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Memorial service for Bob Dole: Everything you need to know

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - The late Senator Bob Dole will be remembered in D.C. on Friday with a Celebration of Life memorial service to honor the distinguished leader who devoted his life to serving the United States.Dole's funeral will be held at the Washington National Cathedral and will be closed to the public.A service will then take place at the National World War II Memorial and will be open to the public.

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Senate rejects Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for businesses

WASHINGTON - The Senate narrowly approved a resolution Wednesday to nullify the Biden administration's requirement that businesses with 100 or more workers have their employees be vaccinated against the coronavirus or submit to weekly testing.The vote was 52-48. The Democratic-led House is unlikely to take the measure up, which means the mandate would stand, though courts have put it on hold for now.

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Uber unveils new audio recording feature during rides as part of safety enhancements

UberX driver, Michael Belet, checks the Uber customer app to see where other Uber drivers are working so he can determine where the best place for him to get fares might be, April 7, 2014, in Washington, DC. Thousands of local car owners have signed WASHINGTON - Uber is launching a new audio recording option for drivers and riders during trips.

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Prosecutors: Parents had 14-year-old 'in tow' at Capitol riot, mom should get jail time

WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors said Thursday that a North Carolina woman deserves a prison sentence for bringing her 14-year-old child into the U.S. Capitol during the Jan.

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Boebert apologizes to Muslim community after Ilhan Omar comments: 'I have reached out to her'

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 31: U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) speaks during a news conference in front of the U.S.

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Former Pentagon chief Mark Esper sues to publish parts of memoir

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Charles "Chuck" F. Sams III becomes first Native American to head national parks

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 19: Charles F. Sams III, nominee to be Director of the National Park Service, listens during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing in Washington DC on October 19, 2021.

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Phillies OF Bryce Harper named National League Most Valuable Player

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 02: Bryce Harper #3 of the Philadelphia Phillies bats against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on September 02, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images) PHILADELPHIA - For the second time in his career, Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Bryce Harper was crowned the National League's Most Valuable Player. Harper, 28, earned ___ first-place votes from a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada.

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Flooding in Washington state: Hundreds displaced, portion of I-5 closed

BELLINGHAM, Wash. - Washington Gov. Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency on Monday after flooding and landslides closed the West Coast’s main north-south highway, displaced hundreds of people and knocked out power across the region. The extreme weather was caused by an atmospheric river — a huge plume of moisture extending over the Pacific and into Washington and Oregon.Heavy rain overwhelmed the Skagit River and sent floodwater gushing through northern Washington on Nov.

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Orphaned, malnourished baby pumas find new home at Memphis Zoo

Orphaned pumas (Credit: Memphis Zoo) MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Four orphaned pumas have found a new home at the Memphis Zoo after their mother abandoned them in Washington, according to zookeepers.Zoo officials said the female puma gave birth to the kittens — three males and one female — in the backyard of a Washington resident. When U.S.

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Funeral for former Secretary of State Colin Powell to be held Friday

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - The funeral of former Secretary of State Colin Powell will be held at Washington National Cathedral on Friday.Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherSecretary Powell, who served for decades in and out of uniform starting with his service in the Vietnam War, was also national security advisor from 1987 to 1989 and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993.Numerous military and Congressional leaders are expected to be in attendance. Secretary Powell died of complications from COVID-19 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Oct.

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9/11 documents: FBI releases hundreds of newly declassified pages

WASHINGTON - The FBI released hundreds of pages of newly declassified documents Wednesday about its long effort to explore connections between the Saudi government and the Sept.

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Prosecutors seek 44 months in prison for defendant in 1st Capitol riot assault sentence

WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors on Wednesday recommended a prison sentence of nearly four years for a New Jersey gym owner who is on track to be the first person sentenced for assaulting a law enforcement officer during the riot at the U.S. Capitol.Scott Fairlamb's sentencing, scheduled for next Wednesday, could guide other judges in deciding the appropriate punishment for dozens of other rioters who engaged in violence at the Capitol that day.Prosecutors said Fairlamb, one of one of the first rioters to breach the Capitol, incited and emboldened other rioters around him with his violent actions.Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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Republicans again block Democrats' voting rights bill in Senate

WASHINGTON (AP) - If at first you don’t succeed, make Republicans vote again.That's the strategy Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer appears to be pursuing as the New York Democrat forced another test vote Wednesday on legislation to overhaul the nation's election laws.

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Supreme Court takes up Texas law banning most abortions

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 27: The sun rises behind U.S. Supreme Court building on August 27, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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Families of 9 killed by Dylann Roof at SC church settle with feds over gun

WASHINGTON - Families of nine victims killed in a racist attack at a Black South Carolina church have reached a settlement with the Justice Department over a faulty background check that allowed Dylann Roof to purchase the gun he used in the 2015 massacre.The $88 million deal, which includes $63 million for the families of the slain and $25 million for survivors of the shooting, was set to be announced Thursday in Washington, Bakari Sellers, an attorney who helped broker the agreement, told The Associated Press.Sellers said the "88" figure was purposeful.

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Washington Township High School ordered to shelter in place after receiving threat

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP - Washington Township High School on Thursday was ordered to shelter-in-place as authorities investigated an anonymous threat made against the school.The Gloucester County Township Police Department said detectives are investigating and tracing the phone number that called in the threat. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESA large police presence was dispatched to the school campus. No information has been shared about the nature of the threat. ___DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APPSUBSCRIBE: Good Day Digest Newsletter | FOX 29 Philly on YouTubeAdvertisementFOLLOW: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

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Biden bound for global summits in Europe as domestic agenda in limbo

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden promised to show the world that democracies can work to meet the challenges of the 21st century. As he prepares to push that message at a pair of global summits, his case could hinge on what's happening in Washington, where he is rushing to finalize a major domestic legislative package.Headed first to Rome and then to Glasgow, Scotland, Biden will be pressed to deliver concrete ideas for stopping a global pandemic, boosting economic growth and halting the acceleration of climate change.

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Former Washington cheerleader believes owner Dan Snyder was behind Gruden email leak, pushes for transparency

ASHBURN, Va. - The Washington Football Team has made headlines again after Jon Gruden resigned as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders last week over emails that revealed racist, misogynistic, and homophobic remarks made by the then-ESPN analyst to former team executive Bruce Allen. But one former Washington employee says the team has a much bigger problem.READ MORE: 'The NFL has ghosted us': Former Washington Football Team employees scrutinize investigationMelanie Coburn is a wife, mother, and business owner but she has now seemingly taken on the role as a voice for the voiceless.

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Biden takes social services, climate pitch to Pennsylvania

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 15: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to reporters as he arrives on the South Lawn of the White House October 15, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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Nun imprisoned over peace activism, Megan Rice, dies at 91

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 17: Sister Megan Rice awaits trail in Washington, DC on April 17, 2013. She and fellow anti-nuclear protestors Michael Walli and Greg Boertje-Obed successfully broke into the Y12 Oak Ridge National Laboratory complex in 2012 to ROSEMONT, Penn. - Megan Rice, a nun and Catholic peace activist who spent two years in federal prison while in her 80s after breaking into a government security complex to protest nuclear weapons, has died.

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'Democracy survived': Biden pays tribute to fallen peace officers

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the 40th Annual National Peace Officers Memorial Service on the West Front of the U.S.

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Biden highlights cheaper child care in speech on stalled spending bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden argued that investments in child care and other social safety net programs are imperative to keep America competitive in the global economy during a visit to a child care center in Connecticut on Friday, as part of his continued push for his stalled social spending bill.Biden visited a child development center in Hartford to promote his proposal to make such care free for lower-income families, and ensure that families making up to 150% of their state's median income pay less than 7% of their salaries on child care.

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Several Gloucester County schools shelter in place due to threats, officials say

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. - A number of Gloucester County schools have been ordered to shelter in place due to anonymous threats in the area, officials say. The shelter in place orders include all Washington Township Public Schools, but school officials say none of the threats have been specific to the township.The orders came after police received a number of anonymous threats against schools, according to officials.

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Debt ceiling: House returns to approve increase through early December

WASHINGTON - Members of the House are scrambling back to Washington on Tuesday to approve a short-term lift of the nation's debt limit and ensure the federal government can continue fully paying its bills into December.The $480 billion increase in the country's borrowing ceiling cleared the Senate last week on a party-line vote. The House is expected to approve it swiftly so President Joe Biden can sign it into law this week.

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Routine child, adult vaccinations fell amid COVID-19

A pair of new studies yesterday details lower rates of routine vaccinations amid the COVID-19 pandemic, one showing reduced weekly immunization rates and up-to-date status in US children, and the other identifying fewer vaccine doses among both kids and adults in Michigan.

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Senate leaders agree to extend debt ceiling, avoid default

WASHINGTON - The Senate dodged a U.S. debt disaster Thursday night, voting to extend the government’s borrowing authority into December and temporarily avert an unprecedented federal default that experts warned would devastate the economy and harm millions of Americans.The vote of 50-48 in support of the bill to raise the government's debt ceiling by nearly a half-trillion dollars brought instant relief in Washington and far beyond.

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Women’s March for abortion rights underway nationwide

WASHINGTON - The first Women's March of the Biden administration heads straight for the steps of the Supreme Court on Saturday, part of nationwide protests that drew thousands to Washington and other cities to demand continued access to abortion in a year when conservative lawmakers and judges have put it in jeopardy.Many thousands of women filled a square near the White House for a rally before the march. They waved signs that said "Mind your own uterus," "I love someone who had an abortion" and "Abortion is a personal choice, not a legal debate," among other messages.

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US Covid-19 deaths surpass 700,000

More than 700,000 people have died from Covid-19 in the US, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University, a toll roughly equivalent to the population of the nation's capital Washington, DC.

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Flags displayed on National Mall in honor of 600,000+ COVID-19 deaths in U.S.

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - A new art exhibition is being installed on the National Mall that features more than 600,000 white flags, each one representing a life lost to COVID-19 in the U.S. during the pandemic.Volunteers plant white flags on the National Mall on Wednesday, Sept.

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Remnants from Ida trigger multiple tornado warnings, flooding as severe weather impacts the region

Willow Grove, Pa. - Heavy downpours and high winds triggered multiple tornado warnings and flooding as remnants from Hurricane Ida impacted the Philadelphia region Wednesday.A confirmed " large and extremely dangerous" tornado was located over Willow Grove, Washington Crossing in Pennsylvania and Woodbury, New Jersey. Pennsylvania State Tropper tweeted downed trees through southern Chester County as the storms started to move in around 4 p.m.High winds on Slate Hill Drive in Oxford, Chester County ripped off the siding of a large home.

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Phillies-Nationals rained out; makeup game scheduled for Thursday

WASHINGTON - The Philadelphia Phillies’ game at the Washington Nationals scheduled for Wednesday night was postponed because of rain as the remnants of Hurricane Ida passed through the Mid-Atlantic.The game, the NL East rivals’ final meeting this year, will be made up Thursday at 1:05 p.m.Neither team immediately announced its pitching plans, but both could push their scheduled Wednesday starters back a day — right-hander Aaron Nola (7-7, 4.30 ERA) for Philadelphia and right-hander Paolo Espino (4-4, 4.13) for Washington.The postponement also gives Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto an extra day of rest.

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Flyers sign center Couturier to $62M, 8-year extension

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 13: Sean Couturier #14 of the Philadelphia Flyers skates against the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena on April 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) PHILADELPHIA - Sean Couturier plays more than any other Philadelphia forward in all situations, and now the Flyers can bank on their No.

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Phillies' 1B Hoskins out for season with abdominal tear

PHILADELPHIA, PA - JULY 29: Rhys Hoskins #17 of the Philadelphia Phillies runs the bases after hitting a home run during Game Two of the doubleheader between the Washington Nationals and the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on Thursday, Ju PHILADELPHIA - Rhys Hoskins will miss the rest of the season with an abdominal tear that requires surgery, the Philadelphia Phillies slugger announced Thursday.Hoskins leads the Phillies with 27 homers and 71 RBIs, and the news is a major blow to the team's playoff hopes.

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Capitol Police officers sue Trump, allies over Jan. 6 insurrection

WASHINGTON - U.S. Capitol Police officers who were attacked and beaten during the Capitol riot filed a lawsuit Thursday against former President Donald Trump, his allies and members of far-right extremist groups, accusing them of intentionally sending a violent mob on Jan.

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Army veteran raises awareness about suicide by walking 1,800 miles

PHILADELPHIA - An Army veteran is on a "Walk to Honor" military members who have died by suicide.Greg Washington left Mississippi on April 29 and he plans to arrive back in West Point on 9/11. Washington was a freshman at West Point on Sept.

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Two-thirds of Americans say Afghanistan war wasn't worth fighting, poll finds

WASHINGTON - A significant majority of Americans doubt that the war in Afghanistan was worthwhile, even as the United States is more divided over President Joe Biden's handling of foreign policy and national security, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.Roughly two-thirds said they did not think America’s longest war was worth fighting, the poll shows. Meanwhile, 47% approve of Biden’s management of international affairs, while 52% approve of Biden on national security.The poll was conducted Aug.

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Lightning strikes Washington Monument in electric video

WASHINGTON - The National Mall was lit overnight.Electrifying video on a visitor's phone captured the moment lightning struck the country's most recognizable obelisk: The Washington Monument.The split-second light show capped a turbulent night of storms that flooded parts of the District and surrounding areas, including Alexandria.There are more storms in the forecast Sunday night.Jenn Delgado will keep you updated on FOX 5's newscasts tonight starting at 6 p.m.Direct Lightning strikes like the one captured by Travis Nix are rare but it does happen.

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House entitled to some of Trump's financial records, federal judge rules

WASHINGTON - House Democrats who have spent years investigating Donald Trump are entitled to some of the former president's financial records, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.The ruling from U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington empowering Congress to have the records is the latest development in years-long legal and political skirmishes over access to Trump's closely-held finances.

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Attorney: New Jersey man to plead guilty in Capitol breach

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Supporters of President Donald Trump take over balconies and inauguration scaffolding at the United States Capitol on Wednesday January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Pro-Trump supporters were gathering to protest last Novem TRENTON, N.J. - A New Jersey man facing a 12-count indictment for his role in the Jan.

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Police officers rescue trapped fawn in New Jersey

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. - It was a heartwarming scene caught on video. Police officers were called to a home in Washington Township, New Jersey on Sunday for reports of a trapped baby fawn. The deer had gotten itself stuck inside of a fenced in yard for over six hours.Fortunately, police on the scene were able to pick up the fawn and carry it back over the fence and let it free into nature. ___DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APPSUBSCRIBE: Good Day Digest Newsletter | FOX 29 Philly on YouTubeAdvertisementFOLLOW: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

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Cori Bush camped at Capitol to protest looming expiration of eviction ban

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 31: Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) speaks with supporters as she spends the night outside the U.S.

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Senate convenes in rare weekend session to debate infrastructure bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate convened for a rare weekend session on Saturday, with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer encouraging the authors of a bipartisan infrastructure plan to finish writing their bill so that senators can begin offering amendments.Several senators had predicted that the text of the bill would be ready for review late Friday or early Saturday, but it was not done when the Senate opened for business late in the morning.

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Delta COVID-19 variant as contagious as chickenpox, internal CDC report says

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COVID-19 delta variant as contagious as chickenpox, CDC internal docs warn

WASHINGTON - New evidence showing the delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox and may be more dangerous than other versions has prompted U.S. health officials to consider changing advice on how the nation fights the coronavirus, internal documents show.Recommending masks for everyone and requiring vaccines for doctors and other health workers are among measures the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering, according to internal documents obtained by the Washington Post.The documents appear to be talking points for CDC staff to use in explaining the dangers of the delta variant and "breakthrough″ infections that can occur after vaccination.

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US COVID prevalence likely 60% higher than reported, experts say

University of Washington at Seattle researchers estimate that 60% of US COVID-19 cases have gone unreported due to biases in test data and delayed reporting, according to a modeling study yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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US COVID prevalence likely 60% higher than reported

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'Such a disgrace': Trump sounds off on Cleveland Indians’ name change

US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference following the Senate Republicans policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on May 19, 2020. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)WASHINGTON - Former President Donald Trump is reacting to the Cleveland Indians recently changing its name to the Guardians. The baseball club announced the name change Friday — effective at the end of the 2021 season — with a video on Twitter narrated by actor and team fan Tom Hanks.

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