Democracy Dies in Darkness
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Seal corpses lined up on boulders near a beach in Western Cape, South Africa.
Scientist Tess Gridley is convinced the seal die-off is abnormal and a mystery worth solving that has potential implications reaching far beyond seals.
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Kamila Valieva competes in a team figure skating event Feb. 6. (Jeff Roberson/AP)
This case should be simple. The testing system screwed up, and there is not one reason to penalize Valieva.

Medals

Number of gold, silver, and bronze medals earned by each participating country
RankCountryGold Medals ReceivedSilver Medals ReceivedBronze Medals ReceivedTotal Medals Received
T1Norway63514
T1Austria46414
3Canada14813
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A gray wolf in Montana.(VWPics/Universal Images Group/ Getty Images)
The decision doesn’t restore protections for wolves in the northern Rockies, where they are being aggressively hunted.
The West Virginia senator is still very concerned about the national debt.
(Jim Webster)
As Arlington examines the future of Pentagon City, an alphabet soup of civic groups — YIMBYs, NIMBYs and SIMBYs — have come out in full force to battle out that vision.
The main provision of the new bill, called the Transparency in Public Records Act, aims to require the governor’s office to create a records retention schedule, which would dictate how long each type of record must be kept.
Although some areas, especially south of D.C., could see a quick inch or two of snow early in the day, other areas may not see much more than melting snowflakes.
The Rams’ Cooper Kupp is getting a lot of action on a receiving yards prop bet. (Getty Images)
Look for enticing bets involving Cam Akers, Tyler Boyd and the quarterbacks.
Evan McPherson (2) kicked the game-winning field goal in the AFC championship. (AP)
Cincinnati’s Evan McPherson has become the face of a leaguewide trend: NFL kickers are operating at another level nowadays, not only making kicks at a high rate but making them from farther away.
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Myles Frost in “MJ.” (Matthew Murphy)
To riff on Jackson’s famously eye-popping moves, to build variations on his themes of anxiety and defiance, and to free the pop star’s physical expressiveness from the three-minute song frame, Christopher Wheeldon rounded up a team of experts.
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