Skip to main contentYou have permission to edit this article.EditE-EditionsSubscribeMarketplaceNewslettersWV NewsThe Exponent TelegramThe State JournalBlue Gold NewsPreston County NewsFairmont NewsBridgeport NewsWeston DemocratGarrett RepublicanMorgantown NewsJackson Star and HeraldMineral News and TribuneRiver Cities NewsMountain StatesmanRecord DeltaYour Bulletin BoardWVWheelsQuizzesContestsHomeNewsSportsBusinessEntertainmentOpinionObituariesClassifiedsNewsletterse-EditionAdvertiseTVMarketplaceSubmit a TipServicesSubscribeSubmit an ObitSubmit a LegalHarvey Larsen, 13, with his mother,...…Skip to main contentYou have permission to edit this article.EditE-EditionsSubscribeMarketplaceNewslettersWV NewsThe Exponent TelegramThe State JournalBlue Gold NewsPreston County NewsFairmont NewsBridgeport NewsWeston DemocratGarrett RepublicanMorgantown NewsJackson Star and HeraldMineral News and TribuneRiver Cities NewsMountain StatesmanRecord DeltaYour Bulletin BoardWVWheelsQuizzesContestsHomeNewsSportsBusinessEntertainmentOpinionObituariesClassifiedsNewsletterse-EditionAdvertiseTVMarketplaceSubmit a TipServicesSubscribeSubmit an ObitSubmit a LegalHarvey Larsen, 13, with his mother,...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareClarification: An earlier version of this story did not adequately explain that when the city of Vallejo reduced police funding it did not provide additional funding to social services agencies, as many current “defund the police” proposals advocate. The story has been revised to add that information.Twelve years ago, officials in Vallejo, Calif., reluctantly took a step that activists are now urging in cities across the country: They defunded their police department.Unable to pay its bills after the 2008 financial crisis,...…This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareClarification: An earlier version of this story did not adequately explain that when the city of Vallejo reduced police funding it did not provide additional funding to social services agencies, as many current “defund the police” proposals advocate. The story has been revised to add that information.Twelve years ago, officials in Vallejo, Calif., reluctantly took a step that activists are now urging in cities across the country: They defunded their police department.Unable to pay its bills after the 2008 financial crisis,...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAs scientists around the world race to for the coronavirus, the pandemic is also stoking a surge of activity among activists who argue that such a vaccine must be resisted.Leaders of the anti-vaccination movement, who in recent years have seen their efforts frustrated as U.S. states have adopted stricter laws promoting the inoculation of children, are seizing on the anxiety and social unrest generated by the virus and the government attempts to contain it.Anti-vaccination protesters have been a visible presence in recent...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAs scientists around the world race to for the coronavirus, the pandemic is also stoking a surge of activity among activists who argue that such a vaccine must be resisted.Leaders of the anti-vaccination movement, who in recent years have seen their efforts frustrated as U.S. states have adopted stricter laws promoting the inoculation of children, are seizing on the anxiety and social unrest generated by the virus and the government attempts to contain it.Anti-vaccination protesters have been a visible presence in recent...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareThe politician she revered above all others had lost an election. She’d struggled with crippling amounts of debt. Her home state of California was locking down again because of a virus she believed was fiction.As she walked east along the Mall on Wednesday, wearing a backpack emblazoned with the American flag, Ashli Babbitt was elated.“It was amazing to get to see the president talk,” Babbitt said, beaming in a video she streamed on Facebook early Wednesday afternoon that was later published by . “We are now walking down the...…This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareThe politician she revered above all others had lost an election. She’d struggled with crippling amounts of debt. Her home state of California was locking down again because of a virus she believed was fiction.As she walked east along the Mall on Wednesday, wearing a backpack emblazoned with the American flag, Ashli Babbitt was elated.“It was amazing to get to see the president talk,” Babbitt said, beaming in a video she streamed on Facebook early Wednesday afternoon that was later published by . “We are now walking down the...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump’s supporters had celebrated for hours on Saturday, waving their MAGA flags and blaring “God Bless the U.S.A.” as they gathered in Washington to falsely claim that the election had been stolen from the man they adore. The crowd had even reveled in a personal visit from Trump, who passed by in his motorcade, smiling and waving.But that was before the people who oppose their hero showed up and the mood shifted, growing angrier as 300 or so counterprotesters delivered a message the president’s most ardent...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump’s supporters had celebrated for hours on Saturday, waving their MAGA flags and blaring “God Bless the U.S.A.” as they gathered in Washington to falsely claim that the election had been stolen from the man they adore. The crowd had even reveled in a personal visit from Trump, who passed by in his motorcade, smiling and waving.But that was before the people who oppose their hero showed up and the mood shifted, growing angrier as 300 or so counterprotesters delivered a message the president’s most ardent...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareMany U.S. Secret Service agents have stood guard in Washington’s elite Kalorama neighborhood, home over the years to Cabinet secretaries and former presidents. Those agents have had to worry about death threats, secure perimeters and suspicious strangers. But with the arrival of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, they had a new worry: finding a toilet.Instructed not to use any of the half-dozen bathrooms inside the couple’s house, the Secret Service detail assigned to President Trump’s daughter and son-in-law spent months searching...…This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareMany U.S. Secret Service agents have stood guard in Washington’s elite Kalorama neighborhood, home over the years to Cabinet secretaries and former presidents. Those agents have had to worry about death threats, secure perimeters and suspicious strangers. But with the arrival of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, they had a new worry: finding a toilet.Instructed not to use any of the half-dozen bathrooms inside the couple’s house, the Secret Service detail assigned to President Trump’s daughter and son-in-law spent months searching...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareIt’s evening rush hour in the nation’s capital, and the McPherson Square Metro station on a September Tuesday is all but empty. Thousands once squeezed at this time onto the trains departing from the heart of downtown Washington, two blocks north of the White House. Now, the descending escalator steps only carry the shards of a broken bottle of Power Malt.Above ground the scene is no less eerie: No honking horns or screams from sprinting commuters trying to flag down the Circulator bus. In what seven months ago would have...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareIt’s evening rush hour in the nation’s capital, and the McPherson Square Metro station on a September Tuesday is all but empty. Thousands once squeezed at this time onto the trains departing from the heart of downtown Washington, two blocks north of the White House. Now, the descending escalator steps only carry the shards of a broken bottle of Power Malt.Above ground the scene is no less eerie: No honking horns or screams from sprinting commuters trying to flag down the Circulator bus. In what seven months ago would have...WW…