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In late February, Fox News host Tucker Carlson openly questioned the legitimacy of Ukraine’s political system, openly dismissing its status as a democracy. (Adriana Usero/The Washington Post) “You can’t say it enough, Ukraine is not a democracy. … In American terms, you would call Ukraine a tyranny.” Carlson has been c...
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has announced a new round of sanctions targeting Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, charging that Russia’s Vladimir Putin “chose this war” and his country will bear the consequences. The sanctions target Russian banks, oligarchs, and high-tech sectors. The penalties fall in line with...
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It is still early days in the Ukraine conflict, so it’s too soon to know how many civilians will ultimately be displaced, where they will go and how long it will be before they can safely return to their homes. If they ever can. But recent experiences with Afghan and Syrian refugees show it’s better to start planning f...
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A copy of the House version of the budget bill and amendments on a member’s desk during the floor session of the House of Delegates at the State Capitol in Richmond, Va. Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP) RICHMOND, Va. — The Republican-controlled Virginia House and Democrat-controlled S...
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Russia’s use of cyber weapons could create new dilemmas for NATO, which in 2021 said it would weigh “on a case-by-case basis” whether a cyberattack would trigger its Article 5 collective defense principle, which establishes that an attack against one ally an attack against all allies. The article was invoked for the fi...
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Transcript: World Stage: Ukraine with Dame Karen Pierce, British Ambassador to the United States My guest today, a day when Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded his neighbor, Ukraine, is the voice of the British government in Washington, Ambassador Karen Pierce. Madam Ambassador, thank you very much for joining us ...
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Grambling State University hired Art Briles as its offensive coordinator, a school spokesperson confirmed Thursday, bringing Briles back into the college coaching ranks for the first time since Baylor fired him for his handling of sexual assault allegations against his players. At Grambling, a historically Black univer...
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For the fourth straight day, Major League Baseball owners and players met among themselves and with each other with the stated purpose of reaching a new collective bargaining agreement. For the fourth straight day, they left without one — and without any indication that one might even be in reach — and instead pinned h...
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The General Assembly now turns its attention to reconciling differences between the rival budget bills before its regular legislative session wraps up March 12. The House of Delegates approved its budget by a vote of 74-25, with all the objections coming from Democrats. Down the hall, the Senate passed its budget by a ...
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“Would this have happened to a white man? Probably not. Everyone on the jury knows that, and you have a jury that has no Black people on it,” T. Anansi Wilson, director of the Center for the Study of Black Life and the Law at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law, said before Thursday’s verdict. When he heard Magnuson’s c...
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Parents of Michigan school shooting suspect to stand trial Parents of shooting suspect to stand trial The Crumbleys’ attorneys insisted the couple didn’t know their son might plan an attack and didn’t make the gun easy to find in their home. The Crumbleys remain jailed on $500,000 bond. Last month, Ethan Crumbley’s att...
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But as he confronts what could become Europe’s biggest war since 1945, Biden is also staring at the limits of the American presidency, as all his diplomatic efforts and economic threats were unable to prevent a determined authoritarian from invading a weaker country. For now, that is largely through a buffet of tough s...
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More than 74 million people visited The Washington Post in January 2022 The Washington Post had 74.6 million total digital unique visitors in January 2022, according to Comscore, up four percent over December. Nearly 66 million people visited the site via mobile device, six percent more than the previous month.
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The 40-acre National Conference Center in Leesburg, Va., will serve as a temporary home for as many as 1,000 Afghans processed there per month before they are moved into permanent homes around the country, including in the Washington region, county Board Chair Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) said at a town hall meeting...
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The General Assembly now turns its attention to reconciling differences between the rival budget bills before its regular legislative session wraps up March 12. The House of Delegates approved its budget by a vote of 74 to 25, with all the objections coming from Democrats. Down the hall, the Senate passed its budget by...
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For the fourth straight day, Major League Baseball owners and players met among themselves and with each other with the stated purpose of reaching a new collective bargaining agreement. For the fourth straight day, they left without one — and without any indication that one might even be in reach — and instead pinned h...
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Novak Djokovic’s reign as the No. 1 player is coming to an end. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP) Jiri Vesely, a tournament qualifier from the Czech Republic, beat Djokovic, 6-4 7-6 (7-4), in the Dubai Tennis Championships. Russia’s Daniil Medvedev, who lost to Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open final, will be the No. 1 player whe...
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FILE - Sally Kellerman arrives at the premiere of “The Danish Girl” at Regency Village Theatre on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, in Los Angeles. Kellerman, the Oscar-nominated actor who played “Hot Lips” Houlihan in director Robert Altman’s 1970 army comedy “MASH,” died Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, at age 84. Kellerman died of h...
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Putin’s actions seem at cross-purposes with his goals. He says he wants to keep Ukraine out of NATO, and NATO out of Ukraine; although Ukraine is no closer to joining the alliance than it was, the Russian president has galvanized the West into opposing Russia and supporting Kyiv. He says he wants to bolster Russian sec...
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Naz Hillmon had 28 points and eight rebounds in her final home game, lifting No. 6 Michigan to a 62-51 win over Michigan State on Thursday night to earn at least a share of the Big Ten women’s basketball title for the first time in school history.
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FILE - Miami Dolphin defenders Vern Den Herder and Norris Thomas (41) go after Houston Oilers wide receiver Ken Burrough (00) during the first half of an NFL football game Dec. 24, 1978, in Miami. Burrough, who was the last NFL player to wear No. 00, died Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. He was 73. Burrough’s family announced ...
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In the crowded Senate contest in Ohio, J.D. Vance, a self-styled populist who rose to prominence with the publication of his 2016 “Hillbilly Elegy,” said this week, “I don’t really care what happens to Ukraine one way or the other.” In a second Thursday statement, he said, “Russia’s assault on Ukraine is unquestionably...
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The New York Rangers punctured that belief Thursday, dominating their Metropolitan Division rivals in a 4-1 loss at Madison Square Garden. The only bright spot for the visitors came from Alex Ovechkin, whose goal in the closing minutes prevented the shutout. The Capitals (28-16-9) failed make the most of a multitude of...
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“We played good from start to finish,” Lafrenière said. “It was a really good game against a really good team. ... They’re having a really good year, too, so it was a good test for us and we responded like that.” “I thought we had a lot of chances,” Capitals coach Peter Laviolette said. “Some of them were good looks, c...
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The New York Rangers punctured that belief Thursday, dominating their Metropolitan Division rivals in the Capitals’ 4-1 loss at Madison Square Garden. The only bright spot for the visitors came from Alex Ovechkin, whose goal in the closing minutes prevented the shutout. The Capitals (28-16-9) failed to make the most of...
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American hosts Loyola (MD) following Jones' 20-point outing BOTTOM LINE: Loyola (MD) faces the American Eagles after Kenny Jones scored 20 points in Loyola (MD)’s 52-50 loss to the Navy Midshipmen. The Eagles are 5-5 in home games. American gives up 71.8 points and has been outscored by 8.6 points per game. The Greyhou...
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BOTTOM LINE: Army visits the Holy Cross Crusaders after Jalen Rucker scored 21 points in Army’s 73-60 victory over the Bucknell Bison. The Crusaders are 5-7 on their home court. Holy Cross averages 11.9 turnovers per game and is 6-7 when it turns the ball over less than its opponents. The Black Knights are 8-9 against ...
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BOTTOM LINE: Dayton looks to keep its five-game win streak alive when the Flyers take on La Salle. The Explorers have gone 6-8 in home games. La Salle gives up 73.4 points and has been outscored by 4.8 points per game. The Flyers are 12-3 in A-10 play. Dayton ranks seventh in the A-10 with 13.9 assists per game led by ...
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Furman visits Citadel following Moffe's 24-point game BOTTOM LINE: Citadel takes on the Furman Paladins after Tyler Moffe scored 24 points in Citadel’s 71-67 win against the Mercer Bears. The Bulldogs have gone 7-7 in home games. Citadel is 2-2 in games decided by 3 points or fewer. The Paladins are 11-6 against SoCon ...
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Iowa State visits Kansas State following Brockington's 35-point outing BOTTOM LINE: Iowa State faces the Kansas State Wildcats after Izaiah Brockington scored 35 points in Iowa State’s 84-81 win over the West Virginia Mountaineers. The Wildcats have gone 9-5 in home games. Kansas State is eighth in the Big 12 with 8.0 ...
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Jacksonville State hosts North Alabama following Ortiz's 31-point showing BOTTOM LINE: North Alabama visits the Jacksonville State Gamecocks after Daniel Ortiz scored 31 points in North Alabama’s 81-72 loss to the Central Arkansas Sugar Bears. The Gamecocks are 9-3 in home games. Jacksonville State is third in the ASUN...
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Liberty hosts Kennesaw State following McGhee's 28-point game BOTTOM LINE: Liberty takes on the Kennesaw State Owls after Darius McGhee scored 28 points in Liberty’s 82-72 overtime loss to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. The Flames are 11-2 on their home court. Liberty averages 11.3 turnovers per game and is 7-6 when it...
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Marquette hosts Butler after Hodges' 25-point outing BOTTOM LINE: Butler takes on the Marquette Golden Eagles after Bo Hodges scored 25 points in Butler’s 66-60 loss to the Seton Hall Pirates. The Golden Eagles have gone 11-3 at home. Marquette averages 74.6 points while outscoring opponents by 4.3 points per game. The...
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BOTTOM LINE: Michael Cubbage and the Saint Francis (BKN) Terriers host Jordan Minor and the Merrimack Warriors in NEC action Saturday. The Terriers have gone 3-8 at home. Saint Francis (BKN) allows 70.2 points and has been outscored by 1.7 points per game. The Warriors are 8-8 against conference opponents. Merrimack ra...
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No. 20 Texas plays West Virginia after Jones' 21-point game BOTTOM LINE: No. 20 Texas visits the West Virginia Mountaineers after Andrew Jones scored 21 points in Texas’ 75-66 victory over the TCU Horned Frogs. The Mountaineers are 11-4 in home games. West Virginia ranks ninth in the Big 12 at limiting opponent scoring...
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BOTTOM LINE: Buffalo plays the Northern Illinois Huskies after Jeenathan Williams scored 28 points in Buffalo’s 79-68 victory over the Northern Illinois Huskies. The Bulls are 8-2 in home games. Buffalo is the top team in the MAC with 13.6 fast break points. The Huskies are 5-12 in conference games. Northern Illinois g...
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BOTTOM LINE: NC State hosts the North Carolina Tar Heels after Terquavion Smith scored 21 points in NC State’s 69-61 loss to the Boston College Eagles. The Wolf Pack are 7-9 in home games. NC State is 1-3 in games decided by less than 4 points. The Tar Heels are 12-5 against ACC opponents. North Carolina is third in th...
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Stetson hosts North Florida after Johnston's 23-point outing BOTTOM LINE: Stetson hosts the North Florida Ospreys after Chase Johnston scored 23 points in Stetson’s 75-71 loss to the Kennesaw State Owls. The Hatters are 7-7 in home games. Stetson averages 12.2 turnovers per game and is 6-2 when it turns the ball over l...
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BOTTOM LINE: UMBC hosts the Maine Black Bears after Darnell Rogers scored 26 points in UMBC’s 92-85 victory over the Hartford Hawks. The Retrievers are 7-4 in home games. UMBC ranks ninth in the America East with 26.7 points per game in the paint led by Rogers averaging 0.3. The Black Bears are 3-13 against America Eas...
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Vanderbilt visits Mississippi State after Smith's 21-point outing BOTTOM LINE: Mississippi State hosts the Vanderbilt Commodores after Tolu Smith scored 21 points in Mississippi State’s 66-56 loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks. The Bulldogs are 13-2 in home games. Mississippi State ranks ninth in the SEC with 13.3 as...
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BOTTOM LINE: William & Mary will attempt to stop its six-game road skid when the Tribe visit Hofstra. The Pride have gone 10-2 in home games. Hofstra averages 77.4 points and has outscored opponents by 5.3 points per game. The Tribe are 4-13 against CAA opponents. William & Mary averages 15.7 turnovers per game and is ...
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Videos from Kyiv show building on fire following rocket strikes Natali Sevriukova reacts next to her house following a rocket attack the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. (Emilio Morenatti/AP) An air raid siren went off about 7 a.m. local time and at least one residential building in the capital caught fire...
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Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma will take on an increased scoring role in the final 24 games. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post) Kyle Kuzma spent the NBA all-star break on the beach in Turks and Caicos, completely detached from basketball. He needed to recharge after a tumultuous first four months of the season in which ...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin invoked the Nazis on Thursday when he announced his decision to launch a large-scale military operation in Ukraine. The Russian leader said that one of the goals of the offensive was to “denazify” the country, part of a long-running effort by Putin to delegitimize Ukrainian nationalism ...
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People try to flee Kyiv, Ukraine, on buses, many headed to Poland. (Heidi Levine for The Washington Post) Hope that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military buildup was a bluff for diplomatic concessions — a view clung to for weeks by many in Europe — disappeared in the smoke and fire of missiles and advancing troop...
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How this wave of African coups differs from previous ones To maintain power, military leaders are likely to turn to elections Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Damiba is sworn in as head of state in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on Feb. 16. (EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) By Erica De Bruin Maggie Dwyer In many ways, the recent spate of coups an...
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Maryland guard Ashley Owusu is still seeking to recapture her form after missing four games with an ankle injury. “Whether I come out and have two points or 20 points, I’m still going to love the game at the end of the day,” she said. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post) This wasn’t exactly the season Ashley Owusu imag...
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BOTTOM LINE: No. 1 Gonzaga will look for its 25th victory this season when the Bulldogs face the No. 23 Saint Mary’s Gaels. The Gaels have gone 15-0 at home. Saint Mary’s (CA) is the leader in the WCC in team defense, giving up 59.5 points while holding opponents to 42.4% shooting. TOP PERFORMERS: Matthias Tass is scor...
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South Carolina guard Jermaine Couisnard (5) drives past Texas A&M guard Tyrece Radford (23) for a basket during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Sam Craft) COLUMBIA, S.C. — A look at weekend action around the Southeastern Conference:
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She cares for 24 pigs, 20 goats, 210 cats, a skunk and 345 other rescue animals — but who’s saving who? Laurie Zaleski, who lives with 600 rescue animals, talks about her work, her life and her new book, “Funny Farm” Laurie Zaleski with a goat named Nemo. (Nora Krug/The Washington Post) By Nora Krug MAYS LANDING, N.J. ...
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Los Angeles soccer is thriving, thanks to Latino fans. But it wasn’t always so. The key to building a stable fan base for soccer in the United States LA Galaxy's Derrick Williams, right, defends against Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Russell Teibert during the an MLS soccer match last summer in Sandy, Utah. (Rick Bowme...
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Our research identified which Latino voters are especially susceptible. Spanish-language “I voted today” stickers, at a polling place in Philadelphia on May 21, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP) By Jeronimo Cortina Before the 2020 U.S. election, the Latino community was inundated with misinformation and conspiracy theories on pol...
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Friday briefing: Latest on the Ukraine invasion; updating mask guidance; George Floyd verdict; Supreme Court pick; and more Russian forces have closed in on Ukraine’s capital. The Washington Post verified nine different videos showing explosions over Kyiv on Feb. 25, through an audio-visual sync. Five are seen here. (T...
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Theron and Kelci Jagge stand with their newly adopted son, Ruslan, at a train station in the Donetsk region in Eastern Ukraine on Feb. 9. (Courtesy Theron Jagge) Theron and Kelci Jagge’s driver sped through Kyiv, flying over train tracks and darting through traffic in a mad dash to reach the U.S. Embassy. The couple wa...
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The measures target a range of companies, banks and powerful individuals in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. On Thursday, President Biden announced a second round of sanctions against Russia’s two largest financial institutions, multiple state-owned enterprises and a handful of Russian elites. Prime Min...
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India avoids condemning Russian invasion of Ukraine, keeps aloof from Biden’s coalition against Moscow As fighting erupted Thursday in Ukraine, Russian and Ukrainian diplomats in New Delhi presented dueling pitches. The ranking Russian envoy, Roman Babushkin, praised Modi’s “independent and balanced” approach and offer...
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Ukraine says Chernobyl radiation levels ‘exceeded,’ as Russia confirms its forces seized the nuclear plant A worker sets a flag signaling radioactivity in front of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant during a drill organized by Ukraine's Emergency Ministry in 2006. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images) The Ukrainian governm...
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A U.S. military aircraft takes off from Ramstein Air Base in Germany, Feb. 25, 2022, after President Biden authorized the deployment of more U.S. forces as part of NATO's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (Ronald Wittek/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) But the 30-member organization, formed to provide collective security ...
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Alex Kersting, left, and Ravi Patel in “Butter.” (Blue Fox Entertainment) Excellent drama about mental health has suicidal ideation. “Butter” is a high school drama that centers on Marshall (Alex Kersting), an obese teen who feels that the only way to be seen is to film himself eating himself to death. The film deals f...
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A monument to Vladimir the Great is pictured during the prayer service for the 1,031st anniversary of Christianization of Rus-Ukraine, in Kyiv in 2019. (Future Publishing/Hennadii Minchenko/Barcroft Media/Getty Images) “He who loves Russia and wishes it well can only pray for Vladimir, placed at the head of Russia by G...
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A Black lawyer who dismantled barriers, for herself and many others The first Black woman appointed to a federal judgeship, Constance Baker Motley, in her chambers in New York in 2004, at age 82. (BEBETO MATTHEWS/ASSOCIATED PRESS) By Patricia Sullivan Patricia Sullivan is the author of “Justice Rising: Robert Kennedy’s...
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Of course, Russia invaded Ukraine anyway. More and tougher sanctions are planned in response, and the anticipation of them alone has been enough to crash financial markets in Russia, but at this point, Putin seems to have priced this into his calculations. In an era when sanctions often feel like the default U.S. respo...
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Fashion’s victims: The environment, the colonized and the poor A woman prepares to weave fabric on a handloom near Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2020. A few traditional weavers are left in the country, where huge garment factories churn out cheaper alternatives. (MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP via Getty Images) By Balaji Ravichandran Bala...
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His speech this week makes it clear he’s out to restore “historic Russia” Russian President Vladimir Putin signs documents, including a decree recognizing two Russian-backed breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent, at the Kremlin on Feb. 21. (Alexey Nikolsky/AFP/Getty Images) By Daniel Treisman President Vl...
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Architectural rendering for an affordable-housing development project that Atlanta First United Methodist Church is shepherding in Atlanta. The project is a two-tower complex design that will include approximately 320 units of housing, 85 percent of which will be affordable. (Atlanta First United Methodist Church) Hous...
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Barcelona’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, right, celebrates after scoring a goal during the Europa League soccer match between Napoli and Barcelona at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium, in Naples, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. (Alessandro Garofalo/LaPresse via AP) NYON, Switzerland — Russian club Spartak Moscow will pl...
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A U.S. military aircraft takes off from Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Feb. 25 after President Biden authorized the deployment of more U.S. forces as part of NATO's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (Ronald Wittek/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) But the 30-member organization, formed to provide collective security again...
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On Thursday night, Carlson backpedaled, recharacterizing what he called a “border dispute” two days earlier as a conflict that “could become a world war.” “It’s a tragedy, because war always is a tragedy and the closer you get to it, the more horrifying it seems,” he said. In the hours preceding Carlson’s about-face, R...
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The 40-acre National Conference Center in Leesburg, Va., will serve as a temporary home for as many as 1,000 Afghans processed there per month before they are moved into permanent homes around the country, including in the Washington region, Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large), the county board chair, said at a town hall m...
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Theron and Kelci Jagge with their newly adopted son, Ruslan, at a train station in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine on Feb. 9. (Courtesy of Theron Jagge) Theron and Kelci Jagge’s driver sped through Kyiv, flying over train tracks and darting through traffic in a mad dash to reach the U.S. Embassy. The couple were ...
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From the moment President Biden promised to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has been the likeliest pick. And that is who he will nominate on Friday to fill retiring Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s seat, report The Post’s Tyler Pager, Sean Sullivan and Seung Min Kim. She was a high s...
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When news of Brown’s expected nomination first leaked, Republicans erupted in shameless race-baiting by railing at Biden’s 2020 campaign promise to appoint a Black woman. That produced a strong reaction, which might — might — make some Republicans less likely to go straight for the racial appeals. But even if they are,...
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Residents describe hearing gun shots, seeing police converge at crime scenes and learning about violent and property crimes on neighborhood email discussion groups or social media. About 1 in 6 residents say someone in their household has been a victim of violent crime in the past five years including 23 percent of Bla...
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On Thursday night, Carlson backpedaled, recharacterizing what he had called a “border dispute” two days earlier as a conflict that “could become a world war.” “It’s a tragedy, because war always is a tragedy, and the closer you get to it, the more horrifying it seems,” he said. In the hours preceding Carlson’s about-fa...
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When news of Jackson’s potential nomination first leaked, Republicans erupted in shameless race-baiting by railing at Biden’s 2020 campaign promise to appoint a Black woman. That produced a strong reaction, which might — might — make some Republicans less likely to go straight for the racial appeals. But even if they a...
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But it’s not clear if any Senate Republicans would support her now. Another potential nominee, J. Michelle Childs, a judge in South Carolina, had at least one GOP senator, Graham, talking favorably about her. She would be the first public defender on the modern court: Jackson wouldn’t just be making history as the firs...
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President Biden will nominate federal judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace retiring Justice Stephen G. Breyer, a historic choice that fulfills the president’s pledge to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court. If confirmed, Jackson, 51, would also be just the third African American in the high court’s 233...
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Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.) speaks to reporters while arriving for a vote in the U.S. Capitol on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021 in Washington. (Al Drago/For The Washington Post) Republican Sen. James M. Inhofe, a conservative crusader who has represented Oklahoma over five decades in Congress, while earning a reputation as a ...
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The case over carbon pollution from power plants ‘could well become one of the most significant environmental law cases of all time,’ one legal scholar says Trains filled with coal near the Dry Fork Station energy plant in Gillette, Wyo., in November 2021. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) “It’s hard to see why they...
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But it’s not clear whether any Senate Republicans would support her now. Another potential nominee, J. Michelle Childs, a judge in South Carolina, had at least one GOP senator, Graham, talking favorably about her. If all 50 Senate Democrats support her, Biden doesn’t need any Republican votes to get her nomination conf...
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Opinion: Maryland can’t wait for traffic relief A line of traffic in the northbound lanes of Interstate 270 on July 27, 2021, in Clarksburg. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post) By Stephen Courtien Howard Levine Stephen Courtien, president of Baltimore-D.C. Building Trades, and Howard Levine, owner of Ramar Moving Syst...
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This Feb. 18, 2022 photo shows the tattered scoreboard at the vacant Sand Castle minor league baseball stadium on the former Bader Field airport site in Atlantic City, N.J. DEEM Enterprises is proposing a $2.7 billion auto-centric development including a driving course and 2,000 housing units on the site of the first a...
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Biden’s pick won’t shift the Supreme Court, but here’s what might The court could push the political branches into action. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson poses for a portrait, on Feb., 18, 2022, in her office at the court in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Armand Derfner President Biden’s plan to nominate federal ...
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For the second time in a little less than two years, President Biden has selected the person lots of people thought he would select for a huge position. First, it was Kamala D. Harris for his running mate. Now, it’s Ketanji Brown Jackson for his first Supreme Court vacancy. But even as Jackson’s selection was considere...
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Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.) speaks to reporters while arriving for a vote at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 6. (Al Drago for The Washington Post) Republican Sen. James M. Inhofe, a conservative crusader who has represented Oklahoma over five decades in Congress, while earning a reputation as a leading denier of climate ch...
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World Stage: Ukraine with John Bolton, Former U.S. National Security Advisor Russia has invaded Ukraine, and the West is exploring military and economic options to punish that aggression. On Friday, March 4 at 11:00 a.m. ET, former national security advisor and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, joins ...
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It is still early in the Ukraine conflict, so it’s too soon to know how many civilians will ultimately be displaced, where they will go and how long it will be before they can safely return to their homes. If they ever can. But recent experiences with Afghan and Syrian refugees show it’s better to start planning for a ...
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Ketanji Brown Jackson appears at her Senate confirmation hearing after she was nominated to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, April 28, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool/Getty Images) Only two Black men have ever served on the nation’s highest court— the late Justice Thurgood Ma...
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Biden informed Jackson of pick Thursday night, official says Former House speaker Paul Ryan congratulates Jackson Clerk for a Supreme Court justice, then get appointed to the job Schumer and Durbin praise Jackson, promise swift action Biden is following through on a promise to nominate the first Black woman to the Supr...
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Adam Johnson, a stay-at-home father of five boys, was at the front of the mob that attacked the House chamber, and he tried to enter Pelosi’s office. Adam Johnson, the Florida man who posed for a picture carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D) lectern in the Senate Rotunda of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and led a pr...
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Opinion: Virginians can work together on the climate crisis A pedestrian walks through flood water on Union Street as heavy rain falls in Old Town Alexandria on Oct. 29. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) By Andrea McGimsey Andrea McGimsey, a resident of Loudoun County, is the executive director of the Faith Alliance...
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TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ top public school administrator was suspended on Friday after attempting to step down over an offensive remark about Native Americans at a recent public conference. But the board unanimously rejected Watson’s resignation and suspended him for 30 days, without pay. The board’s decision came a day ...
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World Stage: Ukraine with Lithuania Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte Lithuania is a Baltic republic of 2.8 million people that gained independence in 1991 after half a century under Soviet rule. On Monday, Feb. 28 at 11:00 a.m. ET, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius speaks with Lithuania’s Prime Minister Ingrida S...
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Opinion: Readers critique The Post: There aren’t two sides to heart health The media should not be bothsidesing heart health I write this letter from my office, looking at a cardiac catheterization of a patient with a 90 percent lesion in their left anterior descending coronary artery, with high cholesterol driven larg...
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(Simon Ingate/iStock) Since the start of the pandemic, thousands of youngsters in the United States have suffered a rare but serious condition called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). The condition, which researchers are still learning about, has been associated with the coronavirus, causing inflam...
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Man charged with murder in Landover area shooting, police say Police announced an arrest in a Landover area killing. (iStock) A 35-year-old man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in a shooting that took place during a drug deal in the Landover area Saturday, Prince George’s County police said.
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Now that it has been reported that Russian propaganda and misinformation campaigns have been launched on social media platforms and have targeted websites, including those of Fox News in the United States, Le Figaro in France, La Stampa in Italy, and Der Spiegel and Die Welt in Germany, maybe more people in this countr...
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In the wake of Russia’s attack, President Biden will be forced to balance short-term fixes with ambitious plans to fight climate change Gas prices rose above $6 per gallon on Feb. 23 at a gas station in Los Angeles. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images) The Ukraine invasion and Russia’s stranglehold on European natural ...
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Here in Kyiv, we can watch Russian television, allowing us to see Moscow’s version of events. For now, the Russian media is only allowed to describe the invasion as “a special military operation in Donbas” — Orwellian language apparently dictated by Putin himself. (That reluctance to use the word “war” shows that the a...
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Up until now, Russia tried to look like it was playing by the rules. Members of a Ukrainian territorial defense battalion set up a machine gun on Feb. 25, in Kyiv. (Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images) By Tanisha M. Fazal Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is shocking because it is so unusual for one country to so brazenly attack...
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