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Pressure and wind visualization of storm off the coast of New England on Thursday. (WindyTV.com) Unforgiving cold has punished the eastern third of the United States for the past 10 days. But the most severe winter weather will assault the area late this week. First, a very large and powerful storm will hammer coastal locations…
Buckley Kuhn-Fricker was so disturbed by what she discovered about her teenage daughter’s boyfriend that she spent a tumultuous week pushing for a breakup. By Thursday, she texted a friend saying the “outspoken Neo Nazi” was out of their lives. But just hours later, the family said that the 17-year-old boyfriend had shot and killed…
Looking east on Interstate 66 from the North Scott Street overpass, traffic is seen Monday evening in Arlington. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post) On the fourth day of tolling on Interstate 66, the morning price peaked at $25.50 around 8:30 a.m. Virginia Department of Transportation officials rolled out the new express lanes inside the Beltway on…
08/17/2017 11:11 am ET Updated 1 day ago Americans have probably had about enough of Confederate monuments this week, but the dual equestrian statue of Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson whisked away from its pedestal Wednesday morning in Baltimore is worth examining, especially in light of President Trump’s continued fixation on the issue….
endclickprintinclude startclickprintinclude The Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia was spray-painted with anti-Semitic graffiti overnight on the first night of Passover, and police are still looking for a suspect or suspects. Among the hateful messages, “Hitler was right” was spray-painted across an entrance of the JCCNV, which is located on Little River Turnpike in…
An IT worker at The Washington Post impersonated a federal law enforcement officer in Northern Virginia and was seen wearing a ballistic vest bearing the label “ICE” across the front, according to police allegations filed in Montgomery County District Court. Itai Ozderman, 35, of Gaithersburg was suspended by The Post on Monday, his attorney Thomas…
Four more journalists have been charged with felonies after being arrested while covering the unrest around Donald Trump’s inauguration, meaning that at least six media workers are facing up to 10 years in prison and a $25,000 fine if convicted. [if IE 9]>< ![endif][if IE 9]>< ![endif] Matt Hopard. Photograph: Handout A documentary producer, a…
Hundreds of activists rallied and marched in downtown D.C. this December in a show of solidarity with Dakota Access Pipeline Water Protectors. (Photo by Julie Strupp) Activists are planning a rally tonight in front of the White House to show their opposition to the construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines….
Aerial photos of the Women’s March on Washington, one of many protests that brought out an estimated three million-plus people around the world on Saturday, appear to be a sea of pink. It’s the effect of hundreds of individuals wearing brightly-colored hats topped with cat ears. Knit at home and acquired from strangers on bus…
President Donald Trump boasted his inauguration would have an “unbelievable, perhaps record-setting turnout.” But aerial shots of the National Mall from President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration and today show that isn’t likely. Here’s an image taken at about 11:30 AM ET in 2009: 1.8 million people were thought to have attended President Barack Obama’s historic…