ABT star Julie Kent is Washington Ballet's new artistic director
Julie Kent, one of the most celebrated American ballerinas of her generation, who retired from the stage last summer after a 29-year career at American Ballet Theatre, has been appointed the Washington Ballet’s new artistic director, the company announced Monday. Kent’s position is effective July 1. She will take over from Septime Webre, who announced last month that he is stepping down in June after 17 years at the helm. Sarah L. Kaufman received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. She is ..>> view originalBloomberg decides against third-party bid for White House
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More than 150 fighters aligned with al-Shabaab, a terrorist group with ties to al Qaeda, were killed Saturday when the U.S. Defense Department launched an airstrike in Somalia to prevent an imminent threat against American and allied forces, the Pentagon said on Monday.Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a spokesman for the Pentagon, said Monday that the strike happened two days earlier at “Raso Camp,” an al-Shabaab training site around 120 miles north of Mogadishu.The U.S. military had been monitoring ..>> view originalMatt Niskanen flourishing on the first power-play unit
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ANAHEIM – Ranked first in the league, the Washington Capitals’ power play also can get predictable. Every team expects the signature 1-3-1 formation and for the puck to find its way to Alex Ovechkin on the left side. Every penalty kill has a player attempting to disrupt Ovechkin’s one-timers from the faceoff circle. “They were looking for Ovechkin every single second of that power play,” Los Angeles defenseman Drew Doughty said after the Kings played the Capitals. T...>> view originalMaria Sharapova provisionally suspended after admitting to failing ...
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Several comedians, world leaders and political activists have compared Donald Trump to Adolph Hitler recently. (Peter Stevenson/The Washington Post) Louis C.K. and "Saturday Night Live" both went there this weekend when it comes to Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler. But they were hardly the first. In fact, it's party of a growing chorus, mostly coming from celebrities. Trump had already been drawing comparisons to Hitler and had to defend himself after failing to disavow former Ku Klux Klan l..>> view originalDonald Trump attacks 'Corrupt Marco Rubio' in new ad
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump makes his way to an exit at a campaign rally March 7 in Concord, N.C. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images) Donald Trump will soon air a television ad in Florida that repeatedly labels the state's Sen. Marco Rubio (R) as "corrupt" and accuses the senator of "defrauding the people of Florida." In a news release announcing the ad, Trump's campaign labeled the minute-long spot as its "latest campaign ad attacking Florida’s no-show Senator Marco Rubio." Rub..>> view originalWhat Bernie Sanders still doesn't get about arguing with Hillary Clinton
During a heated exchange over bailouts, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders repeatedly rebuked rival Hillary Clinton. "Excuse me, I'm talking," the Vermont senator said at one point at the CNN debate in Flint, Mich., on March 6. (CNN) Oh dear. On Sunday night, Bernie Sanders was in the middle of explaining his rationale for having reservations about the 2008 auto bailout — too much of the aid went to Wall Street — when former secretary of state Hillary Clinton interrupted. Cl..>> view original
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