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Front row from left, 2024 Kennedy Center Honorees Arturo Sandoval, Francis Ford Coppola, Bonnie Raitt, Bobby Weir, Mickey Hart; second row from left, Michelle Ebanks, Kamilah Forbes, Jonelle Procope, and Billy Kreutzmann pose for a photo at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors Dinner, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

The stars have come out at the Kennedy Center for Coppola, the Grateful Dead, Raitt and Sandoval

December 8, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

This year’s recipients of the lifetime achievement award for artistic accomplishment are director Francis Ford Coppola, the Grateful Dead, jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, and singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt.

FILE – Giant pandas eat bamboo at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, May 4, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

The pandas are coming! The pandas are coming!

October 14, 2024 at 4:12 p.m.

The National Zoo’s long dark panda drought seems to be coming to an end.

Demonstrators react after being exposed to a chemical irritant as they protest the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Thousands fill Washington’s streets to protest Israel’s war in Gaza during Netanyahu visit

July 24, 2024 at 4:05 p.m.

Thousands of protesters against the war in Gaza converged on Washington on Wednesday to condemn Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit, chanting “Free, free Palestine” as they marched toward the...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to a joint meeting of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, as House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., and Senate Foreign Relations Chair Ben Cardin, D-Md., listen. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

In fiery speech to Congress, Netanyahu vows ‘total victory’ in Gaza and denounces U.S. protesters

July 24, 2024 at 5:16 p.m.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to bolster U.S. support for his country's fight against Hamas and other Iran-backed armed groups in a speech to Congress Wednesday that sparked boycotts by some...

Demonstrators protest against the military policies of Israel a day before a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu who will address a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday, in the Cannon House Office Building at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 23, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Demonstrators stage mass protest against Netanyahu visit and US military aid to Israel

July 23, 2024 at 7:41 p.m.

Protesters against the Gaza war staged a sit-in at a congressional office building Tuesday ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’ s address to Congress, and Capitol Police made multiple...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a cabinet meeting at the Kirya military base, which houses the Israeli Ministry of Defense, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Dec. 24, 2023. The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Monday, May 20, 2024 he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in connection with their actions during the seven-month war between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool, File)

Netanyahu is in Washington at a fraught time for Israel and the US. What to know about his visit

July 23, 2024 at 3:39 p.m.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington this week is looming as a fraught one between the two allies, coming at a moment of extreme political flux in the...

Maria Butina, leader of a pro-gun organization in Russia, speaks to a crowd during a rally in support of legalizing the possession of handguns in Moscow in 2013.

Russian agent Maria Butina sentenced to 18 months for infiltrating NRA, will be deported

August 22, 2019 at 3:59 p.m.

In a quivering voice, Maria Butina begged for leniency, casting herself as a comparative innocent caught up in a massive geopolitical power game. Prosecutors held a dimmer view, saying the...

The entrance to the Georgetown Preparatory School Bethesda, Md., is shown, Sept. 19, 2018. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh spent most of his teen years at the preparatory school in the 1980s.

Kavanaugh’s classmates at Georgetown Prep describe alcohol-soaked party culture

August 22, 2019 at 2:21 p.m.

To the uninitiated, Georgetown Preparatory School feels less like a high school than a well-heeled liberal arts college. The 93-acre campus in a Maryland suburb of the nation's capital boasts...

A grown-up Christopher Robin returns to the Hundred Acre Wood and his best friend Winnie the Pooh.
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Politics on display as David Letterman receives Mark Twain Prize

December 18, 2018 at 6:10 a.m.

David Letterman was never known as a particularly political comedian, preferring a detached irony-drenched tone that favored the surreal and silly over topical humor. But there was an unmistakable political...

Israel, Hamas trade blows as calls for cease-fire grow

August 22, 2021 at 9:25 a.m.

Israeli airstrikes killed at least eight Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Friday amid mounting speculation that a long-threatened land invasion of the coastal territory would begin soon. Hamas and...

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