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Ahead of the mandate in the District to require masks indoors regardless of vaccination status, some businesses are already implementing their own policies, including proof of vaccination. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the mandate will apply to everyone over the age of two starting on Saturday. The decision comes as daily cases of COVID-19 have increased …

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A former Montgomery County teacher was reportedly snared by a citizens group called “Predator Poacher” in Buffalo after they posed as a 13-year-old girl and lured him to what he thought would be a sexual encounter, according to the FBI. Richard Scherer, 70, of Depew in Western New York was charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation …

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Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Wednesday a plan to add 170 officers to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), a move that could cost $11 million. According to a press release, MPD typically hires 250 officers each year. After the department’s budget was cut by $15 million in 2020, the department says it was left with a …

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Former President Obama is reportedly planning a party on Martha’s Vineyard for dozens of guests to celebrate his 60th birthday and presumably also for the backlash he’s getting for having a mass gathering during the summer COVID-19 outbreak. Obama and his family have in recent summers spent time on the island off of the Massachusetts …

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The Biden administration plans to allow thousands more Afghans to relocate to the U.S. as refugees because of the growing threat of Taliban violence, the State Department said Monday. The administration said it will launch a program that would permit thousands of Afghans to resettle to American soil, including those who worked for U.S.-funded projects, …

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Leaders in Portland, Ore., are looking to combat the city’s rising homicide rate by resurrecting a police unit focused on gun violence. But after a year of growing tension within the department, they can’t find enough officers to join. Since 14 job openings were announced in May, only four police personnel have applied to work …

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A GOP primary Tuesday to fill a congressional seat outside Columbus is shaping up to be a test of former president Donald Trump’s influence over the Republican Party, coming after his preferred candidate lost a Texas House campaign last week and some of his allies aligned with other candidates in the competitive Ohio race. Tuesday’s …

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As COVID case numbers tick up again, but most people who are being hospitalized are among the unvaccinated, some people are floating the idea that health insurance companies could or should charge a premium for anyone who doesn’t get the shot. “They do charge more for smokers, but that’s really the exception and not the …

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Just weeks after its launch, the pro-Trump social network GETTR is inundated with terrorist propaganda spread by supporters of Islamic State, according to a POLITICO review of online activity on the fledgling platform. The social network — started a month ago by members of former President Donald Trump’s inner circle — features reams of jihadi-related material, including graphic …

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“Sunday Night in America” host Trey Gowdy tore into “partisan” media outlets for failing to hold House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., accountable after she rejected several GOP lawmakers to sit on the Jan. 6 House commission without explanation. “The DC media tells us they ‘speak truth to power.’ They tell us ‘Democracy Dies in Darkness.’ They tell us they publish …

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