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Four baboons escaped their corral at a Texas lab by using barrels they’d been given to play with as stepping-stones to jump over the fence, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. One particularly risk-averse baboon got cold feet and turned back right away. The other three ingenious escapees were corralled shortly afterward, not far from their home at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio. (EXPRESS)
A police department in Georgia shared surveillance video footage of a man who burgled a GameStop while wearing an unusual disguise over his face — the clear plastic wrapper from a package of bottled water, which did nothing at all to cover or conceal his features. “You can help us catch him, once you stop laughing,” the St. Marys Police Department posted to Facebook on Friday. “We’ll be sippin’ water while we wait.” (EXPRESS)
A castle in Scotland had to close its tunnel to visitors after the area was seized by an angry badger, the BBC reported last week. A spokesman for Historic Environment Scotland, which manages the nearly 500-year-old Craignethan Castle, said staffers were trying to lure out the antagonistic visitor with cat food and honey. A recent tweet from Historic Scotland suggests the badger threat has since passed. (EXPRESS)
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to Washington. Anderson had tried to manage a job and opera performances and classes at Virginia Commonwealth University and pay the part that financial aid didn’t cover — about $9,000. But he couldn’t make it all work. And the college wouldn’t let him enroll again until his debts were paid. Later that month, I saw him sing at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. My untrained ear told me I had walked into something special. The entire church was filled with the deep, sonorous baritone of an older, barrel-chested man. But at the altar was a string-bean kid with a high-top fade. Anderson is the youngest of seven children, raised by a single mom after his dad was killed in a drive-by shooting when he was 3 years old. The Washington Post published my column about Anderson right after his concert. His GoFundMe swelled to about $50,000.
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Less than a year ago, Anthony Anderson told me he’d been fired from his job as a burrito maker at Chipotle. “They said I was too slow,” he told me, embarrassed, not meeting my eyes. No biggie. Turns out he got another gig. This weekend, the teenager will be on stage, singing at the Fort Worth Opera’s annual gala. And he’s also deciding between the Juilliard School, the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University, three of the top-tier music schools in the nation, where he crushed all his auditions and was offered full rides. That thing about your wildest dreams coming true? Anthony Anderson is it. At 19 years old. We met last June, when he was working at Chipotle and had to move back home
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Earlier this month, he performed before the Supreme Court for the Horatio Alger Association, and he was awarded the Horatio Alger Scholarship. The scholarship means the association will work with the school he chooses and that it will supplement any tuition costs not covered by other scholarships to make sure he graduates from college debtfree, said McKenna Young, who is with the association. “So many great things are
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Where on earth has our spring weather gone? Behind Monday morning’s cold front, temperatures plummeted in the region. Flurries were spotted in the northern Washington suburbs on Tuesday, and there is a freeze warning in effect for parts of Montgomery, Loudoun, Frederick and north Howard counties for this morning, when temperatures could dip below 32 degrees. Capital Weather Gang declared winter over on April 10. That’s still the case, despite the chill, because average temperatures can vary widely. By this afternoon, temperatures will be back in the mid-60s. (TWP)
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He parlayed that stolid image into unexpected laughs when he joined “Wait Wait” in 1998. Kasell, who flew to Chicago for the show, was the semi-straight man to host Peter Sagal, becoming public radio’s institutional voice in playful harmony with the actor, writer and all-around wiseacre. In a recent interview, Sagal called Kasell pivotal to the show’s fortunes, saying his credibility as the “voice of NPR, the brand as a voice, made us sound like we were an actual NPR show.” ADAM BERNSTEIN (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Montgomery could fund lawyers for those who face deportation MONTGOMERY COUNTY Maryland’s most populous county is weighing whether to turn to its own coffers to combat President Trump’s immigration crackdown — using public money to defend immigrants facing deportation. Montgomery County Council members say they expect some
pushback to the proposal to spend $373,957 to supply lawyers to county residents who are in immigration detention. Some lawmakers already have gotten irate emails. But council President Hans Riemer, D-At Large, said he is “highly confident” Montgomery will join a growing number of localities and states that are funding lawyers for immigrants who cannot afford their own. “The federal government is
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SAFE Cities Network, which includes 11 jurisdictions that provide publicly funded lawyers to immigrants. Montgomery’s proposal would allocate money from the county’s
general fund to the Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, a Washington-based nonprofit that would provide the legal work. The council has scheduled a public hearing for May 1. At Tuesday’s council meeting, several lawmakers spoke in favor of the proposal, while some acknowledged the idea will face opposition — even in diverse Montgomery, where an estimated 3 in 10 residents are foreign-born. “We have all said that we are not going to stand by while the Trump administration intimidates and terrorizes and victimizes a very substantial part of our population,” said council member George Leventhal, D-At Large. JENNIFER BARRIOS (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Linking agencies: IG report reveals biggest challenges that some matters, including national security, public safety and public health, are not included on the list. Relatively few inspectors have oversight on those life-and-death issues, so they were not among the topics most often reported. By identifying the most frequently cited subjects, the council allows policymakers and program administrators to examine why so many agencies suffer from the same disorders. But the report does not tell us why these maladies metastasize. “Although we could not conclusively determine the underlying reasons why these issues were more frequently reported … we noted that many of the challenges were negatively impacted by resource issues, both human and budgetary, and federal agencies’ failure to use performance-based metrics to assess the success of their programs and operations,” according to the report. This report is another attempt by the council to elevate and make more available the work of inspectors general. The council took a major step in that direction in October, when it launched oversight.gov. This well-done website provides
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In an operation as large as Uncle Sam’s, it is inevitable that mistakes will be made, inefficiencies will happen and problems will develop. But why do the same issues come up over and over and over? A new report by the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) doesn’t answer that question, but for the first time it does provide a guide to the most common concerns that cut across agency lines. The report, being released at a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing today, catalogues the seven “top management and performance challenges” cited by 61 inspectors general (IG). Those challenges are: information technology security and management; performance management and accountability; human capital management; financial management; procurement management; facilities maintenance; and grant management. No matter how exciting topics like procurement management might be to number crunchers, the report notes
a searchable bank of reports from across the government. Inspectors general are one of the few groups of federal employees to generally enjoy widespread support on Capitol Hill. Yet presidents of both parties have left a number of IG offices without permanent leaders. Currently, there are 14 vacancies, according to the Project on Government Oversight. The lengths of the vacancies range from 137 days at the Department of Homeland Security to 3,340 days at Interior. The inspectors general
regularly point to problems within agencies, and even among top agency leaders. “It is not a job designed to make us popular,” Glenn A. Fine, the Defense Department’s principal deputy inspector general, said in testimony submitted to the committee. He is “performing the duties of the inspector general” because that Pentagon office, with 1,700 employees and contractors, has been empty for 830 days. Follow Joe Davidson on Twitter @joedavidsonWP
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Possible implications of the FBI raid on Trump’s lawyer Each week, The Washington Post’s “Can He Do That?” podcast examines the powers and limitations of the presidency. In the latest episode, Post national security reporter Matt Zapotosky discusses the FBI raid on President Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen, and examines potential implications for Trump and how it could affect the future of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Subscribe to “Can He Do That?” on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you get podcasts. Report: Federal employee salaries average 32 percent less than those of private-sector workers
Q. The government just created something called “weather and safety leave.” Couldn’t agencies already dismiss employees from work for weather or safety reasons? A. Yes, but up to now, it has been done under a catchall authority called “administrative leave,” which agencies used even though there was no explicit provision in law allowing it. A 2016 law formally put administrative leave on the books as a form of paid leave that an agency can grant for nonwork activities during working hours that further its interests, such as allowing employees to participate in agency-sponsored blood drives. That law also created other types of leave for situations in which agencies commonly had used administrative leave. One applies when severe weather or other reasons make it unsafe for employees to commute or to work at a site. Rules finalized last week cover situations including terrorist attacks, snowstorms and a building power outage. Still pending are proposed rules on using administrative leave, as well as on two other forms of leave the law created. Those will apply when agencies are investigating employees for possible discipline, and between when a disciplinary notice is issued and when it takes effect. ERIC YODER (TWP)
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1 dead after jet engine blows up mid-flight Damaged Southwest plane forced to make emergency landing PHILADELPHIA A Southwest Airlines jet blew an engine at 32,000 feet and got hit by shrapnel that smashed a window on Tuesday, setting off a desperate scramble by passengers to save a woman from getting sucked out. One person died and seven others were injured. The pilot of the plane, a twinengine Boeing 737 bound from New York to Dallas with 149 people aboard, took it into a rapid descent and made an emergency landing in Philadelphia as passengers using oxygen masks that dropped from the ceiling braced for impact.
Passenger Alfred Tumlinson, of Corpus Christi, Texas, said a man in a cowboy hat rushed forward a few rows “to grab that lady to pull her back in. She was out of the plane. He couldn’t do it by himself so another gentleman came over and helped to get her back in the plane and they got her.” Another passenger, Eric Zilbert, said: “From her waist above, she was outside of the plane.” National Transportation Safety Board chairman Robert Sumwalt said one person died, but he gave no details. It was the first passenger fatality in an accident on a U.S. airline since 2009. The NTSB sent a team of investigators to Philadelphia. Sumwalt said the engine will be taken
apart and examined to understand what caused the failure. Photos of the plane on the tarmac showed damage to at least one window and a chunk missing from the left engine. Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel said there was a fuel leak in the engine when firefighters arrived and a small fire was quickly brought under control. In a recording of conversations between the cockpit and air traffic controllers, an unidentified crew member reported: “We have a part of the aircraft missing, so we’re going to need to slow down a bit.” She also said that there was a hole in the plane and that she was told “someone went out.” ALEXANDRA VILLARREAL
Scientists are working on new ways to break down plastic waste, which is a major environmental issue. Researchers studying plastic-eating bacteria discovered by Japanese scientists in 2016 inadvertently created a mutant enzyme that “eats” plastic bottles, HuffPost reported. The new findings were published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The researchers, from the University of Portsmouth in the U.K. and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the U.S., are working to improve the enzyme so it can be used on a large scale. (EXPRESS)
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Wildlife managers in the American Southwest say a once-rare bat important to the pollination of plants used to produce tequila has made a comeback and is being removed from the endangered species list. The announcement Tuesday made the lesser long-nosed bat the first bat ever removed from the nation’s list of threatened and endangered species. There were once thought to be fewer than 1,000 of the bats, which feed on agave. Now there are about 200,000. (AP)
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Jury hears Bill Cosby’s testimony about accuser Jurors on Tuesday got a sense of Bill Cosby’s view of consent from deposition testimony in which he described reaching an area “somewhere between permission and rejection” during what he says was a prior sexual encounter with his chief accuser. Cosby, 80, testified a dozen years ago as part of a suit Andrea Constand filed against him. Prosecutors won the right to introduce it at his retrial on charges he drugged and molested her at his Philadelphia home in 2004. (AP) POLITICS
GOP moderate Dent to leave office in May Republican U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania said Tuesday that he will resign from Congress in May, after announcing last year that he would not seek re-election. Dent, 57, is a leader of an influential caucus of GOP moderates and a critic of President Trump. (AP) COURTS
Sandy Hook families sue radio host Alex Jones The families of two children slain in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre have filed lawsuits against right-wing radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for claiming the 2012 shooting in Connecticut did not happen. The suits seeking more than $1 million in damages were filed late Monday in Travis County, Texas, where Jones’ media company, InfoWars, is based. (AP) HEALTH
Frenchman doing well after 2nd face transplant In a medical first, a French surgeon said he has performed a second face transplant on the same patient. Dr. Laurent Lantieri of the Georges Pompidou Hospital in Paris first transplanted a new face onto Jerome Hamon in 2010. In January, a second transplant was conducted after the skin of the first transplant began to die. (AP)
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POLITICS CIA Director Mike Pompeo made a top-secret visit to North Korea over Easter weekend as an envoy for President Trump to meet with that country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, according to two people with direct knowledge of the trip. The extraordinary meeting between one of Trump’s most trusted emissaries and the authoritarian head of a rogue state was part of an effort to lay the groundwork for direct talks between Trump and Kim about North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, according to the two people, who requested anonymity because of the highly classified nature of the talks. The clandestine mission, which has not previously been reported, came soon after Pompeo was nominated to be secretary of state. “I’m optimistic that the United States government can set the conditions for that appropriately so that the president and the North Korean leader can have that conversation [that] will set us down the course of achieving a diplomatic outcome that America so desperately — America and the world so desperately need,” Pompeo told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week during his confirmation hearing. Speaking at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Tuesday, Trump appeared to allude to the extraordinary
Mike Pompeo, left, has taken the lead on U.S. negotiations with North Korea, meeting with Kim Jong Un.
face-to-face meeting between Kim and Pompeo when he said the U.S. has had direct talks with North Korea “at very high levels.” The remarks came during a two-day meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Trump said that he likely would sit down with Kim in early June, if not sooner. Pompeo has taken the lead on the administration’s negotiations with Pyongyang. His meeting with Kim marks the highestlevel meeting between the two countries since 2000, when thenSecretary of State Madeleine Albright met with Kim Jong Il, the current leader’s father, to discuss strategic issues. Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. visited the country in 2014 to secure the release of
Summit with Abe President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe entered their Florida summit hoping to repair a relationship that has been strained by Trump’s decision to meet with Kim Jong Un, which has alarmed Tokyo, and his move to enact steel and aluminum tariffs without granting Japan a waiver. In a sign that the two leaders were aiming to recreate their early chemistry, Trump said the two would sneak out for a round of golf today. (TWP)
two American captives and met with a lower-level intelligence official. The CIA declined to comment. The White House also declined to comment, saying it would not
discuss the CIA director’s travels. The North Korean government also declined to comment. About a week after Pompeo’s trip to North Korea, U.S. officials said that officials there had directly confirmed that Kim was willing to negotiate about potential denuclearization, according to administration officials, a sign that both sides had opened a new communications channel ahead of the summit meeting. On Tuesday, Trump took some credit for the rapid developments related to North Korea, whose nuclear and ballistic missile tests his administration has considered the gravest national security threat to the United States. SHANE HARRIS, CAROL D. LEONNIG, GREG JAFFE AND DAVID NAKAMURA (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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BUSINESS Starbucks will close more than 8,000 U.S. stores for an afternoon next month to train employees after two black men were arrested while waiting at one of the coffee chain’s Philadelphia stores last week. The “racial bias education” training is scheduled for May 29 and will be provided to nearly 175,000 employees, the company said Tuesday. “Closing our stores for racial bias training is just one step in a journey that requires dedication from every level,” Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson said. The curriculum will be developed with input from national and local experts confronting racial bias, including former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. The announcement follows days of protest and a personal apology by Johnson to the men in a private meeting Monday, a spokeswoman confirmed to The Washington Post. Johnson has publicly apologized for what he called “reprehensible” circumstances that led to last Thursday’s arrests. He told “Good Morning America” on Monday that “what happened to those two gentlemen was wrong” and that the company was reviewing the actions of the store manager who had called police. Starbucks said later that the manager who called police “is no longer at that store.” RACHEL SIEGEL AND ALEX HORTON (TWP)
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not being transmitted from the companies to the IRS, Kautter said. The agency discovered the problem early Tuesday morning. The IRS has more than 60 different IT systems for managing the cases of individual taxpayers, according to a report submitted to Congress by an internal IRS watchdog. Many of them have not been updated in decades, and two of them are nearly six decades old — the oldest anywhere in the entire federal government, the report said. “The IRS is highly vulnerable to IT breakdowns and cyberattacks,” said Pete Sepp of the National Taxpayers Union, a nonpartisan group that has pushed for changes to the IRS. JEFFREY STEIN, DAMIAN PALETTA AND MIKE D EBONIS (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Visitors looking to gain a new or enriched cultural perspective can find it at the Newseum, Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, and Marine Corps Heritage Foundation. Each museum offers a captivating experience through their permanent and temporary exhibits. In an exciting display this year, the Newseum showcases seven decades of top-rate
photojournalism in addition to other wonderful exhibits. The Freer-Sackler Gallery, with its extraordinary collection of Asian art, highlights exhibits filled with brilliant artwork, along with informative tours. Visitors to the National Museum of the Marine Corps can immerse themselves in Marine Corps culture to learn more about this dedicated U.S. military branch, and visit its beautiful park to reflect and contemplate. Two D.C. museums reveal intriguing stories to us through their exquisite art exhibits. This spring, the Smithsonian American Art Museum brings a fascinating photography exhibit sure to spark thought and discussion. Hillwood Museum, housed in the former home of Marjorie Post, features enlightening—and delightful—artistic exhibits. As visitors
tour Post’s notable collections, stories about history and the heiress herself come to life. If you’re looking to discover a fascinating history and artistry associated with the great outdoors, a visit to the National Geographic Museum and the National Sporting Library and Museum will whet the appetite of any lover of art, history or nature. This spring each museum presents a special exhibit featuring exclusive art and photography, giving us a unique perspective of outdoor life and its beautiful scenery as seen through the eyes of their gifted creators.
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MUSEUMS 7-story Newseum learn the value of a free press. Visitors see firsthand the important role the press has played throughout history and how the freedoms outlined in the First Amendment apply to our everyday lives. This year the Newseum showcases a special exhibit, Pictures of the Year: 75 Years of the World’s Best Photography. Featuring photos from the archives of Pictures of the Year International, a longrunning prestigious photojournalism competition, these remarkable, groundbreaking images highlight the people and events that defined and/ or transformed societies and cultures across the globe over the past seven decades. The exhibit runs from April 6, 2018 through January 20, 2019. Located at 555 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, the Newseum is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m., Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., excepting New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. To learn more about admission prices (discounts are available) and other exhibits, call 202-292-6100 or visit www.newseum.org. Devoted to Asian art, the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the Freer Gallery of Art, of the Smithsonian Institution, have come together to form a wonderful collection. These incredible exhibits were opened to the public in 1923 after Charles Lang Freer generously gave his vast collection of Asian and American art to the Smithsonian. In 1987, the Sackler Gallery joined the Freer Gallery to share Asian culture after Dr. Arthur M. Sackler generously donated his amazing collection of 1,000 objects, including unrivaled examples of Chinese jades and bronzes, along
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organizations and the courageous people who served in them. The Semper Fidelis Memorial Chapel, along with three scenic overlooks in the park, are places to stop and reflect in a quiet setting. At the Medal of Honor Theater, visitors can complement their visit with a stop to see We, The Marines , a 38-minute film. Narrated by Gene Hackman, a Marine himself, the film takes viewers through the complete Marine journey and is one that “immerses audiences in the unparalleled experience” of being a Marine. The museum and park are located off I-95 at 18900 Jefferson Davis Highway, Triangle, Va. and open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Christmas Day. Admission is free. To learn more information, call 800-397-7585 or visit www.marineheritage.org.
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The American artistic experience is highlighted and documented at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Within its walls, numerous galleries tell stories from the Colonial era to present day. Visitors also see how American artists conceptualized their subjects in their chosen craft, from traditional paintings to modern methods of expression, such as photography and digital art. An upcoming exhibit presented by Smithsonian American Art Museum, Diane Arbus: A box of ten photographs, demonstrates how photographer Diane Arbus’s methods ushered camerawork into the realm of “serious” art in her early, but mostly posthumous, career. Through the lens of a camera, using groundbreaking artistic techniques, we
see how she perceived society, and the stories of her subjects are brought to life. When Arbus started her “box of ten” collections in 1969, she planned to create 50. However, only eight had been completed when her life tragically ended in 1971. At the time of her death, Arbus had sold four of the eight collections she had assembled. One of the four, a box purchased by Bea Feitler, art director at Harper’s Bazaar, included an eleventh photograph. The collection was acquired by SAAM in 1986 and will be on display from April 6, 2018 to January 21, 2019. Positioned on the National Mall at 8th and F Streets, NW, the American Art Museum is open daily from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., except December 25. Admission is free. To learn more information call 202-633-7970 or visit www.americanart.si.edu.
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Marjorie Post, the daughter of Ella Merriweather and Charles William Post, founder of Post Cereal, purchased Hillwood in 1955. The legendary businesswoman’s goal was to restore the grand neo-Georgian home and transform it into a museum to house her greatest treasures. She once said, “I want young Americans to see how someone lived in the twentieth century and how this person could collect works of art the way I have… I want to share this with the rest of the world.” Opened to the public in 1977, the philanthropist’s vast collection includes an iconic eighteenth-century French decorative art collection, spectacular furnishings, paintings, jewelry and other objects placed throughout the home’s rooms. See rare Russian imperial art, including world-renowned Fabergé eggs. Visitors to Hillwood have the
opportunity to see history come alive as they tour the house and its 25-acre gardens. Post’s incredible art collection and beautifully landscaped gardens are not just breathtaking, they tell stories of her life and the lives of people across the globe. A well-known hostess, Post was not only an avid art collector, she lived artistically too, sharing her possessions with her guests. This year’s special exhibits include “The Artistic Table,” which will run until June 10, 2018. Fashioned by distinguished interior designers who draw from Post’s amazing collection, the exhibit blends old-style elegance with modern day stylishness. On June 9, “Fabergé Rediscovered” opens and will run until January 13, 2019, unveiling new discoveries made about the historic and famous jeweled art pieces owned by Post. Hillwood, located at 4155 Linnean
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DISCOVERING THE GREAT OUTDOORS Located in downtown Washington D.C., the National Geographic Museum hosts a variety of world-class exhibitions, interactive experiences and events to give visitors of all ages a first-rate experience. Featured exhibits, programs and films continuously rotate, so there’s always something new and exciting for visitors to explore. This spring, the National Geographic Museum is featuring a remarkable exhibit entitled, Day to Night: In the Field With Stephen Wilkes. Wilkes, a celebrated, award-winning photographer, shows visitors the Workers begin removing the worn marble that has encased the original burial shelf inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
astonishing outdoor changes that take place over the course of a day. In this exhibit, his imagery brings viewers from sunrise to sunset through the stunning transformation of day to night. Each photo is carefully crafted from over 1,500 images taken over a course of 15 to 30 hours from a fixed vantage point, showing viewers the scenes and changes taking place throughout the period of a day. Day to Night runs through April 29, 2018. The National Geographic Museum is located at 145 17th St., NW and is open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., except Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Admission is $15 for adults, $12 for students, seniors and military and $10 for children ages 5 to 12. Children ages 5 and under and annual pass members have free entry. For more information call 202-857-7700 or visit www.nationalgeographic.org/dc.
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MUSEUMS Nestled 42 miles outside Washington D.C., the National Sporting Library and Museum is located on a beautiful 6-acre campus. The institution dedicates itself to the preservation of art associated with outdoor sporting life, including equestrian, angling and field sports. Founded in 1954 as a public resource, today its library boasts 24,000 books, periodicals and archive collections, with its oldest titles dating back to the sixteenth century. The campus’s fine arts museum is housed in “Vine Hill,” a Federal-style home built in 1804. The museums’ permanent collection hosts fine examples of paintings, sculpture and other artifacts associated with the sporting life. This spring and summer, the museum is offering a notable exhibit entitled A Sporting Vision: The Paul Mellon Collection of British Sporting Art
from the VMFA. A traveling exhibition organized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, this collection includes pieces crafted by masters of the sporting artistic genre. Visitors are taken through the industrial revolutions of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the progression of outdoor sports, and the evolutionary history of the horse and other animals. The exhibit opens April 13, 2018 and runs through July 22, 2018. To coincide with this event, on April 22, 2018, the museum pays tribute to Mellon’s wife, Bunny. Meryl Gordon, author of Bunny Mellon: The Life of an American Style, will speak about Mrs. Mellon, including her life in Middleburg. Registration and admission are required to take part in this event. The National Sporting Library and Museum is located at 102 The Plains
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HAVANA Through the Space Age, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the internet era, Cubans held one constant: A Castro ruled the nation. That is about to change. Raul Castro, 86, is expected to step aside as Cuba’s president this week, ending the epochal run of two brothers who sent shock waves through 20th-century politics. Nearly two decades into this century, and less than two years after Fidel Castro’s death, his brother’s exit from Cuba’s top job leaves this insular island at a crossroads, weighing how fast, if at all, to embrace change. In a session of the National Assembly opening today, members are expected to replace Castro with Miguel Diaz-Canel, who has been serving as Cuba’s first vice president. Born after the revolution, Diaz-Canel, 57, grew up in the shadow of the guerrilleros who remain a powerful if aging force in Cuba’s decision-making apparatus. He is viewed as a consensus builder unlikely to push for quick reform. Castro has laid the groundwork for his exit for years, and the passing of the torch is highly symbolic. When Raul took the reins from Fidel in 2008, a Castro was still in charge. This time, the succession amounts to a tricky effort to build a new generation of leaders without the Castro name, considered essential to cementing Cuban communism. The transition is happening at a time when a decade-long opening under Castro has begun to alter Cuban life. Access to the internet is still subpar, but hot spots are more widely available. There are now more than 5 million cellphones in this nation of 11.5 million people. More than 550,000 Cubans work in the private sector. After years in which
Miguel Diaz-Canel, right, is likely to be chosen this week to succeed Raul Castro as Cuba’s president.
Cubans were forced to obtain permission to leave the country, these days they can travel freely. Yet in a country where streets are still swimming in 1950s Chevys and Fords, life can feel plagued with problems that never really went away. Locals talk of periodic shortages — eggs, potatoes, toilet paper. Turnout in recent municipal elections stood at 82.5 percent — the lowest in four decades, and a stunningly low number in a country where citizens face high pressure to vote. In a one-party state, few here are openly clamoring for radical political change. And in an important sense, this week’s transition will not mean the end of Castro leadership, since Raul will remain the head of the powerful Communist Party. Some are testing the boundaries of official tolerance through independent-minded blogs and social media. More Cubans are calling for economic prosperity.
Thaw turns chilly The transition of power in Cuba is complicated by a seesaw in U.S.-Cuba relations. The thaw that began under President Obama has given way to a new frost under President Trump. After allegations of a mysterious attack that left nearly two dozen U.S. diplomats stationed in Cuba with brain injuries, Washington has left only a skeleton crew at its embassy in Havana. The United States is now forcing Cubans looking for visas to apply in Guyana, nearly 2,000 miles away, putting the brakes on a host of personal trips and cultural exchanges. (TWP)
That desire for advancement is presenting Cuba’s ruling elite with a growing challenge: how and whether to more closely follow in the footsteps of communist societies like China and Vietnam, which have managed to ring-fence their one-party
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systems while vastly expanding the private sector. Though he lacks the Castro name, Diaz-Canel is without doubt blessed by Raul Castro. He has been a constant presence at the side of his reform-minded mentor. But he has also curried favor with the hard-liners, who have largely succeeded in stalling a more drastic opening here. Some Cubans hope that, given his relatively young age, DiazCanel may be willing to take economic reforms further than the Castros ever did. Yet he is also viewed as a party ideologue who was skeptical of the thaw with the U.S. under President Obama. Cuba watchers are waiting to see any shifts this week in the makeup of the nation’s ruling councils of ministers and state, and are particularly keen to see whether senior figures in the revolution, now in their 80s, remain in place. ANTHONY FAIOLA (THE WASHINGTON POST)
COURTS The Supreme Court said Tuesday that part of a federal law that makes it easier to deport immigrants who have been convicted of crimes is too vague to be enforced. The court’s 5-4 decision — in an unusual alignment in which President Trump-appointed Justice Neil Gorsuch, above, joined the four liberal justices — concerns a catchall provision of immigration law that defines what makes a crime violent. Conviction for a crime of violence makes deportation “a virtual certainty” for an immigrant, no matter how long he or she has lived in the U.S., Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her opinion for the court. The decision is a loss for Trump, who has emphasized stricter enforcement of immigration law. With the four other conservative justices in dissent, it was the vote of the Trump appointee that was decisive in striking down the provision. Gorsuch did not join all of Kagan’s opinion, but he agreed with her that the law could not be left in place. Gorsuch wrote that “no one should be surprised that the Constitution looks unkindly on any law so vague that reasonable people cannot understand its terms and judges do not know where to begin in applying it.” The case turned on a decision from 2015 that struck down a similarly worded part of another federal law that imposes longer prison sentences on repeat criminals. JESSICA GRESKO (AP)
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Texas Gov. George W. Bush, left, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, former President George H.W. Bush and Barbara pose for a photo in 1999.
the Great Recession. Only Abigail Adams, whose husband, John Adams, and son John Quincy Adams served as the second and sixth presidents, respectively, shared Mrs. Bush’s distinction of being the wife and mother of commanders in chief. Another Bush son, Jeb, served two terms as Florida governor before unsuccessfully seeking the Republican nomination for
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1925-2018 Barbara Bush, who was the wife of one president and the mother of another and whose embrace of her image as America’s warmhearted grandmother belied her influence and mettle, died Tuesday. She was 92. The office of her husband, former president George H.W. Bush, issued a statement announcing her death but did not disclose the cause. She was reportedly battling chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure. Her family announced Sunday that she had “decided not to seek additional medical treatment” after recent hospitalizations amid her “failing health.” As the matriarch of one of America’s political dynasties, Mrs. Bush spent a half-century in the public eye. She was portrayed as the consummate wife and homemaker as her husband rose from Texas oilman to commander in chief. They had six children, the eldest of whom, George W. Bush, became president. Their eldest daughter, Robin, died at age 3 of leukemia, a tragedy that had a profound impact on the family. Her husband served two terms as vice president under Ronald Reagan and then one as president, from 1989 to 1993. On his watch, the Cold War ended, and the nation and its allies achieved a swift and crushing victory over Iraq in the Persian Gulf War — before a faltering economy largely doomed his re-election prospects. George W. Bush, a former governor of Texas, was president from 2001 to 2009, and after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, he led the country into long-lasting wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the rumblings of
are a lot of great families, and it’s not just four families or whatever. There are other people out there that are very qualified,” she remarked, adding — with her characteristic bluntness — that “we’ve had enough Bushes.” But once her son entered the race, she was 100 percent in — and she did not mince words about her distaste for his primary opponent, Donald Trump. In a joint interview with Jeb before the New Hampshire primary, she unflinchingly stated that it was “incomprehensible” to her that anyone would vote for Trump, particularly women, in light of his abusive comments about them. A relatively unknown national figure until her husband became vice president, Mrs. Bush was comfortable as a backstage force. Within the Bush clan, she was known as “the enforcer.” “She may be a lot of people’s grandmother,” Jeb Bush told Newsday in 1990 when asked about his mother’s soothing, even matronly persona as first lady, “but she was our drill sergeant when we were growing up.” By her account, she had evolved from a shy, socially “square” 16-year-old schoolgirl smitten at the sight of her 17-year-old future husband at a Christmas dance in Greenwich, Conn. At 19, she left her elite women’s college — Smith — to marry him. According to Peter and Rochelle Schweizer’s 2004 book, “The Bushes: Portrait of a Dynasty,” Barbara Bush for years maintained and meticulously curated a network of tens of thousands of contacts and friends that she saved on index cards for social and fund-raising reasons. By the time the Bushes got to the White House and automated the card file, they had a Christmas card list in excess of 10,000 names.
Barbara Bush, then the first lady, poses with the family dog, Millie, in 1990.
Barbara watches as George H.W. Bush is sworn in as president on Jan. 20, 1989.
president in 2016. Mrs. Bush was proud of her family’s achievements but expressed reservations — especially as Jeb Bush mounted his White House bid — about whether it was healthy in a democracy for one family to accumulate so much power. In a “Today” show interview, she called Jeb Bush “by far the best-qualified man.” But “there
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Ryan Zimmerman hit .111 with an OPS of just .390 in his first 17 games of the season.
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Zimmerman isn’t offering much protection for hot-hitting Harper in the Nationals’ lineup MLB So far, it looks like pitchers don’t want to give Bryce Harper anything to hit. Heading into Tuesday night’s game, the Nationals’ right fielder had seen just 37.5 percent of pitches in the strike zone, his lowest rate since 2013, his second year in the majors. Harper, 25, will rarely chase pitches, swinging 21.8 percent of the time when they’re outside the zone. The benefits of his approach are twofold: He waits for a pitch he likes so he can crush it, or he gets a free pass to first base. Through Monday, Harper’s slugging percentage age w was .919
on pitches in the strike zone, the third-highest in the majors among players with at least as many atbats (54). He led the majors with eight homers in his first 17 games. Harper was also drawing a walk in 27 percent of his plate appearances. Over a full season, that would be the third-highest rate in MLB history, behind two seasons from Barry Bonds. What makes Harper’s feat more interesting is that pitchers threw more than 41 percent of pitches to Bonds in the strike zone over those seasons, perhaps out of fear of who was batting behind him in the order.
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This season, Harper isn’t getting much protection from first baseman Ryan Zimmerman, whose .390 OPS entering Tuesday was well below average. It’s no wonder pitchers don’t mind
avoiding the strike zone against Harper — there is barely a penalty for doing so. Zimmerman was also 2-for-18 (.111) with five strikeouts with Harper on base. To be fair, Zimmerman has been unlucky so far. Based on his exit velocities and launch angles, his expected slugging percentage was above-average (.442), but the actual rate was .204. Of the four times he had made contact on the sweet spot of the bat, also known as a barrel, just one — a home run off Atlanta’s Julio Teheran on April 3 — wasn’t an out. Each of those at-bats had at least a 73 percent chance of becoming a hit. Zimmerman hasn’t been the only batter struggling to produce with Harper on base. Through Monday, the team was 13-for-62 (.210) in those situations, yet we would expect it to be .356 based on each hit’s launch angle and exit velocity. The team’s batting average on balls in play (BABIP) BIP) with runners in scoring position ition was .262 — only the Giants (.205) 205) and Rockies (.260) were worse orse among NL teams. The league ague average is .297. NEIL GREENBERGG
Embiid ‘sick and tired of being babied’ After watching from the bench while the Heat evened a first-round playoff series against the 76ers with a 113-103 win in Game 2 on Monday, Philadelphia center Joel Embiid lashed out on social media. “F---ing sick and tired of being babied,” Embiid wrote in an Instagram post. Dating back to the regular season, Embiid has missed 10 games with a facial fracture and head injury. He had been fitted for a protective mask and cleared the NBA’s concussion program before Monday. “I promised the city the playoffs. ... I just want the green light to play,” he explained to ESPN, which reported that Embiid could return to the series in Miami but may not be ready for Game 3 on Thursday. ay. (EXPRESS) S)
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The top prospect in the Nationals’ system, 20-year-old dynamo Victor Robles, will not need surgery on the left elbow he hyperextended on an awkward dive last week. The injury is still serious, manager Dave Martinez said, but does not seem likely kely to cost him the entire season, as was originally feared. “It looks like months,” Martinez said. The outfielder’s der’s elbow was too swollen for thorough examination until Monday, when no tears were found. (TWP) Playoff games for Wizards and Capitals ended after Express’ deadline Tuesday
Oklahoma City’s George (hip), Utah’s Mitchell (foot) questionable for Game 2 tonight (8, NBATV)
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World Cup host Russia charged with fan racism FIFA charged Russia with fan racism Tuesday, less than two months before the World Cup begins in that country. Monkey chants were aimed at black French players during France’s 3-1 friendly win over Russia in St. Petersburg last month. The Russian Football Union said it is cooperating with a FIFA probe and working to identify the culprits, who would be banned from World Cup and Russian league games. The RFU paid fines for fan racism at the past two European Championships. (AP)
If the Redskins want to address their two biggest needs, they’ll use their first pick on a nose tackle or a running back in NFL draft, which starts April 26 — a week from Thursday. But alternate plans are necessary in case the players the Redskins like are off the board when they make their first pick at No. 13 overall. Trading down could allow Washington to recoup some value and still address those needs — or possibly get a look at a cornerback or receiver who has fallen. Here are the top players to watch in the first round, according to position.
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The Redskins are looking at Washington’s Vita Vea first, but there’s a growing fear that Oakland will pick him at No. 10 overall. Alabama’s Da’Ron Payne represents a solid Plan B. Vea’s initial punch is what NFL scouts most love. One step off the snap and boom, he can bull rush past guards and centers. A two-gap defender with tremendous strength could shore up Washington’s long-needed run defense. But Vea is considered raw and needs to better recognize blocking schemes. Payne is a better run stopper than pass rusher, and he has history playing next to Redskins defensive end Jonathan Allen at Alabama.
The Redskins appear to love LSU’s Derrius Guice, reportedly hosting him at the team complex Monday. In the NFL, that doesn’t mean much. It could be a diversionary tactic to confuse other teams. Guice, a well-balanced runner with power to move the pile, makes a lot of sense for Washington, just not as high as the No. 13 pick. If the Redskins add a pick by trading down, Guice would be a nice fit late in the first round. A handful of quality running backs could be picked on the second or third day — San Diego State’s Rashaad Penny comes to mind — and Washington will likely draft one.
Washington hasn’t quit on Josh Doctson, who showed signs of growth with six touchdown catches last season after an Achilles injury sidelined the 2016 first-round pick for most of his rookie year. Alabama’s Calvin Ridley, however, could tempt the Redskins to add another player capable of developing into a No. 1 receiver. Ridley can run every route but is best used as a deep threat. Paul Richardson signed in the offseason, but he’s a complementary player. Coach Jay Gruden might lobby for the 6-foot-3 target, who needs to add muscle but is capable of stealing Doctson’s job.
Another Crimson Tide player, Minkah Fitzpatrick, is a new-age hybrid who can play safety and cornerback. Fitzpatrick was a rare freshman starter at Alabama and played both positions there. Known as a high IQ player, Fitzpatrick is probably a safety in the NFL, where he can creep into the box as a linebacker in some packages and line up in the slot against fast receivers in others. He can be an intimidator like Redskins predecessors Sean Taylor and LaRon Landry, but he’s also a ballhawk the team badly needs. The Chuck Bednarik Award winner can play right away.
If the Redskins drop down, Louisville’s Jaire Alexander could be a candidate to replace Kendall Fuller as the nickel corner. A knee injury cost Alexander nearly half of his senior year, but he has shown the smarts needed to anticipate routes and the closing speed to mask his mistakes. Watch his eyes on tape — they never leave the quarterback. But, like former Washington corner Bashaud Breeland, Alexander can be overly aggressive and draws a lot of pass interference penalties. He is also a punt returner, which means he could allow Jamison Crowder to focus on offense full-time.
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Richmond seeks better deal
Unless the Redskins make significant financial concessions, it appears the team won’t be invited back to Richmond when its eight-year deal expires in 2020. The deadline to extend the agreement is in July. In March, eight of the nine members on the city council supported a resolution stating the city would not re-up unless the Redskins agreed to cover the remaining costs of the $11 million facility the city built for the team. (THE WASHINGTON POST)
Seven-time Pro Bowl center Nick Mangold, 34, will sign one-day deal to retire with Jets
Ford is bringing its Mustang to NASCAR’s top series for the first time. The automaker said Tuesday that the Mustang will replace the Fusion in the Monster Energy Cup Series beginning next February at Daytona. Team owner Roger Penkse slipped earlier this year, divulging that Ford would have a new body in 2019. This will be Ford’s fourth Cup model in NASCAR’s modern era (since 1972), following the Thunderbird, the Taurus and the Fusion. (AP) USA WRESTLING
Sports editors don’t like new background checks The Associated Press Sports Editors organization has recommended members refrain from covering USA Wrestling events after the federation said it will require journalists to undergo a background check to cover its events. The requirements — matching those for coaches, referees and officials — include an hour-long U.S. Center for Safe Sports online video designed to prevent sexual abuse of athletes. APSE President Jeff Rosen, sports editor of The Kansas City Star, said in an email Tuesday that the policy is “probably well-intentioned” but that “making journalists qualify for a membership ... is misguided.” (AP)
Dez Bryant tells 247Sports that playing with the Giants and Beckham would be “crazy”
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Derek Smalls isn’t ready to tap out yet MUSIC Spinal Tap has been silent for years, but one of the band’s septuagenarian rockers has turned his amps up to 11 once again: bassist Derek Smalls. Smalls is the satirical character played by comedian Harry Shearer — also known for “Saturday Night Live” and “The Simpsons” — in “This Is Spinal Tap,” the 1984 mockumentary about a British heavy-metal band. Spinal Tap may not be a real band, but it has released real music. Last Friday, Smalls released his first full solo album, for his 75th birthday. The record, titled “Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing),” is about growing old in the modern world. The fictional rocker is embarking on a real nationwide tour, which ends July 19 at the Kennedy Center, where he’ll play with the National
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On the end of Spinal Tap “This time it seemed to be some me air of finality to it, to the unreeturned phone calls and such,” he e says. Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest’s character), who played lead guitar in the band, now spends his time breeding miniature animals — first horses, then goats. Meanwhile, lead singer David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) sends the occasional letter. Unfortunately, they’re all written in Chinese pictograms.
On the record’s themes “They say write about what you know. I thought, what do I know? I know I’m getting older, so I’ll write about that,” Smalls says. “Friends said, ‘Derek, that’s very limiting, that idea,’ and I said, ‘no,’ and then I thought about it, and I said, ‘no’ again. And
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John Prine thinks about things. And when he does, people want to hear what he has to say. That’s why Prine will never join some past-their-prime legends who flounder as they try to recapture old magic. On “Tree of Forgiveness,” the 71-year-old folk singer’s first album of original material in 13 years, Prine rekindles the straight-ahead spirit that made him an icon. “When I Get to Heaven,” the album’s raucous closer, imagines the afterlife as a place where he can order a cocktail and forgive everyone who’s ever done him wrong. It’s a joyous, fun-loving take on what lies ahead. SCOTT STROUD STR (AP)
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entertainment Versatile singer and Gotye collaborator is on the path to stardom MUSIC If there’s any justice, Kimbra’s third studio album should be the one that finally catapults the New Zealander to pop stardom. On the 12-track “Primal Heart,” out Friday, the multiinstrumentalist singer-songwriter shows off her impressive range, which includes glistening technopop, string-and-piano-fed torch songs and a world beat-driven
club banger. Born Kimbra Johnson, the singer has two Grammys, thanks to her collaboration ‘Primal Heart’ with Gotye on Kimbra 2012’s “Somebody That I Used to Know.” She is joined by Skrillex for the hypnotic “Top of the World,” which combines African rhythms with such bombastic lyrics as, “Talk like I be the messiah.” If that’s her on top, a few songs later she’s broken and beaten on
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New Zealand’s Kimbra is tired of people asking her, “Aren’t you somebody that I used to know?”
the achingly intimate “Version of Me,” in which she wrestles with her faults and begs a lover to “stay for the person I’ll be.” She reaches back to an almost Motown girl group feel on “Past Love” and gets distorted and moody on “Real Life.” John Congleton, who won a Grammy for St. Vincent’s selftitled album, teams with Kimbra to produce the album, for which she co-wrote every song. As she sings on the single “Like They Do on the TV,” “I’m older now/ But I feel my time start to begin.” MARK KENNEDY (AP)
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“I almost got emotional. I was like, ‘I have never been paid the same as my male counterparts. Never, never.’ ” EVAN RACHEL WOOD, telling The Wrap that she will earn equal pay for the eventual third season of HBO’s “Westworld” after being paid less than her male co-stars for the first two seasons
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trending “This looks like Tom Brady which is funny until you realize that 2018 has no rules so it’s actually possible it was Tom Brady.” @TALKTOSKIRT, tweeting about the internet theory/joke that Tom Brady was the man who intimidated Stormy Daniels in 2011. “The View” on Tuesday released the police sketch from the incident and many became convinced that it was Brady. “Don’t even try to tell me that’s not Tom Brady,” @ParkerMolloy tweeted. But the sketch sparked a lot of other theories, too. Other look-alikes floated on social media: Michael C. Hall, Anthony Scaramucci, Jon Bon Jovi and Willem Dafoe.
“Richard Cohen personifies the saying that when you are accustomed to privilege, equality can feel like oppression.”
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“It’s going to keep getting harder and harder to tell what’s real.” @JONLOVETT, reacting to a video released Tuesday by BuzzFeed that
shows what appears to be a PSA about fake news read by former President Barack Obama. In the video, Obama says a number of shocking things, including, “President Trump is a total and complete dips---.” But it’s not real. It’s an example of the capabilities of artificial intelligence. While Obama’s lips move perfectly with the words, the voice is actually that of filmmaker Jordan Peele.
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“My own mother sent me a rose on valentine’s day cos she thought I’d be the only kid without one.” @STEPHBOULET, sharing an embarrassing story from high school. BuzzFeed’s David Mack shared that he once had to go to the hospital after somoene pulled a chair out from under him, and he asked others to share more examples. @GreenEyedLilo tweeted: “I had a homecoming date ... until I found out the boy was in a competition to bring the ugliest girl to the dance.”
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) You may have to juggle several key issues today, and nothing is likely to be resolved just yet. Keep those balls in the air. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) How you tell a certain story is far more important today than the actual events you are sharing. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You don’t want to get involved in anything that you think will be uninspiring or merely routine. Find what truly excites you. CANCER (June 21-July 22) Be direct and honest in your dealings with someone who holds your immediate future in his or her hands. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You know right from wrong today, and though it may be difficult to get others to see your point of view, it is important that you do so.
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do things in the right order today. Don’t make the mistake of thinking that your way is always the best way. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You may have to come up with something creative and effective without much preparation today. Try dusting off a favorite old idea. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You may have to follow a rather winding path today in order to get to a certain destination that looms ahead. It’s farther than you think.
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You may become frustrated today when things become heated and you are shut out of a discussion because of your personal views. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You must avoid doing something just for the money. If you’re not going to benefit in some other way, it’s not for you.
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might be more interested in what you are doing than you are. You can learn something from someone close. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) That which seems indirect is, in fact, much more direct than you could possibly imagine — and you’ll be dealing with it before day’s end.
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1775: Paul Revere begins his famous ride from Charlestown to Lexington, Mass., warning colonists that British Regular troops were approaching.
1938: Superman, aka “The Man of Steel,” makes his debut as the first issue of Action Comics goes on sale for 10 cents a copy. (In 2014, a nearly flawless original copy was sold on eBay for $3.2 million.)
1943: Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, commander-inchief of the Japanese Combined Fleet, dies when his plane is shot down during a dogfight with U.S. fighters near Bougainville in the Solomon Islands.
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