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But instead of a gradual climb, now those changes will come all at once: Starting this year, eligible workers will be provided with 12 weeks of paid parental leave, family and medical leave — with a cap of 12 weeks in a year, according to a letter from then-acting chief financial officer Fitzroy Lee. It represents a sh...
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The first 2022 primaries in the nation happened Tuesday in Texas. The results can help us interpret the state of the Republican Party one year into full Democratic control in Washington, given how red Texas is. But Democrats also flexed their muscles. Here are four big moments that could signal broader trends, if they ...
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The 2022 UEFA Champions League Final banner on display in September at Krestovsky Stadium in St. Petersburg. (Anatoly Maltsev/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) Sports federations and leagues have moved aggressively to sideline Russia’s teams and athletes since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Those efforts picked up the pace Monday a...
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Sen. Tim Kaine, still experiencing long covid, introduces bill to research and combat it Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), departs after a vote on Capitol Hill in December. Kaine is introducing a bill to address the effects of long covid, something he says he's experienced as well. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Sen. Tim K...
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The dust storm formed as a storm complex kicked up a wall of smoke, ash and dirt A pedestrian gestures while crossing the street during a sand and dust storm, in San Antonio, Paraguay Monday. (Cesar Olmedo/Reuters) Residents of southern Paraguay experienced an apocalyptic scene on Monday when a mile-tall wall of smoke,...
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The company has spent billions of dollars on office space in the last several years Google was one of the first major U.S. companies to send workers home in March 2020 and is seen as a corporate leader when it comes to workplace policies. The model of three days in-office and two days at home has been adopted by many o...
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FILE - American aviatrix Amelia Earhart poses for photos as she arrives in Southampton, England, after her transatlantic flight on the “Friendship” from Burry Point, Wales, June 26, 1928. A leather helmet that Amelia Earhart wore on a flight across the Atlantic in 1928 and later lost in a crowd of fans in Cleveland, so...
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Opinion: A pro-life spring arrives in Virginia By Marjorie Dannenfelser Freshmen students from Oakcrest School in Vienna secure a front-row position by the stage during the March For Life anti-abortion rally Jan. 21 in D.C. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post) Marjorie Dannenfelser is president of the national pro-life g...
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During a question-and-answer session Wednesday, Keir Starmer, the opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer, “why on earth” the Chelsea owner wasn’t on the sanctions list. “You’re talking about more sanctions, prime minister. But Roman Abramovich is not sanctioned. He is in London. His children are not in the bombard...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jordyn Cambridge had the first triple-double in school history, Iyana Moore scored 14 of her 18 points in the first quarter and Vanderbilt beat Texas A&M 85-69 in the opening game of the Southeastern Conference Tournament on Wednesday, bringing the coaching career of Hall of Famer Gary Blair to an en...
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The haboob formed as a storm complex kicked up a wall of smoke, ash and dirt. A pedestrian gestures while crossing the street during a sand and dust storm in San Antonio, Paraguay, on Monday. (Cesar Olmedo/Reuters) Residents of southern Paraguay experienced an apocalyptic-looking scene Monday when a mile-tall wall of s...
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The 2022 UEFA Champions League Final banner on display in September at Gazprom Arena in St. Petersburg. (Anatoly Maltsev/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) Sports federations and leagues have moved aggressively to sideline Russia’s teams and athletes since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The pace of those efforts picked up Monday aft...
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When we look back on this period in conservative politics, two things are likely to stand out: culture war grievances turned up to a fever pitch and a newly unrestrained use of power, with Republican politicians everywhere inventing novel ways to target enemies and accomplish their goals. In the Republican response to ...
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Russian aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska was formally subjected to sanctions by the U.S. government in 2018, and two mansions he is linked to in the United States were searched by the FBI last year. But officially, the two properties — including a 23,000-square-foot, seven-bedroom mansion in Washington’s swanky Embassy ...
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During a question-and-answer session Wednesday, Keir Starmer, the opposition Labour Party leader, asked “why on earth” the Chelsea owner wasn’t on the sanctions list. “You’re talking about more sanctions, prime minister. But Roman Abramovich is not sanctioned. He is in London. His children are not in the bombardments. ...
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School received $12.8 million to design a facility to test structures’ ability to withstand 200 mph winds and a 20-foot ocean surge The massive cyclone narrowly avoided Florida but compelled scientists there to consider the scenario of a Dorian-like storm hitting home, especially in a world in which such storms are bec...
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That should be a lesson for officials at all levels in Washington, Virginia and Maryland. Law enforcement was caught unprepared for the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, despite an avalanche of advance warnings. No one will be in a forgiving mood if truckers or others manage to cause chaos in the District or its suburbs. T...
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At a meeting Tuesday night, the Fairfax County Redistricting Advisory Committee recommended that the names of the county’s Lee and Sully districts be changed, though it didn’t suggest alternatives. The county’s Board of Supervisors will begin formally considering the recommendations next week. Formed initially as a cou...
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If Putin escalates the war in Ukraine, here’s what could be next. By Daniel McDowell A man walks along a street in Moscow. (Yuri Kochetkov/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) When the Biden administration announced its first round of financial sanctions targeting Russia last week for its invasion of Ukraine, it described them as...
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Ewing took over as coach in 2017-18 and has had one winning season. The highlight was a storybook run to the Big East tournament title last season when the Hoyas won four games in as many days as the No. 8 seed, dismantling second seed Creighton in the championship game, 73-48.
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At a meeting Tuesday night, the Fairfax County Redistricting Advisory Committee recommended that the names of the Lee and Sully districts be changed, though it didn’t suggest alternatives. The county’s Board of Supervisors will begin formally considering the recommendations next week. Formed initially as a county towns...
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Kaine introduces bill to research and combat long covid, after suffering it himself Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), departs after a vote on Capitol Hill in December. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Sen. Tim Kaine got covid-19 in the spring of 2020, and nearly two years later he still has mild symptoms. The Virginia Democr...
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Ewing took over as coach in 2017 and has had one winning season. The highlight was a storybook run to the Big East tournament title last season when the Hoyas won four games in as many days as the No. 8 seed, dismantling second seed Creighton in the championship game, 73-48.
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A “Masks Required” sign outside a bookstore in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. States and cities are dropping masking requirements. Federal officials say covid is moving out of the crisis phase. But many people across the U.S. say that for them, the emergency continu...
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Opinion: The state of our union’s health care won’t be fixed by Biden’s proposals First lady Jill Biden reaches out to Joshua Davis, a 13-year-old diabetes patient who was a guest of the president at the State of the Union address March 1. (Evelyn Hockstein/Bloomberg News) In his first State of the Union address, Presi...
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Dozens arrested in global abuse inquiry A long-running global investigation into child abuse images shared online has led to the arrest of dozens of suspects in New Zealand and the safeguarding of 146 children around the world, New Zealand officials and the E.U. police agency Europol said Wednesday. New Zealand officia...
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Nearly 900,000 people have fled Ukraine for safety. On today’s show, the refugees of the war in Ukraine. Ukrainians and others fleeing Russia’s invasion as they cross the border into Poland. (Kasia Strek for The Washington Post) Hundreds of thousands of refugees have left Ukraine for neighboring countries, and many are...
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Moscow has seen little support this week from these countries. By Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili People walk past a giant Kazakhstan flag in Astana, Kazakhstan, March 5, 2019. (Pavel Mikheyev/Reuters) To the east of the current conflict in Ukraine, none of the former Soviet republics in Central Asia has jumped to support...
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“The team game sort of got out of sync with guys going in and out of the lineup, lineups changing and then we kind of lost our rhythm, lost our way,” MacLellan said, referencing Washington’s myriad injury woes. “I think there’s a number of different things that have gone on.” Both have shown flashes, but MacLellan ackn...
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Eastman has so far submitted roughly 8,000 pages of emails to committee investigators but is withholding approximately 11,000 documents, citing attorney-client privilege. Last month, a U.S. district judge in California ordered an expedited schedule to review Eastman’s bid to shield emails sent between Jan. 4 and Jan. 7...
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Rep. Van Taylor (R-Tex.) listens during a hearing on Sept. 22, 2020. (Caroline Brehman/AP) News of Taylor’s affair with Tania Joya, a former Islamist militant who now works to “reprogram” other extremists, had circulated on conservative websites in the days leading up to the primary. Joya told the Dallas Morning News t...
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“The team game sort of got out of sync with guys going in and out of the lineup, lineups changing, and then we kind of lost our rhythm, lost our way,” MacLellan said, referencing Washington’s myriad injury woes. “I think there’s a number of different things that have gone on.” Both have shown flashes, but MacLellan ack...
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White House unveils pandemic ‘reset’ plan, says shutdowns, school closures ... Opinion: Biden’s State of the Union was a visual representation of his new pandemic plan President Biden, center, greets attendees after his State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol on March 1. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) One ...
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At Berlin's central station, Hauptbahnhof, passengers exit a platform where a train carrying refugees from the Ukrainian-Polish border arrived on Wednesday. (Clemens Bilan/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) The European Union is opening its doors to Svitlyk and hundreds of thousands of other Ukrainians. Under new rules expected...
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Empathy is often based on proximity. But when it comes to Ukraine, recent weeks have seen people act in ways that go beyond geography. Children walk past a storefront blocked by sandbags at a mall in Dnipro, Ukraine, on March 2. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) An 11-year-old was killed in America. An 11-year-old w...
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In a matter of days, the tone has changed. Since the invasion began last week, Russia, facing a flurry of sanctions, has become an economic pariah. Even Putin’s defenders among European businesses, , especially in Italy and Germany, have rallied behind what France’s finance minister this week called an “all-out economi...
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WASHINGTON — A half-dozen U.S. lobbying firms have severed ties with Russian-linked businesses over the past week. It represents a dramatic pullback for an industry that typically has few qualms about representing controversial interests. Records show that firms including McLarty Associates, BGR Government Affairs and ...
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Watch Florida Gov. DeSantis mock students for wearing masks: ‘It’s ridiculous’ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) speaks during a news conference after announcing a $20 million dollar program to create cybersecurity opportunities through the Florida Center for Cybersecurity at the University of South Florida in Tampa on Wed...
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President Donald Trump’s outspoken regard for Vladimir Putin and his shakedown of President Volodymyr Zelensky, which led to his first impeachment, took Republicans down some very bad roads with Ukrainian American voters. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) is Polish but has been one of Ukraine’s biggest champions on Capitol Hi...
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Washington Commanders General Manager Martin Mayhew speaks to reporters during a news conference at the NFL football scouting combine Wednesday. (Michael Conroy/AP) INDIANAPOLIS — While the Washington Commanders wait for the quarterback dominoes to fall, the team’s front office is using the NFL scouting combine to lay ...
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Transcript: “Capehart” with Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.) MR. CAPEHART: Good afternoon, and welcome to the “Capehart” podcast and Washington Post Live. I am Jonathan Capehart, opinion writer for The Washington Post. Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy, Democrat of Florida, was first elected to Congress in 2016, and she is ...
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The European Union is opening its doors to Svitlyk and hundreds of thousands of other Ukrainians. Under rules expected to be adopted Thursday, Ukrainian nationals will be eligible for “temporary protection” within the 27-nation bloc for up to three years, depending partly on conditions in Ukraine. More than 934,000 peo...
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Virginia Republicans kill bill giving Indian tribes role in reviewing development on ancestral lands The measure had cleared the Senate on a unanimous vote of 40-0 and had bipartisan support in the House, but a subcommittee rejected it Wednesday and urged bringing it back next year for consideration. Former governor Ra...
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Woods shared an image Wednesday of a Mickelson Twitter post from December, in which Mickelson thanked “all the crazies (and real supporters too) for … Helping me win the PiP!!” The Player Impact Program (PIP) is not necessarily related to a given player’s performance on the Tour, which was never more clear than when Wo...
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FILE - Marilyn Manson attends the 9th annual “Home for the Holidays” benefit concert on Dec. 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. Manson sued his former fiancee, “Westworld” actor Evan Rachel Wood, on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, over her allegations that he sexually and physically abused her during their relationship. Wood and Mans...
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Virginia Republicans kill bill giving Indian tribes a role in reviewing development on ancestral lands The measure had cleared the Senate on a unanimous vote of 40 to 0 and had bipartisan support in the House, but a subcommittee rejected it Wednesday and urged bringing it back next year for consideration. Former govern...
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Woods shared an image Wednesday of a Mickelson Twitter post from December in which Mickelson thanked “all the crazies (and real supporters too) for … Helping me win the PiP!!” The Player Impact Program is not necessarily related to a given player’s performance on the Tour, which was never more clear than when Woods top...
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Man found slain in Vienna, police say Police said the killing does not appear to be random. A man was found fatally stabbed at a home in Vienna, Va., Wednesday night, Fairfax County police said. Officers responded to the 9800 block of Palace Green Way about 5:30 p.m., police said. The man was found dead inside the home...
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Rosalind S. Helderman Lawyers for the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol said in a court filing Wednesday that former president Donald Trump and key allies engaged in potential crimes during their effort to overturn the election: conspiring to defraud the United States and obstructing an o...
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Video shows large explosion near Kyiv overnight as Russian troops step up assault By Atthar Mirza and Amy Cheng1:30 a.m. Video taken on March 2 shows a large explosion near Ukraine’s capital (The Washington Post) A large explosion lit up the night sky in Ukraine’s capital in the early hours of Thursday, local time, acc...
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Campbell Fighting Camels (16-12, 8-8 Big South) vs. Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs (17-12, 11-5 Big South) BOTTOM LINE: Gardner-Webb faces the Campbell Fighting Camels after D’Maurian Williams scored 24 points in Gardner-Webb’s 72-70 loss to the South Carolina Upstate Spartans. The Runnin’ Bulldogs have gone 11-3 at hom...
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Utah State Aggies (16-14, 7-10 MWC) at San Jose State Spartans (8-21, 1-16 MWC) San Jose, California; Friday, 11 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Utah State will aim to end its three-game road slide when the Aggies visit San Jose State. The Spartans have gone 7-8 in home games. San Jose State has a 2-1 record in games decided by ...
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LONDON — Faced with the threat of financial sanctions targeting Russians, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich announced Wednesday he is trying to sell the Premier League club that became trophy-winning machine thanks to his lavish investment. TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals signed coach Kliff Kingsbury and general mana...
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An “overwhelming” response from Paralympians forced the International Paralympic Committee on Thursday to reverse its previous position and bar athletes from Russia and Belarus from participating in the Beijing Winter Games over Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. In a news conference in Beijing on Thursday, IPC spok...
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The day before Loznitsa left for Poland, he resigned from the European Film Academy, chastising the organization for not taking a stronger stand in supporting Ukraine. (On Feb. 24, EFA president Matthijs Wouter Knol issued a statement saying the Russian invasion was “heavily worrying to us.”) He supports the decision o...
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Highlights across the country include Mark Morris, Lil Buck, American Ballet Theatre and “Reframing the Narrative” at the Kennedy Center Black ballet dancers will be celebrated in a six-day series at the Kennedy Center called “Reframing the Narrative,” which includes performances by Dance Theatre of Harlem, Ballethnic ...
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The country has been a key destination for African students for decades. Now, students are reporting racism at the border as they flee. By Nana Osei-Opare Thom Loyd People wait to go to Poland at the Shehyni Ukrainian border post on March 1. (Emmanuel Duparcq/AFP/Getty Images) Amid the unfolding tragedy of Russia’s inv...
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The trucker ‘convoys’ have roiled politics in Canada — and the U.S. Why that’s rare. Nineteenth-century Canadians built their government to avoid the downside of American politics. Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy is an associate teaching professor of American Studies at Miami University in Ohio and the author of “Between Empire...
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New offerings include ‘A Strange Loop’ on Broadway, National Capital New Play Festival, ‘Drumfolk’ at Arena and ‘Grace’ at Ford’s Theatre. For those who (like me) were not wild about the Coen Brothers’ emotionally static “The Tragedy of Macbeth” with Denzel Washington and Francis McDormand, Broadway is offering an alte...
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The federation, which considers itself “the United Nations of Cat Federations,” said in a statement that it was “shocked and horrified” that Russian forces had invaded Ukraine and “started a war.” Known as FIFe (for its French name Fédération Internationale Féline), it said that the new measures were decided Tuesday an...
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Pedestrian dies after he was hit by a driver in Maryland A man died after he was struck by a vehicle on Good Luck Road in Prince George's County, police said. (iStock) A pedestrian was struck and killed Wednesday by a vehicle in Maryland. The incident happened about 6 a.m. along the 7100 block of Good Luck Road near th...
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U-Md. breaks ground on memorial to honor Bowie State student killed on campus The memorial, slated for completion in May, will be built near the site where Lt. Richard Collins III was fatally stabbed A rendering depicts the site of a memorial on the University of Maryland's campus to honor Bowie State student, Lt. Rich...
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Can realism explain the war in Ukraine? When an elegant theory collides with a messy reality A demonstrator with Ukrainian flag colors and a peace symbol painted on her face takes part in an antiwar protest outside the European Parliament in Brussels on March 2, 2022. (Yves Herman/Reuters) The war in Ukraine has produc...
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Like fellow populists Donald Trump and Viktor Orbán, Putin is talking about an illiberal vision of a people united by common values, beliefs and history By Roland Paris A Russian soldier points a gun from a military helicopter as it flies over an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ...
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ROME — Pope Francis is planning to visit Congo and South Sudan in July, fulfilling a wish to minister to the faithful in the countries that have sizeable Catholic populations and long histories of conflict. The Archbishop of Canterbury will join him for the South Sudan leg in the latest ecumenical effort to solidify pe...
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Change is afoot in College Park, and while the Terrapins can feel good about their 84-73 victory over Minnesota that closed the home portion of the schedule — not to mention four wins in their last five games — the reality is results at this point don’t much matter. Manning is the interim coach who took over for the ou...
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Lillie Lainoff at East City Books: Lillie Lainoff’s newest book “One for All” is a gender-bent version of “The Three Musketeers,” focusing on a girl named Tania who trains to be a musketeer, despite her own chronic illness. Lainoff’s debut novel is not all adventure — at one point Tania meets her target, a kind, charmi...
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Lillie Lainoff at East City Bookshop: Lillie Lainoff’s newest book “One for All” is a gender-bent version of “The Three Musketeers,” focusing on a girl named Tania who trains to be a musketeer, despite her own chronic illness. Lainoff’s debut novel is not all adventure — at one point Tania meets her target, a kind, cha...
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Want to make your home more energy efficient? An architect takes your questions. (Mary Dorn Photography) Wayne Turett is the founder of the Turett Collaborative, an architecture and interior design firm based in New York. Turett, who founded the firm in 1991, has led initiatives to use energy-efficient and environmenta...
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Incandescent lightbulbs are on the way out. Here’s how to shop for more efficient replacements. “Ten years ago this product was not purchasable on the market, and now they’re available everywhere,” Zarker said. “It’s very exciting.” But not all Energy Star LED lightbulbs are the same; there are other factors to conside...
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Make the recipe: Fried Chicken or Mushroom Sandwiches With Hot Honey and Slaw After Thornton Prince died in 1970, his brother Will ran the place. In 1980, having never operated a restaurant before, but with a keen desire to keep something of the family’s legacy alive, Prince Jeffries took over the BBQ Chicken Shack. Sh...
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BALTIMORE — A Nigerian national has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for his part in a mail fraud scheme in which he and another man stole bank checks and credit and debit cards and conducted transactions based on what they stole, a federal prosecutor in Maryland said.
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Formula One ends contract for future Grand Prix races in Russia The Russian Grand Prix has always been closely associated with Russian President Vladimir Putin, seen here congratulating 2017 winner Valtteri Bottas, right, of Finland and second-place finisher Sebastian Vettel of Germany. (Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin...
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The day before Loznitsa left for Poland, he resigned from the European Film Academy, chastising the organization for not taking a stronger stand in supporting Ukraine. (On Feb. 24, EFA president Matthijs Wouter Knol issued a statement saying the Russian invasion was “heavily worrying to us.”In the wake of Loznitsa’s wi...
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The women portrayed in “The Tinder Swindler,” however, were in their 20s and 30s. Erika Kaplan, a senior matchmaker and vice president of membership at Three Day Rule, says it’s easy to fall for these scams in part because so many people on dating apps are passive. It’s common to get matches that lead to no conversatio...
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That should be a lesson for officials at all levels in Washington, Virginia and Maryland. Law enforcement was caught unprepared for the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, despite an avalanche of advance warnings. No one will be in a forgiving mood if truckers or others manage to cause chaos in the District or its suburbs. T...
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President Donald Trump’s outspoken regard for Vladimir Putin and his shakedown of President Volodymyr Zelensky, which led to his first impeachment, took Republicans down some very bad roads with Ukrainian American voters. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) is Polish but has been one of Ukraine’s biggest champions on Capitol Hi...
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Polish volunteers are working with the national railways department in Brzegi Dolne, Poland, on March 2, 2022, help to restore a rail line between Poland and Ukraine that has not been used in years. (Kasia Strek for The Washington Post) Over the past three days, Polish volunteers working along with the national railway...
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For months, former president Donald Trump has publicly criticized Ducey, who recognized Joe Biden’s win in Arizona in 2020 and has rejected the former president’s baseless claims of election fraud. “MAGA will never accept RINO Governor Doug Ducey of Arizona running for the U.S. Senate—So save your time, money, and ener...
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Police: Man's body found in Virginia reservoir CHESTERFIELD, Va. — A man’s body was found in a Virginia reservoir on Wednesday, police said. Chesterfield County police are investigating the death of the man found in the Swift Creek Reservoir, news outlets report. The man hasn’t been identified. Officers were called to ...
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FILE - Police and search dogs are on the scene at the JCC, (Jewish Community Campus) after a reported shooting on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022, in Indianapolis. A 19-year-old man has been arrested, Wednesday, March 2, in connection with a shooting that wounded two men at the community center during an apparent dispute over ...
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What’s happening in Ukraine? Our reporters are answering your questions about the Russian invasion. Olena, 42, who works as a lawyer and is one of the female members of Ukraine’s Territorial Defense unit, together with Оksana, 52, a graphic designer, as they guard a neighborhood in Kyiv on Feb. 28. (Heidi Levine for Th...
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Paramedics move a wounded person into an ambulance in Mariupol, southeastern Ukraine, on March 2, 2022. (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP) Farther north, Russian forces have unleashed a barrage of air and artillery assaults on urban centers. The capital city, Kyiv and Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, as well as the northern...
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Sign up for Today’s WorldView, The Washington Post’s global affairs email newsletter, for our best analysis and updates. The newsletter is adopting a new war footing. For the time being, we will focus on the Russian invasion and its vast ramifications, both inside and far beyond the conflict zone. Now, with the broader...
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Multiple injuries in explosion, fire in apartment building in Montgomery County, Md. Several people were hurt in an explosion at a building in Silver Spring, Md., police said. (Image: iStock) Several people were hurt in an explosion and fire at an apartment building in the Silver Spring area of Maryland just north of D...
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A traffic sign at left and large truck to the right were put in place to deter traffic on Feb. 23 amid heightened security on Capitol Hill. (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post) What is the “People’s Convoy,” and when are they coming? The convoy is on Day 9 of their 11-day journey, traveling from Monrovia, In., to Lore...
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Pandya and other experts said vaccine mandates still make sense because research shows the virus can spread easily in crowded indoor settings. Even though shots aren’t a foolproof shield against infection, unvaccinated people were still three times more likely to contract the virus during the omicron surge, according t...
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Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) speaks during a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing on children's online safety and mental health, on Sept. 30, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Patrick Semansky/AP) Luján’s return comes as a personal relief to his colleagues, but also as a political relief to Democrats, who were faced...
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President Donald Trump speaks during a “Save America Rally” on Jan. 6, 2021, near the White House. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg) For eight months the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol has been interviewing witnesses and collecting evidence. On Wednesday night, we got the first formal indication of the...
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Proposed USWNT match at Audi Field falls through; game goes to Columbus The U.S. team won the SheBelieves Cup on Feb. 23 in Frisco, Tex. (Jeffrey McWhorter/Associated Press) The U.S. Soccer Federation and D.C. United failed to reach a deal for the women’s national soccer team to play at Audi Field next month, and so th...
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World Stage: Ukraine with German Ambassador to the United States Emily Haber Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered a massive, unified, economic and diplomatic response from the United States and Europe. On Thursday, March 10 at 9:00 a.m. ET, Emily Haber, the German Ambassador to the United States, joins Washington...
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Sign up for Today’s WorldView, The Washington Post’s global affairs email newsletter, for our best analysis and reporting from nearly a dozen journalists on the ground. The newsletter is adopting a new war footing. For the time being, we will focus on the Russian invasion and its ramifications, both inside and far beyo...
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My fellow Americans, as we gather in this chamber, war is raging in Europe — and brave Ukrainians are risking their lives to defend their country. So, tonight, I want to speak with you about what is at stake in this struggle. We have just witnessed the worst act of unprovoked aggression in Europe since World War II. Th...
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Demonstrators gather as trucks blow their horns and rev their engines ahead of a People's Convoy “Freedom and Accountability” rally Wednesday in Monrovia, Indiana. (Cheney Orr/Bloomberg) What is the ‘People’s Convoy,’ and when are they coming? The convoy is on Day 9 of its 11-day journey, traveling from Monrovia, India...
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Pandya and other experts said vaccine mandates still make sense to reduce transmission because research shows the virus can spread easily in crowded indoor settings. Even though shots aren’t a foolproof shield against infection, unvaccinated people were still three times more likely to contract the virus during the omi...
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Part of the argument against cooperating is that he was acting as Trump’s attorney and is therefore subject to attorney-client privilege. But that privilege doesn’t apply if the discussions between an attorney and a client were related to commission of a crime — what’s known as the crime-fraud exception. And so the com...
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BERLIN — Anna Svitlyk arrived at Berlin’s central station thirsty and exhausted after four days fleeing the Russian invasion with her five kids. Under rules announced Thursday, Ukrainian nationals will be eligible for “temporary protection” within the 27-nation bloc for up to three years, depending partly on conditions...
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A man walks past an apartment building on March 2 that was damaged by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine. (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP) “They impede the supply of food, create a blockade for us,” Vadym Boichenko, the mayor of Mariupol, wrote in a Telegram message. As workers waited for a respite from the barrage to begin restoring...
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Alan Ladd Jr., Oscar-winning producer who greenlit ‘Star Wars,’ dies at 84 The son of “Shane” star Alan Ladd, he won an Academy Award for producing the Mel Gibson epic “Braveheart” Producer Alan Ladd Jr., left, won the Academy Award for best picture as a producer of the 1995 historical epic “Braveheart.” (Eric Draper/A...
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Opinion: The Justice Dept. and the Jan. 6 inquiry make moves to snare Trump Attorney General Merrick Garland attends the State of the Union address at the Capitol in Washington on March 1. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Bloomberg) Those criticizing Attorney General Merrick Garland for not moving expeditiously against former president ...
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