For Cruz, the pile-on continues after the debate
Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) in Sanbornville, N.H. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) With four days to go before the Iowa caucuses, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) got a rare chance to act like the front-runner in the Republican race for president at Thursday night’s debate, hosted by Fox News. It didn’t go all that well. By Friday morning, he had earned a brutal headline in Iowa’s leading newspaper, the Des Moines Register, which stripped across its front page “Rough Night for ..>> view originalFBI defends killing of occupier in Oregon, releases video
BURNS, Ore. — FBI negotiators kept channels open Friday with the remaining occupiers of a rural Oregon wildlife refuge in hopes of ending the nearly four-week standoff, even as the group’s leaders faced new court hearings following their arrest. As the sun rose over the brushland in eastern Oregon, there were no indications of a breakthrough in the protest over federal control of ranch lands — an armed occupation that has opened wider debates over government reach in the West and the limits of..>> view originalWhite high school student: 'Black Lives' don't matter
A viral video recording of a suburban white Maryland teenager disparaging the Black Lives Matter movement with inflammatory racist pronouncements has prompted a swift response from local school officials. Howard County superintendent Renee Foose described the video as “disturbing,” and wrote a letter to parents Thursday noting that student’s comments offered “a teachable moment.” The 30-second video shows a student at Mt. Hebron High School, in Ellicott City, saying “who the [expletive] cares a..>> view originalPaul Kantner, Jefferson Airplane founder, dead at 74
Paul Kantner, one of the founding members of the 60s psychedelic rock group Jefferson Airplane, has died at 74. Here's a look back at his long career and the success of his band. (The Washington Post) Before San Francisco was the land of shark-eyed tech CEOs and Google buses, it was the land of hippies, flower power and tie-dyes — a California paradise where bold talk of revolution mingled with the dank smell of marijuana floating on the breeze. And though one band — the Grateful Dead — ma..>> view originalLeo DiCaprio meets Pope Francis: a match made in heaven
Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio was received by Pope Francis at the Vatican on Jan. 28, to discuss their mutual concern for the environment. (Reuters) Before he grew up to be the Academy Awards’ perennial near-favorite, baby Leonardo DiCaprio slumbered beneath a reproduction of the “Garden of Earthly Delights” by 15th-century Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch. The vibrant triptych depicts, in separate panels: Adam, Eve and the creation of man; a landscape of joyful lovemaking; and a vision ..>> view originalFact-checking the seventh round of GOP debates
Republican presidential candidates weighed in on immigration, the Islamic State, criminal justice reform and - of course - Donald Trump at the Fox News debate in Des Moines, Iowa on Jan. 28. (Sarah Parnass/The Washington Post) Fox News aired two GOP presidential debates on Jan. 28: a prime-time event starring seven candidates and an earlier debate featuring four second-tier contenders, based on an average of recent polls. Front-runner Donald Trump opted out of the debate, preferring to hol..>> view originalWizards hold players-only meeting after loss to Nuggets
Marcin Gortat and John Wall contemplate another punishing home loss. (Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post) In search for answers at perhaps the lowest point of their season, the Washington Wizards held a players-only meeting following their 117-113 loss to the Denver Nuggets at Verizon Center Thursday night. They are hoping the session will have the same effect as the players-only meeting they conducted after starting 2-7 two seasons ago. “It’s kind of similar to the past years. We’ve bee..>> view originalBalance leads USSC to 81-71 win over Washington State
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fans at home were embarrassingly hard to come by in previous years for Southern California. Now they are showing up in bunches, and the Trojans are rewarding them. Katin Reinhardt scored 18 points and USC remained perfect at home with an 81-71 victory over Washington State on Thursday night. The Trojans (16-5, 5-3 Pac-12) improved to 12-0 at home as they snapped a two-game losing streak. It is USC’s best home record to start a season since opening 13-0 in 1943. “Playing in fr..>> view originalThe Latest: Brazil to attack on mosquito breeding areas
Army soldiers prepare for a clean up operation against the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which is a vector for transmitting the Zika virus, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. The sticker reads in Portuguese “ Beware, this mosquito can kill “. (Andre Penner/Associated Press) By Associated Press January 29 at 10:06 AM RIO DE JANEIRO — The Latest on the Zika virus and fears it could be linked to birth defects (all times local): 12:55 pm. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff says the fed..>> view originalMysterious booms and shaking, social media rumors scare New ...
It was just after 1:30 p.m. when New Jersey began to shake. In the small township of Barnegat, Sheetrock suddenly began to crack. In Toms River, cops received so many calls that they asked people to stop dialing 911. Up and down the Jersey shore, it seemed as if an earthquake was rattling a region not known for its seismic activity. People looked to the ground, then the sky, where booms echoed as if the entire state was breaking. “We heard something like a boom or like a swishing sound and t..>> view original
Friday, January 29, 2016
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