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| Widening superbug outbreak raises questions for FDA, manufacturers |
| By the time 18-year-old Aaron Young wound up at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles last October, he’d been wrestling for months with excruciating stomach pain and vomiting that repeatedly sent him to the emergency room. Read full article » |
| Prosecutors criticize D.C. crime lab’s handling of some DNA evidence |
| D.C. prosecutors have stopped sending DNA evidence to the city’s new state-of-the-art crime lab after they said they discovered errors in the way analysts determined whether a sample can be linked to a suspect or a victim. Read full article » |
| Harrison Ford injured in small plane crash at California golf course |
| Harrison Ford, 72, was hospitalized on Thursday afternoon after he crashed his small vintage plane into a golf course in Venice, Calif., according to multiple reports.At a news conference, the Los Angeles Fire Department would not identify the victim of the crash, citing privacy laws, but said an “approximately” 70-year-old male was taken to the hospital in “fair to moderate” condition. He was alert and conscious, but suffered “moderate” trauma, the fire department spokesman added. Read full article » |
| Fifty years after ‘Bloody Sunday’ march, struggles endure in Selma |
| SELMA, Ala. — In just a few days, the small city where he has lived for most of his adult life would be deluged with politicians, celebrities and tens of thousands of civil rights pilgrims.“The whole world is going to be watching us,” said Kimbrough Ballard, who serves as the elected head of the county government here. Read full article » |
| This college basketball player came out, and it was pretty much normal |
| AMHERST, Mass. — So the telltale statistic in this landmark instance would be zero. It was zero for the game at Louisiana State, zero at Brigham Young, zero at Saint Louis, zero twice in Philadelphia, zero amid the cozy wilds and gifted hecklers of St. Bonaventure. Read full article » |
| New designers turn to nudity to make a splash at Paris Fashion Week |
| Robin Givhan, The Washington Post’s Pulitzer-winning fashion critic, is covering Paris Fashion Week. Follow along as she makes her way from runway to runway. Read her stories on Style Blog and follow her on Twitter: @robingivhan. Read full article » |
| D.C.-area delays and closings for March 6 |
| The following is a list of weather-related closings and delays for Friday:Federal agencies Read full article » |
| POLITICS |
| At VA health facilities, whistleblowers still fear retaliation |
| After five suicidal veterans walked out of the emergency room without getting help during a single week in January, Brandon Coleman brought his concerns to his supervisor at the VA Hospital in Phoenix. Coleman, a therapist and decorated veteran, urgently warned that there was a broader problem with how suicidal patients were being handled. Read full article » |
| These are the most popular street names in every state |
| In 1993, the U.S. Census released tally of the 76 most common street names in America. For well over 20 years, this was pretty much the only list that anyone had.Why?Two reasons. First, though the government maintains digital maps on every road segment, trail, and path in America, making sense of them is tricky. (Skip to our methodology section for details—there are philosophical debates about what constitutes a road. Seriously.) Read full article » |
| Improper payments jumped $125 billion for federal government last year |
| The federal government lost ground last year in reducing improper payments from programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and tax credits for the working poor, experiencing a nearly 18 percent increase in the costs. Read full article » |
| The most popular fact checks of February |
| For the second month in a row, a fact check of a statement by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) tops our monthly roundup of the most widely read columns. In fact, the column criticizing Paul for saying, twice in one day, that he had a biology degree — when he did not graduate from college — is probably the most popular Fact Checker column ever. Technically, a column listing a variety of reader reactions to our fact check of Paul would actually place second on this list. But we only include full fact checks. Read full article » |
| OPINIONS |
| Netanyahu enters never-never land |
| Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress was eloquent, moving and intelligent in identifying the problems with the potential nuclear deal with Iran. But when describing the alternative to it, Netanyahu entered never-never land, painting a scenario utterly divorced from reality. Congress joined him on his fantasy ride, rapturously applauding as he spun out one unattainable demand after another. Read full article » |
| Netanyahu’s Churchillian warning |
| Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress was notable in two respects. Queen Esther got her first standing O in 2,500 years. And President Obama came up empty in his campaign to preemptively undermine Netanyahu before the Israeli prime minister could present his case on the Iran negotiations. Read full article » |
| Chris Christie sells out New Jersey taxpayers |
| New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) is going back to the payday lender, selling out future taxpayers to fix a cash crunch of his own design.Here’s the background. For over a decade, New Jersey had been embroiled in a battle with Exxon Mobil over the contamination and loss of use of more than 1,500 acres of public land in the northern part of the state. The company was found liable several years ago, but the amount of damages and cleanup costs it owed had not yet been determined. Read full article » |
| Conservative Justices: If we gut Obamacare, Republicans will fix it! (No, they won’t.) |
| At oral arguments before the Supreme Court yesterday, two of the conservative justices — Samuel Alito and Antonin Scalia — both floated versions of the idea that, if the Court does strike down Obamacare subsidies in three dozen states, it might not be that big a deal, because surely lawmakers would then fix the problem and avert disruptions for millions. Read full article » |
| LOCAL |
| Fairfax deputy county attorney could lose job over handling of Geer case |
| Fairfax County officials are trying to oust the deputy county attorney who led the legal team advising the county police and Board of Supervisors in the 2013 police shooting death of an unarmed man, according to several people with knowledge of the decision. Read full article » |
| Metro trains on Orange Line sharing a track, other transportation problems on Friday |
| Updated at 6:37 a.m.Metro said normal service has resumed at the Huntington stop after an early problem there.Updated at 6:06 a.m.Riders should expect delays on Metro’s Yellow Line. There was an earlier train malfunction at the Huntington stop. The delays are in the direction of Mt. Vernon Square stop. Read full article » |
| What inspired the Internet this week: ‘Love has no labels,’ Adam Levine gets on our level, and a weasel and woodpecker get airborne |
| In any given week, the Web is full of bad news and good, of heartache and controversy, as well as inspiration and uplift. Here at Inspired Life, we want to highlight the best of what people have to offer — the compassionate and kind, the moving and the meaningful, the wise and the wondrous. This past week took us many places—from the love-filled coastal community of Santa Monica, California, to a man who lives in a van down near the beach in Florida. Read full article » |
| Part of Interstate 95 in Woodbridge briefly closed after big crash |
| Authorities said part of Interstate 95 south in Woodbridge was brief closed after a crash that may involve as many as 10 vehicles and a jackknifed tractor trailer.All lanes of Interstate 95 at Route 123 were closed after the Occoquan River for a short time. The road reopened just before 6 a.m. Read full article » |
| SPORTS |
| Time for Nats to pick up the pace |
| When a pitch is thrown and Ian Desmond does not hit it, the Nationals shortstop pauses and inches back from the plate. Sometimes his feet remain in the batter’s box. Sometimes they do not. Often, he puts his bat to use, giving his cleats a whack or two or staring at it as he takes a deep breath. Then he steps back in. Read full article » |
| Bulls fan celebrates exciting win by slapping Joakim Noah on the rear |
| The Thunder-Bulls game Thursday night had it all: playoff positioning, the return of Craig Sager, another crazy performance by Russell Westbrook and a dramatic, game-winning shot. It was an exciting enough game to watch on TV, but everyone in attendance must have been going nuts. Read full article » |
| Baylor is preparing to unleash a 410-pound tight end on hapless defenses |
| Big 12 defenders may want to invest in some sturdier shoulder pads. Or some stronger pain-relief medicine. Something very, very big is coming their way.According to the Waco Tribune, Baylor wants to position LaQuan McGowan as more of a receiver this coming season. That would be 6-foot-7, 410-pound LaQuan McGown. Good luck getting in the way of that RV. Read full article » |
| Postgame: With Ovechkin injured, Capitals can’t hold onto early lead |
| During the Washington Capitals’ pregame skate Thursday evening, after the NHL’s leading goal scorer had informed team trainers and the coaching staff that a lower-body injury would sideline him against the Minnesota Wild, forward Alex Ovechkin’s teammates began joking about the all-Swedish line assembled in his absence. Read full article » |
| FEDERAL GOVERNMENT |
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| Senate hearing faults FBI system meant to protect whistleblowers |
| Something is backward when the nation’s premier law enforcement agency makes it difficult for people to report wrongdoing.The agency in this case is the FBI. The people, its employee whistleblowers. The wrongdoing is waste, fraud and abuse within the bureau. Read full article » |
| For vacationers, an app to guide them to federal destinations |
| With spring and summer vacation season around the corner, the Obama administration is announcing a digital initiative for tourists Friday: An app to guide them to parks, forests, campsites, rivers and other federal property they may not know about. Read full article » |
| NATIONAL |
| Stress-testing the China model |
| Hey, remember when authoritarian capitalism was the Big Bad of the global political economy? There was a lot of pre- and post-2008 talk that the mix of authoritarian political institutions, state-owned enterprises, national oil companies, and sovereign wealth funds were going to pose an existential challenge to free-market liberal democracies. Read full article » |
| Why the Americas are letting Venezuela self- |
| Elected leaders across the hemisphere gathered to condemn and possibly sanction a neighboring president who closed down independent media and harassed political opponents.Venezuela? If only. That was Peru in 2000. Read full article » |
| Shmuley Boteach isn’t ‘America’s rabbi’ |
| This past weekend, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach set off a firestorm with his full-page ad in the New York Times accusing National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice of turning a blind eye to the Rwandan genocide when she was on President Bill Clinton’s national security team in the 1990s. (This was after Rice had criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for insisting on speaking to Congress against the White House’s wishes.) Thankfully, Jewish organizations from the right to the left united to condemn this ad. Read full article » |
| WORLD |
| Kerry seeks to assure Arab states over possible Iran nuclear deal |
| RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Secretary of State John F. Kerry assured Arab allies on Thursday that Washington will work with them to counter Iranian influence in the region even if a deal is struck over Tehran’s nuclear program. Read full article » |
| Watch: 11 times the Middle East mocked the Islamic State |
| When "Saturday Night Live" showed Dakota Fanning joining the Islamic State last weekend, it sparked an entirely predictable controversy. Why exactly? Gallows humor is a natural and even admirable response in the face of what sometimes feels like an existential threat — consider the very Italian way Romans responded to threats from the Islamic State recently. Read full article » |
| Before attack, U.S. diplomat sought to charm, engage with South Koreans |
| Since arriving in Seoul last year, U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert has gone to great lengths to be an approachable diplomat, taking various steps to connect with ordinary South Koreans and forgoing the bunkered lifestyle of many top U.S. officials overseas. Read full article » |
| The Islamic State was backed by 46,000 accounts on Twitter in 2014 |
| The Islamic State, more than any extremist group before it, has become known for its social media savvy. In particular, the microblogging service Twitter has emerged as a tool for the group to spread propaganda extolling the virtues of life in its self-proclaimed Islamic caliphate and to warn its enemies. Read full article » |
| BUSINESS |
| Is China’s 1929 moment coming? |
| It's weird to worry about China when it's still growing more than 7 percent a year, but it's a little less so when you consider how mammoth its credit bubble has gotten.The numbers are historic. China's total debt has sprouted from 153 percent of gross domestic product in 2008 to 282 percent today. That, according to Goldman Sachs, makes China's borrowing binge bigger than 96 percent of all others on record. The problem is that, despite all this debt, growth is slowing and profits are falling, which makes it harder for companies to pay back what they owe. So does the fact that inflation is down to just 0.8 percent. It's no surprise, then, that China's central bank just eased policy for the third time in as many months, cutting its benchmark rates by a quarter of a percentage point, to try to avoid the kind of low growth, low inflation trap that the rest of the world has fallen into. Read full article » |
| Knowing your “energy personality” can save you a lot of money |
| For much of humanity today, getting out of bed is followed, very closely, by turning on a bunch of stuff. We crank up the heat. We start the coffee. We click on the morning news.Some of us then go to work — and turn the stuff off again before we leave. Some of us don’t (either work, or turn our stuff off). Some of us get home from work and crash — but some of us stay up late, with lots of lights on, watching television, listening to music, working on the computer. Read full article » |
| Exelon, Pepco sweeten package for utility customers in Maryland |
| Exelon and Pepco Holdings announced Wednesday they are sweetening the amount of goodwill money they will give to Maryland utility customers to win passage of their merger, one day after the state’s attorney general formally urged regulators to reject the deal. Read full article » |
| TECHNOLOGY |
| Netflix tries to explain its apparent sudden flip-flop on net neutrality |
| A top Netflix exec is probably wishing he'd stayed in bed.The company's chief financial officer, David Wells, told an investor conference Wednesday that Netflix isn't "pleased" about the Federal Communications Commission's recent vote on net neutrality, which slapped strong new rules on Internet providers. Read full article » |
| Why not to fear the impact of virtual reality goggles on your long-term health |
| Last week, Magic Leap chief executive Rony Abovitz caused a stir when he said that many virtual reality goggles can cause permanent neurological deficits.Abovitz called out a certain type of headset called stereoscopic 3D. That happens to be the style used by his competitors, including Oculus, Microsoft and Samsung. Read full article » |
| Why Comcast, AT&T and other Internet providers might not sue the FCC after all |
| Internet providers are widely expected to sue the Federal Communications Commission to overturn the agency's new net neutrality rules. Who will fire the opening salvo, and when, is becoming the subject of a new Washington parlor game — at least until the rules are actually published. Read full article » |
| ‘FREAK’ flaw undermines security for Apple and Google users, researchers discover |
| Technology companies are scrambling to fix a major security flaw that for more than a decade left users of Apple and Google devices vulnerable to hacking when they visited millions of supposedly secure Web sites, including Whitehouse.gov, NSA.gov and FBI.gov. Read full article » |
| LIFESTYLE |
| From thin air, 40,000 balloons add up to one giant public art installation |
| ROCHESTER, N.Y.I am a twister.“I make balloon animals,” doesn’t cut it, you see. Right now you’re picturing dinky dogs and flowers and swords that you’ve seen at kids’ parties and carnivals. Read full article » |
| Should you be embarrassed that you already finished ‘House of Cards’? |
| Now that we’re deep into the age of binge-watching (and a week after the debut of “House of Cards” Season 3, and a day before the first season of “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”), the eternal question comes up again: Should you feel immense pride or deep shame if you can polish off an entire season of a show in one sitting? Read full article » |
| 7 things to do in the D.C. area on the weekend of March 6-8 |
| Friday-Saturday:Rachelle Ferrell’s musical skills cut across multiple genres: R&B, classical, jazz and pop. She spent years working with such musical greats as Patti LaBelle and Lou Rawls before emerging as a solo artist. Her shows at the Birchmere should be a night of eclectic sounds. Tickets are $59.50. (The Saturday show is sold out.) Read full article » |
| What to do when a sister goes off over a rocker? |
| Dear Carolyn:My sister “Rhonda” is about to give birth to her third child. She has 2- and 4-year-olds, and I have a 1-year-old. During most of this pregnancy, my sister has acted almost as if she hates me. Sometimes when our family is together and I start talking, she will suddenly leave the room. She is increasingly argumentative with me, taking offense with me over seemingly innocuous conversation. It leaves me feeling crazy. Read full article » |
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