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May 30, 2020 at 9:34 am

Trump, Bowser spar over police response as White House protests continue

WASHINGTON - Crowds protesting the killing of George Floyd clashed with U.S. Secret Service and Park Police officers in the nation's capital Saturday afternoon and...

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February 18, 2020 at 5:18 am

Boy Scouts of America files for bankruptcy amid wave of potential lawsuits

Facing a wave of lawsuits over allegations of sexual abuse, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy Tuesday in an effort to protect the...

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January 18, 2020 at 6:50 am

Election year brings feeling of hope at Women’s March

WASHINGTON - Freezing rain fell in cold, heavy drops as the Women's March began its trek toward the White House on Saturday to confront the...

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January 7, 2020 at 8:36 am

Puerto Rico earthquake Tuesday morning triggers blackout, reports of injuries and at least one dead

GUÁNICA, Puerto Rico - A series of powerful earthquakes this week, including a major 6.4-magnitude temblor early Tuesday morning, triggered widespread power outages and damage,...

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September 17, 2019 at 3:48 pm

Merriam-Webster adds nonbinary pronoun ‘they’ to dictionary

Merriam-Webster added a new definition of the word "they" to its dictionary, declaring the pronoun may be used to refer to a "single person whose...

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December 7, 2018 at 4:00 pm

‘That transformation is radical’: Tango trend allows swap of traditional gender roles

Queer Tango classes, new to D.C. this fall, are part of a growing movement that rejects the dance’s traditional gender roles.

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October 27, 2018 at 7:32 pm

For American Jews, their worst fears have come to pass

This is what they had long been fearing. As the threats increased, as the online abuse grew increasingly vicious, as the defacing of synagogues and...

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September 18, 2018 at 10:45 am

Kavanaugh’s accuser waited decades to tell her story. Teenagers of the 1980s aren’t surprised.

In the 1980s, the national conversation was shifting on rape and consent, but most women and girls were still made to feel that if something...

August 16, 2018 at 3:14 am

‘It is taking people out’: More than 70 people OD on synthetic marijuana in one day near Yale

Federal officials issued a warning about the spread of synthetic marijuana across the country. K2 has caused hundreds in about 10 states to be hospitalized,...

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August 7, 2018 at 4:10 am

Trump’s Walk of Fame star: The West Hollywood City Council wants it permanently removed

Since before the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame star has seen just about everything. It was smashed into pieces — twice....

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