Tag: Washington
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Jeff Bezos defends Washington Post’s decision to stop presidential endorsements days before election
Jeff Bezos, the billionaire Amazon founder who owns The Washington Post, defended the newspaper’s decision to stop endorsing presidential candidates, arguing in part that the move is a way to shore up credibility and combat perceptions of political bias. “Presidential endorsements do nothing to tip the scales of an election. No undecided voters in Pennsylvania…
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Washington Post loses a reported 200K digital subscriptions, 3 editorial board members over endorsement veto
The Washington Post reportedly has lost more than 200,000 digital subscriptions, and three members of its editorial board have stepped down on the heels of its decision not to endorse a candidate in the presidential election between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Citing two sources at the Post with knowledge of internal matters, NPR’s David Folkenflik reported Monday…
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The Washington Post will no longer make presidential endorsements
The Washington Post’s editorial page will not make a presidential endorsement this year or “in any future presidential election,” the newspaper’s publisher and chief executive officer announced Friday. “We recognize that this will be read in a range of ways, including as a tacit endorsement of one candidate, or as a condemnation of another, or…
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15-year-old charged with killing parents, 3 siblings in Washington
A 15-year-old was charged Thursday with the murders of his parents and three siblings and in the attempted murder of another sibling who survived Monday’s attack at the family’s Washington state home. The teen was charged with five counts of aggravated murder in the first degree; and one count of attempted murder in the first…
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Planning underway for Harris ‘closing argument’ speech in Washington, D.C.
Planning is underway for Vice President Kamala Harris to deliver a “closing argument” speech in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, four sources familiar with the preparations confirmed to NBC News. The final logistical details for the rally, which was first reported by the Washington Post, have not been nailed down, but it’s being timed for exactly…
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Bird flu suspected in four Washington farm workers, CDC sends team
CHICAGO — The CDC is deploying a team to Washington state to assess the health of farm workers who culled poultry suffering from bird flu after four workers are presumed to have been infected by the virus, U.S. and state health officials said on Monday. The infections would make Washington the sixth state to identify…
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Juvenile shooter kills 5, including 3 kids, in Washington state, authorities say
Five people, including three children, were killed Monday in a Washington state shooting allegedly committed by a juvenile suspect who was taken into custody, authorities said. Deputies responded shortly before 5 a.m. to reports of a shooting at a home in the Lake Alice Road neighborhood in Fall City, about 25 miles east of Seattle,…
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Navy confirms two missing fighter jet pilots are dead after crash in Washington State
The U.S. Navy said Sunday that two pilots who went missing after a fighter jet crash near Mount Rainier in Washington State last week have died. The pair were in the same aircraft, a Navy EA-18G Growler, on a routine training flight when it crashed, the Navy said in a statement. The wreckage of the…
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Christians swarm Washington to pray for America to turn to God — by electing Trump
Phil Heilman drove with his wife from Florida. They learned about the event while attending a get-out-the-vote rally in Georgia hosted by Lance Wallnau, an evangelist who coined and popularized the Seven Mountains Mandate — an growing belief on the American right that says conservative Christians are called to occupy positions of power in seven…
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100 raccoons surround home in Poulsbo, Washington
The idea of around 100 black and white animals flocking to your house might conjure images of lovable dalmatians and Cruella De Vil. Not so for one Washington state woman, who called 911 after her home was swarmed by scores of hungry raccoons. The unidentified woman from the city of Poulsbo, across the Puget Sound…