Subway service on one stretch of the TTC’s Line 2 is up and operating however stays halted on one other, the TTC stated on Friday.

The transit company says on X, previously Twitter, that common service has resumed between St George and Woodbine stations following a police investigation.

Practically 80 shuttle buses will proceed to run alongside that stretch of Danforth Avenue to take care of crowds as service comes again on-line, in accordance with the TTC.

There isn’t any service between Kipling, Islington, Royal York, Previous Mill and Jane stations as crews work to restore communications cables badly broken by a fireplace, nonetheless. Service on that stretch is predicted to stay suspended all through the weekend and probably into Monday.

“This has been a making an attempt day for TTC Line 2 prospects and we sincerely apologize,” the company stated in an announcement.

Between 40 and 60 shuttle buses shall be working alongside Bloor Avenue instead of subway vehicles however vital delays are anticipated all through the day. Commuters can alternatively use a TTC fare to take GO’s Lakeshore West line to downtown.

Fireplace precipitated 1st downside

The primary situation to rear its head on Line 2 occurred when a fireplace broke out alongside a track-level fence at Islington Station round 3:30 p.m. Thursday, in accordance with TTC spokesperson Stuart Inexperienced, and finally unfold to adjoining subway infrastructure.

The blaze severely broken a signalling field and various cables that allow communication between trains and the management centre, Inexperienced stated. TTC crews are nonetheless working alongside police and firefighters to find out the way it began, he added.

Inexperienced was unable to say when common service would possibly resume on that size of Line 2.

“It is actually going to rely upon what we discover after we begin trying into that cable field. As I say, it was fairly closely broken by the hearth and a number of issues melted in there. We have to get in there and and take these issues aside and actually take a look at what’s broken, what wants changing,” he stated.

“We do not have a timeline on that simply but. It may very well be a number of days.”

Inexperienced stated there’s a likelihood that the size of the closure may very well be lowered to incorporate solely Kipling and Islington, however it’s not but clear if that shall be possible.

Police investigation precipitated 2nd downside

A police investigation at Sherbourne station prompted the closure between St George and Woodbine stations. Sherbourne station is now open.

Police stated they had been referred to as a couple of man assaulting a girl on the subway platform, and when officers arrived, the person tried to run and jumped on the tracks.

The person was later taken to hospital, police stated. Toronto EMS confirmed paramedics transported one individual to hospital with critical, however non-life-threatening accidents.

Police stated the person has been medically cleared and is now in police custody.

The province’s police watchdog, the Particular Investigations Unit, was concerned in that investigation as effectively however has since cleared the station, the TTC stated.

The TTC stated Line 2 is closed between St. George and Woodbine as a result of they’re the one stations the place trains can flip again to keep away from Sherbourne station.

BD [WtwhTicker symbol=”BDX”](NYSE: BDX)[/WtwhTicker] issued an pressing area security discover within the UK to warn of potential points with its Alaris neXus V700 infusion pump system.

In response to the discover, BD recognized that the anti-free circulation clamp might not activate when the system door opens. This permits for the potential uncontrolled circulation of remedy. The difficulty doesn’t have an effect on to Alaris programs within the U.S.

Free circulation on account of this problem might lead to over-infusion. Harm to the pump-based free circulation mechanism is probably not obvious to the consumer. Relying on the remedy in progress on the time of the free circulation, BD says it’s cheap to anticipate that an imminently life-threatening state of affairs might come up on account of the problem.

To this point, the corporate studies one antagonistic occasion associated to the problem with its neXus V700 infusion pump.

BD reported the problem and advises that clinicians take away the infusion pumps from scientific use with rapid impact. Clinicians must also quarantine units till the corporate receives additional data from Medcaptain Medical Expertise, the authorized producer. Previous to opening the door and/or eradicating the administration set from the pump, clinicians ought to make sure the curler clamp stays closed, as per the directions within the system’s instructions to be used.

The corporate designed its Alaris neXus platform to simplify the infusion expertise by way of IT and connectivity options. neXus options Guardrails security software program and Wi-Fi connectivity to guard the affected person and the clinician from the implications of remedy errors for all care areas in hospitals, in line with the BD web site.

This marks the most recent setback beneath the umbrella of BD Alaris infusion merchandise.

The primary spherical of the 2024 NFL Draft got here and went with out the Buffalo Payments making a variety.

Basic supervisor Brandon Beane traded down twice on Thursday evening, with the second deal taking the Payments out of the primary spherical totally.

Whereas not all people in Payments Mafia is seemingly on board with the selections made, the Payments are set to kick off the proceedings in Spherical 2, now holding the thirty third general choice.

You may catch Rounds 2 and three of the 2024 NFL Draft LIVE on Friday with protection starting at 6pm et/3pm pt on TSN1/3, streaming on the TSN App and on TSN.ca.

Heading into the draft, the concept of the Payments making a transfer appeared like a really viable one, however the expectation was that the staff was trying to transfer up, somewhat than down. The present Payments roster is a markedly completely different one than the one which took the sector for the staff’s 27-24 season-ending loss to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in January within the AFC Divisional Spherical. Feeling the cap crunch, Beane made sweeping cuts that noticed the departures of stalwarts like centre Mitch Morse, security Jordan Poyer and cornerback Tre’Davious White. Then in free company, the staff misplaced vast receiver Gabe Davis and defensive finish Leonard Floyd.

The exclamation level on the truth that the staff was certainly coming into a brand new period got here with the Apr. 3 commerce of All-Professional Stefon Diggs, the staff’s main receiver for the previous 4 seasons, to the Houston Texans. All informed, 20 gamers on the 53-man roster for the Chiefs sport at the moment are former Payments.

Essentially the most urgent problem for Beane heading into the draft appeared to be discovering a brand new weapon for famous person quarterback Josh Allen. The staff added receivers Curtis Samuel and Mack Hollins in free company, however the departures of Diggs and Davis left Allen with out his high goal and a big-bodied deep menace.

Sitting at 28 to begin Thursday evening, it was apparent that the staff would want to maneuver up in the event that they needed a crack on the three obtainable receivers perceived to be future No. 1s in Ohio State’s Marvin Harrison Jr., Malik Nabers of LSU and Washington’s Rome Odunze. The Payments stood pat and all three had been gone by the point the ninth decide was made.

With the three star choices off the board, an unusually deep crop of receivers meant the Payments may nonetheless fill their want with high quality – even with the Jacksonville Jaguars nabbing LSU’s Brian Thomas Jr. at 22. However when 28 got here round, the Payments moved the decide to their archrivals the Chiefs in a decide swap that noticed Buffalo seize an extra third-round choice as they moved all the way down to No. 32.

Eyebrows had been raised, although, once they Chiefs chosen speedy receiver Xavier Worthy out of Texas. Having set the brand new document within the 40 on the NFL Mix with a blistering 4.21 seconds, Worthy doubtlessly provides a dimension to the Tremendous Bowl champions’ offence that has been lacking for the reason that commerce of Tyreek Hill to the Miami Dolphins. If a deal that helped the Chiefs get higher wasn’t unhealthy sufficient for Payments followers, recall that the final time these two groups made a draft-day deal was in 2017 when Kansas Metropolis traded as much as No. 10 to pick a Texas Tech QB named Patrick Mahomes.

The Payments did not find yourself hanging on to No. 32, both. The staff then flipped it to the Carolina Panthers for a bundle that included the No. 33 choice. The Payments now head into the remainder of the draft with 10 picks in Rounds 2 to 7 and seem to have some choices in entrance of them as to the right way to proceed. Maintaining all of them is wise for a staff that’s cap-strapped. Bringing in gamers who can contribute shortly on rookie offers is a simple option to retool…offered that you simply hit on them, which is not in any respect a assure, particularly in later rounds.

There may be additionally the choice of packaging a few of these picks for a longtime participant like Tee Higgins of the Cincinnati Bengals or certainly one of San Francisco 49ers duo Deebo Samuel and Brandon Aiyuk. Whereas any of those gamers may instantly slot in as a brand new No. 1 receiver, there would nonetheless have to be some cap finagling to make it work and there is a good likelihood a viable path to that may show to be troublesome.

So who may they take at 32 ought to they hold that choice? There are a variety of intriguing receivers nonetheless on supply, together with Texas’s Adonai Mitchell, who would reply the necessity for measurement misplaced within the Davis departure, and the speedy Ladd McConkey from Georgia. Oregon’s Troy Franklin, Keon Coleman of Florida State and Michigan’s Roman Wilson are additionally nonetheless obtainable. It should be famous, although, that none of those gamers undertaking No. 1 upside.

As a lot as the necessity for a receiver appears paramount, the Payments actually have holes elsewhere. Two cornerbacks with first-round grades in Iowa’s Cooper DeJean and Kool-Assist McKinstry of Alabama may assist reshape a Payments secondary that continues to be in flux even with the addition of free-agent security Mike Edwards.

Defensive sort out Jer’Zhan Newton of Illinois won’t have had spectacular counting stats, however his uncooked expertise and talent make him a really intriguing possibility. Whereas offensive line assist is rarely attractive, the Payments at the moment plan to go into 2024 with Connor McGovern as a transformed centre with the discharge of Morse. With that being a doubtlessly iffy proposition, may the Payments flip to a pure centre within the type of Oregon’s Jackson Powers-Johnson?

There may be, after all, this chance that the Payments will proceed to commerce down and accrue extra late-round alternatives. NFL Community’s Ian Rapoport reviews the staff is already taking calls from groups trying to transfer up. Beane has already confirmed able to zig when he was anticipated to zag throughout this draft. Might extra surprises be in retailer for these new-look Payments?

The 2024 NFL Draft could possibly be a historic one with regards to quarterbacks. When the draft kicks off on Thursday evening, there could possibly be as many as six signal-callers taken within the first-round, which might tie the file for many quarterbacks ever chosen within the opening spherical. 

One quarterback who’s anticipated to go early within the first spherical is J.J. McCarthy, however proper now, it is laborious to say the place he may find yourself. The previous Michigan QB met with a number of groups in the course of the pre-draft course of, together with the New England Patriots, Denver Broncos, New York Giants and Minnesota Vikings, so McCarthy may find yourself with any a type of 4 groups or a special crew altogether. That is why the draft is so complicated. 

That being stated, we’d have simply gotten some intel on McCarthy’s doable touchdown spot and the knowledge is coming from McCarthy HIMSELF. 

Throughout an interview on the Rich Eisen Show this week, McCarthy was requested if he had any thought the place he may land, and surprisingly, he named one particular spot. 

“I imply, I’ve considerably of an thought, the New York Giants,” McCarthy stated. “I’ve spent essentially the most time with [them].”

McCarthy made two visits with the Giants over the previous few months and through his interview with Eisen, he talked about that he actually appreciated the workers, together with head coach Brian Daboll, QB coach Shea Tierney and offensive coordinator Mike Kafka. 

“They seem to be a phenomenal workers,” McCarthy stated. “I like coach Daboll, love [GM Joe] Schoen, love coach Tierney, coach Kafka, a Chicago man.”

McCarthy additionally famous that he was already accustomed to Daboll’s offense as a result of he runs a system that is just like what McCarthy ran at Michigan with former Wolverines’ offensive coordinator Josh Gattis. 

“Simply with the ability to go in there, just about know many of the set up as a result of coach Daboll got here from Alabama and coach Gattis got here to Michigan from Alabama,” McCarthy stated. “So related formations, motions, performs so with the ability to get that set up in was nice. I met with them twice. It has been wonderful.”

McCarthy additionally stated this week that taking part in for the Vikings could be “a dream come true,” however he did not particularly point out Minnesota when he was requested the place he may land within the draft, so for now, it looks as if he feels fairly strongly that the Giants are going to pick out him.  

If McCarthy does find yourself in New York, that may ship a transparent sign that the Giants are prepared to maneuver on from Daniel Jones. 

CBSSports.com NFL Draft guru Chris Trapasso has the Vikings taking McCarthy in his remaining mock draft and if you wish to learn how he has the remainder of the primary spherical shaking out, remember to click on right here. 

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves, Matthew Tkachuk scored twice and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Thursday night time to take a 3-0 lead within the first-round playoff sequence.

Brandon Montour, Sam Reinhart and Steven Lorentz additionally scored for the Panthers, who will search a sweep Saturday night time in Tampa.

Tkachuk had a first-period purpose and added an empty-netter with 32 seconds left.

“We’re taking part in some good hockey proper now, and we’re pleased with the place we’re at proper now within the sequence,” Tkachuk mentioned. “The fourth (win) is the toughest, everybody says that, so we’ve got to return out completely able to go on Saturday.”

Steven Stamkos, Tyler Motte and Nicholas Paul scored for Tampa Bay, with Paul slicing it to 4-3 with 5:10 left. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 26 photographs.

“It’s robust if you get in conditions like this what you’re going to say proper at this second (to the group),” Lightning coach Jon Cooper mentioned. “However the discuss is you need the believers to point out as much as the rink tomorrow. And should you’re not going to imagine, then you definately don’t have to return. Nicely see what number of guys present up tomorrow.”

Montour gave Florida a 3-2 lead on a blue-line shot with 3:30 left within the second, with Lorentz making it a two-goal sport from the slot at 9:41 of the third.

After withstanding a number of minutes of sustained stress on the defensive finish, Florida tied it at 2 on Reinhart’s purpose at 9:58 of the second.

Stamkos scored 44 seconds into the second earlier than Motte put Tampa Bay up 2-1 simply 2:12 later. The 34-year-old Stamkos is the ninth participant 34 or older to attain in every of his group’s first three playoff video games, and the primary since San Jose’s Patrick Marleau in 2014.

“I believed we performed most likely one of the best 10 minutes of the sequence proper there,” Stamkos mentioned of the primary half of the second. “We had been controlling the play. Then, it’s simply little errors which are made are costing us.”

Stamkos additionally had six hits and made a nifty block on Vladimir Tarasenko’s empty-net strive.

Thirty-two seconds after the Panthers killed off Tampa Bay’s second energy play, Tkachuk opened the scoring halfway via the primary.

Tkachuk turned the twelfth U.S.born participant to have 20 postseason targets in 50 or video games or fewer. The listing additionally consists of his father, Keith Tkachuk.

Tampa Bay appeared to tie it with 18 seconds left within the first, however Anthony Cirelli’s purpose on the Lightning’s third energy play was disallowed following a video evaluation discovered the play was offside.

The Lightning, with the NHL’s prime regular-season energy play, went 0 for 4. Florida didn’t have an influence play.

I believed the massive story might be penalty killing,” Florida coach Paul Maurice mentioned. “It’s simply such a dominant, extremely expert, energy play.”

With Florida forwards Sam Bennett (shot off hand) and Ryan Lomberg (sickness) out, proper wing Kyle Okposo, acquired from Buffalo in March, was inserted into the lineup and had an help in his first playoff sport since 2016.

“It’s only a particular feeling,” Okposo mentioned.

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court docket indicated Thursday that any trial in former President Donald Trump’s election interference case is unlikely to happen any time quickly, with justices expressing concern about whether or not sure presidential acts must be off-limits.

Though the courtroom seems prone to reject Trump’s expansive declare of absolute immunity, it might remand the case for additional proceedings, making it much less probably {that a} trial would happen earlier than the election.

The courtroom is weighing the novel authorized query of whether or not a former president may be prosecuted for what Trump’s attorneys say had been “official acts” taken in workplace, although a lot of the main target stays on whether or not the justices will rule rapidly so a trial can happen earlier than the November election.

With most authorized consultants questioning Trump’s broad argument that the whole election interference indictment must be dismissed primarily based on immunity, the courtroom’s eventual ruling on the extent to which official acts are protected and the way rapidly it guidelines will likely be of equal significance. Trump’s legal professionals concede that any actions that aren’t deemed to be official acts might be topic to prosecution.

Whereas the courtroom’s three liberal justices appeared most sympathetic to prosecutors, the courtroom’s conservatives appear to have differing views on the scope of presidential immunity, making it unclear precisely how the courtroom will rule.

A number of justices raised considerations concerning the broad implications for future presidents, with most steering away from discussing the precise allegations in opposition to Trump.

“If an incumbent who loses a really shut, hotly contested election is aware of that an actual chance after leaving workplace isn’t that the president goes to have the ability to go off right into a peaceable retirement however that the president could also be criminally prosecuted by a bitter political opponent, will that not lead us right into a cycle that destabilizes the functioning of our nation as a democracy?” conservative Justice Samuel Alito requested.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh, a fellow conservative, expressed comparable considerations, citing the now-lapsed system wherein unbiased counsels investigated presidents as a nasty precedent. Kavanaugh was a part of the group that investigated President Invoice Clinton within the Nineties however has since been important of the method.

“The priority going ahead” is that when former presidents are topic to prosecution, “it is not going to cease,” he stated.

Justices typically appeared skeptical of the argument that blanket immunity would apply to a former president. Justice Amy Coney Barrett — a Trump nominee — was amongst those that zeroed in on what kind of conduct Trump’s legal professionals maintained had been non-public acts or official acts.

Barrett learn a number of of the allegations within the indictment concerning the involvement of personal actors outdoors the federal government to Trump’s lawyer, D. John Sauer, and requested whether or not they had been official or non-public acts.

One such allegation, she stated, was that Trump spoke to “a non-public lawyer who was prepared to unfold knowingly false claims of election fraud to spearhead his challenges to the election outcomes,” which seemed to be a reference to Trump ally Rudy Giuliani.

Sauer conceded that such conduct was a non-public act, which might not be topic to immunity.

Michael Dreeben, the Justice Division lawyer arguing on behalf of particular counsel Jack Smith, stated in response to a later query from Barrett that it might be potential to proceed with the prosecution even when official acts had been omitted.

A number of justices additionally talked about a separate civil case introduced in opposition to Trump over his actions main as much as Jan. 6, 2021, wherein an appeals courtroom panel analyzed the excellence between official and personal acts in additional element.

Mentioning that case suggests the courtroom would possibly ask for the same evaluation within the felony case. Chief Justice John Roberts specifically appeared annoyed that the decrease courts within the felony case had not made any findings about whether or not the alleged acts could be official.

“What considerations me is, as you already know, the courtroom of appeals didn’t get right into a targeted consideration of what acts we’re speaking about or what paperwork we’re speaking about,” he stated.

The case places appreciable scrutiny on the courtroom, which has a 6-3 conservative majority that features three justices Trump appointed. The courtroom already handed Trump an election-year increase when it dominated final month that Colorado couldn’t kick him off the poll.

The justices have additionally come underneath criticism for his or her delay in taking over Trump’s attraction, which some view in itself as a victory for him.

At a minimal, nonetheless, the courtroom appears poised to not undertake Trump’s broadest arguments, which Sauer stated in courtroom underneath questioning from liberal Justice Elena Kagan might immunize such acts as ordering the navy to conduct a coup.

Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson stated, “Once we’re speaking about felony legal responsibility, I do not perceive how the president stands in any totally different place with respect to the necessity to observe the regulation as he is doing his job than anybody else.”

Trump prefaced the listening to with a publish on his social media website Thursday morning that echoed an argument in his courtroom temporary, which stated denying a president immunity would open him as much as “extortion” from political opponents to pressure him to satisfy their calls for or threat prosecution.

“If a President doesn’t have IMMUNITY, he/she will likely be nothing greater than a ‘Ceremonial’ President, not often having the braveness to do what needs to be accomplished for our Nation,” Trump wrote.

The Supreme Court docket introduced Feb. 28 that it might hear the case, saying it might study “whether or not and if that’s the case to what extent does a former president get pleasure from presidential immunity from felony prosecution for conduct alleged to contain official acts throughout his tenure in workplace.” The choice instantly put the prospect of a pre-election trial in jeopardy.

A federal appeals courtroom had dominated Feb. 6 that Trump was not immune from prosecution, writing that “former President Trump has turn into citizen Trump, with all the defenses of every other felony defendant,” and that whereas govt privilege might have protected him throughout his presidency, it not protected him in opposition to prosecution.

Underneath the unique schedule laid out by U.S. District Decide Tanya Chutkan, Trump’s trial had been set to start March 4, and the jury may need even reached a verdict by this level. As a substitute, the primary of the 4 felony circumstances in opposition to Trump to go to trial was the prosecution introduced by Manhattan District Legal professional Alvin Bragg in New York, the place Trump was indicted on 34 counts of falsifying enterprise information tied to hush cash funds within the lead-up to the 2016 election. He has pleaded not responsible to all costs.

The federal indictment returned by a grand jury in Washington in August consisted of 4 counts: conspiracy to defraud the US, conspiracy to impede an official continuing, obstruction of and try to impede an official continuing, and conspiracy in opposition to rights. The Supreme Court docket has already heard arguments in one other Jan. 6 case that would have an effect on two of the fees in opposition to Trump involving obstruction of an official continuing.

Trump, in accordance with the indictment, conspired to “overturn the reliable outcomes of the 2020 presidential election through the use of knowingly false claims of election fraud to impede the federal government operate by which these outcomes are collected, counted and licensed.”

The indictment focuses on Trump’s involvement in a scheme to submit faux election certificates to Congress within the hope that they’d nullify President Joe Biden’s victory. The chain of occasions culminated within the riot on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Trump says he was merely expressing his considerations, which weren’t primarily based on any proof, that the election was plagued with fraud. He has pleaded not responsible to the federal costs.

Whereas quite a few Jan. 6 defendants have acknowledged that they had been duped and manipulated or that they lacked the important pondering expertise to acknowledge the lies concerning the 2020 election for what they had been, Trump and his legal professionals have insisted that he sincerely believed the election was stolen.

Even when the courtroom dominated rapidly, a trial isn’t anticipated to start out till not less than three months after a choice and will take as much as 12 weeks, leaving little time for a decision earlier than the election.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Joel Embiid stated after the Philadelphia 76ers’ win over the New York Knicks Thursday evening that he is been coping with a case of Bell’s palsy, a well being situation that causes facial muscle weak spot, ache and discomfort.

“It is fairly annoying. My left aspect of my face, my mouth and my eye, so yeah, it has been powerful,” Embiid stated, “however I am not a quitter, so I bought to maintain preventing via something. It is unlucky, that is the way in which I have a look at it. That is not an excuse, I bought to maintain pushing.”

Embiid stated he began to note the signs a day or two earlier than the NBA Play-In Event recreation in opposition to the Miami Warmth after he had dangerous migraines.

Not too long ago, Embiid has been seen carrying sun shades indoors earlier than video games throughout the playoffs. He is additionally not 100% after getting back from a left knee damage that sidelined him for 2 months.

“I simply love taking part in the sport,” Embiid stated. “I wish to play as a lot as doable. I solely bought about eight extra years left, so I bought to get pleasure from this as a lot as doable, and I wish to win.”

Nonetheless, Embiid scored a playoff career-high 50 factors within the Sixers’ win over the Knicks in Recreation 3 of the primary spherical of the NBA playoffs.

With Thursday’s win, the Sixers now path 2-1 within the sequence. Recreation 4 might be Sunday afternoon at Wells Fargo Middle in South Philadelphia. 

What’s Bell’s palsy?

Bell’s palsy is “an unexplained episode of facial muscle weak spot or paralysis,” in response to Johns Hopkins Drugs.

Based on Johns Hopkins, the situation outcomes from harm to the facial nerve, and ache and discomfort often happen on one aspect of the individual’s face or head.

Bell’s palsy is not thought of everlasting, however in uncommon instances, it doesn’t disappear. Based on Johns Hopkins, there’s at the moment no treatment for Bell’s palsy, however restoration often begins two to 6 months from the onset of signs.

The reason for Bell’s palsy just isn’t recognized.

In a prolonged and essential trade between Justice Amy Coney Barrett and the Justice Division’s Michael Dreeben, the Supreme Court docket heard how Trump’s case may see a path to trial this 12 months.

Barrett sketched out that the case may go to trial, and the way, if the Supreme Court docket sends it again to the trial degree, it might be heard by a jury with out additional appeals court docket involvement.

That may imply no additional delays in Donald Trump’s case earlier than a trial, as soon as the Supreme Court docket guidelines.

She requested Dreeben if the trial-level may kind out what’s official or non-public acts of the presidency on this key, or is there “an alternative choice for the particular counsel simply to proceed on the non-public conduct?”

Dreeben advised her the indictment is considerably about non-public conduct. He says the particular counsel’s workplace want to current a full image of the allegations to the jury.

However in Trump’s authorized world, leaving determinations about his allegations within the case might be disastrous earlier than the election, in response to polls in addition to the jury pool make-up in Washington, DC.