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In Germany, whole villages were cut off from rescuers, and helicopters were deployed to pluck stranded people off rooftops. Some houses were simply washed away as a tributary of the Rhine burst its banks.
The order, which will take effect late Saturday night in the county of 10 million people, marks the most dramatic reversal of the country’s reopening this summer as experts fear a new wave of the virus.
The June payment, for legal consulting, went to the law office of Marc Fernich, whose website says he specializes in “subtle, novel and creative arguments that other attorneys may miss.”
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Cody Rigsby in Domino Park in Brooklyn on July 8. (Bryan Anselm for The Post)
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Like many other survivors of the Surfside condo collapse, Steve Rosenthal is grateful that he made it out alive. But he’s worried about what comes next.
Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, is taken into custody by U.S. Capitol Police after a demonstration supporting voting rights Thursday on Capitol Hill. (AP)
Beatty, chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, and several other demonstrators called on Senate Democrats to scrap the filibuster.
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Before his sanity trial began three weeks ago, Jarrod Ramos had already pleaded guilty to 23 counts related to his premeditated attack in 2018 stemming from a long-simmering grudge with the Capital Gazette in Annapolis.
Jeanine Lawson said she would be a bridge builder in an era of increasingly divisive politics.
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Experts say that the end of restrictions, the delta variant and unvaccinated people are to blame.
The Lotus and Water Lily festival brings color to the only national park focused on aquatic plants.
This weekend features the reopenings of two Smithsonian museums, the launch of the D.C. Asian Pacific American Film Festival, and a party dedicated to D.C.'s official "native cocktail."
Offerings include breakfast tacos, salteñas and a best-selling turkey sub.
The federal government now examines just half of all large company tax returns, despite businesses claiming increasing tax benefits in recent years.
A better-equipped and better-staffed IRS will change the way that big companies and ultra-wealthy tax-dodgers behave -- and that's a lot more valuable to our country than any profits that taxpayers might get from a beefed-up tax agency.
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To help with the distribution of the payments, the IRS has developed online tools that guide people in how to claim the money or estimate how much they should receive.
Evan Seyfried was stalked outside of his home and harassed at work, according to his family's lawsuit.
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The “Ghost Forest” trees in New York. (Maya Lin Studio and Madison Square Park Conservancy)
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