Daniel Murphy reaches three-year deal with Nationals
(Jerry Lai/USA Today Sports)The Washington Nationals searched all offseason for an infielder and a left-handed bat for their right-handed-heavy lineup. After failed pursuits of other players, the team has finally found a solution. On Thursday, the Nationals reached a three-year deal with Daniel Murphy, the New York Mets’ slugging postseason hero, according to a person familiar with the situation.Because the agreement is pending a physical exam, which will take place after the holidays, the Natio..>> view originalA Christmas of despair for Syrian Christian refugees in Lebanon
BEIRUT —Not so many years ago, Christmas Day for the Kouriehs began with Mass at the village church. The family would return home for an afternoon feast of rice and meat with sides of salad and hummus.Neighbors would stop by to extend holiday greetings. Children would play next to the Christmas tree.That was before the Islamic State and other extremists startedkidnapping Christianslike the Kouriehs, before the relentless violence, before civil war tore apart their country.That was before the Kou..>> view originalRecords smashed on East Coast's warmest ever Christmas Eve
Temperature difference from normal over eastern U.S. Christmas Eve morning as analyzed by GFS model. (WeatherBell.com)Air flowing up the East Coast straight from the deep tropics is obliterating warm weather records at scores of weather stations.Temperatures are expected to reach at least 70 degrees from Florida to New England, covering more than 1,200 miles. Amazingly,a reporting station in southern Quebec southwest of Montreal hit 70 degreesat 10 a.m. this morning. Bennington, Vt. hit 70 at 11..>> view originalCalifornia governor pardons Robert Downey Jr. in drug case
Actor Robert Downey Jr. (Evan Agostini/Associated Press)ByDon Thompson and Anthony McCartney | APDecember 24 at 4:28 PMSACRAMENTO, Calif. — The governor of California pardoned Robert Downey Jr. on Thursday for a nearly 20-year-old felony drug conviction that led to the Oscar-nominated actor’s imprisonment for roughly a year.Downey was among 91 people granted pardons for criminal convictions after demonstrating they had rehabilitated themselves and been out of custody for at least 10 years, Gov. ..>> view originalRevolutionary war: Washington crosses the Delaware, Dec
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze’s 1851 painting, Washington Crossing the Delaware, is shown on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. | AFP/GettyGeorge Washington crosses the Delaware, Dec. 25, 1776ByAndrew Glass12/24/15 11:29 PM ESTOn this night in 1776, in some of the darkest times for the Patriots during the Revolutionary War, Gen. George Washington led his troops in a raid on British and Hessian soldiers encamped in Trenton, New Jersey.Before launching boats in Pennsylvania that woul..>> view originalThe Redskins see your mean tweets
(By Toni L. Sandys/ The Washington Post)If there’s one thing we know about professional athletes, it’s that they don’t waste their time or energy readingsports coverage.“I see everything,”Redskinslineman Terrance Knighton said this week. “Everything.”Okay, fine, but they don’t pay attention to online detritus likeNFL power rankings, and certainly don’t take any of this personally, correct?“There’s a lot of doubters and a lot of haters that really had a lot of negative things to say about this fr..>> view originalChicago officer asked for Taser before teen shot
Chicago Police officers push a protester away from a bicycle barricade on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015, in Chicago. The Christmas Eve Day protest calling for the resignation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel is the latest in a series of demonstrations in the city since the release last month of police video showing a white officer shoot a black teenager 16 times. (Charles Rex Arbogast/Associated Press)ByMichael Tarm | APDecember 24 at 7:37 PMCHICAGO — Recordings of Chicago police radio..>> view originalPolice say remains found of suspect in 2010 ranger shooting
SALT LAKE CITY — The remains of a man police believe shot and wounded a state park ranger in 2010 and eluded more than 100 officers in a desert manhunt have been found, authorities said.Skeletal remains believed to be those of Lance Leeroy Arellano were discovered Thursday in a narrow cave near Moab, the Grand County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release. Arellano was 40 when he disappeared.Officers spent days searching rugged desert canyons and caves for Arellano after identifying him as the..>> view originalA disproportionate number of black victims in fatal traffic stops
Darrius Stewart was riding around with friends one night in July, sitting in the back seat of their faded blue Chevy Malibu, when a Memphis police officer noticed a missing headlight and signaled for them to stop.The officer, Connor Schilling, asked everyone for identification, found two out-of-state warrants for Stewart, 19, and pulled him out of the car. A half-hour later, Stewart was dead.Stewart was one of more than 100 people shot and killed by police after a traffic stop this year, accordi..>> view originalDashon Goldson, six others limited in Redskins practice
(Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post)Starting free safety Dashon Goldson practiced in a limited capacity on Thursday, the day after only watching because of a fractured rib. An official determination for Goldson’s availability for Saturday’s game at Philadelphia has yet to be made. But Coach Jay Gruden said he thinks Goldson will likely play.“I think it’d have to be pretty significant injury for Goldson not to go,” Gruden said. “But, we have [rookie Kyshoen] Jarrett, we have DeAngelo Hall, and..>> view original
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