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08/27/2023

August 26th is Women's Equality Day. The holiday serves to celebrate the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote in the 1920s. 💁‍♀️

04/11/2023

A decision by a Trump-appointed judge that casts doubt on federal approval of a key drug used for medication abortion could reach the justices in short order. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/analysis-is-a-ruling-in-texas-on-abortion-the-supreme-courts-next-stress-test

$The first openly gay person to lead the American Medical Association takes the reins at a fractious time for U.S. health...$

04/10/2023

The first openly gay person to lead the American Medical Association takes the reins at a fractious time for U.S. health care. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/amas-first-gay-president-to-take-over-at-tumultuous-time

04/09/2023

Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for President Biden to ignore a federal judge's temporary hold on the abortion pill, raising alarm about the rule of law taking a back seat to the rule of man. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/wyden-aoc-urge-biden-to-ignore-judges-order-blocking-abortion-pill

04/09/2023

Bam! Suddenly news was breaking on that 2010 Easter weekend that Washington had made a huge surprising trade. Not only had they made a trade on Easter weekend, but the trade engineered by owner Daniel Snyder was within the NFC East division. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/one-easter-there-was-huge-washington-football-news

04/08/2023

California's Medicaid program will continue to pay Walgreens about $1.5 billion each year despite Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom declaring last month the state was done doing business with the pharmacy giant after it indicated it would not sell abortion pills by mail in some states. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/california-to-keep-paying-walgreens-despite-gavin-newsoms-order

04/08/2023

The Washington Business Journal's 2023 Best Places to Work Awards has recognized The Midtown Group as an honoree, amongst 75 of the top employers from the Greater Washington area. The awards https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/the-midtown-group-recognized-by-washington-business-journal-among-best-places-to-work-in-greater-washington-in-2023

04/07/2023

Roughly 200 Russian journalists and activists have signed a letter calling for the release of a Wall Street Journal detained in Russia on unsubstantiated charges of espionage. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/russian-journalists-demand-the-release-of-evan-gershkovich-in-open-letter

04/05/2023

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who has indicted former President Donald Trump, is following a well-trod Democratic playbook. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/trump-indictment-follows-democratic-playbook-says-former-house-gop-majority-leader-tom-delay

04/04/2023

Disney CEO Bob Iger on Monday said any retaliatory actions by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature against the company that threaten jobs or expansion at its Florida resort is not only "anti-business but anti-Florida." https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/disney-desantis-war-of-words-heats-up-at-annual-meeting

04/03/2023

NASA and Canadian Space Agency to introduce the four astronauts — three from the U.S., one from Canada — who will steer the next stage of an ambitious plan to establish a long-term presence on the moon WASHINGTON — Ask Marc Garneau if he’d go back to space and the first Canadian to ever make the trip doesn’t hesitate: “In a wink. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/going-back-to-the-moon-this-is-canada-on-the-world-stage-doing-big-things

04/03/2023

Klever Ortega and Cristina Lema had a good life until COVID-19 crippled Ecuador's economy. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/more-ecuadorians-move-to-u-s-spared-many-others-hurdles

04/02/2023

Stormy Daniels, the adult film star who received the alleged hush money payment at the center of the Manhattan district attorney's indictment of Donald Trump, says she is not afraid to take the stand against the former president but worries about violence from his supporter https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/stormy-daniels-not-afraid-to-take-stand-against-trump-worries-about-violence-from-supporters

04/01/2023

The 90-acre beachfront property has tennis and pickleball courts, a putting green, multiple ponds, and two swimming pools. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/an-epic-3-house-compound-on-washingtons-san-juan-islands-just-listed-for-75-million

03/31/2023

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Yekaterinburg by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) and later formally arrested by a Moscow court on Thursday. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/russia-arrests-u-s-journalist-on-espionage-charges-moscow-court-orders-he-be-detained-for-2-months

03/30/2023

Mike Rhoades has agreed to become the next men's basketball coach at Penn State and leave VCU, which is close to hiring Utah State's Ryan Odom as his replacement, sources told ESPN. https://ourcommunitynow.com/sports/sources-rhoades-to-psu-as-vcu-eyes-odom

03/30/2023

The Hornets pick up their third straight victory behind a 43-point performance by P.J. Washington. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/p-j-washington-pours-in-career-high-43-points-to-lead-hornets-past-okc

03/29/2023

The cryptocurrency entrepreneur's latest indictment alleges conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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03/29/2023

Washington’s appointed wildlife commissioners are one step closer to confirmation before the state senate, a step that, while required by law, has not been taken since 2018. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/long-delay-in-confirmation-of-washington-wildlife-commissioners-political-per-committee-chair

03/27/2023

Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defense minister, who had called for a halt on sweeping judicial reforms. Netanyahu's proposal has sparked months of protests in Israel and abroad.
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03/27/2023

Oregon’s farms and forests have been protected from urban sprawl by the nation’s first statewide law creating urban growth boundaries https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/factory-or-farm-oregon-may-alter-land-use-for-chipmakers

03/26/2023

There is a purity to the tournament, the idea that anything is possible playing out before our eyes. So long as Alabama remained, that was tainted.
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03/26/2023

Corey Kispert scored 26 points and sank six 3-pointers, Deni Avdija added 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and the Washington Wizards pulled away to a 136-124 win over the San Antonio Spurs in a mee https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/kisperts-3s-help-wizards-pull-away-from-spurs-136-124

03/25/2023

Trump himself ignited the latest firestorm when he sent out a furious message over the weekend predicting his imminent arrest in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation into the former president. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/voices-washingtons-cowardice-on-trump-is-about-to-come-crashing-down

03/24/2023

A Boston sports radio talk show host is under fire for using an ethnic slur to describe ESPN personality Mina Kimes.
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03/23/2023

After nine years, the sixth generation Camaros will come off the assembly line at the Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant in January 2024.
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03/23/2023

The CEO of one of D.C.’s most prominent community development financial institutions has been tapped to lead a national network of nearly 400 community lenders. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/wacifs-harold-pettigrew-departing-to-lead-the-national-opportunity-finance-network

03/21/2023

Amazon will be eliminating roles in its cloud computing unit, human resources division, advertising and Twitch, CEO Andy Jassy said Monday.
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03/20/2023

Kingston is currently in isolation. Unfortunately Eddie Kingston has tested positive for Covid and is currently isolated, as a result he can no longer appear at OTT & Kingston has deleted his Twitter account, though the ... https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/ott-announces-eddie-kingston-tested-positive-for-covid-will-miss-scrappermania

03/20/2023

There is no March Madness – or college sports at all – without the athletes. So why are they getting cheated out of the money they rightfully earned?
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