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Former congresswoman and gun violence survivor Gabby Giffords stands among vases of flowers that make up the Gun Violence Memorial installation near the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. The flowers are meant to represent the number of Americans who die from gun violence each year. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Former Rep. Giffords tells Congress 'be bold' on gun reform
By ASHRAF KHALIL - Associated Press
Tue,06/07/22-3:06PM , 224 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eleven years after her own life was massively altered by gun violence, former congresswoman Gabby Giffords stood in front of the Washington Monument Tuesday and lobbied anew for stricter gun laws after yet another string of mass shootings in America.
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Mark Twain Prize recipient Jon Stewart is introduced at the start of the 23rd annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, April 24, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

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Jon Stewart: Authoritarian governments a threat, not comedy
By ASHRAF KHALIL - Associated Press
Sun,04/24/22-12:25PM , 284 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jon Stewart, accepting the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, warned Sunday night that speculation about the future of comedy amid increased audience cultural sensitivity was ignoring a true and enduring threat: authoritarian governments around the world.
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Giant pandas Mei Xiang, left and her cub Xiao Qi Ji eat a fruitsicle cake in celebration of the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, 50 years of achievement in the care, conservation, breeding and study of giant pandas at The Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, Saturday, April 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Pandas devour ice cake to celebrate 50 years at National Zoo
By ASHRAF KHALIL - Associated Press
Sat,04/16/22-12:53PM , 401 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The “cake” was made from frozen fruit juice, sweet potatoes, carrots and sugar cane and it lasted about 15 minutes once giant panda mama Mei Xiang and her cub Xiao Qi Ji got hold of it.
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Buds of cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin in Washington, Thursday, March 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Cherry Blossom Festival marks DC's pandemic comeback
By ASHRAF KHALIL - Associated Press
Fri,03/11/22-3:03PM , 395 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Cherry Blossom Festival is returning with all its pageantry, Washington's unofficial re-emergence from two years of pandemic limits and closures.
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