It was above 90 degrees in the District on Sunday, for the 17th day in the past 21. In that simmering three-week stretch, two of the four days below 90 were also fairly warm, with highs of 88.
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How Washington DC reacted to Trump’s latest indictment – video report
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Democrats and some Republican opponents welcomed Donald Trump’s federal indictment on four charges relating to his alleged attempted election subversion, while the former president’s supporters rallied to his defence. Trump is now facing 78 criminal charges, including 40 federal counts in Florida over his retention of classified records, and 34 New York state counts over hush-money payments to the porn actor Stormy Daniels. Despite this, and the prospect of more charges over election subversion in Georgia, he is leading national Republican polling by more than 30 points and by wide margins in early voting states
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Mackenzie Cole Attends Prestigious Journalism Conference in Washington, D.C. – Excelsior Citizen
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Excelsior Springs, MO (July 7, 2024) — Mackenzie Cole, a dedicated student reporter and daughter of Jason and Courtney Cole, the founders of the Excelsior Citizen, embarked on an exciting journey early Sunday morning to attend the esteemed Washington Journalism and Media Conference at George Mason University.
Selected as a National Youth Correspondent, Mackenzie is representing Excelsior Springs, joining a distinguished group of approximately 250 students from across the United States for an immersive week-long program focusing on journalism and media. The conference, held from July 7 to July 12, offers young aspiring journalists hands-on experiential learning through decision-making simulations and interactions with renowned media professionals.
Expressing her excitement, Mackenzie stated, “This is an amazing opportunity, and I feel really honored to have been chosen to attend this program. I can’t wait to share what we’re doing with the Excelsior Citizen and learn as much as I can.”
Mackenzie was invited to participate based on her academic accomplishments and demonstrated excellence in journalism and media studies. As part of the program, she will participate in practical learning experiences designed to challenge her to solve problems and “explore the creative, practical, and ethical tensions in journalism.” The conference’s comprehensive curriculum is enhanced by sessions with prominent media leaders, including journalists, CEOs of major media outlets, researchers, and successful recent college graduates.
Previous speakers at the conference have included notable figures such as Hoda Kotb from NBC, Brian Lamb from C-SPAN, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Carol Guzy, and Susan Goldberg from National Geographic. The program is renowned for providing aspiring journalists with unparalleled access to elite practitioners and a state-of-the-art learning environment at George Mason University.
The Washington Journalism and Media Conference inspires and prepares young leaders for successful careers in the rapidly transforming field of journalism. Mackenzie’s participation is not only making the crew here at the Excelsior Citizen extremely proud, but she’s also helping to blaze a trail for the future of digital journalism. We’re looking forward to discovering what she learns during her experience and how it will help us better serve our community of Excelsior Springs.
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In D.C., Sunday was the 17th day over 90 in three weeks
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Washington is hot in July, often memorably so. For most of the month, the city’s average daily high temperature is 90. But Sunday was seven degrees above the District’s elevated average.
Perhaps all hot days are hot in their own way. Sunday’s heat, though obvious and apparent, seemed a bit more tolerable, a bit less insufferable, because it came unaccompanied by the unpleasant humidity of the two earlier days.
The heat index, a measure of the special torments presented by the combination of heat and humidity, remained in the 90s. Unlike Friday and Saturday, it made no forays above 100 degrees.
Dew points, which also express the extent and effect of humidity, also declined on Sunday, remaining in the low 60s.
In essence, that meant the day was not simultaneously scorching and steamy. The scorch could certainly be felt, but the frequently moist and vaporous sense of objectionable sultriness, that seemed largely absent.
On Friday, the dew point just before 3 p.m. was an oppressive — if not insufferable — 74. By Saturday at the same hour, it had declined to 70 degrees. That was a descent perhaps not universally acknowledged.
But on Sunday, the difference seemed marked, with a dew point of nine degrees less, at 61.
Such small distinctions make one summer’s day different from another. They prevent each day during a hot season from seeming to merge into the next, as only another unpleasantly torrid extension of what had come before.
But in the main, these have been hot days. On Friday, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced an extended heat emergency that was to remain activated through the weekend and into Tuesday or until conditions improved.
The city encouraged residents and visitors to guard against heat-related illnesses and to check on neighbors.
Officials urged those without air conditioning to seek relief in air-conditioned buildings and cooling centers.
They said people could ask for accessible transportation to a cooling center for themselves or for others by calling the shelter hotline at 202-399-7093 or by dialing 311.
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USA: Uyghur community members demonstrate outside Chinese Embassy in Washington DC to mark 15th anniversary of Urumqi Massacre | Indiablooms
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Uyghur community members of the USA recently marked the 15th anniversary of the Urumqi Massacre in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC.
The association also shared pictures of their protest on X.
“Uyghur Americans commemorated the 15th anniversary of the Urumchi Massacre in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., today,” the community shared on X.
Who are Uyghur Muslims?
Uyghur Muslims are a Turkic minority ethnic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the general region of Central and East Asia. It is now widely publicized that their human rights are crushed by China and they were sent to “re-education camps” by the communist regime in Beijing.
The Uyghurs are recognized as native to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China.
An American representative at the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said in 2018 that the committee had received many credible reports that 1 million ethnic Uyghurs in China have been held in “re-education camps” by the Chinese authorities.
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