Secret recordings emerged and the Chandra Levy case rapidly ...
This week, prosecutors and defense attorneys were set to travel to a California meeting, preparing for the retrial of the man charged with killing Washington intern Chandra Levy in 2001. But that travel plan changed abruptly and the murder case crumbled. Lawyers on both sides had learned about recent secretly recorded conversations with the man who was to have been the key witness against Ingmar Guandique, Levy’s alleged killer. On Thursday, prosecutors dropped all charges against Guandique, te..>> view originalClinton campaign denies reports that its computer system was hacked
The Clinton presidential campaign said Friday that an “analytics data program” maintained by the Democratic National Committee had been hacked but that its computer system had not been compromised, denying news reports from earlier in the day that the campaign had become the third Democratic Party organization whose systems had been penetrated. So far, campaign computer experts “have found no evidence that our internal systems have been compromised,” campaign spokesman Nick Merrill said in a st..>> view originalThe amazing story of the boy and girl from this 2002 Washington ...
In this photo from April 2002, Paul Riedel and Holly Erickson, both 10, stood in the doorway of John Wesley Church in Waterford, Va., which villagers had raised millions to restore. At left were Cub Scouts Sean LaBrecque and Dereck Anderson, both 9. (Tracy A. Woodward/The Washington Post via Getty Images) The first photograph was taken 14 years ago, on a warm, wet spring afternoon, at a historic church hosting a community celebration. Two 10-year-old children — a boy with sandy hair and bla..>> view originalBreitbart takes its pro-Trump evangelism to the Bernie Bros.
Supporters of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders rallied in front of Philadelphia City Hall during the Democratic National Convention this past week. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Donald Trump is trying very hard to convert — though not exactly "woo," strictly speaking — Bernie Sanders supporters. He has tweeted about the runner-up in the Democratic presidential nominating contest two dozen times this week alone. Here's a sampling: Even though Bernie Sanders has lost his energy and his st..>> view originalRedskins center Kory Lichtensteiger at "full strength" after nerve injury
RICHMOND — The Washington Redskins will begin practicing in pads during Saturday’s training camp session — one of the moments players get most excited for during the grueling summer workouts.It’s when the practices finally feel like football and the intensity ratchets up from the non-contact organized team activities that take place in the spring. It’s also when coaches can begin more earnest evaluations along the offensive and defensive line and the running game.Kory Lichtensteiger said he feel..>> view originalJohn Hinckley's release into society has been years in making
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Life for the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan 35 years ago has progressively become more normal, with greater freedom outside a psychiatric hospital, and perhaps nowhere is this more evident the record store where he whiles away so many hours.John Hinckley Jr., now 61, has made purchases at Retro Daddio one might expect from a man of his generation: A book about The Who, the graying rock band currently on a farewell tour, and an album by obscure ‘60s ..>> view originalAppeals court strikes down North Carolina's voter-ID law
Voting rights activists scored legal victories in key presidential election states Friday, the most important being a federal appeals court ruling that North Carolina’s Republican-led legislature enacted new voting restrictions in 2013 to intentionally blunt the growing clout of African American voters. The unanimous decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit was an overwhelming victory for the Justice Department and civil rights groups. Election law expert..>> view originalWhy NASA still believes we might find life on Mars
Jim Green, head of NASA's planetary science division, answers your questions about human travel to Mars. (Gillian Brockell,Sarah Kaplan/The Washington Post) The day Gil Levin says he detected life on Mars, he was waiting in his lab at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, watching a piece of paper inch out of a printer. Levin snatched the sheet and scrutinized the freshly inked graph. A thin line measuring radioactive carbon crept steadily upward, just as it always did when Levin performed th..>> view originalWashington Nationals 4, San Francisco Giants 1: Eighth inning triple ...
John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports Max Scherzer pitched seven strong innings, the Nats turned the team’s first triple play in history — at a most opportune time — and the Washington Nationals beat the San Francisco Giants 4-1. The Washington Nationals have recently had troubles pitching in the ninth inning, with meltdowns coming from just about anyone picking up a ball for the Nats, most notably Jonathan Papelbon. It didn’t come to that in the second game of the four-game set against the San ..>> view originalWill Turkey's coup attempt prompt others nearby?
By Curtis Bell and Jonathan Powell July 30 at 7:00 AM Riot police secure a police station held by an armed group, in Yerevan, Armenia, early Wednesday, July 27, 2016. (Vahan Stepanyan/PAN Photo via AP) Just two days after Turkey’s failed coup attempt, dissidents in neighboring Armenia seized police headquarters, took several hostages, demanded the release of a popular opposition leader and called for President Serzh Sargsyan to resign immediately. The hostage-takers never presented a cred..>> view original
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