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| Electrical failure and dry Christmas tree caused deadly Annapolis mansion fire |
| A massive, dry Christmas tree fueled the Annapolis fire that reduced a $6 million mansion to rubble and killed four young children and their grandparents last week, fire officials said Wednesday. An electrical failure in the mansion’s Great Room — which had 19-foot-high ceilings and was connected to the sleeping and living areas — ignited the blaze that left mansion owners Don and Sandra Pyle dead along with the four Boone children: Lexi, 8; Katie, 7; and their first cousins, Charlotte, 8; and Wes, 6, Anne Arundel County fire officials said at a press conference. Read full article » |
| Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah trade fire across border; at least 3 dead |
| JERUSALEM — Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia exchanged deadly barrages Wednesday across a fractious border region monitored by U.N. peacekeepers in fighting that killed at least two Israeli soldiers and one U.N. observer. Read full article » |
| An arrest in Lebanon lifts the veil on the life of Islamic State leader’s ex-wife |
| BEIRUT — For months, the ex-wife of perhaps the most wanted man in the world used Lebanon as a base to secretly transfer cash to Islamist militants, according to Lebanese military officials. She concealed her identity with fake documents, which listed her as a Syrian citizen named Mallak Abdullah, the officials said. Eventually, they said, they discovered that she was Saja al-Dulaimi, an Iraqi who had been briefly married six years ago to the man who now heads the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. In November, the army detained Dulaimi with a girl who is Baghdadi’s biological daughter, the officials said. Read full article » |
| U-Va. sorority sisters ordered to stay home Saturday night for their own safety — while fraternity brothers party |
| Sorority sisters at the University of Virginia were ordered by their national chapters to avoid fraternity events this weekend — a mandate that many of the women said was irrational, sexist and contrary to the school’s culture. Read full article » |
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| An ‘expensive’ placebo is more effective than a ‘cheap’ one, study shows |
| Parkinson's Disease patients secretly treated with a placebo instead of their regular medication performed better when told they were receiving a more expensive version of the "drug," researchers reported Wednesday in an unprecedented study that involved real patients. Read full article » |
| There’s a pop-up restaurant in Tokyo with a waiting list of 60,000. How two locals got in — and what they ate. |
| It might be the hottest table on the planet: the Tokyo pop-up location of Noma, renowned chef Rene Redzepi’s Copenhagen |
| Make no mistake: Michelle Obama just made a bold political statement in Saudi Arabia |
| Like the attire of other first ladies, Michelle Obama's clothes have been scrutinized endlessly for what type of messages they convey.And she gets high marks for her "fashion diplomacy," as she engages with foreign leaders at home and abroad. Her choice to go with a suit rather than a dress for the first time at this year's State of the Union address "was a glimpse of the self-aware, tough-minded, straight-talking lawyer who took a brief hiatus from the public eye," according to Robin Givhan. Read full article » |
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