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Report: Redskins expected to make a name change in the next 24 hours
The Washington Redskins could have a new name in the next 24 hours. Senior NFL reporter for Yahoo Charles Robinson reportedly told ESPN Radio’s Dallas-Fort Worth station that "Washington is about to have a new name in the next 24 to 48 hours" on Saturday. The name change for the 'Redskins' has been a hotly contested debate for decades. The team name is widely held to be a racist slur against Native Americans and FedEx first asked for the name change in early July.
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Washington DC to become one of the few places in US to let prisoners vote
Washington DC is set to allow imprisoned people to vote, a significant move because US states have long disenfranchised those with felony convictions, even after they have served their sentences behind bars. There were more than 6 million Americans who were unable to vote in the 2018 midterms because of a felony conviction. Washington DC’s plan would put the US Capitol in line with just two other states in the country.
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Washington's football team to call itself Washington Football Team until it settles on a new name
The Washington NFL franchise, formerly known as the Washington Redskins, is officially going to change its name to the Washington Football Team.
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States sue Trump over order to exclude undocumented immigrants from U.S. House seat counts
A coalition of 35 U.S. states, cities and counties sued President Donald Trump on Friday over his directive not to count undocumented immigrants when apportioning seats for the House of Representatives, a move that critics have said is designed to help Republicans.
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Trump says he will not do a virtual debate
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would not participate in a debate with Democrat Joe Biden under a new format announced by the debates commission in which each candidate would appear at remote locations.
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Scathing congressional report suggests big trouble for Big Tech if Biden wins
A scathing report detailing abuses of market power by four top technology companies suggests a tough road ahead of new rules and stricter enforcement for Big Tech should Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden win the White House.
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Washington state discovers first 'murder hornet' nest in US
Scientists in Washington state have discovered the first nest of so-called murder hornets in the United States and plan to wipe it out Saturday to protect native honeybees, officials said.
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Legal Avenues Closing As Trump Lawsuits Meet With Defeat Or Dead Ends
President Trump's legal challenges to the election met with a series of defeats and setbacks on Friday as judges found the Trump campaign's arguments and evidence that there was widespread fraud and irregularities with the vote to be lacking.
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2 Seattle police officers being investigated for involvement in Capitol attack
At least two Seattle police officers have been placed on leave and are being investigated for their alleged involvement in the U.S. Capitol protests. The Seattle Police Department released a statement Friday night saying that it was made aware Friday of the officers' involvement in the Jan. 6 siege and is now taking the appropriate measures.
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Iced Earth guitarist Jon Schaffer wanted by police for storming US Capitol
The lead guitarist and founder of American heavy metal band Iced Earth is among those wanted by police for storming the US Capitol yesterday.
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Big name corporations more likely to commit fraud
Fortune 500 firms with strong growth profiles are more susceptible to “cooking the books” than smaller, struggling companies, according to a recent study published in Justice Quarterly. Researchers from Washington State University, Pennsylvania State University and Miami University examined the characteristics of more than 250 U.S. public corporations that were involved in financial securities fraud identified in Securities and Exchange Commission filings from 2005-2013. They were then compared to a control sample of firms that were not named in SEC fraud filings.
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Trump People Were the Worst Restaurant Guests, Too
Stephen Miller grilled me about caviar. Paul Manafort came in under a fake name. Wilbur Ross always got the cheapest wine (by the glass).
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Trump rejects Dems' request to testify at impeachment trial
House Democrats asked Donald Trump to testify under oath for his Senate impeachment trial, challenging him to respond to their charge that he incited a violent mob to storm the Capitol. A Trump adviser said the former president won’t testify.
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A majority of the people arrested for Capitol riot had a history of financial trouble
Nearly 60 percent of the people facing charges related to the Capitol riot showed signs of prior money troubles, including bankruptcies, notices of eviction or foreclosure, bad debts, or unpaid taxes over the past two decades, according to a Washington Post analysis of public records for 125 defendants with sufficient information to detail their financial histories.
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Videos of Assaults on Officers at U.S. Capitol Released, FBI Seeking Suspects
The FBI has released videos of suspects in the most egregious assaults on federal officers during the riots at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, and is seeking the public’s help to identify them.
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4 men linked to Proud Boys charged in plot to attack Capitol
Four men described as leaders of the far-right Proud Boys have been charged in the U.S. Capitol riots, as an indictment ordered unsealed on Friday presents fresh evidence of how federal officials believe group members planned and carried out a coordinated attack to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s electoral victory.
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Trump supporter found guilty of threatening to kill members of Congress after Jan. 6 insurrection
Brendan Hunt, 37, was arrested a day before President Biden’s inauguration.
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Chicago police officer arrested, charged for alleged role in Capitol riot
Police say they found text messages in which CPD officer Karol J. Chwiesiuk wrote that he was "busy planning how to f*** up commies."
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Mysterious Ailment Blinding and Killing Birds in Washington, D.C. Area
Authorities are urging the public to take down bird feeders and baths in hopes of curbing the spread of what could be a wildlife disease.
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‘We thought it wouldn’t affect us’: heatwave forces climate reckoning in Pacific north-west
The record heatwave in the Pacific north-west is forcing a reckoning on the climate crisis, as many living in the typically mild region consider what rising temperatures mean for the future. A “heat dome” without parallel trapped hot air over much of the states of Oregon and Washington in the United States, and southern British Columbia in Canada, in past days, shattering weather records in the usually temperate region.
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