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  2. District of Columbia retrocession - Wikipedia

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    In the case of Phillips v. Payne (1875), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Virginia had de facto jurisdiction over the area returned by Congress in 1846, and dismissed the tax case brought by the plaintiff on the grounds that a citizen lacked standing. The court, however, did not rule on the core constitutional matter of the retrocession.

  3. List of U.S. jurisdictions banning conversion therapy

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    A majority of the United States population lives in jurisdictions that have banned conversion therapy on minors, although significant gaps in protections remain. Opponents of conversion therapy argue that it is abusive to attempt to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity and that the practice is based in pseudoscience.

  4. Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor - Wikipedia

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    Corridor as designated by the Federal Railroad Administration. The Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor (SEHSR) is a proposed passenger rail transportation project in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States to extend high-speed passenger rail services from the current southern terminus of the Northeast Corridor in Washington, D.C. Routes would extend south via Richmond and Petersburg ...

  5. JD Vance 'fulfilling his promise' with first trip as vice ...

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    JD Vance is “fulfilling his promise" to American voters as he makes his first trip as vice president to Damascus, Virginia, on Monday to visit hurricane-impacted areas.

  6. Springfield Interchange - Wikipedia

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    By early 1970, there were 150,000 vehicles per day traveling through the intersection. Thirty years later, that number had more than doubled, with the effect that vehicles "traveling along the East Coast's main north–south artery [had to] be funneled through the ordinary exit ramps at Springfield, routinely causing backups several miles long."

  7. Celilo Converter Station - Wikipedia

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    There was also a DC test facility for testing high voltage equipment nearby (now abandoned, soon to be demolished). At the end of the 1960s, a test transmission line for 1,333 kV was erected at 45°28′58″N 120°48′51″W  /  45.482792°N 120.814097°W  / 45.482792; -120.814097  ( 1333 kV

  8. HVDC converter station - Wikipedia

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    HVDC cable termination and DC smoothing reactor on the Baltic Cable HVDC link. The direct current equipment often includes a coil (called a reactor) that adds inductance in series with the DC line to help smooth the direct current. The inductance typically amounts to between 0.1 H and 1 H. The smoothing reactor can have either an air-core or an ...

  9. List of Interstate Highways in Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    Woodrow Wilson Bridge (VADC–MD border) 1977: current No boundary crossing signage; concurrent with I-495 since 1991 I-195: 1.90: 3.06 Southwest Freeway / 3rd Street Tunnel in Southwest Federal Center: New York Avenue NW in Mount Vernon Square: proposed — Will replace I-395 through the Third Street Tunnel [4] I-266: 1.79: 2.88 —