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| FBI director acknowledges ‘hard truths’ about racial bias in policing |
| In an unusually frank and personal speech, FBI Director James B. Comey on Thursday addressed “hard truths” about policing, acknowledging racial bias among law enforcement officers and lamenting a “disconnect” between police agencies and communities of color. Read full article » |
| New York Times media columnist David Carr is dead at 58 |
| David Carr, the New York Times media columnist who overcame numerous battles with addiction to become one of the nation’s most recognizable and respected journalists, died on Thursday after collapsing in the newsroom, the New York Times announced on Thursday evening. He was 58. Read full article » |
| Federal judge orders Alabama county to issue licenses for gay marriages |
| A federal judge on Thursday ordered Mobile County, Ala., to start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, a ruling that could pave the way for resistant officials across the state to follow suit. Read full article » |
| Rand Paul’s claim — twice in one day — that he has a biology degree |
| “I have a biology degree, okay?”—Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky), remarks at the Lincoln Labs “Reboot Congress” conference, Feb. 12, 2015We first spotted a version of this quote in a Bloomberg column by David Weigel, and then checked the quotes with our colleague Jose DelReal, who had attended the conference. Read full article » |
| Officials: Rabbi may have recorded 150 women |
| Law enforcement officials said there may be at least 150 women who allegedly were secretly videotaped by a prominent D.C. rabbi as the women prepared for a ritual bath, according to three people briefed on the investigation. Read full article » |
| How a frugal janitor saved, invested and ultimately amassed $8 million |
| Ronald Read, a Vermont gas station attendant who worked in retail later in life, was a frugal man. He died a multimillionaire at 92.Read had stock holdings and property valued at almost $8 million, most of which was left to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital and Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro, Vt., Howard Weiss-Tisman reported in the Brattleboro Reformer. Read full article » |
| Today’s drought in the West is nothing compared to what may be coming |
| The long and severe drought in the U.S. Southwest pales in comparison with what’s coming: a “megadrought” that will grip that region and the central plains later this century and probably stay there for decades, a new study says. Read full article » |
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| POLITICS |
| Wisconsin Gov. Walker takes trip to London but stays mum on many subjects |
| LONDON — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s appearance Wednesday evening before a prestigious think tank here was an opportunity for the likely presidential candidate to demonstrate a fluency in foreign affairs. Read full article » |
| 2016: The year of the Baptist minister |
| There's a slew of Catholics that are leading the Republican Party these days. Many of them are vying to be the GOP's 2016 nominee -- and ultimately just the second Catholic president -- in 2016. They include: Jeb Bush, Bobby Jindal, Rick Santorum, Chris Christie and Marco Rubio. (Other GOP Catholics of note: Paul Ryan, Kelly Ayotte, Brian Sandoval and Susana Martinez.) Read full article » |
| USPS seeking bids for new postal trucks |
| The U.S. Postal Service is seeking bids from automakers to replace its aging fleet of mail trucks, a multibillion-dollar deal for a vehicle that would have more space than the current fleet of boxy Grummans. Read full article » |
| OPINIONS |
| Scott Walker’s yellow politics |
| Scott Walker is right: It’s time for more Americans to get comfortable peeing in cups. Our nation’s fiscal health may depend on it.I’m referring, of course, to taking a drug test as a condition for receiving government benefits. Walker, the Wisconsin governor and a likely 2016 Republican presidential contender, made this a centerpiece of his recently announced state budget. Read full article » |
| How to ensure that Russia will stick to the Ukrainian cease-fire deal |
| The deal announced Thursday to end the fighting in Ukraine will face the same obstacle the previous such agreement has faced: how to ensure that Russia will abide by it. Frustrated by Russia’s continued support for Ukrainian separatists, Western statesmen have begun discussing military assistance for the Ukrainian government. But in trying to determine what would actually deter Moscow, it might be worth listening to what seems to scare Russians themselves — and it’s not military aid to Kiev. Read full article » |
| Crusaders and appeasers |
| His secretary of defense says, “The world is exploding all over.” His attorney general says that the threat of terror “keeps me up at night.” The world bears them out. On Tuesday, American hostage Kayla Mueller is confirmed dead. On Wednesday, the U.S. evacuates its embassy in Yemen, a country cited by President Obama last September as an American success in fighting terrorism. Read full article » |
| Little League’s scapegoats |
| AS THEY were stripping the Jackie Robinson West team of its national championship, Little League International officials wanted everyone to know certain things, primarily about themselves. That they had no choice; that they cared deeply about the integrity of the program; that they feel “horribly.” Read full article » |
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| LOCAL |
| Wife of man found dead in hotel tells police he had been acting normally |
| D.C. lawyer David Messerschmitt texted his wife at 7:34 p.m. Monday, saying he’d be home in about an hour, according to police documents. That was the last time his family heard from the 30-year-old, who was found fatally stabbed the next morning in a downtown Washington hotel room. Read full article » |
| Police: Man fires gun near officers, then kills self close to U St. corridor |
| A person with a gun fired in the direction of D.C. police officers about midnight Friday near the U Street corridor in Northwest, and later turned the gun on himself, according to a senior police official. Read full article » |
| Metro delays on Red and Orange lines |
| Updated at 6:23 a.m.Trains on Metro’s Red Line are sharing a track Friday morning and riders should expect delays in both directions.The single-tracking is between the Twinbrook and Grosvenor stations. There is a problem with a disabled train at the Twinbrook stop. Read full article » |
| Brrr! Today’s bitterly cold blast will bring wind chills near zero. |
| Yes, today will be bad, but Sunday may be even worse. Bundle up. Read full article » |
| SPORTS |
| Wizards enter NBA all-star break standing on middle ground |
| As the Washington Wizards dressed and gathered their belongings Wednesday night before leaving Toronto to fly back to Dulles International Airport and disperse during the newly extended all-star break, players lamented another wasted opportunity in their two-point loss to the Toronto Raptors. Read full article » |
| Cricket World Cup 2015: 10 American connections to the sport |
| The 2015 Cricket World Cup — a 14-team, six-week event held every four years — begins Saturday in Australia and New Zealand. The U.S. team did not qualify; however, here are 10 ways Americans are involved in the sport. Read full article » |
| Southern Miss played 4-on-5 in overtime and almost won |
| Power plays are common enough in hockey, but in basketball, you rarely see a team with just four players against the other team’s five. However, that was the situation Southern Miss found itself in on Thursday, and it still almost beat Florida International. Read full article » |
| TV and radio listings: February 13 |
| NBA7 p.m. NBA All-Star Celebrity Game » ESPN9 p.m. NBA All-Star Rising Stars Challenge » TNT, WTEM (980 AM)NHL7 p.m. Philadelphia at Columbus » Comcast SportsNet Read full article » |
| FEDERAL GOVERNMENT |
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| Panel calls for better leadership, more resources at Secret Service |
| Government commissions have a reputation for being places where good intentions go to die.The U.S. Secret Service Protective Mission Panel shows it doesn’t have to be that way. In two hours of testimony to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Thursday, the four panel members succinctly dissected the reasons a proud law enforcement agency is now ridiculed. Read full article » |
| Ebola czar concludes his successful rule |
| Back in October, when President Obama tapped Ron Klain to coordinate the U.S. response to the frightening Ebola outbreak, many observers — you know who you are — were outraged that the White House had picked a lawyer and former chief of staff to Vice President Biden for the job — as opposed to a doctor or nationally known figure. Read full article » |
| NATIONAL |
| 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 » |
| Places to cry, D.C. edition |
| Adult life can be upsetting, be it stress at work, the end of a relationship or even a really bad salad. There are times when what you really need is a good cry. Kids have permission to wail it out just about anywhere, anytime, but adults tend to be more selective. Let’s face it — the office bathroom can only cut it for so long. Read full article » |
| How to do Valentine’s Day when you have a new baby |
| Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is a psychological theory that suggests human beings require certain things in a certain order, starting with the physiological and ending with self-actualization.The need for love falls smack in the middle of the hierarchy, meaning it’s important, but only once you have the basics, like food and shelter. If you have a new baby at home, the simple physiological needs (like the need for sleep or to pee by yourself) are just not met for a while, so good luck worrying about love, much less something as dumb as Valentine’s Day. Read full article » |
| WORLD |
| Cricket Cup: South Asian frenzy (and dour Scots) down under |
| SYDNEY — They are two of the world’s bitter rivals. Both armed with nuclear weapons, they share a tense border and a history of religious conflict. So when Pakistan and India meet for their first game in the 2015 World Cricket Cup in the sleepy Australian city of Adelaide on Sunday, their teams will be representing far more than cricket. National reputations are at stake. Read full article » |
| Do church bells violate human rights? One Austrian thinks so. |
| Austrian architect Wolfgang Lassy says he hasn't been able to get a good night's rest for years, with the Catholic Church waking him up every 15 minutes.That's because for hundreds of years, the church bells of Linz were allowed to chime at night every quarter of an hour, disrupting many residents' sleep. Now, Lassy is seeking to end the centuries-old practice. The Austrian has sued the Catholic Church in Linz, and has even expressed his deep discontent in a letter to Pope Francis. So far, he hasn't heard back from the Holy See. Read full article » |
| Why does this Buddhist-majority nation hate these Muslims so much? |
| In 2009, Burma's then consul general in Hong Kong sent a letter to local newspapers and fellow diplomats posted in the Chinese territory. It was addressing concerns over the treatment of refugees from Burma's Rohingya population, a Bengali-speaking Muslim minority long marginalized in the country. Incidents of shipwrecked boats bearing half-starved, desperate Rohingya from Burma had won wider attention in the region. Read full article » |
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| BUSINESS |
| Bonds and the 40-year itch |
| Today, let’s talk about central bankers, insane interest rates and how U.S. taxpayers could benefit a bit from the lunacy infecting the world’s markets. Let me explain. Once upon a time, the world’s central bankers were thought of as sober bureaucrats who were supposed to rein in financial markets’ animal spirits. In the words of former Fed chairman William McChesney Martin, a central banker “is in the position of the chaperone who has ordered the punch bowl removed just when the party was really warming up.” Read full article » |
| Career Coach: Mentors matter, but women need sponsors in high places |
| It is clear that having a mentor is advantageous for anyone wanting to move up, and especially for women. Research has shown that a mentor helps protégés gain career outcomes such as: higher compensation and faster salary growth, greater job and career satisfaction and organizational commitment, and higher expectations for advancement. Mentors do this by providing coaching, challenging assignments, sponsorship, and exposure and visibility. In addition, mentors can provide psychosocial support by serving as role models and providing counseling, acceptance and friendship. Read full article » |
| Expedia to buy Orbitz, further shift in online travel space |
| NEW YORK — A wave of deals in the online travel industry has increasingly put some familiar names under two corporate umbrellas: Expedia and Priceline.For now, industry executives and travel experts say, consumers won’t notice much of an impact. They will still have plenty of options for booking flights, hotel rooms and vacation packages, including shopping directly with airline and hotel websites. Read full article » |
| TECHNOLOGY |
| This new Tesla battery will power your home, and maybe the electric grid too |
| Tesla is working on a battery that can power your home and even help large-scale utilities store energy more efficiently, according to company chief executive Elon Musk.On an investor call Wednesday, Musk said the designs for a home or business battery are already complete and will likely be unveiled to the public "in the next month or two." Production could be as little as six months away, he added. Read full article » |
| The death of the fender-bender |
| Imagine for a second a world in which no driver ever gets rear-ended. That may sound impossible, but it shouldn’t. For perspective on the blistering rate of technology’s advancements, remember that a few months ago mankind launched a probe from a satellite and it landed on a comet that was traveling at a whopping 84,000 mph. Read full article » |
| Want to save money on your energy bill? There’s a game for that |
| The quest to get Americans to cut down their energy use is becoming a lot less dreary and preachy — and a lot more fun.The reason? A trend called “gamification,” in which academic researchers and utility companies alike are trying to tap into our social side — and the power of entertainment — to get people to cut back on use and lower their bills. Read full article » |
| Facebook will now let you manage what happens to your account after you die |
| Facebook has announced that it will grant users more control over what happens to their Facebook pages after they die. Starting Thursday, users should see a new option pop up in their security settings that will let them choose whether they want to pass their information and account management over to someone else when the time comes. Read full article » |
| LIFESTYLE |
| Is a free meal any way to pick a financial adviser? |
| Sometime between la salade maison and le sauté gourmandise, Stephan Cassaday steps to the front of the dining room and begins to speak. The founder and president of Cassaday and Co., a Virginia investment management firm, begins a 90-minute presentation about retirement, the stock market and why good people make bad choices. He quotes Seneca, his wife and his mother. He is by turns funny, authoritative, down to earth and cautionary. When it comes to investing, he warns, there are no guarantees. Read full article » |
| Robin Givhan at New York Fashion Week 2015: Kanye West confidence and Eddie Redmayne looks |
| Robin Givhan, The Washington Post’s Pulitzer-winning fashion critic, is covering New York 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 » |
| 9 things to do over the long weekend |
| For more events, see Nightlife Agenda. In search of Valentine's Day plans? Check out our guide to date ideas and our rundown of anti-Valentine's Day parties.FRIDAY-SUNDAY: In honor of the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War, "Freedom Just Around The Corner: Black America From Civil War to Civil Rights" is an exhibit that examines the African American experience through the mail delivered during that era. From enslaved Americans to civil rights leaders, you will see letters and stamps from that historical period at the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum. Free. Read full article » |
| Carolyn Hax: Parenting is a sacred responsibility |
| Dear Carolyn:I’m getting ready to pick a donor for my pursuit of single motherhood and I’m toying with the idea of a Sperm Picking Party. I would screen a list of potential donors and then close friends and family would come over, drink a bunch of wine and narrow us down to the winner. Read full article » |
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