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| Work 22 states sue to stop Trump's order blocking birthright citizenship  In addition to New Jersey and the two cities, California, Massachusetts, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin joined the lawsuit to stop the order. |
| Work MLK Day On, not Off: A Day of Service  Celebrating the 30th anniversary of MLK National Day of Service, individuals unite to revitalize community spaces and promote conservation. |
| Work Don't Be Fooled: Trump's J6 Pardons Are All About Race  If there was ever any doubt about the 2024 election, let it be known now that it was not about law and order -- it was about white supremacy. The post Don't Be Fooled: Trump's J6 Pardons Are All About Race appeared first on Word In Black. |
| Work Trump Outlines America First Agenda: What It Means for Black Americans  President Trump's American priorities aim to boost security and safety, but the impact on Black Americans is a concern. Explore the implications of these policies. |
| Work This Wedding Was Filled With Candles and Red Roses - Washingtonian  Amy leads Washingtonian Weddings and writes Style Setters for Washingtonian. Prior to joining Washingtonian in March 2016, she was the editor of Capitol File magazine in DC and before that, editor of What’s Up? Weddings in Annapolis. |
| Work A Colorful, Retro-Inspired Fall Wedding at the Ritz-Carlton, Georgetown - Washingtonian  Amy leads Washingtonian Weddings and writes Style Setters for Washingtonian. Prior to joining Washingtonian in March 2016, she was the editor of Capitol File magazine in DC and before that, editor of What’s Up? Weddings in Annapolis. |
| Work Can Trump End Telework for Federal Employees - Washingtonian  Of course, nothing is that simple. Government telework arrangements predate the pandemic, and many public-service unions have contracts that allow it. That won’t change overnight. And restricting telework will hinder recruiting efforts, the American Federation of Government Employees argues. That may not be a negative for the new administration. |
| Work Focaccia Is Everywhere Right Now--Here Are 6 Sandwiches to Try  Local chefs are falling hard for the dimpled Italian bread. |
| Work Albi Is Washingtonian's 1 Restaurant in 2025 - Washingtonian  Ann Limpert joined Washingtonian in late 2003. She was previously an editorial assistant at Entertainment Weekly and a cook in New York restaurant kitchens, and she is a graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education. She lives in Petworth. |
| Work Was That TikTok's CEO at a DC Starbucks - Washingtonian  TikTok hasn’t responded to a request for comment, but Shannon-Grillo says the person in question took photos with workers at the shop after a person behind the counter recognized him, and then spoke with customers. Shannon-Grillo and her colleagues attempted to ask him about TikTok’s ban in the US, but he wouldn’t answer. One of the man’s security guards, she says, laughed and told them “no comment.” He stuck around for about ten minutes, drinking coffee and chatting with customers before exiting. His drink, Shannon-Grillo says, was not iced. |
| Work 31 Things to Do in the DC Area This Week and Weekend  Briana A. Thomas is a local journalist, historian, and tour guide who specializes in the research of D.C. history and culture. She is the author of the Black history book, Black Broadway in Washington, D.C., a story that was first published in Washingtonian in 2016. |
| Work Inside DC's Most Storied Restaurant on Inauguration Day  Jessica Sidman covers the people and trends behind D.C.’s food and drink scene. Before joining Washingtonian in July 2016, she was Food Editor and Young & Hungry columnist at Washington City Paper. She is a Colorado native and University of Pennsylvania grad. |
| Work Jury finds Colorado influencer David Lesh guilty of 3rd degree assault, not guilty of felony assault  In closing arguments, deputy district attorney Lauren Crisera said, “This is not a case of self defense. This is a case of assault that there is no justification for.” Read the full story at our partner, Summit Daily. |
| Work Colorado Senate forms ethics committee to investigate complaint that senator mistreated aides  The committee will be led by Sen. Julie Gonzales, a Denver Democrat, and the vice chair will be Sen. Cleave Simpson, an Alamosa Republican. Democratic Sens. Mike Weissman and Dylan Roberts and Republican Sen. John Carson will round it out. |
| Work Cheyenne Mountain Zoo's elephants are not "legal persons" under the law, Colorado Supreme Court rules  Even if the elephants could be considered persons under Colorado law, the Nonhuman Rights Project still didn’t have evidence to support the claim that they were unlawfully confined, Supreme Court justices wrote in an opinion summary Tuesday. |
| Work Mines football coach Pete Sterbick resigns, Yon Boone named interim coach  Sterbick ascended to the head-coaching role two springs ago and returned Mines, then led by QB John Matocha, to the NCAA title game for a second straight year. The Orediggers finished that season ranked second nationally among Division II programs in total offense (508.5 yards per game) and tied for first in yards per play (7.41). |
| Work 15-year-old boy charged with murder in Aurora man's shooting death  Investigators believe the boy knew the man’s family but did not know him personally. The district attorney’s office did not release the boy’s name because he is a juvenile and the case is filed in juvenile court. |
| Work Colorado 93 closed between Golden, Boulder for adverse conditions  The highway was closed in both directions as of 2:08 p.m. between 58th Avenue and Colorado 170, south of Eldorado Springs. Traffic cameras showed blowing snow covering stretches of the roadway and there are wind gusts up to 42 mph, state officials said. |
| Work Tell us: What do you want to see at Denver's newest city park in Park Hill  Denver Parks and Recreation plans to open the area to the public this summer but will continue to develop amenities there after soliciting input from the community about what residents want to see in the space. It will be one of the largest parks in the city. |
| Work Avalanche Journal: Colorado has a surprising leak in the boat, and it's not just the power play  If the Avs want to make a deep playoff run, the key might be unlocking a more consistent offensive attack. There are obvious solutions that can help, like fixing the power play and getting the forwards healthy. |
| Work Blackstone to buy the Kimpton Hotel Eventi for 175M  Strong travel demand is making Manhattan hotels more attractive to property investors. |
| Work Deals of the Day: Jan. 21  Fashion retailer Uniqlo closed the deal on the acquisition of its longtime Fifth Avenue home for $355 million, and coworking firm IWG signs a lease with Stellar Management for office space in Queens. |
| Work Op-ed: Why Queensbridge deserves better amid Long Island City's housing divide  Queensbridge Houses is the largest public housing development in the Western Hemisphere and the main bastion of affordable housing for long-time and working-class residents of Long Island City. |
| Work Hochul's 252B budget: Extended millionaires tax, more Medicaid money  The plan would grow the state’s spending by about $9 billion. |
| Work Stellar Management completes Astoria office project, secures anchor tenant  Astoria Pointe is the first project the company has finished since founder Larry Gluck passed away in June. |
| Work Park Slope Starbucks building sells ahead of shop's closure  A founder of local toy shops unloaded the Seventh Avenue property and the one next door for $6.8 million to DNA Development. |
| Work Midtown development firm buys Greenpoint industrial lot for about 17M  Shelly Listokin of Midtown-based Urban Realty Partners more than a decade ago acquired several Dumbo properties from the Jehovah's Witnesses, which had its headquarters in the neighborhood. |
| Work JPM 2025: 10 takeaways from the San Francisco conference  The four-day conference drew roughly 8,000 attendees and featured presentations from more than 500 private and public companies. |
| Work Inflated overtime pay marks our list of New York's highest-paid employees  A bulk of compensation was due to overtime payments. |
| Work NY offshore wind developers brace for billions in losses on heels of executive order  A Monday move by the Trump administration casts a shadow over the state’s renewable energy push. |
| Work Dangerous winds return to Southern California as new wildfires break out  The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is investigating the causes of the major fires and has not released any findings. Several lawsuits have been filed by people who lost their homes in the Eaton Fire, alleging Southern California Edison equipment sparked the blaze. On Tuesday, a judge overseeing one of the lawsuits ordered the utility to produce data from circuits in the area where the fire started. |
| Work Navy names ship after former Camp Pendleton Marine Megan McClung  McClung’s name will appear on the first of a new class of landing ships that will be used to transport Marines globally. She knew that world well, having been a member of the Pendleton-based 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, a rapid air-and-ground attack group. |
| Work 15 science-based ways to reduce your risk of dementia  During the pandemic, social isolation meant people were not exercising their brains by talking to others, debating and having to recall things, he said. “We saw a lot of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia patients progress much faster than expected,” he said. |
| Work Being in shape is better for longevity than being thin, new study shows  Then, maybe spend more time walking and otherwise working out than worrying about weight, said John Thyfault, a professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center who studies obesity, exercise and health. (He wasn’t involved with the new study.) The science now overwhelmingly shows that “aerobic fitness is more important for mortality risk than body weight status,” he said. |
| Work All the News That's Fit: Gas-powered walks, Alzheimer's stats and muscle knots  They are best prevented by avoiding postures or activities that cause them, along with stretching. Massages, compresses and other things that help boost blood flow to the affected area is the advised way to alleviate discomfort. |
| Work Stefanik pledges an 'America First' agenda at the UN and a review of US funding  Born and raised in upstate New York, Stefanik worked in Bush’s White House on the domestic policy council and in the chief of staff’s office. She was the youngest person in her freshman class in Congress — just 30 — and ascended to the House leadership team in 2021, becoming the only woman. |
| Work Trump wants to pull the US out of the World Health Organization again. Here's what may happen next  The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content. |
| Work Junk food turns public villain as power shifts in Washington  “There is a big grassroots effort out there because of how sick we are,” said Jerold Mande, who served as deputy undersecretary for food safety at the Department of Agriculture from 2009 to 2011. “A big part of it is people shouldn’t be this sick this young in their lives. You’re lucky if you get to 18 without a chronic disease. It’s remarkable.” |
| Work Firefighters gain upper hand after 85-acre Bonsall fire forces evacuations  In 2017 they were evacuated during the previous Lilac fire, and the house of a neighbor across the street burned to the ground. The Smiths spent several days in a motel that year before they returned safely to their home. |
| Work At least 66 dead and 51 injured in a hotel fire at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey  The explosion took place at the Yildiz Mountain Winter Sports Center in Sivas province. Two skiers and their instructor were slightly injured while another instructor received second-degree burns to the hands and face, the Sivas governor’s office said. |
| Work Watch: Elise Stefanik testifies at UN ambassador confirmation hearing  Harvard-educated and the fourth-ranking member of the U.S. House, she was elected to Congress in 2015 as a moderate Republican and is leaving a decade later as one of President Trump’s most ardent allies. |
| Work Beneath a veneer of calm, Trump's inauguration holds warning signs for US democracy  Former Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone, who lost consciousness and suffered a heart attack after a rioter shocked him with a stun gun, was one of the officers who received a last-minute Biden pardon because he testified before the Jan. 6 committee. |
| Work Palestinians confront a landscape of destruction in Gaza's 'ghost towns'  “The second militants move into a building and start using it to fire on you, you start making a calculation about whether or not you can strike,” Savill said. Downing the building, he said, “still needs to be necessary.” |
| Work Israel's top general resigns over Oct. 7 failures, adding to pressure on Netanyahu  “Most importantly, we want things that will warm us in winter,” one of the many displaced Palestinians, Mounir Abu Seiam, said Tuesday as people gathered in the southern city of Khan Younis to receive food. |
| Work Supreme Court rejects GOP-backed Montana case based on controversial election law theory  The Supreme Court largely rejected the independent state legislature theory in a 2023 case known as Moore v. Harper. That case out of North Carolina focused on a legal argument that electoral maps can’t be challenged in court. |
| Work Former Proud Boys leader and Oath Keepers founder released after Trump offers Jan. 6 clemency  Rhodes was convicted in a separate trial alongside members of his far-right militia group who prosecutors alleged were intent on keeping Trump in power at all costs. Over seven weeks of testimony, jurors heard how Rhodes rallied his followers to fight to defend Trump, discussed the prospect of a “bloody” civil war and warned that the Oath Keepers may have to “rise up in insurrection” to defeat Biden if Trump didn’t act. |
| Work More than 200 potential jurors summoned for trial of prosecutor in Ahmaud Arbery's death  Johnson has denied wrongdoing, insisting she immediately handed the case to an outside prosecutor because of her connection to Greg McMichael. She was voted out of office in November 2020, a defeat she largely blamed on controversy over Arbery’s death. |
| Work Trump defends pardons for rioters and suggests Proud Boys could have place in politics  He withdrew the U.S. from the Paris climate accords and the World Health Organization, began his immigration crackdown by declaring a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border and sought to end automatic citizenship for anyone born in America, which is expected to run into constitutional challenges. |
| Work Garth Hudson, master instrumentalist and last surviving member of The Band, dies at 87  “It was a job,” Hudson said of the Band in a 2002 interview with Maclean’s. “Play a stadium, play a theater. My job was to provide arrangements with pads underneath, pads and fills behind good poets. Same poems every night.” |
| Work Murder charge upheld for the only suspect to face prosecution in 1996 Tupac Shakur killing  In interviews and his 2019 memoir that described his life as a leader of a Crips gang sect in Compton, Davis said he obtained a .40-caliber handgun and handed it to Anderson in the back seat of a car from which, he and authorities said, shots were fired at Shakur in another car. |
| Work Trump moves to revoke clearances of ex-intel officials who signed letter on Hunter Biden laptop  Throughout his first presidency, Trump fumed about an intelligence community that he believed had been politicized against him, repeatedly citing the investigation into ties between Russia and his 2016 campaign. |
| Work Here's what the Paris climate agreement does and doesn't do  The Associated Press’ climate and environmental coverage receives financial support from multiple private foundations. AP is solely responsible for all content. Find AP’s standards for working with philanthropies, a list of supporters and funded coverage areas at AP.org. |
| Work What's next for EVs under President Trump  The Associated Press’ climate and environmental coverage receives financial support from multiple private foundations. AP is solely responsible for all content. Find AP’s standards for working with philanthropies, a list of supporters and funded coverage areas at AP.org. |
| Work Trudeau says Canada will respond to US tariffs as Ontario's premier says Trump 'declared war'  “Americans will pay more in the states that are reliant on Canadian goods and Canadians will just pay more in return,” Smith said. “We could spend the next four years fighting over that or we can spend the next four years building pipeline access and making sure that we develop critical minerals for our joint benefit. I’d rather have the second conversation.” |
| Work Musk's straight-arm gesture embraced by right-wing extremists regardless of what he meant  “When you’re a public figure at the highest echelons of power on Inauguration Day, doing a salute like that is extraordinarily disturbing and it calls for an explanation from Musk,” he said. “Points are made about free speech. Well, along with free speech comes responsibility.” |
| Work At inaugural prayer service, bishop pleads for Trump to 'have mercy' on LGBTQ people and migrants  Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content. |
| Work Marco Rubio became secretary of state without a hitch. Keeping Trump's favor may be harder  Rubio is also no stranger to Trump’s fury. The two men exchanged schoolyard jabs during the 2016 Republican primary with the president labeling him “little Marco.” Rubio responded by insulting the size of Trump’s hands and calling him a “con artist” and “vulgar.” |
| Work Evacuations lifted as crews mop up fire near Fashion Valley mall  The San Diego County Office of Education evacuated its Linda Vista campus and the Linda Vista Innovation Center. Officials later posted on X that its Linda Vista locations would remain closed Tuesday and reopen for regular business hours Wednesday. |
| Work Trump's executive order gives TikTok a reprieve. What happens next  In a note, Gabriel Wildau, a managing director of the Teneo consultancy, wrote that if amicable negotiations happen, Beijing might ultimately approve the export of TikTok’s algorithm. However, a sale that excludes that technology might be more feasible legally and technically, Wildau wrote. Previously, Teneo had made a case that Beijing would not allow ByteDance to sell TikTok because of its concern for national dignity. |
| Work President Trump wants to make showerheads and toilets flow greatly again, but so may utility bills  The Associated Press’ climate and environmental coverage receives financial support from multiple private foundations. AP is solely responsible for all content. Find AP’s standards for working with philanthropies, a list of supporters and funded coverage areas at AP.org. |
| Work 4 indicted in break-ins at luxury homes, but link to athlete burglaries unclear  Court records filed in Clark County, Ohio, say that investigators have arrested six different burglary groups from South America, with most being Chilean nationals, as part of investigation into the multi-state break-ins. The documents did not list when or where the other arrests took place or whether they connected to the athletes. |