him anyway.
The outcome was a testament to Mattarella himself, a widely respected former... | null | null | null | null | null |
Mary Fleming Kowalski traveled from Havertown, Pa., to honor her great-grandfather, Thomas Fleming, 71; her great-uncle, John Paton Fleming, 32; and her great-aunt, Mary Lee Fleming, 29. She recalled hearing how her grandfather had taken the train from Pittsburgh to identify the bodies of his siblings and father, whose... | null | null | null | null | null |
Andria Hayes-Birchler had barely begun to comprehend her new reality as a single parent before the pandemic hit. In March 2020, she had an 8-month-old infant and a 4-year-old, and her soon-to-be-ex-husband had recently moved from their home in Washington, D.C., to California. What followed was a year and a half of unre... | null | null | null | null | null |
Two New York nurses accused in $1.5 million forged vaccination card scheme
Nurses accused of faking vaccine cards
Two nurses on Long Island are accused of forging coronavirus vaccination cards and pocketing more than $1.5 million from the scheme, prosecutors and police said.
Man gets new trial after twin confesses
Brid... | null | null | null | null | null |
“I beat my head in the wall all day trying to get our kids to attack and get the ball inside and get the ball in the paint,” he said. “I just -- I lost the battle. We really settled a lot for jump shots. I really had a hard time trying to get my team to play the way we practiced for two days.”
“We forced 27 turnovers, ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Lisa Dribben, who owns six McDonald’s restaurants in the Dallas suburbs, has hired and lost hundreds of workers over the past two years. During the holidays, she gave her hourly managers jackets and other McDonald’s branded clothing as well as bonuses. In addition to employee meals, her workers have gotten $20 each wee... | null | null | null | null | null |
By retiring, Breyer avoids Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s mistake
An apolitical justice appears to have bowed to political reality
Justices Stephen G. Breyer, left, and Clarence Thomas prepare to testify on Capitol Hill in April 2009 at a committee hearing on Supreme Court appropriations. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
By Leah Litman... | null | null | null | null | null |
It’s been two years. Why does the pandemic feel so much harder for me now?
When I began experiencing covid-19 symptoms, I couldn’t find a PCR test within a two-hour drive of my home for at least a week. I bought one of those home tests you have to send back to get results, but when I went to drop it off at the local he... | null | null | null | null | null |
Thousands lost electricity and heat as the storm howled and frigid water flooded streets.
Parts of southeastern Massachusetts could receive as much as 30 inches of snow, said Gov. Charlie Baker (R). In Boston, nearly 2 feet of snow had fallen as of 7 p.m., according to the National Weather Service, making the storm one... | null | null | null | null | null |
It was the start of a remarkably public push on the political left to pressure Breyer, 83, the high court’s oldest justice and one of its three liberals, to retire while Democrats controlled the White House and Senate and make way for a younger nominee installed by President Biden. Activists were motivated by the exper... | null | null | null | null | null |
Virginia rallied from a double-digit deficit during the second half against Notre Dame to get within one possession in the closing seconds but was unable to complete the comeback, falling Saturday night, 69-65, in South Bend, Ind.
Trailing 52-37 with 11:50 to play at Purcell Pavilion, the Cavaliers chipped away by gett... | null | null | null | null | null |
Virginia rallied from a double-digit deficit during the second half against Notre Dame to get within one possession in the closing seconds but was unable to complete the comeback, falling, 69-65, on Saturday night in South Bend, Ind.
Trailing 52-37 with 11:50 to play at Purcell Pavilion, the Cavaliers chipped away by g... | null | null | null | null | null |
By the time the 115-95 loss to the Girzzlies at FedExForum was complete, the Wizards were staring at a five-game losing streak with two games remaining on their three-game trip. Washington (23-26) has lost six of seven.
Ja Morant had a game-high 34 points, his sixth straight game of at least 30. That Memphis (35-17) ru... | null | null | null | null | null |
RUSSIA-UKRAINE BORDER — The helicopter cut through the gray sky, following the path of the razor-wire fence below it. Lt. Col. Uiry Trubachov, of Ukraine’s Border Guard Service, squinted up at the chopper.
At Ukraine’s northeastern border crossing near Kharkiv — the country’s predominantly Russian-speaking, second-most... | null | null | null | null | null |
TAMPA, Fla. — Mark Stone scored the winner in the seventh round of a shootout and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 after blowing a two-goal lead in the third period Saturday night.
It was Stone’s first shootout attempt this season. He is 3 for 13 overall. ... Carrier ended a 14-game goal drough... | null | null | null | null | null |
Man is slain in Greenbelt
The victim appeared to have been shot, police say
A man was slain Saturday in Greenbelt, Md., the city’s police said.
The victim was found about 2:45 p.m. in the 5900 block of Cherrywood Terrace, the police said.
According to the police, he died as a result of “what appears to be a gunshot wou... | null | null | null | null | null |
Alcorn State hosts Grambling after Christon's 22-point performance
BOTTOM LINE: Grambling visits the Alcorn State Braves after Cameron Christon scored 22 points in Grambling’s 73-64 victory over the Jackson State Tigers.
The Braves are 2-1 on their home court. Alcorn State ranks eighth in the SWAC with 26.4 points per ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Colorado State visits Wyoming following Maldonado's 31-point performance
BOTTOM LINE: Wyoming takes on the Colorado State Rams after Hunter Maldonado scored 31 points in Wyoming’s 63-61 victory against the Air Force Falcons.
The Cowboys are 8-0 on their home court. Wyoming ranks second in the MWC with 26.1 defensive re... | null | null | null | null | null |
Florida A&M visits Alabama State after Young's 21-point performance
BOTTOM LINE: Alabama State takes on the Florida A&M Rattlers after Trace Young scored 21 points in Alabama State’s 79-73 win over the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats.
The Hornets have gone 4-3 in home games. Alabama State is 0-2 in one-possession games.
The R... | null | null | null | null | null |
French leads Bethune-Cookman against Alabama A&M after 27-point performance
BOTTOM LINE: Bethune-Cookman faces the Alabama A&M Bulldogs after Joe French scored 27 points in Bethune-Cookman’s 79-73 loss to the Alabama State Hornets.
The Bulldogs have gone 2-2 in home games. Alabama A&M is 1-5 when it turns the ball over... | null | null | null | null | null |
Kennesaw State hosts Liberty following McGhee's 25-point outing
The Owls have gone 7-4 at home. Kennesaw State is 3-7 against opponents over .500.
The Flames are 5-1 in ASUN play. Liberty is sixth in the ASUN scoring 73.5 points per game and is shooting 48.8%.
TOP PERFORMERS: Chris Youngblood is shooting 46.6% and aver... | null | null | null | null | null |
Mashburn leads New Mexico against San Diego State after 23-point showing
BOTTOM LINE: New Mexico takes on the San Diego State Aztecs after Jamal Mashburn, Jr. scored 23 points in New Mexico’s 86-70 win against the San Jose State Spartans.
The Aztecs have gone 8-1 in home games. San Diego State averages 64.2 points whil... | null | null | null | null | null |
BOTTOM LINE: Norfolk State takes on the North Carolina Central Eagles after Joe Bryant Jr. scored 22 points in Norfolk State’s 87-69 victory against the South Carolina State Bulldogs.
The Eagles have gone 4-1 at home. North Carolina Central ranks third in the MEAC shooting 32.7% from downtown, led by Kevin Crawford II ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Oklahoma hosts TCU in conference matchup
BOTTOM LINE: Tanner Groves and the Oklahoma Sooners host Mike Miles and the TCU Horned Frogs in Big 12 action.
The Sooners are 8-3 on their home court. Oklahoma ranks sixth in the Big 12 with 23.3 defensive rebounds per game led by Jalen Hill averaging 4.6.
The Horned Frogs are ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Penn State hosts Iowa after Murray's 23-point showing
The Nittany Lions are 6-3 in home games. Penn State has a 1-0 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
The Hawkeyes are 4-5 in conference games. Iowa averages 8.7 turnovers per game and is 13-5 when turning the ball over less than opponents.
The teams play for ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Portland State hosts Northern Colorado after Thomas' 25-point outing
BOTTOM LINE: Portland State takes on the Northern Colorado Bears after Khalid Thomas scored 25 points in Portland State’s 97-76 win over the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks.
The Vikings have gone 2-7 in home games. Portland State has a 0-4 record in game... | null | null | null | null | null |
South Dakota State visits North Dakota after Scheierman's 23-point game
BOTTOM LINE: South Dakota State faces the North Dakota Fightin’ Hawks after Baylor Scheierman scored 23 points in South Dakota State’s 80-76 victory against the North Dakota State Bison.
The Fightin’ Hawks have gone 3-5 in home games. North Dakota ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Tennessee Tech faces Morehead State, aims to halt 3-game skid
BOTTOM LINE: Tennessee Tech will try to end its three-game losing streak when the Golden Eagles play Morehead State.
The Golden Eagles are 4-4 in home games. Tennessee Tech averages 12.8 turnovers per game and is 5-6 when it has fewer turnovers than its oppo... | null | null | null | null | null |
West Virginia takes on No. 4 Baylor, aims to break 5-game slide
BOTTOM LINE: West Virginia aims to end its five-game losing streak with a win over No. 4 Baylor.
The Bears are 10-2 in home games. Baylor leads the Big 12 with 17.2 assists per game led by James Akinjo averaging 5.4.
The Mountaineers have gone 2-5 against ... | null | null | null | null | null |
In Connecticut, for instance, the number of chronically absent students soared from 12 percent to 20 percent to 24 percent, said Emily Bailard, chief executive of the company. In Oakland, Calif., they went from 17.3 percent pre-pandemic to 19.8 percent last school year to 43 percent this year. In Pittsburgh, chronic ab... | null | null | null | null | null |
Politicians have long courted Jews, even as antisemitism abounds
Dating to the early years of the United States, American politicians have cited their understanding of, and tolerance for, Jews.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) is shown giving his address at his inauguration. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post)
By Rebe... | null | null | null | null | null |
Rock musician Nils Lofgren on Saturday became the latest artist to join a protest kicked off by his former bandmate Young, saying in a statement that he, too, would “cut ties with Spotify” and urged “all musicians, artists and music lovers everywhere” to do the same. Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell also said s... | null | null | null | null | null |
Rock musician Nils Lofgren, best known as a member of Crazy Horse and Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, on Saturday became the latest artist to join a protest kicked off by Young, saying in a statement that he, too, would “cut ties with Spotify” and urged “all musicians, artists and music lovers everywhere” to do the ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Helen Rottier, 25, shows her mother, Amy Rottier, 50, how she organizes her calendar on her iPad while sitting at the dining room table of her family’s home in Madison, Wis., on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. The two women illustrate the way Gen Xers and millennials differ in how they spent their time on an average day as y... | null | null | null | null | null |
Message in a bottle helped heal a Maryland teen’s grief
By Sydney Page, The Washington Post | AP
Sasha Yonyak had nearly forgotten about the message in a bottle that he had tossed off the side of a fishing boat in Ocean City, Maryland, in the summer of 2019. The 14-year-old figured it was gone for good.
The bottle that... | null | null | null | null | null |
Yet those uses don’t seem as though they’re worth trillions, as the cryptocurrency market is currently valued. To justify those kinds of valuations, crypto needs to at least partially replace major currencies such as the dollar, or payment systems such as Visa, or investments such as gold, or some other fairly importan... | null | null | null | null | null |
Dear Olympians,
I am not alone in experiencing something like this. Many Uyghur kids who were sent to United States to attend schools here have been totally cut off from their parents and families after the internment camps were instituted in 2017. Some found out their parents were locked up in camps or in prison from ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Former president Donald Trump on Saturday night sent his strongest signal to date that he will fight his legal problems outside of a court of law. He encouraged people to engage in massive demonstrations in jurisdictions pursuing criminal investigations against him over Jan. 6- and tax-related issues. Then, minutes lat... | null | null | null | null | null |
Lorraine Hansberry in 1959 in her New York City apartment at 337 Bleecker St., where she wrote the first-ever Broadway play by an African American woman, "A Raisin in the Sun." (David Attie/Getty Images)
Years before anyone used the term “intersectionality,” Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965) saw, wrote and spoke about the... | null | null | null | null | null |
How politics and the pandemic put schools in the line of fire.
In Connecticut, for instance, the number of chronically absent students soared from 12 percent in 2019-20 to 20 percent the next year to 24 percent this year, said Emily Bailard, chief executive of the company. In Oakland, Calif., they went from 17.3 percen... | null | null | null | null | null |
Part of the confusion over the lack of recognition had to do with a missing trophy. The original silver cup used for the 1949 and 1950 competitions included the names of all winners, but then it disappeared. For 55 years, its whereabouts were unknown.
An earlier version of this article stated that the trophy's whereabo... | null | null | null | null | null |
Since Wednesday, the clip of Alexander’s remarks has been viewed thousands of times on social media, elevating the voice of a Black Floridian in a school curriculum debate that has often been dominated by the concerns of White, conservative parents.
“I ran for the Florida legislature to deal with real issues, and to ha... | null | null | null | null | null |
Wendy Marco is the founder of Cold Rush Hockey, which is based in Northern Virginia. (Craig Hudson for The Washington Post)
Learning, Marco explained, is a verb. It is an action and something that doesn’t happen without effort. It includes being actively involved.
Marco’s tutorial was just one of the many mini life les... | null | null | null | null | null |
Joe Rogan at a UFC Fight Night event in Newark in April 2015. (Alex Trautwig/Getty Images)
Rock musician Nils Lofgren, best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band as well as Crazy Horse, on Saturday became the latest artist to join a protest kicked off by Young, saying in a statement that he, too, would... | null | null | null | null | null |
This Humboldt penguin chick recently hatched from an egg being cared for by two male penguins at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, N.Y. (Rosamond Gifford Zoo)
Two male Humboldt penguins who adopted an egg during breeding season are the proud new foster parents of a fuzzy-haired chick — and the New York zoo where it... | null | null | null | null | null |
CROFTON, Md. — A man was shot and killed by a police officer who had been seriously injured while responding early Sunday to a 911 call reporting family violence at a Maryland home, authorities said.
A division within the Maryland Attorney General’s Office will lead an investigation into what happened, in keeping with ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Why race-based affirmative action is still needed in college admissions
The U.S. Supreme Court (iStock)
The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case that will allow it to rule again on whether universities may consider race in admissions decisions — and given the makeup of the conservative-dominated panel, affirmativ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Lindsey Graham praises potential Supreme Court nominee pushed by Clyburn, calling her ‘fair minded, highly gifted’
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday appeared to enthusiastically endorse one of President Biden’s potential Supreme Court nominees to replace Justice Stephen G. Breyer, who last week announced his inten... | null | null | null | null | null |
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — The African soccer confederation lifted a temporary suspension on games at the main stadium at the African Cup of Nations tournament on Sunday, and it will allow the stadium to host a semifinal and the Feb. 6 final after a crush that left eight fans dead and 38 injured, seven of them seriously. | null | null | null | null | null |
No one was injured in the fire in the 9500 block of Main Street in Fairfax, Deputy Chief Bill Betz said in a video update posted on Twitter Sunday.
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue units arrived at the scene at 3 a.m. to find a large fire, he said. They initially tried to fight the blaze from inside but the size of the f... | null | null | null | null | null |
49ers fans hope presence at Rams’ stadium can flip home-field advantage in NFC title game
49ers fans wait to enter the “49ers Invasion” pregame rally Saturday at Tom’s Watch Bar in downtown Los Angeles. (Bing Guan/Reuters)
Three weeks ago, a playoff berth was on the line for the San Francisco 49ers and their fans — “Th... | null | null | null | null | null |
No one was injured in the fire in the 9500 block of Main Street in Fairfax, Deputy Chief Bill Betz said in a video update posted to Twitter on Sunday.
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue units arrived at the scene at 3 a.m. to find a large fire, he said. They initially tried to fight the blaze from inside, but the size of t... | null | null | null | null | null |
9 ISIS militants killed in strikes north of capital
Iraqi airstrikes killed nine Islamic State fighters in retaliation for an attack on army barracks this month, officials said.
Islamic State gunmen broke into the barracks in Azim district outside the town of Baqubah on Jan. 21, killed a guard and fatally shot 11 soldi... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: Canada must do more to back Ukraine. Hashtags are not enough.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Jan. 26 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)
The long-standing Russia-Ukraine conflict is teetering on the brink of a full-scale war. While most nations hope a diplomatic resolution is forthcom... | null | null | null | null | null |
Terps women’s basketball wins at Penn State, but second-half effort leaves team feeling cold
Maryland Coach Brenda Frese, shown Thursday during her team's game against Rutgers, wasn't pleased with the Terps' second-half effort against Penn State on Sunday. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post)
The No. 17 Maryland women’... | null | null | null | null | null |
Yet those uses don’t seem as though they’re worth trillions, as the cryptocurrency market is currently valued. To justify those kinds of valuations, crypto needs to at least partially replace major currencies such as the dollar, or payment systems such as Visa, or investments such as gold, or some other fairly importan... | null | null | null | null | null |
Ahead of the Beijing Olympics, can anyone help me reach my family?
Dear Olympians:
I am not alone in experiencing something like this. Many Uyghur kids who were sent to the United States to attend schools here have been totally cut off from their parents and families after the internment camps were instituted in 2017. ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Rams’ Matthew Stafford picked off in the 49ers’ end zone
49ers punt on their first possession
Rams punt on first possession
49ers or Rams to face Bengals in Super Bowl
Matthew Stafford was intercepted in the 49ers’ end zone, ending a very promising Rams drive on their second possession.
Los Angeles got all the way to S... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: The Beijing Olympics will be focused on sports
An illuminated installation is pictured ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on Jan. 26. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)
Regarding the Jan. 23 editorial “Shut up and ski”:
Beijing will embrace the Winter Olympics moment this week, carrying forward the Olympic spiri... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: Boardrooms’ diversity should not be mandated
A worker sweeps up confetti after the opening bell at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News)
The Jan. 24 editorial “Boardrooms’ changing complexion” was uncommonly shy about conservatives’ main point: that race and sex discrimination is il... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: Standardizing scores won’t help the SAT stay relevant
A student takes a college test preparation class at Holton Arms School in Bethesda. (Alex Brandon/AP)
The Jan. 26 Politics & the Nation article “Drop your pencils! The venerable SAT is going digital." discussed the College Board’s decision to administer the... | null | null | null | null | null |
The Cincinnati Bengals climbed out of an 18-point hole in the first half and then beat the Kansas City Chiefs in overtime on Evan McPherson's 31-yard field goal. (Eric Gay/AP Photo)
The upstart Bengals, led again by second-year quarterback Joe Burrow, extended their surprising postseason run. They overcome a sluggish s... | null | null | null | null | null |
The Bengals climbed out of an 18-point hole and then beat the Chiefs in overtime on Evan McPherson's 31-yard field goal. (Eric Gay/AP)
The upstart Bengals, led again by second-year quarterback Joe Burrow, extended their surprising postseason run. They beat the Chiefs, 27-24, in overtime here Sunday at stunned Arrowhead... | null | null | null | null | null |
(Pictograms by Álvaro Valiño for The Washington Post)
December 2, 2021|Updated January 22, 2022 at 1:52 p.m. EST
Less than six months after the Tokyo Olympics concluded, the Beijing Olympics will begin Feb. 4. Unlike the Tokyo Summer Games, which were delayed for a year by the coronavirus pandemic, the Winter Olympics ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Authorities said they seized about $900,000 during a search of Julie DeVuono's home while investigating the alleged sale of fake vaccination cards. (Suffolk County District Attorney's Office)
DeVuono, 49, and Marissa Urraro, 44, were arrested last week and charged with forgery. DeVuono is also accused of offering a fal... | null | null | null | null | null |
Hundreds mark killing of Thai father in San Francisco
Hundreds mark
killing of Thai father
On Sunday, Monthanus Ratanapakdee marked the first anniversary of her father’s death with a rally in the San Francisco neighborhood where the 84-year-old was killed. She was joined by Mayor London Breed, local leaders and several... | null | null | null | null | null |
FILE - In this photo taken during Dec. 27 - Dec. 31, 2021 and provided on Jan. 1, 2022 by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers’ Party in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022 fired at least one suspected ball... | null | null | null | null | null |
Temperature at Dulles Airport drops into single digits as cold continues
We’ve heard lately about blustery conditions driving our wind chill temperatures down to the single digits. But at one of the area’s airports Sunday, the actual temperature, unaided by wind, dropped into the single digits.
The 9-degree morning low... | null | null | null | null | null |
Authorities said they seized about $900,000 during a search of Julie DeVuono’s home while investigating the alleged sale of fake vaccination cards. (Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office)
Some people have sought to evade mounting restrictions on where unvaccinated people can work and participate in public life.
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Rainbow signs and white party tents littered the parking lots, like teasers to the big show. Music blared from the DJ’s booth as fans, forced to take more circuitous routes around the Super Bowl signs, filtered in for a familiar matchup with the familiar big plays and close ending.
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Rainbow-colored signs and white party tents littered the parking lots, and the music from a DJ’s booth blared. Teasers of the big show were unavoidable, but few could have imagined the outcome of the pre-show Sunday night. Not even Matthew Stafford, who was traded to Los Angeles exactly one year ear... | null | null | null | null | null |
Howard Hesseman, comic DJ on ‘WKRP,’ dies at 81
He later played actor-turned-history teacher on ‘Head of the Class’
Howard Hesseman in 2013. (Richard Shotwell/Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Howard Hesseman, who played the hippie disc jockey Dr. Johnny Fever on the sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati” and the actor-turned-history... | null | null | null | null | null |
Miss USA 2019 and “Extra” correspondent Cheslie Kryst died Jan. 30 in New York. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images/BET)
Unlike most pageant queens, Kryst had already established a high-powered professional career when she won Miss USA. With a law degree and an MBA from Wake Forest University, Kryst was working as an attorney... | null | null | null | null | null |
Arrest made in council candidate’s carjacking, D.C. police say
Candidate’s car was taken at gunpoint, according to police.
A teenager from Maryland has been arrested and charged in connection with the carjacking of a candidate for the D.C. Council, D.C. police said Sunday.
The youth, a 17-year-old male from District He... | null | null | null | null | null |
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Evan McPherson kicked a 31-yard field goal with 9:22 left in overtime after Joe Burrow kept his cool while leading a furious second-half comeback to get the Cincinnati Bengals to the Super Bowl for the first time in 33 years with a 27-24 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC championship gam... | null | null | null | null | null |
Covid-19 live updates Spotify to add content advisories to podcasts after pandemic misinformation complaints
In Germany’s east, extremists find footholds in escalating anti-vaccine protests
Pope calls access to accurate information on vaccines ‘a human right’
Neil Young fired off a public missive to his management last... | null | null | null | null | null |
Kiara Age moved in less than a year ago and now it’s time to move again: Rent on her two-bedroom apartment in Henderson, Nev., is rising 23 percent to nearly $1,600 a month, making it impossibly out of reach for the single mother.
Rental prices across the country have been rising for months, but lately the increases ha... | null | null | null | null | null |
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When the coin fell on the grass and showed tails, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow grimaced beneath his helmet as if it crushed his soul when it landed.
A week earlier on this very field, a different team played the Kansas City Chiefs to overtime. And when the official requested that a visit... | null | null | null | null | null |
The tests may slow down in February, though, with some analysts expecting North Korea to pause with the start of the Beijing Winter Games this weekend, to avoid crossing China, its key security and economic ally.
Since last fall, Pyongyang has conducted a flurry of tests designed to diversify and expand its arsenal wit... | null | null | null | null | null |
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