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Dwayne &quot;The Rock&quot; Johnson smiles before the NFL Super Bowl 56 football game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. The U.S. Army agreed to an $11 million deal with Johnson and his UFL spring football league this year to boost recruitment. It didn’t work. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Army wants $6 million back after losing teamwork with Dwayne Johnson, UFL

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Flower tributes for Nottingham Panthers player Adam Johnson, who died last year from a skate cut to the neck, rest outside the Motorpoint Arena before a memorial ice hockey game between the Panthers and the Manchester Storm in Nottingham, England, Nov. 18, 2023. A Minnesota youth hockey camp is honoring the life of late alum Johnson with a scholarship in his honor. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira, File)

Minnesota youth hockey camp announces Adam Johnson Memorial Scholarship to honor the late alum

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

FILE - Teliah Perkins stands in front of the federal appeals court building in New Orleans, May 3, 2023, following a hearing on her lawsuit against two St. Tammany Parish, La., sheriff's deputies stemming from her arrest in May 2020. A teenager who video-recorded his mother Teliah's forceful arrest by Louisiana sheriff's deputies has been awarded $185,000 by a federal jury in a lawsuit filed over one deputy's attempt to interfere with the recording. (AP Photo/Kevin McGill, File)

A teen said a deputy threatened him as he filmed his mom’s arrest. A jury awarded him $185,000.

By Kevin McGill - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Speaker Johnson feels MTG’s pain amid threat to oust him

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Sacred Heart Academy guard ZaKiyah Johnson looks to pass during a high school basketball game against Mercy Academy in Louisville, Ky., Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. Recruitment letters have overwhelmed one long shoe box, along with a backpack set aside for the frontrunners. ZaKiyah Johnson will eventually get around to reading them, her mother believes, though it could be a while before the highly prized basketball recruit responds to those piquing her interest. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

As March Madness wraps, players like ZaKiyah Johnson juggle basketball with recruiting calls and NIL

By GARY B. GRAVES - Associated Press

Military medics give first aid to wounded Ukrainian soldiers near Bakhmut, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

For medics on the front line in Ukraine, the biggest shortfall is people

By Guillaume Ptak - Special to The Washington Times

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., talks with reporters as Republicans hold a caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) ** FILE **

MTG threatens to oust Speaker Johnson over border deal

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

In this March 13, 2018, file photo, actress Oprah Winfrey poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film &quot;A Wrinkle In Time&quot; in London. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

Oprah Winfrey says online backlash against her call for Maui donations makes her ‘sad’ at ‘vitriol’

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Washington Commanders part-owner Magic Johnson, right, gets a kiss from Gabrielle Webster, CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, as the Washington Commanders Charitable Foundation donates $50,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Magic Johnson, Josh Harris and other new Commanders owners introduce themselves to Washington fans

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

Washington Commanders owners Josh Harris, front left and Magic Johnson, second from right, attend an NFL football practice in Ashburn, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Stephen Whyno)

Magic Johnson fires up Commanders with pre-practice meeting: ‘It was awesome’

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

A person receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster shot, Dec. 20, 2021, in Federal Way, Wash. On Sept. 1, 2023, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that a new COVID-19 variant is more contagious among vaccinated people than those who are unvaccinated. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

RSV shot added to fall vaccine lineup for seniors, but the three-shot regime is hard sell

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to 10 Downing Street after meeting with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, London, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. Former U.K. Prime Minister Johnson says he’s quitting as a lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament. Johnson quit on Friday, June 9, 2023 after receiving the results of an investigation by lawmakers over misleading statements he made to Parliament about a slew of gatherings in government that breached pandemic lockdown rules.(AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Boris Johnson’s bombshell exit from Parliament leaves U.K. politics reeling

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Josh Harris, managing partner of the Philadelphia 76ers, stands on the court prior to Game 1 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the Brooklyn Nets, Saturday, April 15, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton) ** FILE **

Josh Harris’ limited partners bring complexity to Commanders sale

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Boris Johnson leaves his house in London, on March 22, 2023. Boris Johnson established an independent inquiry while he was U.K. prime minister into the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now the inquiry wants to see what Johnson wrote to other U.K. officials as the outbreak raged. But the government is fighting a demand to hand over the material. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

U.K. government faces deadline to hand Boris Johnson’s messages to coronavirus inquiry

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Anthony "Rumble" Johnson, left, of the United States celebrates winning against Alexander "The Mauler" Gustafsson, right, in their UFC featherweight mixed martial arts bout at Tele2 Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/TT, Jessica Gow) SWEDEN OUT **FILE**

Former MMA fighter Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson dies at 38

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Britain's Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Liz Truss receives applause from her team near Parliament in London, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Britain’s Conservative Party has chosen Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss as the two finalists in an election to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The pair came first and second in a vote of Conservative lawmakers on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Conservatives’ ideological wings clash as Sunak, Truss square off to succeed Johnson

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

FILE - A member of the Philadelphia Fire Department prepares a dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site setup in Philadelphia, on March 26, 2021. On Friday, April 29, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming a recent outbreak of unexplained hepatitis cases among children is being caused by the adenovirus vector used in some COVID-19 vaccines, including the Johnson & Johnson shot.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

FDA moves to curtail use of the J&J COVID-19 vaccine

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this March 3, 2021, file photo, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

GOP congressmen join defenders of Army vaccine whistleblower

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 18, 2017, file photo, a statue of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest sits in a park in Memphis, Tenn. Lawyers in Tennessee are seeking a judge's approval for the disinterment of Confederate general and slave trader Nathan Bedford Forrest's remains from his burial plot in a Memphis park, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz, File)

Memphis police: Arrest warrant issued for man who taunted council member at KKK leader’s grave

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the NHRA, Ron Capps drives in Funny Car qualifying at the NHRA Gatornationals drag races Friday, March 12, 2021, at Gainesville Raceway in Gainesville, Fla. (Marc Gewertz/NHRA via AP)

Schumacher’s streak could be tougher to extend than build

By MARK LONG - Associated Press