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WHAT A YOLK: Despite rain and a tainted-egg scare, members of the World Brotherhood of the Huge Omelet create an enormous omelet for the community in Malmedy, Belgium, on Tuesday. About 10,000 eggs were used in the annual event.
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Ohio officials have granted a woman’s request to have “covfefe,” President Trump’s mysterious tweeted typo, on her license plate. Brittany Scott, 29, says she wrote in her application that her request stemmed from a tweet from the 45th president, and the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles approved it. A bureau committee examines applications for vanity plates, denying profane, obscene or sexually explicit ones. (AP)
As soon as weather cooperates, a tree removal company will try to uproot a mysterious object with steel legs that is lodged on a Rhode Island beach. Poor conditions postponed a Tuesday attempt. The circular object located about 10 feet off shore at low tide has puzzled beachgoers. It has eight stainless steel legs and is capped with concrete. Oceanographers say it could be part of a device used to monitor currents and sediment flow. (AP)
A Wisconsin man came perilously close to death after accidentally shooting a nail into his chest. Doug Bergeson said he was working on a house he’s building when his nail gun accidentally fired. He thought the nail had just nicked him until he saw that only about an inch of the 3½-inch nail was sticking out of his chest. Bergeson says he washed up and calmly drove to a hospital. A surgeon said Bergson was “quite fortunate.” (AP)
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page three Yechhh! Brown water reported in Maryland. MARYLAND Hundreds of people in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties have been complaining about discolored, brownish water gushing from their taps, but the problem is one of appearance and not of safety, authorities said. Since the start of this month, the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, which serves the two Maryland counties, has received more than 700 complaints about the color of the water, the utility said Monday. In the spring, it said, about 200 to 300 such complaints are logged each month. But the utility’s CEO, Carla A. Reid, said no adverse health effects are expected. “I want all our customers to know that WSSC water is safe,” she said. However, she ack nowl edged what might be called the “Yechhh! effect.”
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The WSSC warns residents in Montgomery and Prince George’s of doing laundry with brown water.
“From an aesthetic standpoint,” she said, “the water is unacceptable.” Apologizing to customers whose faucets spewed discolored water, she expressed apologies. “Our customers should not have to think twice about their drinking water when they turn on their taps,” she said. From the WSSC explanation, it appears that the unappealing-looking H2O seems to have
been created by a combination of nature, health concerns and chemistry. According to a WSSC statement, the heavy rains of recent days and weeks may have washed more decayed leaves, tree bark, branches and other vegetation into the Potomac River. The river is the source of much of the water provided by the utility. So when will matters clear up? Not for a while, the WSSC said. “Unfortunately,” said the utility’s director of production, J.C. Langley, “the aesthetic issue … will be around for the next several weeks until river conditions change.” What are residents of Montgomery and Prince George’s to do in the meantime? Well, basically, it appears, most of what they usually do, with a major exception. WSSC said it is NOT recommending discolored water for doing laundry. If clothes get stained, it said, wash them again, at once, with a rust remover product. MARTIN WEIL (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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The frequency the average D.C. Twitter user drops the F-bomb per 1,000 tweets, according to a medium.com report last month. The study looked at over 10 million tweets from the 48 contiguous states and found that on average, users put the F-word in roughly 21 out of every 1,000 tweets. The state to use the most F-words? Wyoming, at 27.6 times per 1,000 tweets. (EXPRESS)
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Investigators: Pipe was disconnected before 2016 blast that killed 7
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SILVER SPRING Federal investigators said they found a disconnected vent pipe in the basement room where natural gas built up before a lethal explosion last year at a Silver Spring apartment complex. When and why the pipe was disconnected have not been determined, but the disconnect would have bypassed a safety feature meant to vent gas from the basement room of the building to the exterior, investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives wrote in a preliminary report on the Aug. 10, 2016, explosion that killed seven people and left more than 100 homeless. “The person who disconnected the vent pipe, as well as his/her intentions in doing so, are as of yet to be determined,” investigators wrote. ATF investigators, who are working with the National Transportation Safety Board, said that for now the cause of the explosion and fire that followed are undetermined pending additional testing. Added tests also would be needed to determine the source of the natural gas leak. Tenants at the Flower Branch
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Apartments tossed children from windows to people below and were left running down stairs crumbling beneath them when the explosion occurred just before midnight. ATF, in its report made public Tuesday, said that the disaster was an explosion that triggered a fire — not the other way around — and that teams did not find that gasoline had been spread in the building or that a clandestine drug lab could have accounted for the damage. The explosion occurred in the meter room of 8701 Arliss St., one of two apartment buildings damaged. Investigators said the damage to 8703 and 8705 Arliss St. was caused by those buildings’
proximity to 8701 Arliss. The ATF report, among hundreds of pages of documents released in connection with the deadly explosion, also said that several witnesses described smelling the odor of natural gas in the days and hours leading up to the explosion. County officials had previously said that a resident of the building on July 25 reported smelling gas. But firefighters who responded to the call using detection meters to search for gas throughout the building found “no positive hits.” The investigation is being led by the NTSB’s Railroad, Pipeline, and Hazardous Materials Investigations division. LORI ARATANI (THE WASHINGTON POST)
Alexandria seeks help to rename road The city of Alexandria is conducting an online survey seeking suggestions for renaming Jefferson Davis Highway. In parts of Alexandria, the highway designated as U.S. 1 is also named for the man who served as president of the Confederacy during the Civil War. Last year, the Alexandria city council voted unanimously to begin the process of renaming the highway. An advisory group working on the name change has posted a survey on the city’s website soliciting ideas for new names. The survey will run through Sept. 15. The advisory group is expected to recommend a new name to the city manager in October. The move is part of a trend of removing Confederate monuments and designations around the U.S. (AP)
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The Lincoln Memorial was vandalized with red spray paint early Tuesday, authorities said. At about 4:30 a.m., graffiti was found on a column at the memorial, the National Park Service said in a statement. The graffiti appeared to say “f--- law,” the statement said. Additional graffiti that couldn’t be read was found in silver spray paint on a Smithsonian wayfinding sign on the 1400 block of Constitution Avenue, according to the statement. The graffiti at the Lincoln Memorial was to be removed with “a mild, gel-type architectural paint stripper,” the Park Service said. (TWP)
D.C. police arrest 13-year-old boy in carjacking attempt last week
The Bell 407 helicopter involved in the weekend crash that killed two Virginia State Police officers in Charlottesville, Va., crashed in 2010, officials at the National Transportation Safety Board confirmed Tuesday. That crash occurred in May 2010, when the helicopter lost power during a training flight. Two troopers were on board, but did not suffer serious injuries. A preliminary report on the incident will be completed in two to three weeks, NTSB officials said. (TWP) THE DISTRICT
Man with swastika tattoo removed from D.C. pool Officials say a man with swastikas, upside-down crosses and “666” drawn on his body was escorted out of a D.C. pool after patrons raised concerns to lifeguards and the confrontation escalated. The man with tattoos was not arrested, as the Protective Services Division responded when police were called. D.C.’s Parks and Recreation department said in a statement that the man was asked to leave the Rumsey Aquatic Center on Sunday afternoon for “offensive language and inappropriate behavior.” (AP) VIRGINIA
Gerald Halpin, developer of Tysons, dies at 94 Gerald T. Halpin, the first real estate developer to build in Tysons Corner and one of the most prolific and successful developers in the D.C. area, died Monday in Jackson, Wyo. He was 94. His daughter, Christina Halpin Bourdeaux, confirmed the death but did not disclose the cause. Halpin moved to Jackson from Fairfax County a few years ago. He developed more than 100 major real estate projects during a career spanning more than five decades. They included four major projects at or near Tysons Corner and several thousand apartments in Northern Virginia. (AP)
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local Metro lowers speeds on parts of Red, Blue, Orange and Silver lines TRANSPORTATION Riders on four lines may notice their commute times grow in the coming months, as Metro slows trains to a maximum speed of 35 mph in critical stretches of the system, in what officials say is an effort to bolster reliability. Metro said Monday it is imposing stricter speed limits on two track segments where trains were already limited to 45 mph,
as officials aim to reduce power draw on portions of the Red, Orange, Blue and Silver lines. Trains have been ordered to slow to a maximum of 35 mph on stretches from Medical Center to Union Station on the Red Line, from Rosslyn to Minnesota Avenue on the Orange Line and from Rosslyn to Benning Road on the Blue and Silver lines. Speed restrictions were originally imposed in those areas after the Federal Transit Administration issued a directive intended to reduce power draw last year, but the latest order
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— from Metro itself — slows train speeds even more. Greater Greater Washington first reported on the new speed restrictions Monday, after obtaining an internal memo explaining the changes and that they could be in effect for a full year. Metro said the changes were expected to have a “minimal impact” because trains don’t travel at max speeds through downtown. The segments extend beyond downtown, however, and the 35 mph limit is far below Metro’s maximum of 59 mph. FAIZ SIDDIQUI (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Honoring traitors: Rebel base names disgrace facilities The Confederate tributes — base names, statues and flag representations — revere those who supported the enslavement of African-Americans. The display of Confederate symbols today is an affirmation of white supremacy and black oppression. But that is not the only reason all Americans should be outraged. Even Confederate flagwaving racists who consider themselves patriotic should consider the treason the symbols represent. Many of these memorials honor those who, although not tried as traitors, certainly fit this constitutional definition: “Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.” Removing the military base names and the statues is not erasing history. In fact, more people need to know the true history of the Confederacy, so they won’t get stuck in the “that’s my heritage” trap. Patriotic organizations of veterans, whose professional ancestors were killed by Confederates, have been slow to condemn the rebel symbols. But the largest group, the American
Options for the government to free up money Q. If the debt ceiling isn’t raised on time, can the government tap Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) accounts to prevent a default?
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With all the attention on the white nationalist terrorist attack in Charlottesville, Va., let’s not forget Uncle Sam’s curious comforting of treasonous Confederates. While places like Maryland, New Orleans and Charlottesville have taken action against pro-slavery and Confederate statues, 10 U.S. military bases continue to honor the rebels by carrying names of their leaders. Consider the irony: American military facilities are named after Confederate generals who waged war on the U.S. government and killed its troops. How crazy is that? “We will never solve America’s race problem if we continue to honor traitors who fought against the United States in order to keep African-Americans in chains,” said Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Cedric L. Richmond, D-La. “By the way, thank God, they lost.” No help in solving the “race problem” comes from President Trump, who continues, appallingly, to comfort white nationalists by leveling “blame on both sides” for the Charlottesville violence.
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Legion, has now done so. In reaction to the attack in Charlottesville, where Nazi sympathizer James Alex Fields Jr. allegedly rammed his car into a crowd, killing Heather Heyer, the American Legion issued this condemnation: “Americans fought fascism and crushed the Nazis in World War II, and anyone who waves a Nazi flag on our soil is, by very definition, anti-American. The disgusting displays of hatred and bigotry on display in Charlottesville dishonor all veterans who fought and died to stamp out fascism. We have one flag:
the American flag. We are one people: the American people.” The Legion, which later included the Confederate flag as “anti-American,” had nothing to say about changing the base names. Neither did a Pentagon spokesman, who offered, “at this time, there is no discussion on this topic.” There needs to be. Honoring the traitors and racists of the Confederacy, particularly by the U.S. government, should be unthinkable. Follow Joe Davidson on Twitter @joedavidsonWP
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How much power does a president have on nuclear war? Each week, The Washington Post’s “Can He Do That?” podcast examines the powers and limitations of the presidency. In the latest episode, we discuss the president’s power to launch nukes with White House reporter Jenna Johnson; Jonathan Pollack, an expert in North Korean history; and Peter Feaver, a professor who’s worked in past administrations on counter-proliferation and nuclear arms control. Subscribe to “Can He Do That?” on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you get podcasts. Newport News, Va., company operating Miss. shipyard repays $9.2M to U.S. government to settle overbilling
A. Money in the 401(k)-style TSP is the personal property of account holders — current federal employees (and military personnel) and those who keep their accounts open after leaving. However, the government can “disinvest” the TSP’s government securities fund (G Fund), which consists of securities the Treasury Department issues each day just for that fund. By not issuing those securities, it can remove some of the national debt — the obligation to pay them off — from its books. It actually has been doing that since March, although the money freed up by that and other financial maneuvers also being used will run out around late September. While disinvestment upsets many TSP investors, it doesn’t directly affect them: They earn the same interest and can withdraw or borrow against their money as normal. When the ceiling is raised, it’s as if nothing had happened. The other TSP investment funds track stock and bond markets. Those investments are held by a financial firm under contract with the TSP. “The Treasury has no authority to access that money,” TSP spokeswoman Kim Weaver said. ERIC YODER (TWP)
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nation+world Arizona officials warn to keep pets on a leash and avoid dead animals HEALTH Public health officials in two Arizona counties are warning residents about the discovery of plague bacteria, an endemic concern among those who live in the American Southwest but unsettling nonetheless, given the disease’s devastating impact on human history. Navajo and Coconino counties are adjacent to one another, and in each community the findings are identical: Fleas carrying Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes plague, were discovered this month and pose a potentially
grave threat to people and their pets, especially cats. Fleas can bite rabbits, prairie dogs and other rodents — and anything that may eat them — and transfer the disease to pets, who in turn can infect humans. Cats who get plague transmit it through their cough. Dogs typically carry the fleas on their fur, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explains. Health officials cautioned residents and visitors to keep their pets leashed and to avoid touching dead animals. Evidence of a large die-off could indicate plague is present, they say. Scientists have been testing a plague vaccine for prairie dogs, enticing them to eat it by baiting them with peanut butter-flavored
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Rouhani threatens to boost nuclear program Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned Tuesday that Iran could ramp up its nuclear program and quickly achieve a more advanced level if the U.S. continues “threats and sanctions” against the country. Rouhani’s remarks to lawmakers were his most direct warning that the landmark nuclear accord Iran signed in 2015 could fall apart. (AP)
U.S. Geological Survey study published in June. In humans, plague is treatable with antibiotics if detected early, but the symptoms can grow deadly serious very quick. Whereas bubonic plague is perhaps the best known form, septicemic plague and pneumonic plague are equally serious. The former can cause an infected person’s skin and limbs to turn black and die. The latter afflicts the lungs and can lead to respiratory failure. Today, fatal human cases are rare, averaging just seven a year. Arizona, California, Colorado and New Mexico experience the highest concentration of cases. ANDREW DEGRANDPRE
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Uber settles with FTC in customer data case Uber has agreed to settle accusations by the Federal Trade Commission that the ride-hailing company failed to protect consumers’ sensitive data. One source of the FTC’s concern was an Uber program known as “God View,” which allowed company employees to monitor the real-time locations of customers. Per the settlement, Uber will be hiring an outside firm to monitor its privacy practices. (TWP)
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Thousands flee as Iraq strikes ISIS-held town Thousands of Iraqis have fled Tal Afar, an Islamic State-held town west of Mosul, as Iraqi and coalition warplanes step up strikes ahead of a ground offensive to drive out the militants. Tal Afar and the surrounding area is one of the last pockets of ISIS-held territory left in Iraq. (AP)
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Edinburgh University scientists, using radar technology to peer through Antarctica’s ice sheets, have found 91 volcanos lurking beneath — one of the world’s largest volcanic concentrations, rivaling even the East African region where Mount Kilimanjaro is found, The Guardian reports. It is unknown how active these volcanoes are, but an eruption could destabilize and melt the continent’s ice sheets. (EXPRESS)
NEW DELHI | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation from the ramparts of the historical Red Fort in New Delhi on Tuesday, the country’s Independence Day. In an hour-long speech to mark the 70th anniversary of India’s independence from British rule in 1947, Modi pledged to wipe out corruption and usher in good governance, urging people to help him build a prosperous and united “New India.”
Large tree falls in New York’s Central Park, injuring one woman and three children
Hillary Clinton’s pastor, the Rev. Bill Shillady, said he was “stunned” to learn that part of the prayer commentary he sent her the day after she lost the presidential election mirrored an earlier blog post by an Indiana pastor. That devotional is at the heart of a book Shillady published Tuesday about the devotions of Clinton. He apologized to the pastor who wrote the prayer. (AP)
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Officials in Sierra Leone say 300 have died and 600 unaccounted for
Fewer in U.S. are dying from lightning strikes MANIKA KAMARA (AP)
FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE Fatmata Kamara had just stepped outside her house before dawn Monday when she saw the muddy hillside collapsing above her. The only thing she could do was run. She was one of the survivors, those who managed to escape the surging mudslides and floodwaters in and around Sierra Leone’s capital that killed more than 300 people, many of them trapped as they slept. Another 600 people are missing, the Red Cross said Tuesday, and the death toll is expected to rise. Thousands lost their homes in the disaster, which was triggered by heavy rains. “I ran away from the house, leaving behind my family,” Kamara said. “I am the only one that has survived, as my house and dozens of others were covered with mud and boulders.” Rescuers dug with their bare hands through the thick mud to try to find any survivors in the debris of the homes. Heavy equipment was later brought in, said government spokesman Cornelius Deveaux. The military also was deployed to help. Some bodies were swept into the sea off the coast of the West
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African nation and have begun washing back ashore. The mortuary of the Connaught Hospital in central Freetown said more than 300 bodies of men, women and children were brought there, and many were laid out on the floor. Deveaux said an exact death toll was unknown, and many of the bodies were horribly mangled. An estimated 9,000 people have been affected by the disaster, said Abdul Nasir of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. In one sign of hope, two people were pulled alive from the debris Monday evening. The U.N. said it is providing emergency assistance. CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY (AP)
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WEATHER Lightning — once one of nature’s biggest killers — is claiming far fewer lives in the United States, mostly because we’ve learned to get out of the way. In the 1940s, when there were fewer people, lightning killed 329 people annually. So far this year, 13 people have died after being struck, on pace for a record low of 17 deaths. Taking the growing population into account, the death rate has shrunk more than fortyfold since record-keeping began in 1940. Lightning strikes have not changed — they hit about the same amount as they used to, said Pennsylvania State University meteorology professor Paul Markowski. A big difference: Fewer of us are outside during bad weather because we’ve been taught to stay indoors during a storm. If we’re not indoors, we’re in cars. Vehicles with metal roofs are safe from lightning, experts say. “As a society we spend less time outside,” said Harold Brooks, a scientist at the National Weather Service’s National Severe Storms Laboratory. “Especially farmers. There just aren’t many farmers around.” Improved medical care also has played a key role, including wider use of defibrillators and more CPR-trained bystanders. That helps explain the decrease in yearly lightning deaths, which dropped to 31 on average for the years 20072016. SETH BORENSTEIN (AP)
Death toll in monsoon flooding and landslides in India, southern Nepal and Bangladesh rises to 245
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A monumental divide As many officials rush to remove Confederate statues, Trump warns it’s ‘changing history’
U.S. vet returns dead Japanese soldier’s flag JONATHAN DREW (AP)
CULTURE In Gainesville, Fla., workers hired by the Daughters of the Confederacy chipped away at a Confederate soldier’s statue, loaded it quietly on a truck and drove away with little fanfare. In Baltimore, Mayor Catherine Pugh said she’s ready to tear down all of her city’s Confederate statues, and the city council voted to have them destroyed. San Antonio lawmakers are looking ahead to removing a statue from a prominent downtown park. Last weekend’s deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., is accelerating the removal of Confederate monuments in cities across the nation in much the same way that a 2015 mass shooting by a white supremacist in Charleston, S.C., led to the end of the Confederate flag being flown on public property. “We should not glorify a part of our history in front of our buildings that really is a testament to America’s original sin,” Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe said Monday after the statue known as “Old Joe” was returned to the United Daughters of the Confederacy, which erected it in 1904. Some people refused to wait. Protesters in Durham, N.C., used a rope to pull down a nearly century-old statue of a soldier in front of an old courthouse Monday. Many officials who were horrified by the events that killed one person and injured dozens more Saturday in Charlottesville soon began publicizing plans to remove statues. But not everyone is in favor of destruction. Speaking Tuesday at Trump Tower in Manhattan, President Trump emphasized repeatedly
Protesters in Durham, N.C., used rope to take down a nearly century-old Confederate statue on Monday.
Confederate monuments across the U.S. The Southern Poverty Law Center last year counted more than 1,500 things around the country named after Confederate figures or dedicated to the Confederacy, including holidays, statues, flags and the names of cities, counties, schools and parks. Nearly half are monuments, which are in 24 states. Most of the dedications are in the South, but 24 monuments are in the North and 21 are in states that did not exist at the time of the Civil War. (AP) Estimated number of monuments dedicated to the Confederacy 0 1 15 30 60 97
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that he believed many of the “Unite the Right” rally participants were not members of hate groups and were there to protest the pending removal by the city of a statue of the Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. He warned that taking down Confederate monuments could be a slippery slope. “You had people in that group who were protesting the taking
down of what to them is a very, very important statue,” Trump said, before suggesting that Lee and other Confederate-era generals are the victims of historical revisionism attempting to delegitimize their roles. Speaking rhetorically, Trump asked reporters whether George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, both slave owners, should
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suffer the same fate and have their statues removed. “You’re changing history; you’re changing culture,” he said. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, R, on Tuesday ordered the removal of the Roger B. Taney statue from the grounds of the State House in Annapolis. Taney was a U.S. Supreme Court justice who wrote the majority opinion in the Dred Scott decision that ruled black people could not be U.S. citizens. “While we cannot hide from our history — nor should we — the time has come to make clear the difference between properly acknowledging our past and glorifying the darkest chapters of our history,” Hogan said. The convergence of white nationalists and neo-Nazis with Confederate imagery in Charlottesville will make it difficult for government agencies to defend having Confederate statues on their property, Boston College history professor Heather Cox Richardson said. “The idea that this somehow is about Southern heritage, I think that ship sailed,” she said. “After Charlottesville, I do not see how Americans can look the other way. You have to make a choice at this moment.” (AP/THE WASHINGTON POST)
HIGASHISHIRAKAWA, JAPAN Tatsuya Yasue buried his face into the flag and smelled it. Then he held the 93-year-old hands that brought this treasure home, and kissed them. Marvin Strombo, who had taken the calligraphy-covered Japanese flag from a dead soldier at a World War II island battlefield 73 years ago, returned it Tuesday to the family of Sadao Yasue. They had never gotten his body or — until that moment — anything else of his. Sadao and Tatsuya’s sister Sayoko Furuta, 93, sitting in her wheelchair, covered her face with both hands and wept silently as Tatsuya placed the flag on her lap. Strombo reached out and gently rubbed her shoulder. The flag’s white background is filled with signatures of 180 friends and neighbors in this tea-growing mountain village of Higashishirakawa, wishing Yasue’s safe return. The signatures helped Strombo find its rightful owners. The smell of the flag immediately brought back childhood memories. “It smelled like my good old big brother, and it smelled like our mother’s home cooking we ate together,” Tatsuya Yasue said. “The flag will be our treasure.” The flag’s return brings closure, the 89-year-old farmer and younger brother of Sadao Yasue told The Associated Press at his 400-year-old house on Monday. “It’s like the war has finally ended and my brother can come out of limbo.” MARI YAMAGUCHI (AP)
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POLITICS A combative President Trump insisted Tuesday “there is blame on both sides” for the deadly violence last weekend in Charlottesville, Va., appearing to once again equate the actions of white supremacist groups and those protesting them. The president’s comments effectively wiped away the more conventional statement he delivered at the White House one day earlier, when he branded members of the KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists who take part in violence as “criminals and thugs.” Trump’s advisers had hoped those remarks might quell a crush of criticism from both Republicans and Democrats. The president’s retorts Tuesday suggested he had been a reluctant participant in that cleanup effort. During an impromptu news conference in the lobby of his Manhattan skyscraper, he praised his original response on Charlottesville and angrily blamed liberal groups in addition to white supremacists for the violence. Some of those protesting the rally to save a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee were “also very violent,” he said. “There are two sides to a story,” he said. He added that some facts about the violence still aren’t known. His remarks were welcomed
In Trump’s impromptu news conference Tuesday, he praised his initial remarks on the violence in Charlottesville, Va.
by former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, who tweeted: “Thank you President Trump for your honesty & courage to tell the truth.” Trump’s handling of the weekend violence has raised new and troubling questions, even among some supporters, about why he sometimes struggles to forcefully and unequivocally condemn white supremacist groups. Members of his own Republican Party have pressured him to be more vigorous in criticizing bigoted groups. As Trump talked, his aides on the sidelines of the lobby stood in silence. Chief of staff John Kelly
crossed his arms and stared down at his shoes, barely glancing at the president. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders looked around the room, trying to make eye contact with other senior aides. One young staffer stood with her mouth agape. Trump, who has quickly deemed other deadly incidents in the U.S. and around the world acts of terrorism, waffled when asked whether the man who allegedly plowed his car into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing Heather Heyer, committed a terrorist attack. “There is a question. Is it murder? Is it terrorism?” Trump
said. “And then you get into legal semantics. The driver of the car is a murderer and what he did was a horrible, horrible, inexcusable thing.” Trump said he had yet to call Heyer’s mother, but that he would soon “reach out.” He praised her for what he said was a nice statement about him on social media. As Trump walked away, he answered one more question: Would be plan to visit Charlottesville? The president’s response was to note that he owned property there and to say it was one of the largest wineries in the United States. JONATHAN LEMIRE AND JULIE PACE (AP)
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Former President Obama’s tweet in response to the deadly violence that followed a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend has become one of the most liked tweets of all time. He quoted former South African President Nelson Mandela’s sentiment that if people “can learn to hate, they can be taught to love. … For love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” The tweet had been liked more than 2.6 million times as of Tuesday. (EXPRESS)
POLITICS A fourth business leader resigned Tuesday from President Trump’s White House jobs panel — the latest sign that corporate America’s romance with Trump is faltering after his halfhearted response to violence by white supremacists in Charlottesville. The parade of departing leaders from the informal panel now includes the chief executives for Merck, Under Armour and Intel and the president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing. Alliance president Scott Paul, above, said in a tweet that he was resigning because “it’s the right thing for me to do.” Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, who is on a separate Trump advisory panel, said in a note to employees: “[We] too felt that he missed a critical opportunity to help bring our country together by unequivocally rejecting the appalling actions of white supremacists.” Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier, one of only four AfricanAmericans to lead a Fortune 500 company today, was the first to resign Monday. Lawrence Summers, once the World Bank’s chief economist and a senior Treasury official, wondered when more business leaders will distance themselves. “After this weekend, I am not sure what it would take to get these CEOs to resign,” he tweeted. “Demonizing ethnic groups? That has happened.” JOSH BOAK AND MICHELLE CHAPMAN (AP)
Results of 3-way GOP primaries in races for Utah House seat vacated by Rep. Jason Chaffetz, Alabama Senate seat vacated by AG Sessions were not available at Express’ deadline
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After an NFL probe into domestic violence claims led to a six-game ban for Ezekiel Elliott, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported how his appeal submitted Tuesday tries to weaken his accuser’s credibility. (EXPRESS)
The Redskins left training camp in Richmond on Monday morning and will conclude the preseason from their facility in Ashburn, Va. Coach Jay Gruden said the camp was “good,” and the team will use the final three exhibition games to finalize roster decisions and establish a team identity. The last two weeks have revealed a lot — including newfound depth on defense and the quick development of second-year corner Kendall Fuller — but the club still lacks clarity in several key areas. MIKE JONES (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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The defense entered camp with more concerns than the offense but has actually checked off more questions in the first two weeks. The offense is stuck in a holding pattern because Kirk Cousins hasn’t had three of his top four weapons on the field at the same time. Jordan Reed, Jamison Crowder and Josh Doctson have all been out with minor injuries. On paper, this is a very talented receiving group with those three, Terrelle Pryor Sr. and Vernon Davis leading the way. Running back Rob Kelley looks to take a leap forward in his second season, and he has quality behind him with Chris Thompson and Samaje Perine. The offensive line is solid. But that’s on paper. The first unit didn’t look good in the sixplay sampling against Baltimore, and the defense has won more matchups in scrimmages. We don’t know if Cousins can continue to carry this unit without 1,000-yard receivers Pierre Garcon and DeSean Jackson. The offense needs to get healthy and get some practice time together before we can truly evaluate it.
The Redskins have options here. It’s just a matter of settling on the best pairing. Is that Will Compton and Mason Foster — the holdovers from last season — as starters, with the rangy Zach Brown taking the field in nickel packages to better defend the run? Are Brown and Compton the starting combo, with Foster as the third man in? Could Foster actually unseat Compton, who was named a captain on defense last season, and start alongside Brown? The latter earned Pro Bowl honors with the Bills last year and has the future of his career at stake as he plays on a one-year contract after signing in free agency. Martrell Spaight, 24, is champing at the bit to show that he should be considered as an alternative to Compton at the “mike” linebacker spot. But he has to recover from a hamstring injury and display a durability that he has lacked his first two seasons. Washington has the pieces with which to work, and the answers should present themselves as the preseason continues to unfold.
Washington signed free agents Stacy McGee and Terrell McClain to help upgrade the defensive line. Yes, the Redskins’ defensive line looks better from top to bottom. But so far first-round pick Jonathan Allen, second-year players Matt Ioannidis and Anthony Lanier, less-heralded free agent addition Phil Taylor and 2016 practice squad members A.J. Francis and Joey Mbu have stood out the most. McGee and McClain haven’t yet looked like differencemakers. As of late, McGee has started to flash a little more and receive some snaps with the first team. But McClain remains behind. McGee, who’s listed at 341 pounds and is on a five-year, $25 million deal, was viewed by many around the league as a more natural nose tackle than defensive end, but he hasn’t played much nose. Taylor looks more impactful there. McClain (four-year, $21 million deal) didn’t start full time in Dallas until last season and hasn’t looked like a starter in this group. These two have work to do to validate Washington’s investments in them.
The Washington Post: Redskins safety Su’a Cravens has surgery to repair meniscus, is expected back by Week 1
According to the documents, Elliott is “100 percent certain” his ex told him: “You are a black male athlete. I’m a white girl. They are not going to believe you.”
1 Inconsistent info The report indicates that the NFL acknowledged Elliott’s accuser lied and asked a friend to lie about one assault, but it believes Elliott did hurt her on three other days.
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Schedules align for Washington ‘sports equinox’ While millions of Americans eagerly await the temporary darkness of next week’s total solar eclipse, another rare phenomenon began to come into focus this week. On Oct. 30, 2016, there was at least one MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL game on the same day for only the 16th time in history. Such an occurrence has been dubbed a “sports equinox,” a term popularized by The Post’s Reuben Fischer-Baum during his time at FiveThirtyEight. Following the release of the NBA schedule Monday, there are three potential sports equinoxes this year: Oct. 19, Oct. 22 and Oct. 29. All depend on baseball playoff games that may not be necessary (Games 5 and 7 of the NLCS and Game 5 of the World Series). Of the 16 previous sports equinoxes, Phoenix is the only city to have its NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL teams play on the same day. On Nov. 4, 2001, the Cardinals, Suns and Coyotes all lost, and the Diamondbacks defeated the Yankees in Game me 7 of the World Series. Washington could join Phoenix in the four-gamesin-one-day club this year. On n Oct. 29, the Redskins host the he Cowboys, the Wizards play at the Kings and the Capitals visit sit the Flames. Game 5 of the World Series is scheduled that day, so the Nationals, who have never er won a playoff series, would have to get that far. SCOTT ALLEN
No. 1 recruit reclassifies, strengthens Blue Devils’ case as title contenders COLLEGE BASKETBALL Marvin Bagley III was seen as the No. 1 recruit in the class of 2018. Now he may become the NBA’s No. 1 pick in 2018 — after spending a year at Duke. In an announcement that aired late Monday on ESPN, Bagley (6 feet 11) picked the Blue Devils, adding to the treasure trove of talent heading to Durham, N.C. The forward from Arizona played this season for Sierra Canyon School in Chatsworth, Calif., and took official visits to
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Duke, USC and UCLA. Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski has now landed four five-star prospects this year including forward Wendell Carter and guards Trevon Duval and Gary Trent Jr. With Grayson Allen returning for his senior season, the Blue Devils are the favorites to win the national title, which would be Krzyzewski’s sixth. After Bagley’s announcement, ESPN Stats & Info reported that Duke’s odds to win the championship jumped from 7-1 to 3-1 in the Westgate Superboook. This is the second year in a row and third in the past four that Duke brought in the top recruit, following Jahlil Okafor
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(2014) and Harry Giles (2016). Bagley praised the atmosphere of “brotherhood” that “Coach K preached” to him and his family during his campus visit. “You know, I just had a good feeling there ever since they first offered me a scholarship in ninth grade,” he told ESPN. Bagley played for three high schools in four years. Originally a member of the class of 2018, he
decided last month to apply for reclassification to play in college this year. According to ESPN, he is scheduled to graduate in August, at which time the NCAA will review the transcript. Bagley and Duke are confident he will be allowed to suit up, and he joins Missouri’s Michael Porter as the early front-runners to be the top pick in next year’s NBA draft. DES BIELER (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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‘Rainbow’ shows where Kesha’s going ALBUM REVIEW When a pop star survives a scandal with mettle and grace, is it heartless to call her comeback album anything less than a triumph? Listen to Kesha’s “Rainbow” and you might feel something like this: She’s back (that’s good), her lyrics read like a slush pile of rebound tropes (that’s bad), her voice still sounds stretchy like spandex (terrific), and she seems to be steering it into new places (even better). First, let’s backtrack. In 2014, Kesha Rose Sebert filed a lawsuit against her producer, Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald, claiming he had “sexually, physically, verbally and emotionally abused” her, and since then, legal defeats have prevented her from releasing music outside her deals with him. With her career in a holding pattern after her 2012 album, album
“Warrior,” starrier vocalists snapped up Kesha’s contributions and ran — Lady Gaga with the freak-flag felicity, Katy Perry with the affirmative uplift, Miley Cyrus with the rapcurious hedonism. All of that gives “Rainbow” an impossible amount of work to do, but Kesha dives right in, pushing her melodies in the direction of catharsis, even when lyrical cliches block the rush. “Nothing’s gonna stop me now.” “I can breathe again.” “Live and learn.” “The best is yet to come.” All meaningless phrases that undermine her attempts at unburdening her heart. However, Kesha proves to be compelling when she borrows from country music. With “Hunt You Down,” she delivers some tongue-in-cheek threats of bodily harm over a vintage clickclack beat, making a smart nod to Miranda Lambert’s “Mama’s
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Resurgence In an essay penned for Refinery29, Kesha opens up about the title of her new record. “I wanted to call the album ‘Rainbow’ because after the storm, there’s a rainbow,” she writes, “and recently, I feel like I’ve gone through some things that have felt like a storm in my life. This was my way of telling myself that I was going to make it through.” (EXPRESS)
Broken Heart.” And during the staccato refrain of “Learn to Let Go,” it’s clear Kesha’s been listening to Maren Morris. But she sounds most like a country singer when she’s singing a bona fide country song: “Old Flames (Can’t Hold a Candle
to You),” a Dolly Parton single from 1980 co-written by Kesha’s mother, Pebe Sebert. Here, Parton materializes in the second verse, and hearing her trembling voice with Kesha’s yowl serves as a reminder that atypical voices can become legendary voices. Listen to how Kesha wraps up “Spaceship,” the album’s closing country ballad, with a spoken, spaced-out soliloquy. “The wars, the triumphs, the beauty and the bloodshed, the ocean of human endeavor, it all grows quiet, insignificant,” she chants in vocal fry. She’s apparently off to search for perspective in deep space, but let’s hope it’s a bluff. Why not park that rocket in Nashville and see what happens next? CHRIS RICHARDS (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Pink’s 17-year-old music career will be honored at the MTV Video Music Awards with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. The Grammy-winning singer will receive the honor Aug. 27 at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., MTV said Tuesday. The Vanguard Award salutes musicians who have influenced pop culture with their songs, fashion and music videos. Past winners include Madonna, Beyonce and Justin Timberlake. (AP)
Jordin Sparks and Thomas Rhett tapped to judge Miss America pageant on Sept. 10
Bruno Mars’ “Versace on the Floor” is a dazzling showcase just for Zendaya, his video’s muse, who’s wearing the most beautiful custom Versace dress our unworthy eyes will see. Mars plays a stranger staying in a hotel room next to Zendaya’s, seducing her from behind a grand piano with his silky slow jam like a 2017 Liberace. It apparently works, too, as it all ends — spoiler alert — with a knock on his door. BRYANNA CAPPADONA (EXPRESS)
‘Something New’ Wiz Khalifa ft. Ty Dolla $ign
In his “Something New” video, Wiz Khalifa takes a cliche rap-video scenario — a mansion party with famous people (like Demi Lovato and Jamie Foxx) — and gives it an “Ocean’s Eleven” twist, when we discover a group of women plotted a heist at Wiz’s house. They raid his drawers full of cash and get away unscathed, even sending Wiz a Snapchat of all the dough they stole. B.C.
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On set, Robert Pattinson and Benny and Josh Safdie aimed for stealthiness.
‘Good Time’ flies under the radar
Was making this movie a different experience for you? Robert Pattinson: [The Safdies] run at a different level of energy to most people. It’s nice, though. I was thinking how to describe the movie and it’s like it’s a car crash movie, but the car crash happens in the first five minutes and you’re just skidding for the rest. Had you been to places like these — a bail bonds office, a jail — before? Josh Safdie: We brought Rob to this one jail called the Manhattan Detention Center. We had become friendly with the warden there and she was like, “Come by!” At the end I was like, “What’s up with the female wing?” RP: You can’t even go there as a guy.
JS: I look at Rob and he’s like, “I don’t want to go.” And I’m like, “Come on, let’s go.” No one had recognized us. RP: The people giving us the tour didn’t realize we were doing it for a movie. And then we went to the female wing and within seconds … JS: One girl was like, “Him!” [Rob] was immediately like, “I told you we shouldn’t have gone in here.” Benny Safdie: We’re like, “We’ve gotta go.” Were you able to stay under the radar while filming in New York? RP: You find funny ways to stay hidden. Luckily, we were in some places that were just so crowded, it’s kind of easier. It’s rush hour on the subway, we’re stealing shots, we have a big camera and a crew, Josh is directing me via text message and people don’t notice. So it was like a guerrilla shoot? JS: There was an illusion of guerrilla tactics. Rob watches me and Benny holding a four-lane street of traffic where everyone is laying on their horn and we’re like, “Rob, go!” He’s sprinting for dear life. RP: We’re trying to shoot totally under the radar, causing a commotion and I’m literally hiding. BS: I kept thinking, “No one’s going to hit us!” LINDSEY BAHR (AP)
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In “Good Time,” out Friday, Robert Pattinson plays Connie, a small-time Queens crook whose botched robbery and escape lands his mentally handicapped brother in jail. And that’s just in the first few minutes — the film doesn’t come up for a breather for the next 90. Here, Pattinson and filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie (Benny also plays Connie’s brother, Nick) discuss the frenzy behind shooting the action-packed movie in the middle of New York.
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TRAVIS WALDRON, writing for huffingtonpost.com about the tonedeaf fantasy football auction segment that ESPN2 aired on Monday. In the segment, an all-white group of fantasy football players bid on players for their team, most of whom were black. The segment looked like a modern-day slave auction.
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1977: A judge in New York rules that Renee Richards, a male-to-female transgender, has the right to compete in the U.S. Open without having to pass a sex chromosome test. (In the opening round of the Open, Richards lost to Virginia Wade in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4).
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‘More seats for us!’ say train passengers In an interview with Allure magazine, Helen Mirren said she objects to the notion of hiding from her age or fighting it with “antiaging” products — but that she also doesn’t want to be treated like an old lady. “If people treat me like the age I am, I get absolutely insulted, really cross,” the 72-year-old actress said. “I hate when people give up their seat for me. No, no, no. I don’t want your seat.”
Mindy Kaling has confirmed her pregnancy in an interview to be broadcast next month on the Sunday edition of NBC’s “Today” show. “I’m really excited,” she said in a preview released Tuesday. “I have a lot of control over a lot of aspects of my life, and this is one where I’m like, ‘OK, it’s out of my hands,’ which is kind of a fun feeling.” She also joked that there’s another perk to having a child: “It’s so easy to criticize parenting until you’re a parent, so one of the nice things about becoming a parent is that I’ll be able to openly criticize other parenting because I will have a child.” Kaling didn’t say in the clip who the baby’s father is. (AP/EXPRESS)
Jennifer Lawrence is offering a wine-tasting trip as a reward for donating to the anti-corruption charity Represent.Us. Those who donate through the platform Omaze will be entered to win a trip for two to a California vineyard with the actress. The site promises the winner will “hang with Jen, joke around and become best friends.” Donations start at $10. (EXPRESS)
Josh Hartnett and Tamsin Egerton have welcomed their second child: The Daily Mail reported that the couple was spotted out in London with a double baby stroller. They are also parents to a daughter, who iss almost 2. E! News notes that the actors are usually private about their family, and that Egerton only revealed her pregnancy when she showed up to the Vanity Fair Oscar Party with a visible baby bump. (EXPRESS)
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