Saturday, November 16, 2024

Nations's capital trying to keep crowds from cherry blossoms

WASHINGTON (AP) — As signature cherry blossom trees go through peak bloom in the nation's capital, officials in the District of Columbia are resorting to mass street closures to keep large crowds away in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Supreme Court

Carlos McKnight of Washington, waves a flag in support of gay marriage outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday June 26, 2015. A major opinion on gay marriage is among the remaining to be released before the term ends at the end of June. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Supreme Court gay marriage

Carlos McKnight of Washington waves a flag in support of gay marriage outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Friday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Sony Hack-US Response

FILE -- In this March 11, 2014 file photo, Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, speaks to reporters after an all-member classified briefing on Ukraine, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Royce said he did not doubt North Korea was involved in the destructive hacking attack …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Keystone

Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D, walks toward a illustration of the Keystone Pipeline and proposed expansions, after a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. A key approval of a revised route for the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast puts the …
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO