Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Why you are only now seeing the Stanford sex offender's mugshot and other top stories.

  • Why you are only now seeing the Stanford sex offender's mugshot

    The media paid attention when a California judge sentenced a committed sex offender to just six months of jail time last week after prosecutors asked for years in state prison. But the Internet had a question for the media: where is the mugshot of former Stanford student Brock Turner? Instead of a booking photo, stories about his conviction and sentencing were illustrated with a smiling photo of Turner posing in a suit for his yearbook. Turner’s mugshot, it seemed, wasn’t anywhere on the Inter..
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  • Army Officer From DC Wins Miss USA Pageant

    Army Officer From DC Wins Miss USA Pageant
    The newly crowned Miss USA is a 26-year-old Army officer from the District of Columbia who gave perhaps the strongest answer of the night when asked about women in combat."As a woman in the United States Army, I think ... we are just as tough as men. As a commander of my unit, I'm powerful, I am dedicated,'' Deshauna Barber said. "Gender does not limit us in the United States.''As the winner of Sunday's 2016 Miss USA competition held at the T-Mobile Arena off the Las Vegas Strip, Barber will go ..
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  • No criminal charges for mother in Cincinnati gorilla death case

    No criminal charges for mother in Cincinnati gorilla death case
    The mom whose child fell into a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo will not be charged with a crime, Hamilton County prosecutor Joseph T. Deters said on June 6. (Gillian Brockell/The Washington Post) The mother of a 3-year-old boy who tumbled into a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo late last month won’t face criminal charges in the wake of the incident, which resulted in a gorilla’s death. “If anyone does not believe a 3-year-old can scamper off very quickly, they’ve never had..
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  • The impressively awkward hugs and handshakes of India's ...

    The impressively awkward hugs and handshakes of India's ...
    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hugs President Obama as first lady Michelle Obama looks on upon their arrival at Air Force Station Palam in New Delhi, Jan. 25, 2015. (Reuters/India's Press Information Bureau) There are plenty of reasons to be watching as Narendra Modi arrives in Washington on Tuesday. The Indian prime minister has made waves as a jet-setting world leader since taking office two years ago; despite a controversial past that once led to his banishment from the United State..
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  • Supreme Court will again consider limits on imposing death penalty

    Supreme Court will again consider limits on imposing death penalty
    The Supreme Court on Monday said it would review two cases brought by African Americans on death row in Texas, the state that most often carries out what is an increasingly rare punishment in the United States. One challenge involves Texas’s use of what lawyers say is an outdated method of determining whether inmates’ intellectual disabilities are so great that they should not be executed. The other alleges that racial discrimination infected an inmate’s sentencing. Last term, Justices Stephen ..
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  • Obama preparing to endorse Clinton

    Obama preparing to endorse Clinton
    WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is ready to make it official. With Hillary Clinton close to securing the Democratic nomination for president, Obama is on the verge of formally endorsing his former secretary of state and starting to aggressively make the case against Republican Donald Trump. White House officials say the announcement could come within days, although not before Democrats in New Jersey, California and four other states vote Tuesday in contests expected to solidify Clinton’s cl..
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  • Steve Lombardozzi returns to the Nationals on minor league deal

    Steve Lombardozzi returns to the Nationals on minor league deal
    Steve Lombardozzi, formerly of the Nationals, most recently of the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs, is back in the Nationals organization. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys/ The Washington Post) Steve Lombardozzi, the former Washington Nationals infielder who spent the beginning of this season as a Southern Maryland Blue Crab, is back in the Nationals organization as of Monday afternoon. The Nationals signed him to a minor league deal, a person familiar with the situation confirmed. He will report to C..
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  • Pressure builds on feds over FBI headquarters parking

    Pressure builds on feds over FBI headquarters parking
    Plans for a new FBI headquarters Rush hour traffic is backed up along Interstate 66 in this view from the Vienna Metro Station in Virginia, on Tuesday, May 19, 2015. (Photo by Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post) Planning officials have stepped up their criticism of the parking requirements for a new FBI headquarters, strongly urging the General Services Administration to reconsider its decision to require thousands more spaces for the project than originally envisioned. In January, the GSA laun..
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  • Additional Problems Reported During First Commute of Metro's ...

    Additional Problems Reported During First Commute of Metro's ...
    What to KnowRidership was only down overall about 1 percent from a typical Monday morning for this time of year.More Metro personnel will be at the Ballston-MU Station to help riders get to their trains.Problems during the AM rush had a big effect on a commute. which riders had already been bracing.Riders coping with the first rush hour commute of Metro's massive SafeTrack repair plan Monday morning found themselves dealing with additional delays because of a switch problem and a train with a ma..
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  • After Sanders, can the Democrats unify their party?

    After Sanders, can the Democrats unify their party?
    SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Standing on stage before more than 3,000 people last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders took an unusual poll for someone vying to be the Democratic Party’s standard-bearer for 2016. “I’ve never asked this question before, and I’m kind of curious to know the answer,” said the senator from Vermont. “How many people here have at one point or another gone to a Democratic Party meeting?” Only a hundred or so members of the audience put up their hands. “I would say that’s about 3 percent..
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