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After Senate review, questions persist about Jan. 6 attack

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WASHINGTON — A bipartisan Senate report released last week details security failures surrounding the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol and recommends how to...

Virginia county plans to rename Lee Highway for abolitionist

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ARLINGTON, Va. — A northern Virginia county near the nation's capital is paving the way to rename a major highway that currently shares a...

Harris to tout child care funding and payments to families

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Vice President Kamala Harris will highlight the Biden administration's efforts to expand child care and relieve the financial pressures of parenthood during a visit...

Homicides are up, but GOP misleads with claims about blame

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WASHINGTON — “SKYROCKETING MURDER RATES,” claimed the National Fraternal Order of Police. “An explosion of violent crime," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. “Democrat-run...

Wedding boom is on in the US as vendors scramble to keep up

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NEW YORK — Couples in the U.S. are racing to the altar in a vaccination-era wedding boom that has venues and other vendors in...

Wawa to mark ‘Mare of Easttown Day’ with new cheesesteak

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PHILADELPHIA — For all the love Wawa has gotten thanks to the HBO hit TV show “Mare of Easttown,” the popular Pennsylvania convenience store...

Mansion once home to Robert E. Lee reopens after overhaul

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FALLS CHURCH, Va. — The Virginia mansion where Robert E. Lee once lived that now overlooks Arlington National Cemetery is open to the public...

Takeaways: Senate report on ‘absolutely brutal’ Jan. 6 siege

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WASHINGTON — A Senate report examining the security failures surrounding the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol says missed intelligence, poor planning and multiple...

Fiction, memoirs, poems spring from 1,000-word challenge

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NEW YORK — A. Stella Oloye, a Washington, D.C-based writer working on an Afrofuturism novel, was at a low point this spring when she...

Raymond Donovan, Reagan’s former labor secretary, dies at 90

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NEW VERNON, N.J. — Raymond Donovan, a construction company executive who resigned as secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor following grand larceny and...