Add to list On my list U.S. deaths in 2020 Excess deaths minus covid-19 60,000 weekly deaths Reported covid-19 deaths 50,000 above what is historically expected for this period. 40,000 Jan. Feb. Apr. 4 Mar. Sources: Overall death data comes from the National Center for Health Statistics, covid-19 death counts come from state health departments and are compiled by The Washington Post, and estimates for expected deaths come from Yale School of Public Health’s Modeling Unit. U.S. deaths in 2020 Excess deaths minus covid-19 60,000 weekly deaths Covid-19 deaths reported at the time 50,000 above...…Add to list On my list U.S. deaths in 2020 Excess deaths minus covid-19 60,000 weekly deaths Reported covid-19 deaths 50,000 above what is historically expected for this period. 40,000 Jan. Feb. Apr. 4 Mar. Sources: Overall death data comes from the National Center for Health Statistics, covid-19 death counts come from state health departments and are compiled by The Washington Post, and estimates for expected deaths come from Yale School of Public Health’s Modeling Unit. U.S. deaths in 2020 Excess deaths minus covid-19 60,000 weekly deaths Covid-19 deaths reported at the time 50,000 above...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe Washington Football Team paid a female former employee $1.6 million as part of a confidential settlement in 2009, according to a copy of the agreement reviewed by The Washington Post. The settlement was struck after the woman accused team owner Daniel Snyder of sexual misconduct, a person familiar with the matter said.The alleged incident occurred on Snyder’s private plane on a flight returning from the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, said the person, who was not authorized to discuss the matter and...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe Washington Football Team paid a female former employee $1.6 million as part of a confidential settlement in 2009, according to a copy of the agreement reviewed by The Washington Post. The settlement was struck after the woman accused team owner Daniel Snyder of sexual misconduct, a person familiar with the matter said.The alleged incident occurred on Snyder’s private plane on a flight returning from the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, said the person, who was not authorized to discuss the matter and...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePlease note: The Washington Post is providing this important election information free to all readers. Get election results and other major news delivered to your inbox by signing up for .The chaotic effort to upend the U.S. presidential election has moved from the courtroom to a series of traditionally mundane events in county seats and state capitals, deliberations now under enormous pressure as President Trump and his allies seek to block formal recognition of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in key battleground...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePlease note: The Washington Post is providing this important election information free to all readers. Get election results and other major news delivered to your inbox by signing up for .The chaotic effort to upend the U.S. presidential election has moved from the courtroom to a series of traditionally mundane events in county seats and state capitals, deliberations now under enormous pressure as President Trump and his allies seek to block formal recognition of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in key battleground...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareThe contracts for the Washington Football Team’s cheerleaders held them to a strict moral code. “Inappropriate” conduct or online content, including nude or seminude appearances in “tasteless” films, videos or photographs, could trigger immediate dismissal.“Each cheerleader must at all times conduct herself with due regard to public conventions and morals,” read two contracts obtained by The Washington Post, covering 2008 and 2010.Such provisions are not unusual in the NFL, according to lawyers familiar with such contracts, and...…This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareThe contracts for the Washington Football Team’s cheerleaders held them to a strict moral code. “Inappropriate” conduct or online content, including nude or seminude appearances in “tasteless” films, videos or photographs, could trigger immediate dismissal.“Each cheerleader must at all times conduct herself with due regard to public conventions and morals,” read two contracts obtained by The Washington Post, covering 2008 and 2010.Such provisions are not unusual in the NFL, according to lawyers familiar with such contracts, and...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareOn Aug. 4, 2019, the day after a gunman who had posted a hateful diatribe against Hispanics fatally shot 23 people at an El Paso Walmart, a leader of a tea party group in Texas said on Facebook: “You’re not going to demographically replace a once proud, strong people without getting blow-back.”His wife, the founder of the group, in the Fort Worth suburbs of Tarrant County, added in a comment: “I don’t condone the actions, but I certainly understand where they came from.”Ten days later, amid a brewing backlash over the...…This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareOn Aug. 4, 2019, the day after a gunman who had posted a hateful diatribe against Hispanics fatally shot 23 people at an El Paso Walmart, a leader of a tea party group in Texas said on Facebook: “You’re not going to demographically replace a once proud, strong people without getting blow-back.”His wife, the founder of the group, in the Fort Worth suburbs of Tarrant County, added in a comment: “I don’t condone the actions, but I certainly understand where they came from.”Ten days later, amid a brewing backlash over the...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAround 7 p.m. on Jan. 5, less than 24 hours before an angry mob overran the U.S. Capitol, an FBI bulletin warning that extremists were calling for violent attacks on Congress landed in an email inbox used by the D.C. police department. That same evening, a member of the Capitol Police received the same memo.But the alert was not flagged for top officials at either agency, according to congressional testimony Tuesday — deepening questions about the breakdowns that contributed to massive security failures on Jan. 6.Both...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAround 7 p.m. on Jan. 5, less than 24 hours before an angry mob overran the U.S. Capitol, an FBI bulletin warning that extremists were calling for violent attacks on Congress landed in an email inbox used by the D.C. police department. That same evening, a member of the Capitol Police received the same memo.But the alert was not flagged for top officials at either agency, according to congressional testimony Tuesday — deepening questions about the breakdowns that contributed to massive security failures on Jan. 6.Both...WW…

ADA federal judge in South Dakota was blunt last summer when she sentenced Paul Erickson, a seasoned Republican operative who had pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering.“What comes through is that you’re a thief, and you’ve betrayed your friends, your family, pretty much everyone you know,” District Judge Karen E. Schreier told Erickson in July, before sentencing him to seven years in prison for scamming dozens of people out of $5.3 million.But Erickson, who had advised GOP presidential campaigns and a noted conservative organization, had a way out.He had the support of...…ADA federal judge in South Dakota was blunt last summer when she sentenced Paul Erickson, a seasoned Republican operative who had pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering.“What comes through is that you’re a thief, and you’ve betrayed your friends, your family, pretty much everyone you know,” District Judge Karen E. Schreier told Erickson in July, before sentencing him to seven years in prison for scamming dozens of people out of $5.3 million.But Erickson, who had advised GOP presidential campaigns and a noted conservative organization, had a way out.He had the support of...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAfter nearly a decade working for the House of Representatives, the chamber’s top security official thought he knew how its political leadership would react if asked to station troops at the Capitol during a major rally supporting President Trump.That’s why House Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Irving balked when the chief of the Capitol Police suggested activating the National Guard two days before the Jan. 6 event, he later told a friend.“There’s a reality there — the leaders of the House and the Senate don’t want the...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAfter nearly a decade working for the House of Representatives, the chamber’s top security official thought he knew how its political leadership would react if asked to station troops at the Capitol during a major rally supporting President Trump.That’s why House Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Irving balked when the chief of the Capitol Police suggested activating the National Guard two days before the Jan. 6 event, he later told a friend.“There’s a reality there — the leaders of the House and the Senate don’t want the...WW…