WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative groups alleging without evidence that President-elect Joe Biden stole the U.S. election gathered for protests across the country on Saturday, including one in Washington that threatened to turn violent as darkness fell. Organizers of Stop The Steal, linked to pro-Trump operative Roger Stone, and church groups […]
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Washington, DC, isn’t at the top of everyone’s bucket list when it comes to travel. Its glitzy east coast neighbour, New York City, and the west coast sass of Los Angeles are far more appealing to many visitors to the United States. President John F Kennedy once rather drily described […]
Tensions grew as the main march moved from Freedom Plaza to outside the U.S. Supreme Court, and as the final speeches ended, clashes turned into roving street fights that left police struggling to keep up. Shortly before 8 p.m., members of the extremist group the Proud Boys and other Trump supporters […]
After presidential elections every four or eight years, Washington’s gift shops and souvenir stands undergo an overnight transformation. Barack Obama action figures made way for “Make America Great Again” gear in 2016, and now Biden-Harris face masks and T-shirts are pushing MAGA hats to the clearance racks. “Whenever you have […]
HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) – Two states were added to Connecticut’s travel advisory list on Tuesday. Oregon and Washington were added to the list of impacted locations this week, and no states or territories were removed. The governor’s office said New Jersey and Rhode Island meet the criteria for the travel […]
Writers Bryan Washington and Rumaan Alam have never met in person, though they’re intimately familiar with each other’s work. Alam, 43, who lives in Brooklyn, has been teaching Washington’s 2019 collection of short stories, Lot, to his class at Columbia University, and Washington, 27, who teaches at Rice University and […]