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The monument of Roosevelt on horseback flanked by two men—one Native American and one African—has presided over the museum’s Central Park West entrance since the 1940s, but has long been decried by critics as a symbol of racism and colonialism. The decision to remove it was proposed by the museum amid a nationwide reckoning on racism sparked by weeks of protests over the death of George Floyd, a Black man, in Minneapolis police custody....

Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, said the nation’s capital was able to enter its first phase of reopening after observing a 14-day decrease in new cases. The two-week decline was one of several metrics the city needed to meet in order to begin reopening, Bowser said during a news conference. “COVID-19 is still in our community and our region and our nation. The public health emergency will continue,” Bowser said....

According to prosecutors, she required that women she hired be at least 22 years old and have some college education. During the course of ABC’s investigations, the senior State Department official in charge of U.S. foreign aid—including programs urging sexual abstinence—resigned, and ABC tracked down other government employees and other middle- to upper-class Washingtonians who either patronized or worked for Palfrey’s escort agency. But after weeks of analyzing and debating the results of their investigation, ABC concluded that a lot of the information was “dull,” according to Brian Ross, the network’s chief investigative correspondent....

Advocates in Washington’s Pierce and Thurston Counties—which surround Tacoma and Olympia, two areas where recognized homelessness crises worsened over the past half-decade—have for years called on local officials to establish more, and safer, subsidized housing. Their calls grew louder with the introduction of COVID-19. Recently, activists in both counties organized motel occupations and sent formal requests to municipal governments seeking funds for non-congregate shelter space, such as hotel rooms and apartments, for unhoused people to use while virus transmission is ongoing....

“All firearms prohibited within 1000 feet of this sign,” said a notice posted near Washington D.C.’s Freedom Plaza, captured by Jesse Burkett-Hall, a photojournalist for local D.C. television station WTTG. The sign then noted the restrictions would be in place from Monday, January 4 to Thursday, January 7. The Metropolitan Police Department confirmed to Newsweek that they posted the flyers. Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser warned residents to not engage with potentially confrontational demonstrators in a press release on Sunday....

Adams, a preseason All-American, did not travel with the team to Atlanta due to a back injury, multiple sources told The Times. MORE: Week 1 college football primer That only adds another degree of difficulty for Chris Petersen and the Huskies, who will need to take on a staunch Auburn defense in what is essentially an away game, now without their best offensive linemen. It will be interesting to see how quarterback Jake Browning and running back Myles Gaskin perform without Adams anchoring the left side of the line....

Athletic director Bill Moos told the Spokesman-Review Barber is “in the process” of appealing the expulsion, which was handed down by the university’s conduct board after an investigation into a fight that occurred this summer. Because Barber has not been charged by police in connection with the incident, Moos said his status with the team is in coach Mike Leach’s hands. “I let my coaches make those decisions,” Moos said....

Sundar, who shone in this year’s IPL for Rising Pune Supergiant and recently picked up a 11-wicket haul in the Duleep Trophy final, had flunked the Yo-Yo test at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. Sundar, who hit his maiden first-class ton told reporters at the end of the second day’s play in the Ranji Trophy Group “C” match here against Tripura that he took the (Yo-Yo) test in Bengaluru, but did not get to know about the result the same day nor was there any observation from those at NCA....

Webb Simpson is the returning champion from the 2020 tournament, but he won’t be the favorite to repeat at TPC Scottsdale. That would go to Jon Rahm, coming off a tied-for-seventh finish at the Farmers Insurance Open. And, a quick note for fans looking for him: Tiger Woods will not appear at the Waste Management Open. He is still recovering from back surgery and has yet to commit to a return date....

RELATED: 12 Biggest Game Releases of August 2020 Each of these different recruitable characters has their own personality and skill point distribution, and some of them even have their own questlines for the player to enjoy. 8 Jodie Bell Jodie Bell is one of the first “recruitable” followers in the game, as she appears in the opening of the game where seemingly everything has gone wrong and the vast majority of the Desert Rangers in the convoy headed to Colorado have already been killed....

Check out the video above to see the full list and subscribe to the Wrestle Binge by Sportskeeda YouTube channel for more such content. 2021 was an incredibly sad year for wrestling fans after the loss of some of the great talents and personalities of the past. The contributions of these legends had to the industry will never be forgotten. Pro-wrestlers who passed away in 2021 Legends of the industry Blackjack Lanza, New Jack, Paul Orndorff, Bobby Eaton and Daffney all sadly passed away in 2021....

A shaken, and shaky, Montoya was helped off the ice Wednesday after being struck by a shot on his neck, near his throat during Canadiens’ practice at Brossard. Taking part in an on-ice workout for those players not playing in that evening’s preseason tilt against the Maple Leafs, Montoya took a shot up high and immediately fell to the ice, where he was quickly attended to by a trainer. He was eventually helped to the dressing room by forwards Ales Hemsky and Andreas Martinsen....

The play: OVER 46.5 *Early Down Success Rate (EDSR) is a custom analytic created by Warren Sharp, which is both highly correlated to victory and as extremely predictive. It is an efficiency metric focused on a team’s ability to produce on first and second down offensively, and to limit production defensively (forcing an opponent into third downs). Sign up for more analysis and picks from Warren Sharp at Sharp Football Analysis....

Seventy-five percent of Democrats have a favorable opinion of Warren, the highest favorability rating of any candidate in the field, according to the NPR/Marist poll. Former Vice President Joe Biden, who regularly leads candidate preference polls within the Democratic Party, trails Warren with a 71 percent favorability rating. In January, Warren’s favorability rating among Democrats stood at just 53 percent. Only a handful of candidates were measured in NPR’s general electorate favorability question, though a more complete roster was surveyed among self-identified Democrats....

“Let’s face it, it’s cold,” he said, via Cleveland.com. “It’s very cold there. I had a fantastic experience. I have family there. My wife and I really enjoyed living there and being part of the city. I think almost every player who goes there ultimately finds out this is a great place. This is a great place to be. But in general, players want to be somewhere a little more warm, a little more glamorous....

There are the Warriors, perennial winners with superstar players who are paid handsomely to do superstar things. And then there are the Athletics, a bad team with a desperately low payroll that doesn’t tend to keep its best players for too long. Now comes a report that the same person could have owned both teams. Dubs owner Joe Lacob revealed recently that he had a deal in place to buy the A’s in 2005....

Even with the return of Klay Thompson from injury, the Warriors fell to a 105-92 defeat in Game 4 of the Finals against the Toronto Raptors, who now require just one more win to secure a first championship in their history. However, the Warriors know all too well that a 3-1 lead can be overturned, having been on the wrong end of a historic comeback by LeBron James’ Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2016 Finals....

It was not too long ago that players noticed that Warzone supply choppers would spawn under the map resulting in unexpected deaths. The randomization engine has some problems and doesn’t always make giving players extra bonuses a viable process. When a loadout drop goes wrong, this set of players had to improve in a unique way. RELATED: Call of Duty warzone Player Hits Insane Crossbow Shot at Helicopter Pilot...

However, on the second day, he was back ‘home’ with Chennai Super Kings picking him late in the day and the opener recalled it with a hearty laugh. “A lot of people approached me especially after the first day of the IPL auctions when I went unsold (starts laughing),” Vijay fondly recalled during a promotional event today. The question was asked in the context whether he would like to play county cricket before the England series....

Since deploying the Destiny April Update, Bungie said Iron Banner received special attention in the patch, with improved drop rates after each game. And if the statistics provided by one dedicated Destiny fan, it appears that Bungie’s modifications to Iron Banner were effective in practice. That Destiny fan, known as HeyFitzy, posted his findings on the Destiny subreddit. He played 300 games over the course of the week of Iron Banner....