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Some Supreme Court analysts, however, think the court isn’t done with making it harder to sue based on racial gerrymandering. Later this year or next year when the court looks more closely at the Alabama case, the conservative justices could strike down a section of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) that is designed to prote...
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A Jamaican skier at the Olympics? Why a feel-good story has become a flashpoint. Skier Benjamin Alexander, right, helps carry the flag of Jamaica during Friday's Opening Ceremonies in Beijing. (David J. Phillip/AP) “I’m 32nd in the world right now, and I should have easily have gone to the Olympics,” said American Stev...
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’Dangerously hot conditions’ prompt rare February heat alert in Los Angeles The National Weather Service is warning that visitors from other states may be at risk for heat-related illnesses. The National Weather Service's expected temperature anomalies on Thursday. Highs will range 15 to 20 degrees or more above averag...
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Yet the allegations of a linguistic siege played a central role in Moscow’s justification of its 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula, where the majority of the population is Russian speaking. But in Ukraine, demographics do not appear to be on Russia’s side. Many young people in Ukraine — with no memory of th...
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Man fatally shot in Northeast Washington A 52-year-old man was fatally shot Monday night in a residential neighborhood in Northeast Washington, according to D.C. police. The shooting occurred about 9:15 p.m. in the 4200 block of Edson Place NE, south of the Deanwood community. Police said they found the victim, Ernest ...
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Rhoda Stevens, Wolf Trap volunteer Rhoda Stevens, 91, a volunteer for 30 years at the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, died Dec. 6 at her home in Vienna, Va. The cause was a stroke, said a son, Curtis Stevens. Mrs. Stevens was born Rhoda Pickwick in Lisbon, N.H., and had lived in the Washington area for...
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As part of that effort, there have been campaigns to stop human trafficking: Last month, signs started popping up in hundreds of Los Angeles airport bathrooms, and solemn video messages from National Football League stars have been playing on loop in the terminals, warning that offenders will face prosecution. In recen...
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The case — the first libel suit against the Times to go to trial in the United States in nearly 20 years — holds the potential to upend decades of precedent that have offered broad protections to media organizations when writing about public figures. In fact, investigators had found no indication that the mentally ill ...
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But now that we know which teams are in, let’s get back in prognostication business and look at five bold predictions for this game. Figure Mixon to get 19 to 21 carries against the Rams. He averages over four yards a carry, and while he could finish close to 90, the Rams are decent against the run. They allowed just t...
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For U.S. cross country skiing, Jessie Diggins is helping the extraordinary become more routine Jessie Diggins of the United States won the bronze medal in the women’s 15-kilometer skiathlon. (Lindsey Wasson/Reuters) ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Years ago in the first race of her Olympics debut, a sprightly young skier surpasse...
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Wishing for Canadian party leaders to be elected in any predictable way is probably pointless. Parties are outside the jurisdiction of the federal elections bureaucracy and jealously guard their freedom to play by their own rules, however erratic. They should, however, realize by now how useful it would be to have a ru...
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Historian and authority on antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt, pictured in 2016, was nominated by President Biden to oversee the State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism. (Gregorio Borgia/AP) President Biden nominated Lipstadt, a professor of modern Jewish history and Holocaust studies at Emory Universit...
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‘Dangerously hot conditions’ prompt rare February heat alert in Los Angeles The National Weather Service is warning Super Bowl visitors from other states may be at risk for heat-related illnesses. Temperature anomalies predicted by the National Weather Service for Thursday. Highs should range 15 to 20 degrees or more a...
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Trucks are backed up Monday on both sides of the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Windsor, Ontario, to Detroit. (Daniel Mears/AP) TORONTO — The busiest crossing on the U.S.-Canada border was obstructed on Tuesday morning as demonstrations against vaccine mandates and other coronavirus public health measures that have ...
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The best-picture Oscar nominees are, top row from left, “Belfast,” “CODA,” Don't Look Up,” Drive My Car” and “Dune,” and, bottom row from left, “King Richard,” Licorice Pizza,” “Nightmare Alley,” “The Power of the Dog” and “West Side Story.” (Focus Features/Apple TV Plus, Netflix, Janus Films & Sideshow, Warner Bros. P...
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Opinion: Another wrongful death from a no-knock raid. It’s time for reform. Protesters march in Minneapolis on Saturday, days after police killed 22-year-old Amir Locke there during a no-knock raid. (Christian Monterrosa/AP) Amir Locke, a 22-year-old aspiring musician, was fatally shot last week after a SWAT team for t...
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In 2019, the Supreme Court ruled that it has no power to do anything about partisan gerrymandering, allowing states to gerrymander to their hearts’ content. But at the time, it clarified that it could still strike down racial gerrymanders, since drawing district lines to intentionally erode the power of minority groups...
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Maybe the time has come for this minimal ethics reform. As Ossoff puts it, “This is neither complicated nor controversial in the real world, and we should just get it done.” There is nothing like a midterm election and atrocious polling numbers for both parties to turn even the most cynical lawmakers into a starry-eyed...
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Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper was sentenced to a year in prison after she admitted to stealing more than $835,000 from a Southern California school to fund her gambling addiction. (Screenshot via YouTube/KC/Screenshot via YouTube/KCAL) “I have sinned, I’ve broken the law and I have no excuses,” Kreuper said at the sente...
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In a state that is staunchly supportive of abortion rights, lawmakers are preparing for a post-Roe v. Wade world Vermont lawmakers voted Tuesday to move forward on a constitutional amendment that would guarantee the right to abortion and contraception, the first amendment of its kind in the United States. The proposal ...
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Biden highlights decision of Australian vehicle charging company to build plant in Tenn. President Biden delivers remarks on his administration’s work to rebuild manufacturing in the South Court Auditorium at the White House on Feb. 8, 2022. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) President Biden on Tuesday highlighted...
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The photo caption in a previous version of this article incorrectly said the photo was from November 2019. The photo was taken in November 2020. The article has been corrected. Since then, though, Powell has found herself vulnerable to both financial penalties (being sued by voting machine companies Smartmatic and Domi...
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Some Supreme Court analysts, however, think the court isn’t done with making it harder to sue based on racial gerrymandering. Later this year or next year when the court looks more closely at the Alabama case, the conservative justices could strike down a section of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) that is designed to prote...
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Historian and authority on antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt, pictured in 2016, was nominated by President Biden to oversee the State Department’s Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism. (Gregorio Borgia/AP) Prominent Holocaust scholar Deborah Lipstadt appeared Tuesday before the Senate for her conf...
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U.S. Deputy Marshals escort 6-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in November 1960. (AP) I’d often wondered how Ruby Bridges felt in the moment that she first arrived at William Frantz Elementary School in November 1960. If the name isn’t familiar, the image above probably is — as...
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Two-time all-star Domantas Sabonis is headed to the Sacramento Kings. (Ron Schwane/AP) With their postseason hopes dwindling and attendance woes mounting, the Indiana Pacers continued their midseason overhaul by agreeing to trade Domantas Sabonis to the Sacramento Kings for a package centered around second-year guard T...
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Pandemic Preparedness with Rick A. Bright, PhD & Helen Clark Two years into a pandemic that may be the deadliest viral outbreak in more than a century, the world appears underprepared to respond to future health crises. Join Washington Post Live on Tuesday, Feb. 15 for conversations with public health officials and exp...
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Actor Brian Cox portrays ruthless media mogul Logan Roy on HBO’s hit series, “Succession.” Lauded for his career spanning theatre, film and television, Cox joins Washington Post staff writer Sarah Ellison to share his real-life, rags-to-riches story from his modest, troubled upbringing in Dundee, Scotland, to the highe...
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Opinion: Pakistan’s past support for the Afghan Taliban isn’t paying off A Pakistani security official stands guard outside a church on Jan. 31, a day after a priest was gunned down when driving back home after Sunday prayers, in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Arshad Arbab/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) When the Afghan Taliban returned t...
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Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Harris, is whisked out of an event at Dunbar High School by a Secret Service agent following an apparent security concern on Feb. 8 n Washington. On the far right is Nadine Smith, the school's principal. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP) Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Harri...
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R). (Brian Witte/AP) Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has ruled out running for Senate in 2022, extinguishing Republicans’ hopes that he would help the party gain an upper hand in Washington. For months, GOP power brokers and some moderate senators had courted Hogan, hoping to lure the popular, term...
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The early blueprint for Turning Point Academy — laid out in detail for the first time in documents and chat logs reviewed by The Washington Post — points to the growing market for education and media serving families disgruntled with public schools, a flash point in many communities and a key issue on the campaign trai...
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Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Harris, was evacuated from a D.C. public school on Tuesday afternoon after a bomb threat, officials said. A Secret Service agent told Emhoff “we have to go” as he participated in an event at Dunbar High School marking Black History Month. A schoolwide announcement followed, sa...
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Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper was sentenced to a year in prison after she admitted to stealing more than $835,000 from a Southern California school to fund her gambling addiction. (Youtube/KCAL) “I have sinned, I’ve broken the law and I have no excuses,” Kreuper said at the sentencing over Zoom. “My actions were in viol...
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Blackistone: The NWSL is a symptom. U.S. Soccer is the problem. A spokesman for U.S. Soccer declined to comment on its past investigation of Dames or the allegations against him, citing an ongoing investigation of the NWSL. The organization did suspend Dames’s coaching license, it said in a statement, but Bogart said i...
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Chicago banker Stephen Calk, left, leaves federal court in New York in June. (Richard Drew/AP) A Chicago banker will spend one year and one day in prison for approving $16 million worth of illegal loans to Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, in exchange for a cushy job in the Trump administration, a ...
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Opinion: The child tax credits has too many benefits to be dismissed The government website childtaxcredit.gov on a computer screen on Jan. 24 in Annapolis, Md. (Susan Walsh/AP) The Jan. 30 editorial “A disaster for poor people” made commendable efforts to argue against deleting an expansion of the child tax credit fro...
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Opinion: Florida farmers have been working to protect the environment for decades Wetlands in Everglades National Park, Fla. (Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images) I share Lizette Alvarez’s nostalgia for the Florida we knew decades ago, as she described in her Jan. 26 op-ed, “Florida waters choke on Big Ag.” Florida’s w...
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Opinion: Preserving government records is of utmost importance to the American people The National Archives of the United States. (Jonathan Newton /The Washington Post) Regarding the Feb. 1 news article “A president on a tear leaves Archives, Jan. 6 committee with repair work”: President Donald Trump’s practice of tear...
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Opinion: A sobering defeat for end-of-life options in Virginia George F. Will provided a great service by explaining and promoting medical-aid-in-dying legislation in his Jan. 20 op-ed, “Medical aid in dying should not be proscribed,” and his Jan. 23 op-ed, “For the terminally ill, a dignified death.” Still, last Thurs...
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Transcript: Race in America: History Matters with Deborah Watts MS. GIVHAN: Hello, and welcome to Washington Post Live. I’m Robin Givhan, senior critic‑at‑large for the Washington Post, and today we’re continuing our series of conversations about Black women in American history. And today we’re talking about Mamie Till...
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In a 2012 Alabama case, the Supreme Court said a sentence of life without parole for a youth is “excessive” and should be reserved for “the rare juvenile offender whose crime reflects irreparable corruption.” In his argument Tuesday, Malvo’s lawyer Kiran Iyer said that Maryland Judge James L. Ryan, who imposed the life...
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But now the court may have cleared a path to potentially harming African American voters in another way, by further diluting their prospects for electing preferred candidates, though we can’t be sure how this will turn out. In the Alabama case, the GOP-run state legislature created a congressional map that packs many o...
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A spokesman who has represented the lawyers for his accuser said they did not yet have a comment. The Post does not name alleged victims of domestic violence unless they ask to be identified. The decision, which has been before the DA’s office since prosecutors were referred the case by police in August, sets up potent...
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He knew his sled, a piece of fine-tuned equipment that cost thousands of his own dollars, was the fastest in the United States. It was the second one Terdiman had built by Andre Florschutz, a retired German Olympic doubles medalist. The first helped Terdiman and his then-partner, Matt Mortensen, finish third in the 201...
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In a 2012 Alabama case, the Supreme Court said a sentence of life without parole for a youth is “excessive” and should be reserved for “the rare juvenile offender whose crime reflects irreparable corruption.” In his argument Tuesday, Malvo’s lawyer Kiran Iyer said that Maryland Judge James L. Ryan, who imposed the life...
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As Gayle Kaufman, a professor of sociology and gender and sexuality studies at Davidson College, sees it, the gender divide reflected in last month’s jobs report reflects a bigger issue with the U.S. economy: “I still don’t think the labor market is built for anyone who wants to have a life outside of work,” she said. ...
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Governing party nearly obliterated in election After two terms in power, Costa Rica’s Citizens’ Action Party has been practically erased from the country’s political map in national elections. Outgoing President Carlos Alvarado Quesada’s party got less than 1 percent of the votes cast Sunday, according to the latest pr...
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On Monday, the Supreme Court stepped in, in a way that was doubly extraordinary. First, divided 5 to 4, it said the lower court had acted too close to the election — even though the primary is not until May and the general election is nine months away. Second, several conservative justices seemed open to Alabama’s radi...
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FILE - Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., alongside other members of the Congressional Black Caucus, speaks in front of the senate chambers about their support of voting rights legislation at the Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 19, 2022. The Supreme Court’s decision to halt efforts to create a second mostly Black congressional ...
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Moreover, because Black athletes account for the majority of Division I football and basketball players, Huma noted, they face disproportionate harm from the NCAA’s restraints on their compensation. The National College Players Association cited USC and UCLA in its filing because it submitted the charges in the NLRB of...
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Baldwin and Kang met Tuesday morning and reached agreement on a $35 million deal — one that Baldwin had resisted for months while attempting to sell his share for $10 million less to billionaire Todd Boehly. They later addressed players together at the team’s indoor training facility in Springfield, Va. Nonetheless, Ba...
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Fred Thiagarajah, one of the woman’s attorneys, acknowledged that prosecutors had a “daunting task” in that that Bauer’s accuser had already been denied a restraining order against the pitcher in a civil hearing, but said the decision to not charge him was “not a declaration of innocence; it’s a declaration of, ‘I don’...
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U.S. officials say the threat posed by Mexican fisherman casting their nets illegally in U.S. waters has grown so acute that for the first time in years, they’ve banned Mexican fishing vessels from entering U.S. ports. The fishermen cast mile-long gillnets in the Gulf of Mexico, targeting sharks whose fins are sliced o...
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Chief Tom Manger said a Capitol Police officer entered Rep. Troy Nehls’s office in November because the door was left “open and unsecured.” Capitol Police aim their weapons as a pro-Trump mob tries to break into the House of Representatives chamber on Jan. 6, 2021. Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Tex.), right, in blue shirt, talks ...
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Workers load mail into delivery vehicles outside a U.S. Postal Service distribution center in Chicago in October. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News) The bill, which passed 342 to 92, marks a major breakthrough for the mail agency and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who made the legislation the centerpiece of his 10-year po...
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University of California agrees to $243.6 million settlement in UCLA sex-abuse scandal It is also one of several massive settlements in recent years by universities to resolve sexual-abuse complaints against doctors, in many cases with plaintiffs claiming that university officials failed to take action over years. Alle...
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Moreover, because Black athletes account for the majority of Division I football and basketball players, Huma said, they face disproportionate harm from the NCAA’s restraints on their compensation. The National College Players Association cited UCLA and USC in its filing because it submitted the charges in the NLRB off...
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Baldwin and Kang met Tuesday morning and reached agreement on a $35 million deal — one that Baldwin had resisted for months while attempting to sell his share for $10 million less to billionaire Todd Boehly. They later addressed players together at the team’s indoor training facility in Springfield. Nonetheless, Baldwi...
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Our history is unsettled. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) The past is not history. Not here. Not yet. Our history isn’t settled. It’s not something from which we seem to have taken any enduring lessons. And now, some citizens are working mightily to ensure that the actual facts of our history are so muddled, the e...
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UCLA officials said in a statement that Heaps’s alleged conduct is “reprehensible and contrary to the University’s values,” and expressed the hope that the settlement would be a step toward healing and closure for the plaintiffs involved. “We admire the courage of the plaintiffs in coming forward and appreciate plainti...
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Appeals court allows abortion referrals The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in Cincinnati denied a request by the 12 states to pause rules for the federal government’s family planning program while their case is heard. The states were eager to stop implementation before the next round of federal grants starts...
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Why the feel-good story of a Jamaican skier at the Olympics has become a flashpoint The IOC’s effort, and some of the controversy surrounding it, underscore a dilemma faced by Olympics officials, particularly those overseeing winter sports: How do you include the best athletes in the world while also promoting sports s...
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But not so fast, some economic experts say. According to a National Women’s Law Center analysis, the report is far less rosy when gains are separated out by gender. “There’s a lot of desire to say: It’s done now. We’re back to normal. And we are seeing real progress in job growth,” Martin said. But the persistent gende...
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But now that we know which teams are in, let’s get back in prognostication business and look at five bold predictions. Figure Mixon to get 19 to 21 carries against the Rams. He averages over four yards a carry, and while he could finish close to 90 yards, the Rams are decent against the run. They allowed just two 100-y...
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Jamaica's Benjamin Alexander (Savo Prelevic/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images) Benjamin Alexander was 32 when he received his first ski lesson in Whistler, B.C., in 2016. After a decade traveling the world as a disc jockey, which included a residency at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert, Alexander grew obse...
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Bitfinex had previously offered a reward potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars for information leading to the return of the stolen funds. U.S. officials would not say if that reward offer played a role in the government’s case against Lichtenstein and Morgan. But the court papers suggest the government may ...
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Delaney Thomas of St. John's gathers a rebound over Bishop Ireton's Abigail Cooch on Tuesday. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post) The St. John’s Cadets swung the ball around the perimeter, each player looking for an opening or considering a risk. Their opponent, No. 20 Bishop Ireton, had played a fierce zone defense a...
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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Oscar Tshiebwe posted his sixth straight double-double with 18 points and 14 rebounds and TyTy Washington scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half to lead the Wildcats, who reached 20 victories in a season for the 13th time in 14 years. EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Johnny Davis had a game-high 25 point...
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YANQING, China — She shuffled off to the side all alone and lowered her body into the snow like a wounded animal. Mikaela Shiffrin’s pain was emotional, not physical — at least as far as anyone knew — but the effect was the same. She dropped her poles, wrapped her arms around her knees and buried her helmeted face in t...
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Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Harris, was evacuated from a D.C. public school on Tuesday afternoon after a bomb threat was called in to the front desk, warning that people had 10 minutes to leave, authorities said. Police evacuated and searched Dunbar High School in the Truxton Circle neighborhood of North...
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Use of the phrase in connection with the Capitol insurrection has led to days of attempted political cleanup over a Republican Party resolution censuring Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger Those three words have since sparked a massive backlash among GOP senators who fear the resolution could jeopardize the party’s fo...
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Beatty has publicly called on Rogers to apologize. In a statement, Rogers, 84, said he had met with Beatty to personally apologize. Last year, Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) said she was moving her office at the U.S. Capitol complex away from Greene’s for safety reasons, after claiming that Greene accosted her without a mask. ...
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Deputy U.S. marshals escort 6-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in November 1960. (AP) I had often wondered how Ruby Bridges felt in the moment that she first arrived at William Frantz Elementary School in November 1960. If the name isn’t familiar, the image above probably is — ...
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A previous version initially referred to the wrong U.S. senator from Maryland in an item about Gov. Larry Hogan (R). The Democrat running for reelection this year is Sen. Chris Van Hollen. The nuances were lost in the room, and vanished outside of it. “To suggest that a violent attack on the seat of democracy is legiti...
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YANQING, China — She shuffled off to the side and lowered her body into the snow like a wounded animal. Mikaela Shiffrin’s pain was emotional, not physical — at least as far as anyone knows — but the effect was the same. She dropped her poles, wrapped her arms around her knees and buried her helmeted face in them, as a...
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Baltimore officials try again to shut down longtime strip club The facade of Larry Flynt's Hustler Club at 405 E. Baltimore St. Built in 1906 by J.B. Elfatrick & Sons, the Gayety was one of the most famous theaters on the Block during the heyday of burlesque theater. The Gayety closed in 1969 and was leased by the Hust...
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BEIJING — After he had landed a jump called the Switch Left Double 1800 Cuban, after the waiting had ended, Colby Stevenson removed his helmet and goggles and still kept the scar concealed behind a green headband. The world could not see the jagged and discolored “U” between his eyes, but it had shaped Stevenson’s path...
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The NSO Group logo is displayed on a building in the Arava Valley in southern Israel on Feb. 8. (Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images) Netanyahu’s lawyers had asked the court to postpone the testimony of prosecution witness Shlomo Filber after police acknowledged last week that they used spyware to access the contents of hi...
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BEIJING — Scott Hamilton and Brian Boitano have been waiting more than a decade for someone to join them in one of the most exclusive clubs in American figure skating: Olympic champions. “A lot of it has to do with both men revolutionizing our sport, taking the sport to new heights and forcing everyone else to catch up...
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Members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during military drills on Feb. 8. (Ukrainian Army General Staff via Reuters) It remains unclear whether the two days of whirlwind diplomacy — involving leaders from France, Germany, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and the United States — yielded any firm commitment to de-escalation. The Kr...
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Members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during military drills on Feb. 8. (Ukrainian Army General Staff/Reuters) It remains unclear whether the two days of whirlwind diplomacy — involving leaders from France, Germany, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and the United States — yielded any firm commitment to de-escalation. The Kremli...
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Amey leads San Jose State against San Diego State after 24-point game FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: San Jose State -14.5; over/under is 124.5 The Spartans are 6-5 on their home court. San Jose State allows 72.3 points to opponents and has been outscored by 6.3 points per game. The Aztecs are 5-3 against MWC opponents. San D...
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Calvin leads Wright State against Green Bay after 23-point game BOTTOM LINE: Wright State plays the Green Bay Phoenix after Trey Calvin scored 23 points in Wright State’s 75-64 win over the Oakland Golden Grizzlies. The Phoenix are 4-5 on their home court. Green Bay has a 1-13 record against opponents over .500. The Ra...
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Celestine leads Cal against Oregon State after 20-point showing FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Oregon State -1; over/under is 134.5 BOTTOM LINE: Cal takes on the Oregon State Beavers after Jalen Celestine scored 20 points in Cal’s 68-64 loss to the Washington State Cougars. The Beavers have gone 3-7 at home. Oregon State ran...
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Coastal Carolina hosts Georgia State in conference showdown Georgia State Panthers (9-10, 3-5 Sun Belt) at Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (12-10, 4-6 Sun Belt) BOTTOM LINE: Essam Mostafa and the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers host Corey Allen and the Georgia State Panthers in Sun Belt action. The Chanticleers are 9-4 in ...
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Cohen leads Saint Francis (PA) against Fairleigh Dickinson after 26-point game Saint Francis (PA) Red Flash (7-16, 3-9 NEC) at Fairleigh Dickinson Knights (3-19, 2-7 NEC) BOTTOM LINE: Saint Francis (PA) takes on the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights after Josh Cohen scored 26 points in Saint Francis (PA)’s 65-64 overtime los...
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Indiana State takes on Evansville, aims to halt 4-game slide Indiana State Sycamores (9-14, 2-9 MVC) at Evansville Purple Aces (6-16, 2-9 MVC) Evansville, Indiana; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Indiana State looks to break its four-game losing streak with a win against Evansville. The Purple Aces are 4-6 in home ga...
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IUPUI faces Purdue Fort Wayne on 10-game road skid IUPUI Jaguars (2-19, 0-10 Horizon) at Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (13-10, 8-6 Horizon) Fort Wayne, Indiana; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: IUPUI will aim to stop its 10-game road losing streak when the Jaguars play Purdue Fort Wayne. The Mastodons are 11-2 in home g...
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Little Rock visits South Alabama after Chandler's 26-point game Little Rock Trojans (7-13, 2-6 Sun Belt) at South Alabama Jaguars (15-8, 5-5 Sun Belt) Mobile, Alabama; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: South Alabama hosts the Little Rock Trojans after Jay Jay Chandler scored 26 points in South Alabama’s 69-62 loss to t...
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McCoy, Boston University Terriers host the Army Black Knights BOTTOM LINE: Javante McCoy and the Boston University Terriers host Jalen Rucker and the Army Black Knights. The Terriers are 7-4 in home games. Boston University is third in the Patriot scoring 70.1 points while shooting 44.5% from the field. The Black Knigh...
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Central Connecticut State Blue Devils (6-18, 3-8 NEC) at Merrimack Warriors (10-14, 4-6 NEC) BOTTOM LINE: Cent. Conn. St. plays the Merrimack Warriors after Nigel Scantlebury scored 27 points in Cent. Conn. St.’s 91-82 overtime win against the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights. The Warriors have gone 5-6 at home. Merrimack i...
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Old Dominion faces Middle Tennessee on 4-game road slide Old Dominion Monarchs (9-14, 4-6 C-USA) at Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (15-7, 6-3 C-USA) BOTTOM LINE: Old Dominion will aim to stop its four-game road skid when the Monarchs take on Middle Tennessee. The Blue Raiders are 10-0 in home games. Middle Tennessee is ...
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SIU-Edwardsville hosts UT Martin following Simon's 21-point game UT Martin Skyhawks (7-16, 4-8 OVC) at SIU-Edwardsville Cougars (7-17, 1-10 OVC) Edwardsville, Illinois; Thursday, 12 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UT Martin visits the SIU-Edwardsville Cougars after K.J. Simon scored 21 points in UT Martin’s 69-61 loss to the Ten...
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Swenson leads Stetson against Jacksonville State after 20-point outing The Hatters are 6-6 on their home court. Stetson has a 4-8 record in games decided by 10 points or more. The Gamecocks have gone 9-1 against ASUN opponents. Jacksonville State scores 75.4 points while outscoring opponents by 7.5 points per game. The...
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UNC Greensboro hosts Citadel after Brown's 35-point showing Citadel Bulldogs (10-12, 4-7 SoCon) at UNC Greensboro Spartans (14-10, 6-6 SoCon) Greensboro, North Carolina; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Citadel faces the UNC Greensboro Spartans after Hayden Brown scored 35 points in Citadel’s 107-93 win over the Samfo...
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VMI takes on Mercer following Stephens' 20-point showing Mercer Bears (13-12, 6-6 SoCon) at VMI Keydets (14-10, 7-5 SoCon) Lexington, Virginia; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: VMI takes on the Mercer Bears after Jake Stephens scored 20 points in VMI’s 76-69 win against the Western Carolina Catamounts. The Keydets hav...
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Business leaders, academics warn of long-term economic impacts of Japan’s border closure TOKYO — Business leaders and academics are urging Japan to reopen its borders to business travelers and students, arguing that the prolonged closure is creating an undue burden on the country’s economy and cultural influence that w...
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The experiment to internationalize Chinese sports has not sat easily with fiercely nationalist fans who are watching the foreign-born athletes closely. When everything goes well, as it has with Gu, viewers accept them with pride. But one slip-up, in competition or elsewhere, and the attempt to straddle different nation...
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Skeleton has been an Olympic fixture since its 2002 return in Salt Lake City. (Mayk Wendt/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) Skeleton is one of the oldest sports on the Winter Olympics program, but it didn’t become a regular event until this century. The sport debuted in 1928, was contested in 1948 and returned from a five-decade h...
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