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Washington to unveil new team name, logo on Feb. 2

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

In this June 19, 2021 photo, Sha'Carri Richardson celebrates after winning the first heat of the semis finals in women's 100-meter runat the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore. Richardson cannot run in the Olympic 100-meter race after testing positive for a chemical found in marijuana. Richardson, who won the 100 at Olympic trials in 10.86 seconds on June 19, told of her ban Friday, July 2 on the “Today Show.”(AP Photo/Ashley Landis) **FILE**

Biden on pot test costing Richardson an Olympic spot: ‘Rules are rules’

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times

This Jan. 12, 2012, photo shows Hugh Downs at the "Today" show's 60th-anniversary celebration in New York. Downs, a genial and near-constant presence on television from the 1950s through the 1990s, has died. His family said Downs died of natural causes Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 99. Downs was a host of the ‘Today’ show on NBC, worked on the ‘Tonight’ show when Jack Paar was in charge, and hosted the long-running game show "Concentration." (AP Photo/Evan Agostini) **FILE**

Hugh Downs, genial presence on TV news and game shows, dies

By David Bauder - The Associated Press

FILE - In this April 21, 2016, file photo, Matt Lauer, co-host of the NBC &quot;Today&quot; television program, appears on set in Rockefeller Plaza, in New York. A new book by Ronan Farrow, a former NBC News employee who now works at The New Yorker, names the accuser whose story that Lauer raped her in a Sochi hotel room led to his dismissal. Lauer denied the charges in an angry and defiant letter released by his lawyer Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, and said that his public silence since his firing had been a mistake. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Rape accusations against Lauer ensnare NBC management

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 21, 2016, file photo, Matt Lauer, co-host of the NBC "Today" television program, appears on set in Rockefeller Plaza, in New York. NBC News announced Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, that Lauer was fired for "inappropriate sexual behavior." (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Matt Lauer accused of raping ex-NBC employee at Sochi Olympics

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

In this July 30, 2008, file photo, Jeffrey Epstein, center, appears in court in West Palm Beach, Fla. The wealthy financier pleaded not guilty in federal court in New York on Monday, July 8, 2019, to sex trafficking charges following his arrest over the weekend. Epstein will have to remain behind bars until his bail hearing on July 15. (Uma Sanghvi/Palm Beach Post via AP, File)

Woman says Jeffrey Epstein raped her when she was 15

By JIM MUSTIAN and JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

In a Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014, file photo, Jenna Bush Hager, is seen in Omaha, Neb., before an appearance as feature speaker at the Girls Inc. fundraiser luncheon. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Jenna Bush Hager appointed by NBC to co-host on ‘Today’

By The Associated Press

FILE- In this Nov. 29, 2017, file photo &quot;Today&quot; show co-hosts, seated from left, Al Roker, Hoda Kotb, Savannah Guthrie and Dylan Dreyer appear on the set during their broadcast in New York. About twice a month, the “Today” show looks like a home-shopping program. TV personality Jill Martin comes out for a 4-minute segment called Jill’s Steals and Deals, hawking discounted coats, watches or electric toothbrushes. Then she steers the show’s millions of viewers to its website to buy. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

Those ‘Today’ show deals? Read the fine print before you buy

By JOSEPH PISANI - Associated Press

This combination photo shows Matt Lauer, former co-host of the &quot;Today&quot; show, left, and Charlie Rose, former co-host of &quot;CBS This Morning.&quot; A year after morning news shows at NBC and CBS abruptly lost male anchors Lauer and Rose in sexual misconduct scandals, the &quot;Today&quot; show has done appreciably better weathering the storm. (AP Photo)

‘Today’ fares better than CBS after loss of male anchors

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

Kathie Lee Gifford attends Hallmark's Evening Gala during the TCA Summer Press Tour on Thursday, July 26, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Kathie Lee Gifford leaving ‘Today’ show

By Mark Kennedy - Associated Press

Campground from Maine to be featured on “Today” show

Associated Press

&quot;Today&quot; show co-anchors Savannah Guthrie, left, and Hoda Kotb pose on set at NBC Studios on Wednesday, June 27, 2018, in New York. NBC is marking six months with its new team of Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb at the &quot;Today&quot; show, a pairing made necessary by Matt Lauer’s firing on sexual misconduct charges. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

NBC’s new ‘Today’ team marks 6 months

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

In this image released by CBS, former President Bill Clinton, left, appears with host Stephen Colbert while promoting his book &quot;The President is Missing,&quot; on &quot;The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,&quot; Tuesday, June 5, 2018 in New York. (Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via AP)

Bill Clinton, a gift for the GOP that keeps on giving

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this Monday, May 21, 2018, photo, former President Bill Clinton speaks during an interview about a novel he wrote with James Patterson, "The President is Missing," in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Bill Clinton says he doesn’t owe Monica Lewinsky a private apology in #MeToo era

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2017 file photo, co-anchors Hoda Kotb, left, and Savannah Guthrie embrace on the set of the &quot;Today&quot; show in New York after NBC News fired host Matt Lauer for &quot;inappropriate sexual behavior.&quot; Kotb believes the program's audience bonded with her and Guthrie over how they dealt with Lauer's firing last November. The NBC morning show weathered the storm better than anyone expected. It slipped past ABC's &quot;Good Morning America&quot; into first place in the ratings for nearly two months, before ABC won the last two weeks. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

‘Today’ show’s Kotb says authenticity got it through crisis

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2014, file photo, Ann Curry attends the Panthere de Cartier Collection dinner &amp; party at Skylight Clarkson Studios in New York. Former &quot;Today&quot; show anchor Curry says she's not surprised by the allegations that got former colleague Matt Lauer fired and that there was an atmosphere of verbal sexual harassment at the NBC show when she worked there. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Curry says she wasn’t surprised by Lauer allegations

By David Bauder - Associated Press

Correction: TV-Katie Couric-Matt Lauer story

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2017, file photo, Savannah Guthrie, right, and Hoda Kotb appear with the Rockettes during the 85th annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting ceremony in New York. NBC News opened the new year by appointing Kotb as co-anchor of the “Today” show’s first two hours with Guthrie, replacing Matt Lauer following his firing on sexual misconduct charges in late November. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

NBC names Hoda Kotb as Lauer replacement on ‘Today’

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

In this Sept. 19, 2014, file photo, Billy Bush arrives at the Operation Smile's 2014 Smile Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif. Bush, who was fired after an old video emerged of him engaging in offensive sex talk with then &quot;Apprentice&quot; host Donald Trump, said in an op-ed published in The New York Times on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, that it was indeed Trump’s voice captured on a 2005 &quot;Access Hollywood&quot; tape. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Billy Bush says Trump ‘Access Hollywood’ tape is real

Associated Press