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Design of D.C. Memorial for Slain Journalists Is Unveiled

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September 17, 2024

The Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation has unveiled its design on Monday for a National Mall monument honoring journalists killed in their line of duty, representing the first memorial for slain journalists on federal grounds.

The Washington D.C. monument, projected to open in 2028, is made up of various cast glass blocks that form a path to the memorial’s center, which culminates in a cylindrical space that includes the text of the First Amendment. The purpose, architect John Ronan said, was to mimic both the transparency journalism provides and the disparate parts that make up a complete story.

“It’s a journey of discovery that unfolds slowly, space by space, like a journalist’s story unfolds line by line,” Ronan told The Daily Beast. “The idea is to cast the visitor in the role of an investigative journalist, pursuing truth wherever it leads.”

Artist renderings of the Fallen Journalist Memorial in Washington, D.C.

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The design was completed by Ronan’s Chicago-based firm, which was selected earlier this year after a yearlong process led by Pulitzer-Prize winning architecture critic Paul Goldberger. The design will be presented to the U.S. Commission on Fine Arts on Thursday for review, and the National Capital Planning Commission will review it next month.

The love for journalism is reflected through each element of the memorial’s open-air design. Ronan incorporated a classroom space for planned programming on the importance of journalism, and there will be a space reserved for broadcast journalists to do their live shots. Many of the glass slabs will also include quotes related to journalism or said by journalists themselves.

Even the memorial’s location—situated on one-third of an acre between Independence and Maryland avenues and Third Street SW with a direct view of the U.S. Capitol dome—is meant to reflect how journalism is interwoven into U.S. history.

The road to getting the memorial going was almost miraculous amid the hyperpartisanship—and sunken trust in the media—begetting the U.S. The Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation was formed in June 2019 by former U.S. representative and ex-Tribune Broadcasting Company CEO David Dreier, a Republican, to celebrate the journalists who were killed at the Capital Gazette newsroom in Maryland in 2018.

The foundation was memorialized by Congress in 2020 after it passed a bill letting the group build a memorial on federal lands—though it cannot receive federal funds. President Donald Trump signed the bill into law in December 2020.

It’s that bipartisan spirit, foundation president Barbara Cochran said, that emphasizes the memorial’s importance and its place on federal land.

“These stories, I think, underscore both the important job that journalists are doing and the risks that they face,” Cochran said. “You know, it’s not just in war zones, or covering corruption, covering autocrats and authoritarian regimes, and even just covering their community news in a place like Annapolis, Maryland, where journalists can encounter danger. So I think that those stories really resonate with people.”

Still, even those noble ideas can still risk inducing partisan attacks. GOP politicians have assailed U.S. journalists over their coverage of the 2024 presidential election, with lawmakers like Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene resorting to dubious documents to attack ABC over their debate.

One of their safeguards, Cochran said, is their advisory board. The group is composed of reporters and editors from a wide swath of publications, including everyone from former New York Times and Washington Post executive editors Dean Baquet and Marty Baron to Fox News anchor Bret Baier to Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy.

“When I asked people to be on the board of advisors, it was an immediate yes in almost all instances,” Cochran said.”I think journalists especially are acutely aware of the dangers and the threats, and they recognized immediately how important it is to have this.”

It’s why such fears of partisan attacks don’t worry Cochran as much.

“There will always be criticism of individual journalists, individual news organizations,” Cochran said, but she cited Thomas Jefferson’s love for newspapers as an example of press rising above partisanship.

“He preferred a society with free journalism, with free press,” she said. “And I think officials really do feel that.”

(Note: The Daily Beast’s Chief Content Officer Joanna Coles is on the foundation’s board of advisers.)

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Traffic at George Washington Bridge facing major delays for morning rush after equipment malfunction

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September 17, 2024

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Traffic at George Washington Bridge facing major delays for morning rush after equipment malfunction

GWB delays for morning rush due to overnight construction

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NEW YORK — Traffic at the George Washington Bridge is facing major delays for the Tuesday morning commute.

Delays are now just under an hour to get through the toll plaza after overnight construction had three lanes closed. All lanes have since reopened, but traffic is backed up onto I-95, Rt. 46 and Rt. 4.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said paving equipment malfunctioned, so crews were delayed reopening the road in time for the morning rush.

Drivers heading into Manhattan should use the Holland or Lincoln tunnels instead.

The construction and overnight lane closures have been going on for several months. A fuel spill on the Cross Bronx Expressway also made for a messy commute on the bridge earlier this month.

The GWB stretches across the Hudson River, connecting Washington Heights in Upper Manhattan to Fort Lee in Bergen County, New Jersey. The suspension bridge has an upper and lower deck, with a total of 14 lanes.

Stick with CBS News New York for the latest updates on this developing story.

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Renee Anderson is a digital producer at CBS New York, where she covers breaking news and other local stories. Before joining the team in 2016, Renee worked at WMUR-TV.

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Washington Capitals announce 2024 Training Camp roster and schedule

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September 17, 2024

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Washington Capitals announce 2024 Training Camp roster and schedule

The Washington Capitals announced their 72-man roster and the full schedule for their 2024 Training Camp on Monday. The first official, non-testing day of camp is set for September 19.

Spencer Carbery will take command of his second camp on the ice at MedStar Capitals Iceplex.

The roster consists of 41 forwards, 24 defensemen, and seven goalies. The players will initially be divided into three separate squads (Group A, Group B, and Group C) for skates on varying schedules.

Capitals 2024 Training Camp roster

Forwards

#19 Nicklas Backstrom
#28 Andrew Cristall
#46 Grant Cruikshank
#26 Nic Dowd
#72 Pierrick Dubé
#80 Pierre-Luc Dubois
#22 Brandon Duhaime
#53 Ethen Frank
#71 Zac Funk
#84 Ryan Hofer
#59 Brett Hyland
#29 Hendrix Lapierre
#55 Alex Limoges
#88 Andrew Mangiapane
#73 Eriks Mateiko
#24 Connor McMichael
#15 Sonny Milano
#63 Ivan Miroshnichenko
#93 Justin Nachbaur
#77 TJ Oshie
#8 Alex Ovechkin
#18 Terik Parascak
#64 Luke Philp
#21 Aliaksei Protas
#62 Ilya Protas
#16 Taylor Raddysh
#89 Garrett Roe
#58 Henrik Rybinski
#96 Brennan Saulnier
#23 Michael Sgarbossa
#81 Spencer Smallman
#17 Dylan Strome
#98 Matthew Strome
#61 Riley Sutter
#91 Alexander Suzdalev
#49 Patrick Thomas
#87 Bogdan Trineyev
#13 Jakub Vrana
#14 Tyler Weiss
#50 Oasiz Wiesblatt
#43 Tom Wilson

Defensemen

#95 Ayodele Adeniye
#27 Alex Alexeyev
#54 Cam Allen
#25 Ethan Bear
#74 John Carlson
#6 Jakob Chychrun
#86 Logan Day
#42 Martin Fehervary
#4 Hardy Häman Aktell
#20 Brad Hunt
#2 Vincent Iorio
#97 Jayden Lee
#76 Nick Leivermann
#94 Jake Massie
#40 Jon McDonald
#52 Dylan McIlrath
#45 Leon Muggli
#51 Aaron Ness
#83 Dmitry Osipov
#56 Chase Priskie
#3 Matt Roy
#38 Rasmus Sandin
#90 Hudson Thornton
#57 Trevor van Riemsdyk

Goaltenders

#68 Garin Bjorklund
#1 Seth Eisele
#78 Mitchell Gibson
#79 Charlie Lindgren
#31 Hunter Shepard
#33 Clay Stevenson
#48 Logan Thompson

16 of the 20 players who attended Rookie Camp this past week in Annapolis, MD, will also participate in the main camp with the Capitals. Highlights include the team’s 2024 first-round draft selection Terik Parascak, Andrew Cristall, Zac Funk, Alexander Suzdalev, Cam Allen, and Leon Muggli.

New faces like Pierre-Luc Dubois, Brandon Duhaime, Andrew Mangiapane, Taylor Raddysh, Matt Roy, Jakob Chychurn, and Logan Thompson will make their first appearances at a camp after being acquired during the offseason. They’ll join players battling for an NHL roster spot, like Pierrick Dubé, Ethen Frank, Alex Limoges, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Riley Sutter, Bogdan Trineyev, and Jakub Vrana.

Mike Vecchione is the lone Hershey Bears contracted player not attending the camp. Per Hershey’s Zack Fisch, Vecchione and Washington agreed to have him come directly to Hershey’s camp to be ready for the season there.

The Capitals also provided the schedule for the first six days of camp.

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Per the team, this year’s Training Camp will last 22 days. The Capitals will play six preseason games against four opponents, starting on September 22 at home against the Philadelphia Flyers. Opening Night for the regular season is also at home on October 12 against the New Jersey Devils.

Here’s the team’s press release:

Capitals Announce 2024-25 Training Camp Schedule and Roster

Caps will hold Media Day on Sept. 19 at MedStar Capitals Iceplex

On-ice practices at MedStar Capitals Iceplex are open to the public and free of charge

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals will begin their 2024-25 Training Camp, in partnership with MedStar Health, at MedStar Capitals Iceplex with Caps Media Day on Thursday, Sept. 19, senior vice president and general manager Chris Patrick announced today.
This marks the Capitals’ 18th training camp at MedStar Capitals Iceplex, the Metro-accessible, inside-the-Beltway practice facility that features two NHL-sized rinks. All on-ice sessions will be open to the public and free of charge.
Washington’s training camp will include 41 forwards, 24 defensemen and seven goalies, and will be broken up into three squads (Group A, Group B and Group C) and their schedules will vary.

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First Presidency releases Tacoma Washington Temple site

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September 16, 2024

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First Presidency releases Tacoma Washington Temple site

The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released the location of the Tacoma Washington Temple, one of six houses of the Lord in the Pacific Northwest state.

The site announcement includes the first details of the future temple.

Planned as a multistory structure of approximately 45,000 square feet, the Tacoma Washington Temple will be built on a 11.6-acre site at 1405 S. 364th Way, Federal Way, Washington. An accompanying utility building is planned for the site as well.

The temple site is three miles south of central Federal Way, six miles northeast of Tacoma and 23 miles south of downtown Seattle. Federal Way and Tacoma are part of the greater Seattle metropolitan area.

The site release was first published Monday, Sept. 16, on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

President Russell M. Nelson announced a future house of the Lord for the Tacoma area on Oct. 2, 2022, one of 18 temple locations he identified at the conclusion of October 2022 general conference.

President Nelson’s announcement included a promise and an invitation. “I promise that increased time in the temple will bless your life in ways nothing else can,” he said, later adding, “May you focus on the temple in ways you never have before.”

Washington is home to more than 281,000 Latter-day Saints in nearly 490 congregations and four operating houses of the Lord — the Seattle Washington Temple (dedicated in 1980), the Spokane Washington Temple (1999), the Columbia River Washington Temple (2001) and the Moses Lake Washington Temple (2023). The Vancouver Washington Temple was announced on Oct. 1, 2023, with its site identified on Feb. 26, 2024, and an exterior rendering released earlier this month.

The Church of Jesus Christ in Washington dates back to the mid-19th century, when four missionaries laboring in the area of California were sent into the Washington and Oregon territories. Enough converts joined to create a congregation just north of present-day Vancouver along the Lewis River, a tributary of the Columbia River.

Many Church members helped with the 1880s railroad construction of the Northern Pacific Oregon Short Line in Washington. In 1930, Church membership in the state totaled 1,900 in eight congregations, with chapels in Seattle, Spokane, Olympia and Everett.

Completed in the early 1940s, the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River in central Washington produced hydroelectric power and increased irrigation water, resulting in many Latter-day Saints moving into the area and the state.

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