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nation+world DONETSK, UKRAINE
Captured Ukrainians are paraded through streets
Palestinian president readies new U.N. appeal Following the end of the current Gaza war, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will ask the U.N. Security Council to set a deadline for Israel to withdraw from lands captured in the 1967 Mideast war to make way for a Palestinian state, Abbas’ aides say. If the council does not approve a resolution, the Palestinians will pursue war crimes charges against Israel. (AP) KINSHASA, CONGO
Congo confirms two Ebola-related deaths Two Ebola-related deaths have been confirmed in Congo, the country’s health minister said Sunday. Congolese officials believe the cases are unrelated to the outbreak in West Africa, where an infected British citizen is being evacuated by the Royal Air Force, and the World Health Organization is considering evacuating an infected Senegalese health worker. (AP) LAS VEGAS
Reid apologizes for joking about Asians Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid apologized Friday for jokes he made about Asians at a luncheon of Las Vegas’ Asian Chamber of Commerce the day before. Reid told the audience, “I don’t think you’re smarter than anybody else, but you’ve convinced a lot of us you are.” He also quipped, “One problem I’ve had today is keeping my Wongs straight.” (AP)
President Barack Obama has ordered a review of federal programs that supply military equipment to municipal police departments, amid criticism of the response by law enforcement to protests in Ferguson, Mo.
WINTER IS COMING
Because we haven’t had enough cold ... The folks at the Farmers’ Almanac can be forgiven for feeling smug: The publication correctly predicted the past nasty winter while federal forecasters blew it. Memories of the polar vortex won’t soon be forgotten. And the editors of the publication are predicting more of the same for the coming season. “We’re calling for some frigid conditions, bitter conditions,” said managing editor Sandi Duncan. The latest edition, which goes on sale this week, forecasts colderthan-normal weather for three-quarters of the country east of the Rocky Mountains. The publication uses a secret formula based on sunspots, planetary positions and lunar cycles for its weather forecasts. (AP)
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Post’s editorial board to stop using Redskins’ name The Washington Post says it will stop calling Washington’s football team the “Redskins” on its editorial page. The Post will continue to use “Redskins” in the news and sports sections. (AP)
Buildings in Napa, Calif., were damaged by an earthquake that hit Sunday.
Earthquake rocks northern Calif. NAPA, CALIF. The largest earthquake to hit the San Francisco Bay Area in 25 years sent scores of people to hospitals, ignited fires, damaged multiple historic buildings and knocked out power to tens of thousands in California’s wine country on Sunday. Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for southern Napa County, directing state agencies to respond with equipment and personnel. The magnitude-6.0 earthquake that struck at 3:20 a.m. about 6 miles from the city of Napa ruptured water mains and gas lines, left two adults and a child critically injured, upended bottles and casks at some of Napa Valley’s famed wineries and sent
Obama introduces new contraception rules The White House announced new measures Friday to allow religious nonprofits and some companies to opt out of paying for birth control for employees while still ensuring those employees have access to contraception. (AP)
residents running out of their homes in the darkness. Dazed residents too fearful of aftershocks to go back to bed wandered at dawn through Napa’s historic downtown, where the quake had shorn a 10-foot chunk of bricks and concrete from the corner of an old county courthouse. The earthquake sent 120 people to Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa, where officials set up a triage tent to handle the influx. Most had cuts, bumps and bruises received either in the quake, when they tried to flee their homes or while cleaning up, hospital CEO Walt Mickens said. Three people were admitted with broken bones and two for heart attacks. ELLEN KNICKMEYER (AP)
Correction Wednesday’s Digs story “Hot Hoods: Takoma & Takoma Park” gave the incorrect ZIP code for Takoma, D.C., and misstated the shopping policy at TPSS Co-op. The neighborhood’s ZIP code is 20012, and you don’t need a membership to shop at the co-op. Spot an error? Let us know at corrections@readexpress.com.
verbatim
“I ... know some people previously associated with drug mafias who now switched to the water tanker business.” MISBAH FAREED, not pictured, a senior official with the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board, which runs the city’s water
supplies in Karachi, Pakistan, explaining that a water shortage has made illegal water distribution a lucrative business
Five people killed, including three kids, in N.Y. crash late Saturday
Voter ID laws to be argued in federal appeals court today
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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK
Obama orders review of police militarization
BEN MARGOT (AP)
Pro-Russian insurgents on Sunday paraded captured Ukrainian soldiers through the streets of the rebel stronghold Donetsk as bystanders shouted abusive slurs and tossed eggs, bottles and tomatoes at them. Meanwhile in Kiev, President Petro Poroshenko vowed to raise defense spending to defeat the rebels. (AP)
weekend re wind
3 people shot and killed in L.A. area in an hour