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Sometimes The countdown is on for the 98th Oscars, with Conan O���Brien back and a 'moving' in memoriam 03/10/2026 07:30pm • Lynette Howell Taylor has seen the Oscars from a few different vantage points: As a nominee, in 2019 for ���A Star is Born,��� as a producer of the broadcast in 2020, as a member of the film academy���s board of governors and, for the last three years, as awards chair. It���s made her first year as 2 construction workers trapped in collapsed trench near Bethesda home 03/10/2026 05:12pm • Two men who were working next to a house in Bethesda, Maryland, were hospitalized Tuesday after the trench they were digging collapsed. They were rescued by dozens of first responders who shoveled frantically to get them out. Personnel with the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service and Mon Taking to social media to complain about hot subway rides? 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