Sunday, March 5, 2017

Man, 74, dies in apartment fire in Northeast Washington and other top stories.

  • Man, 74, dies in apartment fire in Northeast Washington

    Man, 74, dies in apartment fire in Northeast Washington
    THE DISTRICT In Southeast, man, 74, dies in apartment fire A 74-year-old man died Friday night in an apartment fire in Southeast Washington, officials said. Officials are withholding the man’s name, pending notification of his family. The fire, reported about 10 p.m., was mostly contained to the second-floor unit in the 3800 block of V Street SE, according to Doug Buchanan, a spokesman for D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services. Investigators are still trying to determine what caused the blaz..
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  • Pentagon plan to seize Raqqa calls for significant increase in US ...

    Pentagon plan to seize Raqqa calls for significant increase in US ...
    A Pentagon plan for the coming assault on Raqqa, the Islamic State capital in Syria, calls for significant U.S. military participation, including increased Special Operations forces, attack helicopters and artillery, and arms supplies to the main Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighting force on the ground, according to U.S. officials. The military’s favored option among several variations currently under White House review, the proposal would ease a number of restrictions on U.S. activities imposed du..
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  • 'Go back to your own country': Sikh man shot in his driveway in ...

    'Go back to your own country': Sikh man shot in his driveway in ...
    (istock) The 39-year-old Sikh man was working on his car in his driveway in Kent, Wash., just south of Seattle, when a man walked up wearing a mask and holding a gun. According to a report in the Seattle Times, there was an altercation, and the gunman — a stocky, 6-foot-tall white man wearing a mask over the bottom part of his face — said “Go back to your own country” and pulled the trigger. Authorities are investigating the shooting as a suspected hate crime, the newspaper reported. The vi..
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  • Redskins sign Jay Gruden to two-year contract extension

    Redskins sign Jay Gruden to two-year contract extension
    Jay Gruden and the Redskins still have decisions to make in free agency. (Photo by Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post) INDIANAPOLIS — In the midst of a highly scrutinized week, the Washington Redskins made a move intended to bring some much-needed stability to the franchise, signing Coach Jay Gruden to a two-year contract extension, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed. Gruden was entering the fourth of a five-year contract signed in 2014. Many league insiders viewed this as ..
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  • SNL imagines Jeff Sessions as Forrest Gump at the bus stop

    SNL imagines Jeff Sessions as Forrest Gump at the bus stop
    VIDEO “Saturday Night Live” took a departure with its cold open this week, taking us out of the Trump White House — and into the universe of the 1994 movie “Forrest Gump.” Instead of Tom Hanks, it was Attorney General Jeff Sessions (Kate McKinnon) at the bus stop, eating chocolates and confiding in strangers about a rather momentous week. “I’m the attorney general of the whole United States,” Sessions said, introducing himself to a woman (Leslie Jones) in Gump’s pronounced Southern drawl. “He..
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  • Trump accuses Obama of 'Nixon/Watergate' wiretap — but offers no ...

    Trump accuses Obama of 'Nixon/Watergate' wiretap — but offers no ...
    President Trump on Saturday angrily accused former president Barack Obama of orchestrating a “Nixon/Watergate” plot to tap the phones at his Trump Tower headquarters in the run-up to last fall’s election, providing no evidence to support his explosive claim and drawing a flat denial from Obama’s office. Leveling the extraordinary allegation about his predecessor in a series of four early morning tweets, Trump said Obama had been “wire tapping” his New York offices and suggested that the former ..
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  • Backstrom scores in OT as Capitals beat Flyers

    Backstrom scores in OT as Capitals beat Flyers
    WASHINGTON — The Capitals and Flyers tried to pummel each other out of the gate Saturday night, then Washington settled things on special teams.The Caps again shut down Philadelphia’s potent power play, and then Nicklas Backstrom scored with a man advantage in overtime to lift Washington over the Flyers 2-1 in another contentious showdown between bitter rivals.Amid all the pushing, shoving and yapping, the Capitals extended their franchise-record home winning streak to 15 by killing off all six ..
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  • China trims 2017 growth target, warns against trade controls

    China trims 2017 growth target, warns against trade controls
    BEIJING — China’s top economic official trimmed the country’s growth target and warned Sunday of dangers from global pressure for trade controls as Beijing tries to build a consumer-driven economy and reduce reliance on exports and investment. In a speech to the national legislature, Premier Li Keqiang promised more steps to cut surplus steel production that is straining trade relations with Washington and Europe. He pledged equal treatment for foreign companies, apparently responding to compla..
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  • 20-Year Sentence for Mistaken Washington State Honor Killing

    20-Year Sentence for Mistaken Washington State Honor Killing
    (AP) — A Washington state man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing an Oregon man he mistakenly believed impregnated a 13-year-old girl.
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  • Muslim students tried to meet with a lawmaker. They were first asked ...

    Muslim students tried to meet with a lawmaker. They were first asked ...
    State Rep. John Bennett. (Courtesy of Oklahoma State Legislature) Three Muslim students who tried to visit an Oklahoma lawmaker Thursday at the State Capitol in Oklahoma City were surprised when they were instead handed a questionnaire at his office. They would have to fill out the survey first, an office assistant told them, before they could make an appointment to see state Rep. John Bennett. Among the nine questions on the form were lengthy paragraphs that “intentionally misinterpreted id..
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Federal appeals court rules 3 to 0 against Trump on travel ban .Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch says Trump's attacks on judiciary are 'demoralizing' .
Thousands Gather For Funeral Of NYPD Detective Steven McDonald .A Clemson-Alabama rematch is the game college football needs .

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