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| Jeb Bush previews 2016 run, promising ‘adult conversations’ on big issues |
| SAN FRANCISCO — Jeb Bush previewed the ideas at the heart of his likely presidential campaign, delivering a sweeping address here Friday about the economy, foreign affairs and energy exploration, and challenging the country to question “every aspect of how government works.” Read full article » |
| Ernie Banks, ‘Mr. Cub,’ has died at the age of 83 |
| Baseball great Ernie Banks, the legendarily cheery Chicago Cubs slugger who became synonymous with the city and the team, died on Friday at the age of 83, according to reports.The Chicago Tribune, which called Banks “one of baseball’s most ebullient and optimistic ambassadors,” said the death was confirmed by Banks’ wife, Liz. Read full article » |
| Bidding war between networks, sports leagues will increase price of cable TV |
| Cable TV is about to get more expensive for millions of consumers because of a bidding war between networks and the country’s most powerful sports leagues.Time Warner Cable, Cablevision and scores of rural cable providers are tacking on sports surcharges each month, the direct result of higher fees they are paying to ESPN and other sports networks to carry their channels. Beginning Feb. 5, DirecTV will raise fees by 5.7 percent. Read full article » |
| Supreme Court will review lethal injection drug protocol used in executions |
| The Supreme Court announced Friday that it will review the drug protocol increasingly used in executions across the country to determine whether the procedure violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Read full article » |
| Obama shortens trip to India to pay respects to the late King Abdullah’s family in Saudi Arabia |
| NEW DELHI - President Obama will not visit the Taj Mahal on his trip to India and will instead fly to Saudi Arabia to pay respects to the family of the late King Abdullah, who died this week at age 90. Read full article » |
| What happened to Johnny Depp? How ‘Pirates’ made him and ruined him. |
| Johnny Depp used to be so cool. At the dawn of this century, it was hard to imagine anyone much cooler. He didn’t yet have a blockbuster to his name, but he was a star, edgier and more enigmatic than Leo or Brad. He was grunge’s man in Hollywood: soulful eyes under dirty hair, tattoos before they were mainstream, combat boots on the red carpet and incredibly badass girlfriends (Winona Ryder, Kate Moss). The more he resisted the attempts to make him a heartthrob, the hotter he became. Read full article » |
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| POLITICS |
| President seeks mayors’ support for domestic agenda |
| President Obama hosted more than 200 Democratic and Republican mayors at the White House on Friday in an effort to drum up support for some of the domestic policies he is pressing Congress to adopt this year. Read full article » |
| Palin says she’s ‘seriously interested’ in 2016 campaign |
| DES MOINES — Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin told The Washington Post in an interview Friday that she is “seriously interested” in running for the White House in 2016.“You can absolutely say that I am seriously interested,” Palin said, when asked to clarify her thinking about a possible presidential bid. Read full article » |
| Greece goes to the polls and Europe holds its breath |
| Joshua Tucker: Continuing our series of Monkey Cage Election Reports, we are pleased to present two election reports on this weekend’s critical Greek parliamentary elections. The first is courtesy of political scientists Akis Georgakellos of Stratego and Harris Mylonas of George Washington University. Read full article » |
| D.C. partly disputes Metro claim that firefighter radios were at fault in rescue |
| The District government contradicted Metro on Friday in an escalating dispute over the failure of emergency radios as passengers sat waiting for help this month in a smoke-filled train trapped in downtown Washington. Read full article » |
| OPINIONS |
| William Bratton: Reconciling cops and civilians requires being good to each other |
| There is a divide in America, and in New York City. It is racial, but it is also about poverty and failed social systems and unequal access to the American Dream.On one hand are the protesters, who see a criminal justice system that incarcerates vast numbers of minorities, especially young black men, and subjects even larger numbers to obtrusive enforcement. Many see police officers as willing agents of that system, and some see them as racist, brutal and even murderous. Read full article » |
| Colbert King: There’s nothing secular about Boko Haram |
| A reader of last week’s column about Islamist extremism wrote, “It is not really about Islam. It is about things you understand all too well: poverty, alienation, disenfranchisement, and a search for meaning and identity. Identifying with Muslim extremist groups gives terrorists a package of support, doctrine, and legitimacy to draw on.” The writer commented that, while Boko Haram does not have “much to do with Islam,” through its militancy it is able to attract money and training from groups such as al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. Read full article » |
| Abolish West Point — and the other service academies, too |
| Most Americans are familiar with the prestige that surrounds the United States military service academies. Various names and phrases, spoken like solemn incantations, attest to their sacrosanct status: the Point, the Long Gray Line, Annapolis, cadets. Their graduates constitute a who’s who of American greatness, including Ulysses Grant, Jimmy Carter, novelist James Salter and sci-fi writer Robert Heinlein, to name a few. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, in a 1962 address at West Point, typified the veneration when he told the cadets that they were “the leaven which binds together the entire fabric of our national system of defense.” Read full article » |
| End Obamacare, and people could die. That’s okay. |
| Say conservatives have their way with Obamacare, and the Supreme Court deals it a death blow or a Republican president repeals it in 2017. Some people who got health insurance as a result of the Affordable Care Act may lose it. In which case, liberals like to say, some of Obamacare’s beneficiaries may die. Read full article » |
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| LOCAL |
| Updates: Mostly rain in D.C. metro overnight, but snow and wintry mix north and west |
| A mixed bag of precipitation surges into the region and becomes heavy at times. In the immediate metro area and southeast, roads should remain just wet. Read full article » |
| Va. taxpayers paid nearly $16,000 to cover cost of McAuliffe’s security detail in Africa |
| RICHMOND — Virginia taxpayers paid nearly $16,000 to cover the travel expenses for two state troopers who provided security to Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) and his family on a personal trip to Africa in December. Read full article » |
| Md. Gov. Hogan’s first budget reins in rise in education spending, imposes agency cuts |
| As they pored over Gov. Larry Hogan’s first budget proposal Friday, Maryland lawmakers were of two minds. Some praised the bold action the Republican took to get state spending under control, while others questioned whether he had gone too far, too fast. Read full article » |
| SPORTS |
| Paul Pierce has helped Washington Wizards find their voice for trash talking |
| A couple Fridays ago, with the Washington Wizards enjoying a sizable lead over their fellow Eastern Conference contenders, Paul Pierce surveyed the Chicago Bulls and decided to sound off.“I don’t see it,” the veteran forward yelled at Bulls players, a group featuring a 2015 all-star starter and a former MVP. “They say you got a lot of all-stars. I don’t see it.” Read full article » |
| Warriors’ Klay Thompson scores an NBA record 37 points in third quarter against Kings |
| The Splash Brothers only needed one splash on Friday night.Golden State was locked in a tight game with Pacific Division rival Sacramento in the third quarter. Then Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson went bonkers … nuts … or whatever superlative you find appropriate. All of them are apt after the fourth-year player erupted for 37 points — yes, that’s 37 points — in the third period to set a new record for points in a quarter in Golden State’s 126-101 blowout of the Kings. The previous record of 33 points was shared by George “The Iceman” Gervin and Carmelo Anthony. Read full article » |
| TV and radio listings: January 24 |
| NBA7:30 p.m. Detroit at Milwaukee » NBA TV10 p.m. Washington at Portland » Comcast SportsNet, NBA TV, WNEW (99.1 FM),WFED (1500 AM)NHL7 p.m. NHL All-Star: Skills competition » NBC Sports Network Read full article » |
| FEDERAL GOVERNMENT |
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| Inspector general rips TSA over redaction of JFK airport audit |
| The Transportation Security Administration abused its authority to classify information as too sensitive for release when it blocked sections of a recent audit report from being published, according to the agency’s independent watchdog. Read full article » |
| Disney cool on State Department pitch to use ‘Frozen’ to teach climate change |
| When a senior State Department official asked a Disney executive if they wanted to build a public service announcement, he was told to let it go.Adm. Robert Papp, the U.S. special representative for the Arctic, visited Disney in California with an idea to use the beloved characters from the highest-grossing animated film of all time, “Frozen,” to teach children about climate change. Read full article » |
| Supremes protect federal whistleblowers |
| Winning a Supreme Court case can be like winning a championship football game.It’s exciting and thrilling, but winner Robert MacLean said he isn’t planning on visiting Disneyland anytime soon.Instead, the former federal air marshal is returning to the much less glamorous Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) to get back his job. Read full article » |
| NATIONAL |
| Boston, you’re my less insecure home… |
| I was abroad when it was announced that Boston had won the U.S. Olympic Committee nomination to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, besting bids by San Francisco, Los Angeles, and D.C. When I heard, I felt an understandable mix of local pride and fear about doing business with the International Olympics Committee. Read full article » |
| Why putting a Bush or Clinton back in the White House could be harder than you think |
| The 2016 presidential campaign, now in full swing in the media and the political class, starts with a fundamental question: How can American voters, who are so dissatisfied with Washington politics and the state of the nation, name the wife of one former president, and the son and brother of two others as top candidates for the White House? National dissatisfaction is at a dismal 68 percent, and Americans’ confidence in their government has been in steady decline for years. And yet, voters seem prepared to put two familiar names — Bush and Clinton — back at the helm. In recent polls, Hillary Clinton led the Democratic field by an average 49.5 percentage points, according to Real Clear Politics. And Jeb Bush led the crowded GOP field by an average 5.8 percentage points, when Mitt Romney is taken out of consideration. (When Romney’s name is included, he becomes the top choice of the Republicans by an average 8.8 percentage points, and Bush slips into second.) Read full article » |
| Want to convince people that climate change is real? Stop talking about the science of it. |
| Scientists tell us the world is warming and that a climate catastrophe is imminent. They’re probably right. Yet climate change framed by scientists, politicians and economists as a straightforward pollution problem will neither convince skeptics nor advance the difficult decision-making process. Read full article » |
| WORLD |
| Meet the Saudi royal family’s rising star, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef |
| RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — In August 2009, a young Saudi militant with ties to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula sent word to Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, then Saudi Arabia’s counterterrorism chief, that he wanted to turn himself in. Mohammed sent his private plane to pick the man up, and he was taken to the prince’s home in the port city of Jiddah. But once the militant got within a few feet of Mohammed, he detonated a bomb that he was carrying in a body cavity. Read full article » |
| Army details the strange, downward spiral of Fort Hood shooter Ivan Lopez |
| It was about 4:15 p.m. at Fort Hood, Tex., when Army Spec. Ivan Lopez erupted. Frustrated that his request for time off had not been approved, he took out a powerful Smith & Wesson .45-caliber pistol and began firing in an office for the 49th Transportation Battalion, wounding two soldiers. Several others barricaded a nearby conference room filled with soldiers to keep him out, but he opened fire through a door, killing Sgt. 1st Class Danny Ferguson. Read full article » |
| Chart: Yemen’s chaos, explained |
| A rebel group in the north of Yemen successfully overthrew the Western-backed government Thursday, creating a shift among the big players in the Middle East.As you can see from the chart above, it's pretty complicated. Here's a breakdown. Read full article » |
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| BUSINESS |
| SkyMall, the wacky in-flight catalogue, is filing for bankruptcy. How did it last this long? |
| Farewell, frivolous in-flight shopping.SkyMall, the wacky airline catalogue that has long filled the seat pockets of so many commercial airplanes, could finally be folding its pages. Xhibit Corp., SkyMall's parent company, announced Friday that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing the quarterly magazine's inability to keep up with evolving airline rules. "With the increased use of electronic devices on planes, fewer people browsed the SkyMall in-flight catalog," Scott Wiley, the company's chief executive, said in a court statement. "We are extremely disappointed in this result." Read full article » |
| The winners and losers of a strong dollar |
| It’s a really good time to own wads of crisp, green American cash.As President Obama boasted during his State of the Union address last week, the U.S. economy is back. The job market is growing at a pace unseen in 15 years. The unemployment rate is lower than it was before the financial crisis hit. The Federal Reserve could — at last — raise interest rates from rock-bottom levels this year or the next. As the man said: “This is good news, people.” Read full article » |
| Obama’s visit spurs hope that obstacles to U.S.-India relations can be overcome |
| For decades, the reality of U.S. relations with India has fallen short of the much-ballyhooed potential.Nearly nine years ago, for example, President George W. Bush signed controversial legislation clearing the way for U.S. sales to India’s civilian nuclear energy sector, brushing aside restrictions that had been in effect since 1974 when India tested its first nuclear bomb. Read full article » |
| TECHNOLOGY |
| This device thinks it can be the last smartphone you will ever need |
| By now, upgrading a smartphone has gotten fairly routine, so much so that it seems like consumers often do so simply out of habit. It’s a costly one, however, with consumers coughing up over $11 billon each year for a new shiny gadget. Much of these expenses are often hidden in carrier contracts. Read full article » |
| Microsoft’s HoloLens may be the least stupid pair of smartglasses yet |
| Microsoft showed off its HoloLens headset on Wednesday, a device that just may win the prize for the least stupid pair of smartglasses launched by a major tech company to date.It's a dubious honor. But Microsoft ably handled its first reveal of the HoloLens with a mix of modesty, optimism and showmanship. And introducing a promising piece of future technology is pretty important for the company as it looks to make over its image as a stodgy firm that's unable to cope with changes in the industry. Read full article » |
| Yes, we’re still using dumb passwords. But not nearly as much as before. |
| Another year, another study shouting about how we're all using lazy passwords like "123456" and "abc123." Protip: Don't use these passwords. They're easy to break and even easier to guess. But while it may seem as though the Internet never learns — an impression that's only bolstered by the past year's high-profile hackings and data breaches — there's a more important takeaway: It turns out we are getting better at not using lame passwords. Read full article » |
| Chris ‘moot’ Poole is leaving 4chan, the site he founded when he was 15 |
| The founder and only official employee of 4Chan announced Wednesday that he will be stepping down after 11 years.Chris Poole, better known as "moot," started the often controversial online message board when he was 15 years old and has been the site's only administrator ever since. The site is highly influential online, generating many of the memes and pranks that spread to the larger Internet -- notably that time some of its users tried to send Justin Bieber to North Korea. Read full article » |
| LIFESTYLE |
| Is the ‘real’ Paddington bear too English for Americans? |
| What is it that makes Paddington so appealing? In the hit film, there’s the appeal of “Downton Abbey”’s Lord Grantham as the bear’s human dad, the heartwarming message of inclusion and the gross-out value of a bear’s earwax on toothbrushes (priceless). But anyone enticed by the film who tries the books is in for a surprise: The sensibility of the Paddington books is ever so proper — no earwax to be found — and readers accustomed to warmer, fuzzier bears may need to re-adjust to the stiffer English model. Read full article » |
| Remembering SkyMall, the in-flight catalogue at the apex of commercialism |
| SkyMall has been grounded, perhaps permanently. The parent company of the ubiquitous airline catalogue announced it filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, and not even a Hotshot Corporate Turnaround Specialist ($24,499.95) may be able to rescue it from the abyss. Read full article » |
| What was fake on the Internet this week: 40-pound babies, topless Willow Smith and a double dose of UFOs |
| There is so much fake stuff on the Internet in any given week that we’ve grown tired of debunking it all. Fake Twitter fights. Fake pumpkin-spice products. Amazing viral video? Nope — a Jimmy Kimmel stunt! Read full article » |
| Carolyn Hax: Friend swipes her perfect wedding venue |
| Adapted from a recent online discussion.Dear Carolyn:I did some research and found my perfect wedding venue: not expensive, halfway between his family and mine, lodging on site, in the woods. . . . I got all excited about it and told a girlfriend of mine. She has been engaged for over a year and they have been saving for the ceremony. Read full article » |
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