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The amount of gas that has escaped from the Alpine oil development on Alaska’s North Slope is unknown
Pipelines extend across the landscape outside Nuiqsut, Alaska, on May 29, 2019. (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post)
For nearly a week, natural gas has been leaking from a ConocoPhillips project outside an Alaska Nati... | null | null | null | null | null |
In the north, Russian forces continued to build up forces near Kharkiv and the capital, Kyiv. A column of Russian military vehicles that was previously stalled north of Kyiv inched closer, with leading elements about 9 miles from the city center, down from about 12 for the last several days, according to a Pentagon ass... | null | null | null | null | null |
In this conflict, the musicians who remained in Kyiv have endured shells and missiles landing close to their homes, nights hiding in underground bunkers, waiting in long lines to stock up on food and medicine. Many remain split apart from their relatives elsewhere in Ukraine, including some behind Russian lines.
“This ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Poland earlier proposed a deal to send Soviet-made jets to an air base controlled by the U.S. and NATO for use in Ukraine — in return for American F-16s — a plan that was apparently made without consulting Washington. The Pentagon rejected the deal, saying it would only serve to further escalate the war. However, U.S. ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Republicans warned that rejecting Youngkin’s nominees would leave the state without a functioning parole board, because Youngkin fired every member of the body on his first day in office. The firings fulfilled a campaign promise, stemming from controversy over the board’s release in 2020 of a man serving a life sentenc... | null | null | null | null | null |
Facebook refused, arguing that its services are critical for activists and everyday Russians to communicate with their families. But last week, Russia’s Internet censor said it was blocking Facebook anyway. Facebook, which recently changed its name to Meta, said Russia’s crackdown on its service was retaliation for the... | null | null | null | null | null |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee House Republican lawmakers say they were betrayed by one of their own after they hired a shadowy political consulting firm talked up by a colleague who has since pleaded guilty to fraud in an alleged kickback scheme that also implicates a former House speaker and others. | null | null | null | null | null |
NEW YORK — An 83-year-old ex-convict who served two decades in prison for fatally shooting a girlfriend, got out, and then went back to jail for killing another girlfriend a year later, is now charged in a new crime: The dismemberment of a woman whose head was found in the parolee’s apartment. | null | null | null | null | null |
ISIS confirms death of chief, names successor
The Islamic State on Thursday confirmed for the first time that its leader was killed in a U.S. strike in northwestern Syria last month and named his successor.
It was the first official comment from the militant group about the death of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi. ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Poland earlier proposed a deal to send Soviet-made jets to an air base controlled by the U.S. and NATO for use in Ukraine — in return for American F-16s — a plan that was apparently made without consulting Washington. The Pentagon rejected the deal, saying it would only serve to further escalate the war. However, U.S. ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Smollett, who declined to speak before receiving his sentence, loudly repeated after the fact that he was “not suicidal” and warned that if anything happens to him in jail, it was not self-inflicted. He repeated that he was “not suicidal” while walking out of the courtroom with his fist raised and maintained his innoce... | null | null | null | null | null |
Smollett, who declined to speak before receiving his sentence, loudly repeated after the fact that he was “not suicidal” and warned that if anything happens to him in jail, it was not self-inflicted. He repeated he was “not suicidal” while walking out of the courtroom with his fist raised and maintained his innocence i... | null | null | null | null | null |
U.S. covid response may be scaled back amid congressional inaction, White H...
With $15.6 billion in coronavirus aid stripped from deal to fund government, Democrats scramble to find money for effort
Workers organize pandemic supplies at a warehouse in Oklahoma City in April 2020. (Sue Ogrocki/AP)
The United States is ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Samantha Ramadani, whose husband, A.J., a staff sergeant, is awaiting news of when he may be deployed, said she can’t feel nervous because she knows what they all signed up for. “You join the Army to make a difference. You don’t join it to be on this duty at home, right?” she said. | null | null | null | null | null |
In a report released Monday and titled “Getting to and Sustaining the Next Normal: A Roadmap for Living with Covid,” the experts caution that the United States is still in the grip of the pandemic. With 330 million people, they say the U.S. transition to the “next normal” will be when direct mortality from major respir... | null | null | null | null | null |
Now, it’s not just Ukraine experiencing firms’ worker-evacuation efforts
“It’s like an exodus of people who don’t support this war, and there are a lot of them,” said a Russian émigré who has lived in Switzerland for 10 years and is now an executive at one small software company and an investor in others. He, like othe... | null | null | null | null | null |
The town of Beenleigh, Queensland, on Feb. 28 compared with after flooding on March 2 in images captured by a camera system attached to planes. (Nearmap)
Compared with two weeks ago, portions of eastern Australia look almost unrecognizable. Over 16 days, unprecedented amounts of rain flooded Queensland and New South Wa... | null | null | null | null | null |
By Michael R. Blood and Mary Clare Jalonick | AP
LOS ANGELES — The top Republican on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday that he has received “numerous credible allegations” that Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was aware of sexual harassment and assaults of city employees committed by his close friend and... | null | null | null | null | null |
FILE - This 2018 portrait released by the U.S. Department of Justice shows Connecticut’s U.S. Attorney John Durham. A judge handling the case of a lawyer charged with lying to the FBI during its probe into 2016 Russian election interference is reminding attorneys that their legal filings are under a “microscope.” U.S. ... | null | null | null | null | null |
In this undated photo provided by the North Korean government on Friday, March 11, 2022, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean gover... | null | null | null | null | null |
Republicans warned that rejecting Youngkin’s nominees would leave the state without a functioning parole board, after Youngkin issued an executive order removing every member of the body on his first day in office. (Anticipating the move, the members had actually resigned prior to his inauguration.) The move fulfilled ... | null | null | null | null | null |
An Afghan man carries his one month old baby as he arrives in Poland after crossing a border check point on Feb. 27, 2022 in Kroscienko, Poland. (Omar Marques/Getty Images)
“It was a nice place to live, to settle. It was great,” the engineering student said of Kharkiv, where he moved more than a year ago. But, he added... | null | null | null | null | null |
George Washington gets punched in the mouth in A-10 tournament loss to UMass
George Washington guard Brayon Freeman is helped up by forward Qwanzi Samuels after being called for a foul during an Atlantic 10 tournament game against Massachusetts. (Terrance Williams for The Washington Post)
The end of George Washington’s... | null | null | null | null | null |
High school student injured, another arrested after gun goes off on basketball team bus
A high school student serving as a trainer for her Dallas school’s boys’ basketball team was injured Wednesday when a gun went off on the team bus. She was subsequently discharged from a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Kathleen Scarpone, left, and Cheryl Juaire, second from left, protest in April 2019 in front of the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard University. Scarpone, who lost her son to OxyContin addiction, addressed three Sackler family members during a virtual U.S. Bankruptcy Court hearing on Thursday. (Josh Reynolds/Associa... | null | null | null | null | null |
Virginia Tech tops Notre Dame in ACC quarterfinals, boosting NCAA tournament outlook
Keve Aluma helped Virginia Tech advance to the ACC tournament semifinals for the fourth time and the first since 2011. (John Minchillo/AP)
NEW YORK — The Virginia Tech men’s basketball team’s uncertain NCAA tournament fortunes received... | null | null | null | null | null |
Loudoun County loses steam, falls to Varina in Class 4 boys’ title game
Varina's Alphonzo Billups blocks a shot by Loudoun County's Joseph Fitzpatrick during the Virginia Class 4 boys' state championship. (Ryan M. Kelly/For The Washington Post)
RICHMOND — As two Varina players pulled away from the pack into open space,... | null | null | null | null | null |
Meridian girls’ run of dominance comes to an end in loss to Carroll County in Va. Class 3 title game
Meridian guard Bella Paradiso, left, and forward Megan Tremblay leave the court after losing the Class 3 girls’ state championship to Carroll County in Richmond. (Ryan M. Kelly/For The Washington Post)
RICHMOND — It was... | null | null | null | null | null |
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news briefing after a weekly Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol March 8, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
And the emergency package further empowers Washington to enforce the significant, crippling sanctions it... | null | null | null | null | null |
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How a blogger in Ohio discovered a runner in Florida cheating in a half-marathon
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For a fleeting moment, she had everyone fooled.
And why not? After all, 24-year-old Harvard graduate Jane Seo is a food and fitness writer in New York City, ... | null | null | null | null | null |
INDIANAPOLIS — The Maryland Terrapins refused to let go — all season and here in their last game. They trudged through this mostly disappointing campaign after their coach stepped down in December, and then in this Big Ten tournament matchup against Michigan State, they held onto hope through the final moments of a 76-... | null | null | null | null | null |
The emergency package further empowers Washington to enforce the significant, crippling sanctions it has levied on Russia and its political elite in recent weeks. The money underscores a broader global strategy to maximize economic pressure on the country and its leader, President Vladimir Putin, in a bid to force him ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Kent Waldrep, right, with racecar driver Bob Hurt, left, and jockey Ron Turcotte, announce the formation of a foundation for spinal cord research in 1979. All three men were injured in sporting events. (Kupper/AP)
“The next thing I remember is the turf coming at me and then a sensation that will always be with me,” Mr.... | null | null | null | null | null |
Oakdale's Alex Hawkins pulls down a second-half rebound over Huntingtown's Jayden Holland during the Maryland 3A boys' state title game at Xfinity Center. (Doug Kapustin/For The Washington Post)
After Coach Tobias Jenifer and his Huntingtown boys’ basketball players were seated behind a table in Xfinity Center’s interv... | null | null | null | null | null |
INDIANAPOLIS — The Maryland Terrapins refused to let go — all season and here in their last game. They trudged through this mostly disappointing campaign after their coach stepped down in December, and then in this Big Ten tournament matchup against Michigan State, they held on to hope through the final moments of a 76... | null | null | null | null | null |
“Certainly a disappointing loss,” said Bennett. “Credit to Carolina for how hard they played and how hard they guarded us. When we did get some decent quality looks and we didn’t hit them, that kind of gets in you, and then it puts a lot pressure on our defense. We didn’t have an answer for stretches.”
“What’s going th... | null | null | null | null | null |
After centuries of pogroms and emigration driven by antisemitism, followed by the devastation of the Holocaust in World War II, and then Soviet repression, recent decades brought a flourishing of synagogues, Jewish schools and community centers. Estimates of how many Jews remained vary, in part because of differences i... | null | null | null | null | null |
A jury in the northern city of Darwin found that officer Zachary Rolfe, 30, had acted properly when he fatally shot 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker in the remote Outback town of Yuendumu in late 2019. He was also found not guilty of two alternative charges; manslaughter and engaging in a violent act causing death.
The ver... | null | null | null | null | null |
About 80,000 have recently fled areas under Russian siege, Ukraine official says
Air raid sirens sounded repeatedly across numerous Ukrainian cities overnight, as people continue to flee the Russian military assault. More than 2.3 million refugees have departed Ukraine since Feb. 24, according to the United Nations, wi... | null | null | null | null | null |
By Sara Cline | AP
City of Seattle workers remove tents, trash, and personal belongings from a stretch of sidewalk across from City Hall that had been used by people experiencing homelessness, on March 9, 2022, in Seattle. For years, liberal cities in the U.S have tolerated people living in tents in parks and public sp... | null | null | null | null | null |
More than 40 Republican U.S. senators on Thursday called for President Biden to aid “the transfer of aircraft and air defense systems” to Ukraine after officials quashed Poland’s offer to send fighter jets with American help.
The senators said in a letter that they “strongly disagree” with the Biden administration’s st... | null | null | null | null | null |
Alcorn State puts home win streak on the line against Alabama A&M
Alabama A&M Bulldogs (12-17, 10-8 SWAC) vs. Alcorn State Braves (16-15, 14-4 SWAC)
Birmingham, Alabama; Friday, 9:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Alcorn State hosts Alabama A&M looking to prolong its five-game home winning streak.
The Braves have gone 6-3 in ho... | null | null | null | null | null |
Fordham hosts Loyer and Davidson
Fordham Rams (16-15, 8-10 A-10) vs. Davidson Wildcats (25-5, 15-3 A-10)
Washington; Friday, 12 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Davidson -11; over/under is 131.5
BOTTOM LINE: Davidson plays the Fordham Rams after Foster Loyer scored 25 points in Davidson’s 82-76 loss to the Dayton Flye... | null | null | null | null | null |
Grand Canyon visits New Mexico State after Allen's 20-point showing
Grand Canyon Antelopes (24-7, 12-5 WAC) vs. New Mexico State Aggies (25-6, 13-4 WAC)
BOTTOM LINE: New Mexico State faces the Grand Canyon Antelopes after Teddy Allen scored 20 points in New Mexico State’s 62-46 win against the Utah Valley Wolverines.
T... | null | null | null | null | null |
Middle Tennessee hosts Walker and UAB
UAB Blazers (25-7, 14-4 C-USA) vs. Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (23-9, 13-5 C-USA)
Frisco, Texas; Friday, 3 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: UAB takes on the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders after Jordan Walker scored 26 points in UAB’s 80-66 victory over the Florida Atlantic Owls.
The Blue Rai... | null | null | null | null | null |
Norfolk State Spartans face the Morgan State Bears on 4-game win streak
Morgan State Bears (13-13, 7-6 MEAC) vs. Norfolk State Spartans (22-6, 12-2 MEAC)
Norfolk, Virginia; Friday, 6 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Norfolk State -5.5; over/under is 140.5
BOTTOM LINE: Norfolk State looks to keep its four-game win stre... | null | null | null | null | null |
North Texas hosts Louisiana Tech, looks for 25th win this season
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (23-9, 12-6 C-USA) vs. North Texas Mean Green (24-5, 16-2 C-USA)
Frisco, Texas; Friday, 12:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: North Texas will look for its 25th win this season when the Mean Green host the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs.
The Mean G... | null | null | null | null | null |
Ohio aims for 25th win of season in matchup with Kent State
Ohio Bobcats (24-8, 14-6 MAC) vs. Kent State Golden Flashes (22-9, 16-4 MAC)
Cleveland; Friday, 7:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Ohio will aim for its 25th win this season when the Bobcats face the Kent State Golden Flashes.
The Golden Flashes are 11-4 in home games... | null | null | null | null | null |
Quinnipiac hosts Ndefo and Saint Peter's
Quinnipiac Bobcats (14-16, 7-13 MAAC) vs. Saint Peter’s Peacocks (17-11, 14-6 MAAC)
Atlantic City, New Jersey; Friday, 8:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Saint Peter’s hosts the Quinnipiac Bobcats after KC Ndefo scored 20 points in Saint Peter’s 77-63 win against the Fairfield Stags.
Th... | null | null | null | null | null |
Saint Louis visits Saint Bonaventure after Adaway's 21-point game
Saint Louis Billikens (22-10, 12-6 A-10) vs. Saint Bonaventure Bonnies (20-8, 12-5 A-10)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Saint Bonaventure -1.5; over/under is 139
BOTTOM LINE: Saint Bonaventure hosts the Saint Louis Billikens after Jalen Adaway scored 21 points... | null | null | null | null | null |
Sow and UCSB host Long Beach State
UCSB Gauchos (17-10, 8-5 Big West) vs. Long Beach State Beach (19-11, 12-3 Big West)
Henderson, Nevada; Friday, 9 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: UCSB faces the Long Beach State Beach after Amadou Sow scored 21 points in UCSB’s 78-69 win over the UC Irvine Anteaters.
The Beach are 11-3 on their... | null | null | null | null | null |
Temple Owls play in AAC Tournament against the Tulane Green Wave
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Temple -1; over/under is 136.5
BOTTOM LINE: The Temple Owls play in the AAC Tournament against the Tulane Green Wave.
The Owls are 11-3 on their home court. Temple has a 5-6 record in games decided by 10 or more points.
The Green ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Texas A&M-CC visits Nicholls State after Gordon's 36-point performance
Texas A&M-CC Islanders (21-11, 7-7 Southland) vs. Nicholls State Colonels (21-10, 11-3 Southland)
Katy, Texas; Friday, 6 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Nicholls State -5; over/under is 147.5
BOTTOM LINE: Nicholls State hosts the Texas A&M-CC Isla... | null | null | null | null | null |
Texas Southern and Grambling meet in conference matchup
Grambling Tigers (12-19, 8-9 SWAC) vs. Texas Southern Tigers (16-12, 13-5 SWAC)
Birmingham, Alabama; Friday, 3 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Cameron Christon and the Grambling Tigers visit John Walker III and the Texas Southern Tigers in SWAC play.
The Texas Southern Tige... | null | null | null | null | null |
Weber State visits Montana State following Jones' 23-point performance
Weber State Wildcats (21-11, 13-7 Big Sky) vs. Montana State Bobcats (25-7, 16-4 Big Sky)
Boise, Idaho; Friday, 7:30 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Montana State -2; over/under is 143
BOTTOM LINE: Weber State visits the Montana State Bobcats afte... | null | null | null | null | null |
Williams and VCU host Richmond
Richmond Spiders (20-12, 10-8 A-10) vs. VCU Rams (21-8, 14-4 A-10)
BOTTOM LINE: VCU hosts the Richmond Spiders after Vince Williams scored 26 points in VCU’s 69-65 loss to the Saint Louis Billikens.
The Rams are 11-4 on their home court. VCU is sixth in the A-10 shooting 34.2% from deep, ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Wright, North Carolina Central Eagles take on the Coppin State Eagles
Coppin State Eagles (8-22, 6-8 MEAC) vs. North Carolina Central Eagles (16-14, 8-5 MEAC)
Norfolk, Virginia; Friday, 8:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Justin Wright and the North Carolina Central Eagles host Nendah Tarke and the Coppin State Eagles in MEAC a... | null | null | null | null | null |
Wyoming hosts Akot and Boise State
Wyoming Cowboys (25-7, 13-5 MWC) vs. Boise State Broncos (25-7, 15-3 MWC)
Las Vegas; Friday, 9:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Boise State faces the Wyoming Cowboys after Emmanuel Akot scored 22 points in Boise State’s 71-69 victory over the Nevada Wolf Pack.
The Broncos have gone 13-3 at ho... | null | null | null | null | null |
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball’s players and owners ended their most bitter money fight in a quarter-century when the players’ association accepted management’s offer to salvage a 162-game season that will start April 7.
LOS ANGELES — Since the disappointing end to last season, Los Angeles Chargers general manager To... | null | null | null | null | null |
Anti-trans policies run counter to Texas’s rich transgender history
The hidden history of transgender Texas
Gregory D. Smithers is professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University, a British Academy global professor, based with the Treatied Spaces Research Cluster at University of Hull and the author of "Reclai... | null | null | null | null | null |
Targeting marginalized communities for political gain is nothing new for Texas conservatives
Texas’s anti-trans policy is the latest in a long history of attacks on women’s and LGBTQ rights
By Nancy Beck Young
Nancy Beck Young is professor of history at the University of Houston and author of multiple books including "... | null | null | null | null | null |
Would WTO members change the rules?
By Timothy Meyer
Todd N. Tucker
The port in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Feb. 23. (Sergei Grits/AP)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wants the world to boycott Russian goods. And he’s asked that countries suspend Russia’s participation in the World Trade Organization (WTO), which woul... | null | null | null | null | null |
In Women’s History Month, these African groups can offer lessons to feminists everywhere
What is gender equality, exactly — and who gets to define what it should look like?
By Adryan Wallace
A woman holds a banner protesting legislative bias against women on International Women's Day in Abuja, Nigeria, on March 8. (Afo... | null | null | null | null | null |
Man fatally shot in Prince George’s County
A man was fatally shot Wednesday in Prince George’s County, authorities said.
Prince George’s police said the shooting happened around 2:15 p.m. in the 7400 block of Hill Burne Drive in the Landover area. Officers found a man on the ground with gunshot wounds, and he was taken... | null | null | null | null | null |
Toby Price with his wife, Leah. (Toby Price)
When a guest who was scheduled to read to second-graders over Zoom this month didn’t show up, Toby Price, the assistant principal at a Mississippi elementary school, improvised.
The events leading to Price’s firing began March 2, when he organized a Zoom event for second-gra... | null | null | null | null | null |
Congress passed an important anti-lynching bill. But the U.S. is still fertile ground for vigilantes.
Despite popular fascination with figures from the Lone Ranger to Batman, vigilantes are never simply trying to protect public safety
By Regina Bateson
A supporter of Kyle Rittenhouse celebrates the teen's acquittal out... | null | null | null | null | null |
Kent Waldrep, right, with racecar driver Bob Hurt, left, and jockey Ron Turcotte, announces the formation of a foundation for spinal cord research in 1979. All three men were injured in sporting events. (Kupper/AP)
“The next thing I remember is the turf coming at me and then a sensation that will always be with me,” Mr... | null | null | null | null | null |
Supporters cheer on and wave flags as the "People's Convoy" arrives at the Hagerstown Speedway on March 4, 2022. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)
Since early February, Washington Post local reporter Ellie Silverman has been covering the “People’s Convoy,” a group of activists protesting vaccine mandates in the Unite... | null | null | null | null | null |
After the horror of Sandy Hook, an assault on truth began
By Barbara Demick
Barbara Demick is a former correspondent for the Los Angeles Times and the author of three books, most recently “Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town.” She is a visiting professor of journalism at Princeton University.
Outside the D... | null | null | null | null | null |
By Lisa Birnbach
Lisa Birnbach is a writer in New York. She co-wrote and edited "The Official Preppy Handbook" and wrote "True Prep."
The Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Ky., features a 500-foot-long reproduction of Noah’s ark. Sarah Krasnostein talked to scientists at the attraction who believed that dinosaurs were amo... | null | null | null | null | null |
Harry Truman’s surprising successes and overlooked flaws
By Michael Bobelian
Michael Bobelian teaches journalism at Columbia University and is the author of “Battle for the Marble Palace: Abe Fortas, Earl Warren, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon and the Forging of the Modern Supreme Court.”
On April 12, 1945, Harry Truman... | null | null | null | null | null |
Her heart was broken — so she turned to science
By Marianne Szegedy-Maszak
Marianne Szegedy-Maszak is the editorial operations director of the D.C. bureau of Mother Jones, a ghostwriter and book doctor, and author of “I Kiss Your Hands Many Times: Hearts, Souls, and Wars in Hungary."
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Who hasn’t aske... | null | null | null | null | null |
For mixed-descent people on America’s frontier, acceptance and suspicion
By H.W. Brands
H.W. Brands is the author of various works on American history, including his newest, “Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution.”
In the late 19th century, Frederick Jackson Turner lit up the historical... | null | null | null | null | null |
During the tense meeting, the school district also released data showing a high rate of arrest for Black students.
After a year filled with controversy over the relationship between Alexandria City Public Schools and the city’s police department, the school system is considering creating an advisory group to propose re... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: How America became a nation of the woke and the wary, walking on eggshells
Law shapes as well as reflects culture, and Gail L. Heriot of the University of San Diego School of Law argues in her essay “The Roots of Wokeness” that those new Title VII damage remedies propelled the nation’s downward spiral into ide... | null | null | null | null | null |
The battle over casualties in the Ukraine war is just beginning
By Jessica Trisko Darden
A view of street barricades in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 10. (Zurab Kurtsikidze/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
Olena Zelenska, Ukraine’s first lady, claimed this week that Russian forces were engaged in “the mass murder of Ukrain... | null | null | null | null | null |
“The stuff that you’re hearing about chemical weapons, this is straight out of their playbook,” Johnson told Sky News. “They start saying that there are chemical weapons that are being stored by their opponents or by the Americans. And so when they themselves deploy chemical weapons — as I fear they may — they have a s... | null | null | null | null | null |
Images of Fox News personalities appear outside News Corp. headquarters in New York on July 31, 2021. (Ted Shaffrey/AP)
Since nearly its founding, there’s been a tension at play at Fox News. There’s the opinion side, now most obviously manifested in the nightly homilies and hysterics of Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: Despite carjackings, D.C. shouldn’t revert to ineffective tough-on-crime policies
By Jody Kent Lavy
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) speaks alongside D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III in October. (Michael Blackshire for The Washington Post)
Jody Kent Lavy is co-executive director of the Campaign for the Fa... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: Larry Hogan shows how judicial appointments are done
By Steven M. Klepper
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post)
Steven M. Klepper is a Maryland appellate attorney and the founder and editor in chief of the Maryland Appellate Blog.
Just 30 miles apart, Annapolis and Washington are dif... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: Maryland’s flawed pretrial detention system can be fixed
By Todd Oppenheim
Todd Oppenheim is a supervising attorney in the Maryland Office of the Public Defender.
It is hardly a stretch to say that a person’s finances should not determine whether they remain incarcerated, presumed innocent, while awaiting a cr... | null | null | null | null | null |
Mexico’s banking association chief Daniel Becker responded to the comments by saying he supported efforts to give more bank loans, but that a cap on interest rates would stifle competition. Monreal didn’t specify whether his proposal would put a limit on rates.
“I think it’s historically proven that establishing caps t... | null | null | null | null | null |
FILE - Maren Morris performs at the 2021 ACM Party for a Cause in Nashville, Tenn., on Aug. 24, 2021. Morris is releasing her third major label album “Humble Quest” this month and heading off on a 41-date tour starting in June of mostly amphitheaters, wrapping with a final arena show in Nashville in December. (Amy Harr... | null | null | null | null | null |
We can do more to help Ukraine without escalating the conflict
The U.S. is already providing deadly Stinger and Javelin missiles. Providing fighter jets is not obviously different.
The conventional wisdom is that the United States and other NATO allies can supply lethal weapons such as Javelin and Stinger missiles to i... | null | null | null | null | null |
In this handout photo released by Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, right, meets with Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi during the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Turkey, Friday, March 11, 2022. Qatar on Friday hosted a meeting that saw Taliban’s f... | null | null | null | null | null |
Griner’s family, her agents, officials from the WNBA and the Phoenix Mercury and top U.S. government officials have been mostly silent about her situation — a stance that, according to experts on Russian American relations and people familiar with the case, is a strategic one, probably being dictated by a crisis commun... | null | null | null | null | null |
Images of Fox News personalities appear outside News Corp. headquarters in New York on July 31. (Ted Shaffrey/AP)
Since nearly its founding, there has been a tension at play at Fox News. There’s the opinion side, now most obviously manifested in the nightly homilies and hysterics of Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Lau... | null | null | null | null | null |
The app is remarkably simple. These days, for gamers at least, it’s also basically everywhere. Its ads run on esports broadcasts, and it has become a fixture on the streams of some of the most popular professional players and content creators in the world, which are viewed by millions of fans. In late January, Mackey w... | null | null | null | null | null |
While two-thirds of the Russian wheat and barley had already been exported, the remaining is in storage facilities inland and at ports, with some already loaded on ships, according to Rabobank, a Dutch banking firm. Currently in the Azov Sea, there are 30 ships loaded with wheat and sunflower seeds that were expected t... | null | null | null | null | null |
Once it was in shape, the challenge was figuring out how to fashion the pillow against my wall (or window). There wasn’t an “ah ha” moment where I felt like I got it right. Nonetheless, it did provide great support not only for my head, but also for my arm. It’s versatile and has the potential to facilitate some snoozi... | null | null | null | null | null |
Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes are possible from Florida to the Carolinas
Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories stretch from New Mexico to the Canadian Border ahead of a rapidly-intensifying storm system that will pack snow, strong winds, heavy rain and severe thunderstorms for much of the eastern U.S... | null | null | null | null | null |
These kinds of measures, which place security and self-sufficiency over efficiency, will surely have the effect of raising prices everywhere. As countries search for resilience and move away from excessive dependence on foreign countries, inflation could become a more permanent feature of the new world even if the supp... | null | null | null | null | null |
Hassan Diarra's (5) three-pointer at the buzzer in overtime boosted Texas A&M's NCAA tournament chances and possibly sent Florida to the NIT. (Chris O'Meara/AP)
If Wednesday was about borderline NCAA tournament teams playing their way out of the field, Thursday was defined by those scrambling at the last minute to make... | null | null | null | null | null |
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Once it was in shape, the challenge was figuring out how to position the pillow against my wall (or window). There wasn’t an “ah ha” moment where I felt like I got it right. Nonetheless, it did provide great support not only for my head, but also for my arm. It’s versatile and has the potential to facilitate ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes are possible from Florida to the Carolinas.
Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories stretch from New Mexico to the Canadian border ahead of a rapidly intensifying storm system that will pack snow, strong winds, heavy rain and severe thunderstorms for much of the eastern Un... | null | null | null | null | null |
Together, Ukraine and Russia account for nearly 30 percent of wheat, 17 percent of corn and over half of sunflower seed oil exports. The conflict-induced bottlenecks at Black Sea ports — where cargo vessels have been struck by Russian rockets — and other complications of war have slammed Ukrainian exports. Boycotts of ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Carson Wentz played like an MVP in 2017. Is it possible for him to recapture it?
But he ended that day riding a golf cart out of Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum with a black brace on his right knee. Torn ACL. Never the same. Wentz rebounded in 2018 and ’19 — his stats hovered around the top 12, the Eagles gave him a four... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: Long live a free Ukraine, despite its past
People walk past a mural in Odessa, Ukraine, on March 8. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post)
I was thankful for Yonat Shimron’s March 5 Religion essay on Jews in Ukraine, “For many Jews, memories of pogroms, hate and horror.” She described a Ukraine today very much u... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: Mary McLeod Bethune’s many firsts continue
Cecil Haney walks past the statue of Mary McLeod Bethune in Lincoln Park on Capitol Hill. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post)
The March 6 Retropolis article “Famed educator advised Roosevelt on ‘problems of my people’ ” [Metro] was a great piece about an amazi... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: What we gain when we don’t restrict learning
A historical drawing of the hanging of Bridget Bishop. (Courtesy the Bettmann Archive)
I read Kali Nicole Gross’s Feb. 28 op-ed, “The real truth about women who burned at the stake,” with great interest. Ms. Gross is to be commended for her research uncovering this ... | null | null | null | null | null |
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