Eighteen years and one controversy later, Wes Moore gets a Bronze Star
A firestorm swirled this summer over his false claim about receiving a Bronze Star and subsequent failure to correct the record in TV appearances, prompting Moore to apologize for what he called “an ...
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Women's soccer match in Brazil interrupted over racial incident
SAO PAULO — The Brazil Ladies Cup soccer tournament banned Argentina’s River Plate from the tournament for two years on Saturday following a racial incident allegedly committed by one of the team’s ...
Biden signs stopgap funding bill, but congressional fight punted to March
The incoming Congress, which will be controlled by Republicans, and Trump’s second term are still expected to face bruising ...
How Syria’s rebels overcame years of a bloody stalemate to topple Assad
The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and ...
Rangers' Matt Rempe is offered an in-person hearing, so the NHL could suspend him 6-plus games
Matt Rempe of the New York Rangers has been offered an in-person hearing with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety to ...
Albania to close TikTok for a year blaming it for promoting violence among children
Albania’s prime minister says the government will shut down video service TikTok for one year, blaming it for inciting ...
Sentenced to death under a Biden law — and now hoping for Biden’s mercy
Biden wrote a 1994 bill that designated dozens of new capital offenses. Inmates sentenced under that law hope he will commute ...
Congress awards D.C. $90 million to fund federal activities, historic sum
The money is a strategic victory in a big day for D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser, who in the wee hours of Saturday secured ...
D.C. a realistic option for Commanders’ stadium after political Hail Mary
Congress passed the RFK bill early Saturday, giving the District control of the land. Here’s what it means for the team’s ...
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30 people die in a crash between a passenger bus and a truck in Brazil
SAO PAULO — A crash between a passenger bus and a truck early Saturday killed 30 people on a highway in Minas Gerais, a state in southeastern Brazil, officials said. The Minas Gerais fire department, ...
Why disaster survivors feel the government has failed them
Political hurdles exemplify what survivors of Hurricane Helene and other disasters across the country say is a broken system.
Trump and Musk show how not to conduct the nation’s business
Although they sowed needless chaos before the holidays, the points they raised are worth exploring.