Arlington Cemetery to Close for Inauguration Day Amid Massive Security Lockdown

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Arlington National Cemetery, which normally draws a stream of visitors on the nation’s quadrennial Inauguration Day, has joined the growing list of public spaces that will be closed Jan. 20 amid a massive security lockdown in the District of Columbia. The cemetery, just across the Potomac from Washington, D.C., will be closed to the public …

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Fort Bliss Soldier Charged with Raping Fellow Soldier a Year Before Her New Year’s Eve Death

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A 1st Armored Division soldier at Fort Bliss, Texas has been charged with sexually assaulting three women over the past year, including a fellow soldier who was found dead a year on New Year’s Eve. Pfc. Christian G. Alvarado, of 1st Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, was arraigned on Thursday in a general court-martial hearing and …

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Facebook blocks users from creating new listings for events near White House, Capitol, statehouses

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Facebook is bracing for possible violence around Inauguration Day by blocking its users from creating pages on its platform that promote in-person events scheduled either in downtown Washington, D.C. or in state capitals near their legislative buildings, it said Friday. “We are blocking the creation of any new Facebook events happening in close proximity to …

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