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Former Georgetown coach John Thompson, Jr., listens during an NCAA college basketball press conference to formally announce Georgetown's new basketball head coach Patrick Ewing, Wednesday, April 5, 2017, in Washington. Ewing played at Georgetown under coach Thompson. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

John Thompson tributes pour in after Georgetown legend’s death

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Alabama man charged with capital murder in child’s death

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FILE - This undated file photo provided by NerdWallet shows Liz Weston, a columnist for personal finance website NerdWallet.com. (NerdWallet via AP, File)

Liz Weston: Some taxpayers face a desperate wait for refunds

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Facebook yanks Donald Trump campaign ads after Nancy Pelosi ‘census’ complaint

By Mike Schneider and Amanda Seitz - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., flanked by Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, left, and Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, speaks to the media about the 2020 Census and the concern for getting an accurate count in minority communities on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Facebook drops Trump ads after Pelosi cites census confusion

By MIKE SCHNEIDER and AMANDA SEITZ - Associated Press

U.S.President Ronald Reagan shakes hands with Patrick Ewing, left, and Michael Graham, right, as Georgetown University academic coordinator Mary Fenlon looks on, during a ceremony for the Georgetown University NCAA Champion basketball team, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Saturday, April 7, 1984 in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi) **FILE**

Mary Fenlon, mentor to Georgetown basketball, dies at 81

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In this photo taken April 3, 2019, former Montford Point Marine John Thompson speaks during an interview at his home in Greensboro, N.C. It was the dress blue uniforms that drew Thompson to join the U.S. Marines, where black men were not welcome, so he could defend a country that denied him the rights he wanted to fight for. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

A separate war: Pioneering black Marines endured, prevailed

By TOM FOREMAN Jr. - Associated Press

Holcomb to lead trade mission to France, Belgium, Germany

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Ex-Omaha bar manager gets jail for unwanted touching

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Emotion run high in Minnesota debate on legalizing marijuana

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

FILE - This March 1951 file photo shows Cleveland Indians' Larry Doby. The Senate has passed legislation to honor former Doby with the Congressional Gold Medal. Ohio Sens. Sherrod Brown, a Cleveland Democrat, and Rob Portman, a Cincinnati-area Republican, recently announced passage. The bill awaits GOP President Donald Trump’s signature. (AP Photo/file) **FILE**

Larry Doby never played for Senators, but his impact was still felt in Washington

By Thom Loverro

Southwest Alaska man charged with assault in stabbing

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British soldiers carry a coffin of a British serviceman at the Grand Park in Tirana, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, as seven British military personnel from a plane that crashed in Albania during World War II are laid to rest almost 75-years after their death. It was Sgt. John Thompson's ring that was hidden from the then communist officials, that has enabled searchers to locate and identify his remains, and those of his fellow crew members, after they crashed into a mountainside in Biza, Albania, on Oct. 29, 1944, and they are finally interred during an official funeral ceremony Wednesday in the Albanian capital. (AP Photo/Llazar Semini)

74 years on, 7 UK WWII airmen laid to rest in Albania

By LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

Mobile bar may be coast Goodwill’s most popular ornament

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Georgetown head coach John Thompson III gestures during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Villanova, Saturday, March 4, 2017, in Washington. Villanova won 81-55. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

John Thompson III out at Georgetown

By Todd Dybas - The Washington Times

Former NBA player Julius Erving, left, in stripes, and Georgetown men&#8217;s basketball coach John Thompson III, center listen to former Philadelphia 76er Allen Iverson during a news conference Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, in Philadelphia. Iverson officially retired from the NBA, ending a 15-year career during which he won the 2001 MVP award and four scoring titles. Iverson retired in Philadelphia where he had his greatest successes and led the franchise to the 2001 NBA finals. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) **FILE**

John Thompson, Georgetown have World Series connection

By Thom Loverro

Georgetown cuts ribbon on John Thompson Jr Athletic Center

By BOBBY BANCROFT - Associated Press

North Dakota oil boom makes census count difficult

By JOSH WOOD - Associated Press

U.S. Census Bureau Director John Thompson, left, looks on as North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple shows him one of the charts illustrating large growth in North Dakota counties during a news conference Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D. Thompson says the agency is up to the challenge of counting North Dakota's exploding population. (AP Photo/The Bismarck Tribune, Mike McCleary)

Census director tours booming North Dakota

By JAMES MacPHERSON - Associated Press

Georgetown guard Markel Starks (5) goes to the basket against Xavier center Matt Stainbrook (40) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, in Washington. Georgetown won 74-52. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Georgetown topples Xavier behind Markel Starks, Jabril Trawick

By Kevin Dunleavy - Associated Press