National Guard troops rest in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center two days before the 59th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Following reports that National Guard troops had been booted from the Capitol Complex in D.C. and told to use a parking garage as a rest area, acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman said Friday that her agency ordered no such thing.
“I want to assure everyone that, with the exception of specific times on Inauguration Day itself while the swearing-in ceremonies were underway, the United States Capitol Police did not instruct the National Guard to vacate the Capitol Building facilities,” Pittman said in a statement emailed to WTOP. “And on Inauguration Day, the Guard was notified and encouraged to reoccupy the spaces in the Capitol and CVC at 2 p.m.”
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As we bid farewell to 2020, it s clear two subjects stood out above the rest.
The past year will obviously be most remembered for the COVID-19 pandemic and the fight for racial justice, and those issues impacted the NHL just as it affected the rest of the world.
There were also more than a handful of other hockey narratives that resonated in 2020, and while they were less significant, each of them struck a chord with hockey fans for one reason or another.
Here are the 10 most memorable NHL stories from the last year:
The COVID-19 pandemic
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