Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser has drawn a battle line right up to the White House.
Bowser, one of seven black female mayors of America’s 100 largest cities, on Friday declared a small but symbolic patch of the U.S. capital – a section of 16th Street bounded by a church on one side and Lafayette Square opposite the White House on the other – “Black Lives Matter Plaza.”
The Democratic mayor then had the District Of Columbia’s departments of transportation and public works paint giant yellow letters spelling “Black Lives Matter” followed by the city’s flag on the street spanning two …
Officials in the northwestern US state of Washington on Wednesday expressed concern over reports of people organizing “COVID-19 parties” to intentionally spread the virus.
“Gathering in groups in the midst of this pandemic can be incredibly dangerous and puts people at increased risk for hospitalization and even death,” warned John Wiesman, the state’s secretary of health.
“Furthermore, it is unknown if people who recover from COVID-19 have long-term protection,” he said.
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“There is still a lot we don’t know about this virus, including any long-term health issues which may occur after infection.”
Wiesman’s …
The K1 airbase is the third site coalition forces have left this month, in line with the US plans to consolidate its troops in two locations in Iraq.
A rocket attack on the base in late December had killed an American contractor and led to a series of tit-for-tat attacks between the US and Iran-backed Iraqi militia groups. The attacks culminated in the US-directed killing of top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani
Taylor Smith was sentenced to two days in jail and 38 days on a county work crew after pleading guilty to reckless endangerment last week, according to The Columbian. She must also pay a fine of $300 and has been prohibited from talking to the victim for two years.
The 19-year-old was caught on a 10-second video pushing Jordan Holgerson, then 16, off the bridge at Moulton Falls after her friend said she didn’t want to jump.
Helgerson suffered
