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| Egypt bombs Islamic State targets in Libya after beheading video |
| CAIRO —Egypt said it bombed Islamic State targets in Libya Monday in retaliation for the extremist group’s mass beheading of Egyptian Christians on a Libyan beach Sunday, a gruesome killing that threatened to ensnare Egypt into a regional conflict with the jihadists. Read full article » |
| Danish attacks echo France |
| COPENHAGEN — The targets were eerily familiar: a cartoonist, police officers and Jews.The manhunt, too, had echoes: a European capital on virtual lockdown as police searched block by block, with helicopters sweeping the skies. Read full article » |
| Iraq’s pro-Iranian Shiite militias lead the war against the Islamic State |
| MANSOURIYA, Iraq — Shiite militias backed by Iran are increasingly taking the lead in Iraq’s fight against the Islamic State, threatening to undermine U.S. strategies intended to bolster the central government, rebuild the Iraqi army and promote reconciliation with the country’s embittered Sunni minority. Read full article » |
| In EPA’s expected ‘veto’ of Pebble Mine in Alaska, foes see a vein of overreach |
| Just north of Iliamna Lake in southwestern Alaska is an empty expanse of marsh and shrub that conceals one of the world’s great buried fortunes: A mile-thick layer of virgin ore said to contain at least 6.7 million pounds — or $120 billion worth — of gold. Read full article » |
| ‘Honey, the Washington Monument’s shrunk!’ But not by much. |
| The Washington Monument has shrunk.After 130 years of wind, rain and snow, countless lightning strikes and an earthquake, the rugged obelisk on the Mall has finally given in to the elements.But not by much. Read full article » |
| High times are headed for D.C. — and a whole lot of cannabis chaos |
| The District of Columbia could soon earn a new nickname: the Wild West of marijuana.In 10 days, a voter-approved initiative to legalize marijuana will take effect, D.C. officials say. Residents and visitors old enough to drink a beer will be able to possess enough pot to roll 100 joints. They will be able to carry it, share it, smoke it and grow it. Read full article » |
| ‘Downton Abbey’ recap: Edith disappears. Edith returns. And love is in the air. |
| First, your one-paragraph recap:Edith disappears. Mary doesn’t care. Edith is found. Mary still doesn’t care. Everyone’s planning their retirement. The Dowager Countess is sad about Mrs. Crawley’s engagement. Gillingham dodges a bullet. Lord Merton’s sons are as bad as Isis (the terrorist group, not the dog). Rose and Atticus rush headlong into each others teeth. Spratt’s head almost explodes. It’s a sad end for Isis (the dog, not the terrorist group). Read full article » |
| Have at thee! Special Forces veteran revives medieval combat skills. |
| Sir Albert and Sir Andrew were tied, with two points each. They raised their swords, touched blades for the ceremonial start and attacked.Flashes of silver swooped through the air as the two armor-clad men jabbed, stabbed and poked their weapons at each other. The Great Hall was filled with the clanging of metal scraping metal. Andrew drove his sword low, toward his rival’s pancreas. Albert reacted with an upward-sliding chest thrust. His 28-inch blade touched the chin of Andrew’s helmet. Read full article » |
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| POLITICS |
| Ranking the 2016 Republican field |
| A prominent Republican consultant — who isn’t working for any of the 2016 presidential candidates and has been right more times than I can count — said something that shocked me when we had lunch recently. He said that Sen. Ted Cruz (Tex.) had about the same odds of becoming the Republican presidential nominee as former Florida governor Jeb Bush. Read full article » |
| Readers respond to fact check on Rand Paul’s statements about college degree |
| Our fact check of Sen. Rand Paul’s statements about his undergraduate degree has quickly become one of the most widely read ever — and also among the most controversial. The column has about 2,500 comments from readers arguing about its fairness. Read full article » |
| GOP strife in Virginia may hinder party’s bid for White House in 2016 |
| The internal feuding that has roiled Virginia’s Republican Party in recent years largely has been the stuff of intrigue only to the state’s political class. But the stakes are looming larger as Republicans seek to recapture the White House in 2016, a quest they say is jeopardized by the unceasing strife in Virginia. Read full article » |
| Va. GOP executive director to step down amid party infighting |
| RICHMOND — Less than a month after a new chairman took over at the Virginia Republican Party, the top staff member is leaving, bringing more uncertainty to a party beset by infighting and financial trouble since then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s defeat. Read full article » |
| OPINIONS |
| A businessman learns from a bad investment in Putin |
| I first met Bill Browder when he came to tell The Post’s editorial board that its criticism of Vladimir Putin was all wrong. It was the early 2000s, and Putin was persecuting independent media and their owners and flattening the republic of Chechnya. Browder, then the head of the largest Western investment fund in Russia, argued that we were missing the fact that Putin was a reformer who was replacing Russia’s post-Soviet chaos with liberal capitalism and the rule of law. Read full article » |
| James Comey’s candor on race |
| In the days of the civil rights movement, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was focused not on the quest for justice but on his fear of Communists.In “Parting the Waters,” the first volume of his magisterial biography of Martin Luther King Jr., Taylor Branch tells of a 1956 Eisenhower administration meeting during which Hoover “expressed no sympathy for civil rights and painted an alarming picture of subversive elements among the integrationists.” Read full article » |
| The menace in an Internet threat |
| As a magistrate judge, I’ve presided over hundreds of protective order hearings in domestic abuse cases. And I can tell you that no abuser intends to truly threaten when he promises to kill his victim — at least not by the time he’s made it to court. Read full article » |
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| LOCAL |
| Sub-freezing temperatures, gusting winds leave D.C. region in big chill |
| Just as the Washington area began to recover from a Valentine’s Day storm that made for slick roads and knocked out power to thousands with dangerously cold winds, forecasters predicted Round 2: up to eight inches of snow to fall Monday evening. Read full article » |
| D.C. area forecast: Significant snow tonight, then more extreme cold and snow chances as week goes on |
| WEATHER GANG | Here comes the most severe winter conditions of the year: at least several inches of snow tonight and then another frigid blast Wednesday. Read full article » |
| Dulles airport tower evacuated after pipe bursts |
| The control tower at Dulles International Airport was evacuated late last night after a pipe burst, airport officials said. Dulles said in its Twitter feed that for about an hour, no flights were departing, and a limited number of airplanes were arriving. A limited number of departures was permitted as of 11:45 p.m., the airport said. Read full article » |
| SPORTS |
| Capitals vs. Ducks: Alex Ovechkin lifts Washington to 5-3 victory |
| ANAHEIM, Calif. — His team itched for a jolt and his goaltender needed support, so forward Alex Ovechkin — the Washington Capitals’ captain, the NHL’s soon-to-be leading scorer, the siege engine on skates — glided across the ice bearing the gift of comfort. He found Justin Peters, again occupying the role of beleaguered backup, stretching alone along the goal line. He bent over and began to talk. Read full article » |
| Cricket World Cup 2015: Ireland beats West Indies |
| Ireland staged the first upset of the 2015 Cricket World Cup, as it defeated the West Indies in a Group B match in Nelson, New Zealand, 307-6. In Day 3 of the Cup, Ireland was given a tall order in chasing 304 but managed the feat, winning by four wickets and conjuring memories of its victories over England in 2011 and Pakistan in 2007. Read full article » |
| Floyd Mayweather says neither he nor Manny Pacquiao have signed an agreement to fight |
| All that new-found hope that Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao would really, finally, actually, for-reals-this-time have a boxing match? That was so early-Sunday. Later on Sunday, Mayweather appeared on national television to throw cold water all over the optimism. Read full article » |
| Postgame: At the end of the fathers’ trip, a ‘good team win’ over Anaheim |
| ANAHEIM, Calif. — In three separate waves the fathers of the Washington Capitals flooded off the Honda Center elevator, marched through the service-level hallway and into the visiting locker room, each group welcomed with a whooping cheer. They had assembled from across the world for this annual trip, and only after everyone had stuffed together following a 5-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks could the hugs flow and the celebration officially begin. Read full article » |
| FEDERAL GOVERNMENT |
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| Who’ll succeed Ebola Czar Ron Klain? |
| Now that Ebola czar Ron Klain has left the White House, the question arises as to who will take over his duties.Word is that Amy Pope, deputy assistant to the president for homeland security, will be tasked for the job — though not as a czarina. She will oversee the Ebola response as part of her portfolio, according to a senior administration official. Read full article » |
| In lawsuit response, Rep. Farenthold office denies former staffer’s claims of discrimination |
| Rep. Blake Farenthold’s office admits to some inappropriate comments alleged in a lawsuit but strongly denies that a former communications director was fired because she complained of gender discrimination and a hostile work environment. Read full article » |
| Obama aide John Podesta says ‘biggest failure’ was not securing the UFO files |
| Outgoing Obama counselor John Podesta remains a devoted fan of things extraterrestrial. When Podesta, who was President Bill Clinton’s chief of staff, returned to White House duty in late 2013, we wrote that his arrival meant “the Obama presidential library will be inundated — just as the Clinton library in Little Rock has been — with Freedom of Information Act requests, such as this one: for ‘e-mails to and from John Podesta, containing the words either, X-Files or Area 51.’” Read full article » |
| NATIONAL |
| Forget opposites attract — to be happy, find someone like you |
| Relationships are often interpreted as the outcome of an exchange of goods and services. Common knowledge says that the sexes want different things from a partner.These preferences are often reduced to shallow, one-dimensional demands — beauty for men and resources for women. “Opposites attract,” they say. No one asks, “Why did that beautiful, young woman marry that old, old man?” because they already know the answer. He had something she wanted and she had something he wanted. Read full article » |
| No, atheism does not need a moment of reckoning |
| After the discovery that the man who murdered three Muslim students in North Carolina on Wednesday was an atheist, it was a matter of hours before the media conversation shifted from simple horror and mourning to a discussion of the attack’s implication for atheism. Read full article » |
| Why the debate over austerity won’t end anytime soon |
| As 2015 unfolds, the U.S. economy continues to rebound and the Eurozone economy continues to… not do that. So you would think that the debate over the merits of austerity would have been settled. After all the United States deployed expansionary fiscal and monetary policies for a longer time than Europe, with a more modest switch back to austerity after 2010. The Eurozone abandoned fiscal stimulus pretty early, the European Central Bank prematurely raised interest rates, and the result is an economy that is underperforming the Great Depression. Read full article » |
| WORLD |
| In cricket faceoff against India, Pakistan sees hopes dashed again |
| KARACHI —For much of its 67-year history, Pakistan has challenged India — only to come up short at best and humiliated at worst. Sunday was no different, with Pakistan’s cricket team continuing its losing streak against archrival India in the ICC World Cup. Read full article » |
| When the U.S. dropped barrel bombs in war |
| "It's a childish story that keeps repeating in the West," smiled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in an interview with the BBC last week. He was dismissing allegations that his regime is attacking Syrian civilians with barrel bombs, crude devices packed with fuel and shrapnel that inflict brutal, indiscriminate damage. Read full article » |
| Post reporter and his wife accused of espionage, Iranian hard-liner says |
| An arch-conservative member of the Iranian parliament and outspoken critic of the country’s centrist president has claimed that there is an “espionage case” against imprisoned Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian and his wife. Read full article » |
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| BUSINESS |
| Hackers steal up to $1 billion from banks, security co. says |
| NEW YORK — A hacking ring has stolen up to $1 billion from banks around the world in one of the biggest banking breaches known, a cybersecurity firm said in a report scheduled to be delivered Monday.The hackers have been active since at least the end of 2013 and infiltrated more than 100 banks in 30 countries, according to Russian security company Kaspersky Lab. Read full article » |
| What do falling oil prices mean for the U.S. in the short and long term? |
| Since early 2014, the price of oil has plummeted. It peaked last year at $105 a barrel and is now about $50.The consumption and production of energy is a major component of the global economy. The huge drop in price has a significant impact in the United States — on corporate profits, employment and capital spending. Still, there has been a lot of misinformation — scare-mongering, really — about falling oil prices. A little context here can go a long way. Read full article » |
| How couples cope when money is an unequal yoke |
| There’s an expression in the Christian community that’s used quite often to refer to marriage. Couples are encouraged to avoid being “unequally yoked.”In other words, being with someone who does not share your faith and values. Read full article » |
| TECHNOLOGY |
| Odd inventions that we somehow love |
| Whether a toilet looks acceptable or not depends on what part of the world you’re staring down at it from.I’m talking, of course, about bidets. For the most part, they’re nearly indistinguishable from any other standard toilet except for a small upward facing nozzle beneath the seat where water shoots out. Long popular in Japan, it allows users to soak and rinse on top of wiping — a notion that’s generally considered strange in America and hence the technology largely unheard of here. Over there, however, it’s simply cleaner. Read full article » |
| How to use Apple’s new security features (and why you should) |
| Apple said late Thursday that it's offering users a new security feature for its Messages and Facetime features. Now Apple users can opt to be asked to enter a second, one-time use code, in addition to their normal username and password when they log in on a new device. The code can be texted to you, or show up on an Apple device already linked to your account. Read full article » |
| What happens when your waiter is a drone |
| A Singapore restaurant plans to use drones to transport food and drinks from the kitchen to a wait station near customers’ tables by the end of this year.Infinium Robotics, the Singapore company that’s developing the drones for restaurant chain Timbre, showed off the technology here: Read full article » |
| Good Housekeeping @Home |
| GoodHousekeeping @HomeSpring is coming, so get organizedand clean houseRegardless of any rodent’s forecast or chill in the air, it’s the time of year when people’s thoughts turn to spring. And often that means spring cleaning. Good Housekeeping @Home, an app from the magazine, offers users cleaning and organization tips. Read full article » |
| LIFESTYLE |
| New York Fashion Week: Why we need the dirty-haired frowners and the flirts |
| NEW YORK — Of the many runway signifiers in the fashion world, one of the most popular is that of the greasy-haired model. It’s a look that immediately endows a collection with a certain degree of cool. Read full article » |
| Beloved by journalists, David Carr was always looking for the next David Carr. |
| In a business known for eating its own (just ask Brian Williams), David Carr enjoyed a singular status. Among journalists, a breed that doesn’t bestow it lightly and doesn’t agree on much else, he was accorded a near-universal respect. Read full article » |
| 40 years of NBC sketch comedy: ‘Saturday Night Live’ by the numbers |
| Fortyis the magic number for “Saturday Night Live” this weekend as the popular sketch-comedy show celebrates four decades on late-night TV. On Sunday night, NBC offers a three-hour special to commemorate the legendary run that shows no signs of slowing down. The number 40 may be the big one this weekend, but over its long stretch the series has piled up plenty of other numbers as well. Here are some of the highlights: Will Ferrell and Dana Carvey as the George BushesTina Fey as Sarah Palin and Amy Poehler as Hillary ClintonAnnouncer Don Pardo in May 1980Alec Baldwin with Ana Gasteyer and Molly Shannon in 1998The Coneheads --- Jane Curtin, Dan Aykroyd and Laraine Newman in 1983 Read full article » |
| Carolyn Hax: After mom’s death, suddenly thinking about big changes |
| Adapted from a recent online discussion. Dear Carolyn:My elderly mom passed away last week after a sudden illness. My father and only sibling died years ago, so now I find myself unexpectedly feeling alone (I have other relatives, and a longtime boyfriend). Read full article » |
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