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Image copyright APImage caption Antonin Scalia, appointed by President Reagan in 1986, was one of the most conservative Supreme Court judges Officials at a US university were left red-faced after their decision to rename a law school after late Supreme Court judge Antonin Scalia prompted hilarity over its unfortunate acronym. George Mason University in Virginia…
Story highlights The school first changed the name to The Antonin Scalia School of Law, or ASSoL Observers took to Twitter to comment on the acronym’s similarity to a curse word The school first announced it would change the name to The Antonin Scalia School of Law, or ASSoL, after receiving an anonymous $30 million…
A sign alerts trail walkers in Fairfax County’s Roundtree Park to the remains of a bridge that washed out near Holmes Run. With a mounting backlog of deferred maintenance, there are no immediate plans to fix it. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post) For decades, Fairfax County has been a national model for suburban living, a place…
Larry Russell Dawson Facebook /sl-art-illo-cap /sl-art-illo-cntr On Monday a man walked into the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, pulled out a gun and was shot by a U.S. Capitol police officer. Contrary to previous reports, an officer was not wounded in the shooting, but a female bystander was injured in the incident, authorities say. Here…
There are reports of a shooting at the Visitor’s Center of the U.S. Capitol Building. Here’s what sources on the ground are saying: NEWS – The Capitol complex has been locked down “due to a potential security threat.” — Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) March 28, 2016 Advertisement – Continue Reading Below Shelter in place order just…
Tomorrow, for the first time ever for a reason other than weather, the entire WMATA metro system servicing Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia will shut down for more than 24 hours in the middle of the week. WMATA General Manager Paul Wiedefeld described the shutdown as necessary for an “emergency investigation.” On Monday, a sudden…
The rail system that serves the nation’s capital and its Virginia and Maryland suburbs will shut down for a full day after a fire near one of the system’s tunnels, the system’s head announced. (AP) The entire Metro system will shut down for at least 24 hours starting at midnight tonight for safety checks of…
NewsInc Container /NewsInc Container WASHINGTON — Under Virginia’s current laws, children as young as 12 or 13 can be married off. But legislation moving through the Virginia General Assembly would put an end to that. NewsInc Container /NewsInc Container Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pushing to protect children by raising the legal…
Based on a new study by the financial analytics firm SmartAsset, D.C.’s Metro ranks No. 1 in the best transit system in the nation, but riders are still skeptical. (Ashleigh Joplin/The Washington Post) Here’s what’s so great about Washington’s Metro system: you can have a trendline of declining ridership; you can have a safety record…
Our vision at Etsy is that business can be used for good, and that thinking about our impact on people and values can go hand in hand with thinking about profits. As we grow, our commitment to that vision remains at the core of our identity and is woven into the decisions we make in…