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Bolton says U.S. won’t withdraw troops from Syria until ISIS is gone 13

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From airport security to food stamps to tax refunds, the ripple effects of the federal government’s partial closure are beginning to cause pain and frustration far from the Capitol 12

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SOME FISH: Kiyomura Corp. owner Kiyoshi Kimura, right, poses Saturday in front of his Sushi Zanmai restaurant in Tokyo with the 612pound bluefin tuna he bought for a record 333.6 million yen ($3.1 million) at auction.

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A Pennsylvania man accused of stealing guitars from a music store has one thing to say: “Go Eagles.” Police say Dale Sourbeck used a hammer to break into the Rock Street Music store in Pittston on Thursday. Video shows him taking two guitars; police say he returned and took more. TV cameras caught Sourbeck being escorted to a cruiser. When a reporter asked if there was anything he wanted to say, he paused, then replied, “Go Eagles.” (AP)

Police in New York City helped a couple ring in the new year by finding their engagement ring. NBC New York reported that the diamond ring was dropped down a sewer grate Thursday near Times Square. Officers recovered it with the help of the FDNY. The NYPD tweeted that the couple was reunited with their ring on Friday. Last month, the NYPD found another engagement ring, which was returned to the couple on “The Ellen Show.” (AP)

A large purple penguin swiped from an Oklahoma City hotel apparently managed to waddle back home after police released photos of a man with the $3,000 statue tucked under his arm. Police on Friday announced the return of the penguin, which had disappeared the previous Sunday from the 21c Museum Hotel. Surveillance images show a man carrying it by the head. The penguin is about two-thirds the height of the thief. (AP)

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‘It’s a mess, but it’s my mess’ REDSKINS Die-hard Redskins fan Kenny A., a local teacher who would prefer to remain somewhat anonymous, might be the only person who wore a John Beck jersey while watching the former Redskins quarterback get sacked 10 times in a 2011 shutout loss to the Bills in Toronto and a Kirk Cousins No. 12 jersey in Cleveland for Cousins’ only start as a rookie the following year.

The 35-year-old has spent more money than he’d care to admit on what has become the most incredible — and depressing — collection of Redskins quarterback jerseys ever assembled, including four new additions from this past season alone.

“It’s being a fan, coupled with tradition and stubbornness,” Kenny says. “It’s a mess. I get it’s a mess, but it’s my mess.”

Kenny’s collection began around the time he graduated from James Madison in 2004, when he bought Patrick Ramsey’s No. 11.

“I got his jersey, not realizing

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Redskins fan’s jersey collection is a history of the team’s QB woes

Local teacher Kenny A. has a jersey for every single Redskins starting QB since Patrick Ramsey. He added four jerseys this past season alone.

what I was about to get myself into,” Kenny says. “I wore that until Mark Brunell came around and took over. I was in support of that at the time and bought a

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The Redskins have had 14 different starting quarterbacks since Kenny became a

season-ticket holder in 2004, and he owns at least one jersey for every one of them. He has jerseys for both of the numbers that Cousins and Colt McCoy have worn in Washington and throwback alternates for Cousins and Robert Griffin III. He has a J. Campbell and a plain Campbell, and a Collins No. 15. Kenny fully committed to the QB jersey bit when John Beck briefly replaced Rex Grossman as the Redskins’ starter in the 2011 season.

“That was the first time I said, ‘Whatever, I’ve already got seven or eight quarterback jerseys, what’s another one?’ ” he says.

His C a mpbell, Donova n McNabb and Griffin jerseys are all authentic, but the others are $100 replicas, primarily purchased from the nfl.com shop.

When Alex Smith went down with a season-ending leg injury this season, Kenny ordered a McCoy No. 12. After McCoy fractured his leg in Philadelphia two weeks later, Kenny made sure he got a Mark Sanchez No. 6 jersey before the next game.

“I’m pretty sure Mark Sanchez’s family doesn’t own a Mark Sanchez Redskins jersey,” Kenny says. “But I do for some reason.”

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The shutdown workaround D.C. tourists, residents find ways to get by as partial closure drags on

St. Patrick’s Day parade canceled over safety cost

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THE DISTRICT On the first Friday of the year, tourists roamed the Mall searching for signs of life.

The Smithsonian museums were closed. So, too, was the carousel on the Mall, its painted horses frozen in place.

Tourism in D.C. typically slows in January. Hotels have fewer guests, and restaurants are less crowded. Washingtonians and visitors alike shop a little less.

But the partial government shutdown has deepened the lull.

Business owners, taxi drivers and others who rely on foot traffic have watched revenue slump as parts of the government have ground to a halt. Should the shutdown persist for “months or even years,” as President Trump said it could Friday, its effect on the District will only worsen.

This isn’t the District’s first go-round with a government shutdown, though it’s already one of the longest.

In 2013, the federal government suspended operations for 16 days as Congress sparred over the Affordable Care Act. The longest shutdown was in 1995.

It lasted three weeks.

Previous standoffs have taught business owners and tour guides how to adapt.

“Six years ago it was like, ‘Oh, my God, the city’s shut down.

We’re going to have to cancel

Closures around D.C. for the government shutdown, including the National Zoo, have had big effects on the city.

our trip.’ But now, we’ve all been here before and people are realizing a lot of what D.C. has to offer has nothing to do with the federal government,” said Elliott Ferguson, president of Destination DC, the city’s tourism arm.

Hotels are seeing fewer cancellations than in past shutdowns, Ferguson said, and fewer tour groups have called Destination DC in a panic. Two conventions scheduled this month are expected to bring about 27,000 people and $33 million to the city.

“Right now, we’re all hoping that this will end soon,” Ferguson said. “But in the meantime, we want everyone to know D.C. is open for business.”

Getting that message out has

been a challenge for small businesses, especially those near closed attractions.

Yael Krigman, owner of Baked

by Yael, a bakery across from the National Zoo, said she’s leaned more heavily on catering and “cake-pop parties” in lieu of the usual zoo-goer foot traffic.

It hasn’t been easy.

“It’s not as though January was going to be our best season anyway, but that’s why we really rely on the zoo even more than in other months,” Krigman said.

“But people still go to the zoo — when it’s open.”

Unemployment claims in the District since the shutdown began exceeded 1,200 as of Friday, which marked a full pay period

for unpaid federal workers.

Claims typically spike during shutdowns because federal workers are not guaranteed back pay and government contractors lose their source of income.

As the sun set Friday, a smattering of tourists posed for pictures on the Mall outside wrought iron fences.

Minwa and Khafe Oshingbemi, a married couple from Nigeria, took turns taking photos that appeared to show each being pricked by the top of the Washington Monument. It was their first time in Washington.

“What are we going to do?”

Minwa Oshingbemi said with a shrug. “We’re here now.”

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“For too long, the residents of the District of Columbia have … [been] denied the full enfranchisement that is their right.”

HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI , D-Calif., supporting a statehood bill filed last week by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C.’s

nonvoting representative. It was the first time in a generation that House leadership has endorsed the issue.

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Two people found dead Saturday after house fire in Southeast D.C.

THE DISTRICT Washington’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, which has been held here since 1971 and has grown greatly in size, prominence and reputation, will not be held this year, it was announced on Friday.

On its website, the St. Patrick’s Parade Committee of Washington, D.C., which puts on the parade, said it was “distraught to announce that the 2019 St. Patrick’s Parade is cancelled.”

The committee said growing security costs, combined with “relatively stagnant funding,” have thrust the parade organizers into “a precarious financial position.”

It attributed the rapid growth in overhead expenses to security requirements imposed by the D.C. government in the wake of a terrorist attack in Nice, France, in 2016. In that attack, at least 86 people were killed and hundreds injured when a man drove a truck into a crowd that had been watching fireworks. The man then began shooting.

In explaining the cancellation, the committee said some of the costs were defrayed by a grant from the D.C. government. But it said as costs have increased, the grant hasn’t been as effective in reducing the financial burden.

That, coupled with the committee’s “steadfast commitment” to holding the parade in 2020, its 50th year, has led to the “very difficult but necessary” decision to cancel this year’s parade. MARTIN WEIL (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Police, feds seize 88 pounds of heroin Bust nets estimated $2.5M in drugs, one of largest in D.C. region THE DISTRICT D.C. police and federal authorities said Friday that they have broken up an organization that supplied heroin to some of the District’s most drug-plagued neighborhoods, seizing guns and a luxury sports car made in Italy.

Authorities said they seized more than 88 pounds of heroin, worth an estimated $2.5 million wholesale. Police said they found

six handguns inside one suspect’s residence in Northeast.

“When guns and drugs meet, violent crime erupts,” said Thomas Chittum, the special agent in charge of the Washington field office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. “In this case, we had plenty of both.”

Chittum was joined by D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham and Mayor Muriel Bowser at a news conference at the 6th District police station in Northeast, where they said the group had sold drugs in communities along Alabama

and Minnesota avenues and Naylor and Good Hope roads.

Bowser said that “because we Thorne have removed this heroin from the streets, we know for a fact we have saved lives.” She described the seizure as one of the largest in the D.C. area in recent memory.

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and a business in Prince George’s County. During the raids, Newsham said, authorities seized more than 40 kilograms of heroin, six handguns, a drug press and a Maserati sports car.

Police did not disclose the arrest on Dec. 19 because they were still looking for a second suspect.

Newsham said that man, Linwood Douglas Thorne, 46, of Northeast, was arrested Thursday in Baltimore. He was charged federally with several drug and firearm counts. Authorities did not identify the man arrested in Virginia.

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THE DISTRICT After a year marked by a rise in traffic fatalities, D.C. is entering 2019 with a plan city officials hope will make streets safer for its 700,000 residents and the hundreds of thousands more who visit and work in the nation’s capital.

The new year brings several street safety initiatives, including a ban on right turns on red and restricting left turns at some intersections. In addition, pedestrians will have more time to cross at many intersections and there will be new zones for delivery trucks and ride-hailing drop-offs.

Drivers who break traffic laws will also face higher penalties.

The ultimate goal, city officials said, is to reduce traffic deaths and injuries through changes in street design, enforcement, education and data-driven strategies.

According to data from D.C. police, 36 people were killed in traffic collisions in 2018, including 14 pedestrians and three bicyclists. That number is up from 30 in 2017 and is the highest since 2008, when 39 people were killed in traffic crashes.

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There were 36 traffic fatalities in the District last year, up from 30 in 2017.

Transportation. “Safety is what’s most important to everybody.”

Marootian said many of the department’s safety initiatives are focused on intersections.

That includes efforts to make left turns safer in some spots by adding rubber barriers along the center line to stop drivers from cutting off a corner when turning.

At 40 intersections with dual turn lanes that have a higher incidence of crashes, engineers will be making adjustments, including eliminating the second turn lane.

Tougher penalties for traffic infractions go into effect this month, targeting speeding and other dangerous road behaviors.

Among the changes: Drivers exceeding the speed limit by more than 25 mph face a $500 fine; those rolling through a

no-right-turn-on-red intersection face a $100 fine; and drivers who don’t stop for a pedestrian in a crosswalk risk a $500 ticket and three points on their license.

The initiatives aren’t new proposals, but are part of the city’s commitment to Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Vision Zero strategy.

Advocates say they welcome the stepped-up efforts, but want the city to take even bolder steps to ensure the safety of all road users.

“We are not asking for anything unreasonable. We are just asking not to die or get horribly injured while we are traveling in D.C.,” said Rachel Maisler, an avid bicyclist and member of the city’s bicycle advisory council who organized several silent rides to honor traffic victims in 2018. LUZ LAZO (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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The number of early applications the University of Virginia received for the Class of 2023, up 17 percent from the previous year. Applicants will learn this month whether they got in. Fall applications account for more than 60 percent of the annual total. U-Va. is hardly alone. Many schools, public and private, report significant increases in early applications. (TWP) D.C. police say man admits firing bullet New Year’s Day that critically wounded bystander in Northwest

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SARASOTA, FLA. One of the largest enfranchisements of U.S. citizens in the past century begins Tuesday in Florida, and many of the more than 1.4 million ex-felons set to regain their voting rights here are treating the moment as a celebration.

In Tampa, one group is renting buses to register en masse at the county elections office.

Others will be livestreaming on Facebook as they march in.

Demetrius Jifunza, convicted as a teen of armed robbery, is now a father and pastor who wants to make his daughters proud.

“It’ll be a joyous day,” Jifunza said of the trip to the Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections office, a journey made possible when voters in November overturned Florida’s 1868 ban blocking residents with felony convictions from automatically having their voting rights restored once they served their sentences.

(Amendment 4 covers ex-felons except for those convicted of murder and sex offenses.)

In the run-up to Tuesday, the organizations and volunteers who worked for the past decade to pass the amendment have been ramping up their efforts to encourage ex-felons to quickly follow through. There’s a tollfree number, 877-MY-VOTE-0,

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In November, Floridians voted to restore voting rights to most ex-felons.

and a website with tips.

At a strategy meeting in Sarasota in December, a small group of returning citizens — the term many people prefer over ex-felon — hashed out ideas on getting people motivated. It was one of more than a dozen such meetings across the state held by coalition members, which were made more urgent after some lawmakers suggested that Amendment 4 should not take effect until the legislature can review it.

The Sarasota meeting was held on the same day that Republican Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis backed a delay so that lawmakers could consider how ex-felons’ registration should be implemented. To many, the timing is suspect: The legislature does not convene until March, but municipal elections

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in Florida begin in February. All Democratic candidates running for statewide office in November endorsed the amendment.

Republican candidates largely did not, including DeSantis and Gov. Rick Scott.

But incoming elections chief Michael Ertel, a DeSantis appointee, told the Orlando Sentinel just days ago that he does not see why voter registration for ex-felons who have finished their sentences can’t begin Tuesday.

Longtime civil rights leader Howard Simon agreed and noted that those eligible do not even have to go to an office to register. He recommended registering online, right after the law kicks in at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday and before anybody can try to stop sign-ups. LORI ROZSA (THE WASHINGTON POST)

Mexican experts have found the first temple of the Flayed Lord, a pre-Hispanic fertility god depicted as a skinned human corpse, authorities said last week. Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History said the temple was found during recent excavations of Popoloca Indian ruins in the state of Puebla.

Experts found two skulllike stone carvings and a stone trunk depicting the god, Xipe Totec. An extra hand dangles off one arm, suggesting the god was wearing the skin of a sacrificial victim. Priests worshipped Xipe Totec by skinning victims and donning their skins. This was thought to ensure fertility and regeneration.

The Popolocas built the temple between A.D. 1000 and 1260. They were later conquered by Aztecs. (AP)

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The record number of visitors The Louvre, the world’s most visited museum, received in 2018. The numbers were boosted by a video clip shot by pop star Beyonce and her husband, rapper JAY-Z, amid the Paris museum’s paintings and sculptures. The Louvre also noted a significant rise in the number of foreign visitors, who made up almost three-quarters of the total number. Most came from the U.S., China, Brazil and European countries. (AP) Nevada inmate whose execution was called off found dead in cell in apparent hanging

Three men were fatally shot late Friday and four injured when a brawl at a popular bowling alley and karaoke bar in Torrance, Calif., — near Los Angeles — erupted into gunfire. Police found seven people with gunshot wounds.

The three men were pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities have not identified the victims or the suspects, nor released details about what led to the shooting.

Witnesses said it began with a fight between two groups. (AP) GAINESVILLE, FLA.

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13 escape room sites shut down after fatal fire Polish officials have shut down 13 escape room entertainment sites for safety flaws after five teenage girls were killed in a fire on Friday. The fire occurred at an escape room in a private home in Koszalin, where the 15-year-olds were celebrating a birthday.

There was no emergency evacuation route. Since then, more than 200 of Poland’s 1,100 escape rooms have been checked, revealing a number of safety flaws. (AP)

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nation+world Authorities: Shooting was mistaken identity, not racially motivated HOUSTON A black man was arrested and charged with murder in the killing of a 7-year-old black girl in a drive-by shooting that authorities said Sunday appeared to be a case of mistaken identity, not a racially motivated attack, as her family feared.

Jazmine Barnes’ family had described the gunman in the Dec. 30 slaying as a white man driving a red pickup, and believed race played a role in the shooting.

But acting on a tip received by a civil rights activist, the sheriff’s department zeroed in instead on

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Eric Black Jr., a 20-year-old black man who admitted he was driving a dark-colored SUV from which a Black passenger opened fire, authorities said.

Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said authorities have identified the second suspect, who is also black, but did not say whether the person was in custody.

Gonzalez cautioned that authorities were still investigating, but said: “At this point, it does not appear it was related to race.”

Chris Sevilla, Jazmine’s father, said in a telephone interview that he was feeling “a bit of relief right now” after the arrest.

At a court hearing early

MELISSA PHILLIP (HOUSTON CHRONICLE VIA AP)

Man charged in girl’s death

LaPorsha Washington, the mother of shooting victim Jazmine Barnes, speaks Saturday in Houston.

Sunday, prosecutors said a confidential source had contacted the sheriff by email and told him the killers had “shot the car by mistake,” thinking the vehicle Jazmine was in was someone

else’s. Prosecutors did not say why the killers opened fire.

The sheriff said there was, in fact, a red truck at a stoplight just before the shooting, but the driver did not appear to have been involved. Gonzalez said it was dark, the shooting happened quickly and the truck was probably the last thing seen by Jazmine’s family. Authorities want to talk to the person in the red pickup to get his account of the crime, Gonzalez said.

Black, who was arrested Saturday night during a traffic stop, was charged with capital murder and jailed without bail.

Prosecutors said the 9 mm handgun believed used in the shooting had been recovered from Black’s home. JUAN A. LOZANO (AP)

Ukrainian Orthodox Church formally breaks from Russia

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Jamal al-Badawi, the Yemeni al-Qaeda operative accused of organizing the 2000 attack on the USS Cole, has been killed in a U.S. airstrike, President Trump said in a tweet Sunday. U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, confirmed Badawi’s death Sunday afternoon. Seventeen American sailors were killed and more than 40 were injured in the Oct. 12, 2000, attack. (TWP) MALAYSIA

King abdicates suddenly; no explanation is given Malaysian King Sultan Muhammad V abdicated Sunday after just two years on the throne. The palace said in a statement that the 49-year-old ruler had resigned as Malaysia’s 15th king effective immediately, ending his five-year term in the largely ceremonial role. No reason was given. It marked the first abdication in the nation’s history. (AP)

Woman gives birth while in vegetative state

ISTANBUL | Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, left, presents the Tomos, a scroll containing a decree of independence, to Metropolitan Epiphanius, the head of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church, in Istanbul on Sunday. The ceremony formally severs the Ukrainian church from the Russian church it had been tied to since 1686. Many Ukrainians had resented the status of the Moscow-affiliated church.

Congo postpones release of presidential election results, fueling distrust in ruling party

PHOENIX A near-drowning had left the woman in a persistent vegetative state for nearly a decade. She received round-the-clock care at a Phoenix Hacienda HealthCare facility. So when she went into labor a few days after Christmas, her caretakers were flummoxed.

“From what I’ve been told, she was moaning,” an unidentified source told Phoenix CBS affiliate KPHO. “None of the staff were aware that she was pregnant until she was pretty much giving birth.”

On Dec. 29, with help from one of the facility’s nurses, the patient gave birth to a healthy baby boy, KPHO reported.

The birth — and the sexual assault of a vulnerable individual that must have preceded it — has cast a harsh glare on conditions at a nonprofit organization that bills itself as a leading provider of health care for Phoenix’s medically fragile.

A Phoenix police spokesman said that the department is investigating but did not release any details. In a statement, Hacienda HealthCare called the incident an “unprecedented matter,” and said that Hacienda is conducting an internal review.

It’s unclear whether police have identified any suspects.

In Arizona, sexually assaulting a vulnerable adult is a felony.

In addition, Arizona’s Department of Economic Security dispatched a team to conduct health and safety checks at the facility. CLEVE R. WOOTSON JR. (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Treasury Department officials are trying to determine what to do with the flood of requests for tax refunds that will come in next month. The Internal Revenue Service has sent home close to 90 percent of its staff without pay ahead of an extremely busy time for the tax agency. From late January through March 2 of 2018, the IRS paid out $147.6 billion in tax refunds to 48.5 million households. That money could be frozen within the IRS if the refunds are stalled. This could have an immediate impact on the economy and the finances of millions who frequently spend their tax refunds soon after receiving them.

Under normal schedules, tax returns for income earned in 2018 would be due April 15.

The Department of Agriculture’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — the current version of food stamps, used by 38 million lowincome Americans — would face severe reductions if the shutdown lasts into February. The program requires annual funding from Congress, even though its existence is automatically renewed.

Congress has not allocated funding for SNAP past January, and the program’s emergency reserves would not cover even two-thirds of February’s payments, according to past disbursements.

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As the partial government shutdown drags into its third week, its effects are starting to cascade far beyond the hulking agency buildings in Washington.

In addition to the approximately 800,000 federal workers who are either furloughed or facing the prospect of working without pay, many low-wage employees such as cafeteria workers and custodial staffers work for private contractors that — unlike federal employees — have little hope of getting back pay when the shutdown ends.

Here’s a look at the breadth of the potential impact. (THE WASHINGTON POST/AP)

Airports

National parks

Farmers

The agency tasked with guaranteeing U.S. airport security acknowledged an increase in employees calling off work. Employees of the Transportation Security Administration are expected to work without pay during the shutdown because their jobs are considered essential. TSA spokesman Michael Bilello tweeted that 5.5 percent of the TSA workforce at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport called out Friday, compared with 3.5 percent on a normal day. He said wait times “may be affected” but that all passengers would be screened as normal. Hydrick Thomas, president of the national TSA employee union, told CNN that up to 170 TSA employees at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport called out each day last week.

The National Park Service will take the unprecedented step of tapping entrance fees to pay for expanded operations at its most popular sites, officials said Sunday. A memorandum said park managers will be permitted to bring on additional staff to clean restrooms, haul trash and patrol the parks. The move, which some critics said could be illegal, shows the extent to which the Trump administration’s decision to keep the national park system open to visitors is straining its capacity and potentially exposing public lands to long-term damage. During shutdowns under Clinton and Obama, the park service chose to block access to its sites rather than leave them open with a skeleton staff on board.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday that it must delay the release of key crop reports, leaving investors and farmers without vital information. The USDA had planned a Jan. 11 release of the reports, which detail the size of the 2018 harvests of corn, soybean, wheat and other crops and give an early estimate for what farmers will plant in the upcoming season. Depending on the estimates, the prices of the commodities can rise or fall, as they show the current supply and forecast how many acres will be devoted to different crops in the coming months. The lack of information comes amid the uncertainty of trade with China, where tariffs led to an abrupt drop in U.S. agricultural exports to the country.

Harold Brown, defense secretary under the Carter administration, died Friday at age 91

Trump says he needs to deal with Democrats POLITICS President Trump held out little hope Sunday that another round of talks between top aides and congressional staff would produce meaningful progress toward ending the partial government shutdown, seeming to undercut his team by saying he needed to deal directly with Democratic leaders.

“Ultimately, it’s going to be solved by the principals,” Trump told reporters at the White House before leaving for staff meetings at Camp David as the shutdown headed into its third week. A second round of discussions between administration officials and Capitol Hill aides began in the afternoon, according to Vice President Pence.

“I don’t expect to have anything happen at that meeting,” Trump said about the talks led by Pence on the impasse over money for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. “But I think we’re going to have some very serious talks come Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.”

Trump suggested Sunday that he, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer could find compromise “in 20 minutes, if they want to. If they don’t want to, it’s going to go on for a long time.”

Trump reaffirmed that he would consider declaring a national emergency in an effort to circumvent Congress and spend money as he saw fit. Such a move would seem certain to draw legal challenges. CATHERINE LUCEY AND LISA MASCARO (AP)

Brother of JonBenet Ramsey reaches settlement with CBS in defamation lawsuit

MILITARY U.S. troops will not leave northeastern Syria until Islamic State militants are defeated and American-allied Kurdish fighters are protected, a top White House aide said Sunday, signaling a pause to a withdrawal abruptly announced last month and initially expected to be completed within weeks.

While U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said there is now no timetable, President Trump reaffirmed his commitment to withdrawing U.S. troops, though he said “we won’t be finally pulled out until ISIS is gone.”

Trump had said in his Dec. 19 withdrawal announcement that U.S. forces “have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency.”

Bolton said in Israel that the U.S. would pull out only after its troops had rooted out what’s left of ISIS in Syria and after the administration had reached an agreement with Turkey to protect Kurdish militias who have fought alongside Americans against the extremists.

In Washington, Trump told reporters at the White House that “we are pulling back in Syria.

We’re going to be removing our troops. I never said we’re doing it that quickly.” But in that Dec. 19

U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said President Trump has made clear he would not allow Turkey to attack the Kurds.

Agencies told to halt raises for Trump officials

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video, the president had said of the roughly 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria: “They’re all coming back, and they’re coming back now.”

“I think this is the reality setting in that you got to plan this out,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. He told CBS’ “Face the Nation” that “the bottom line here is we want to make sure we get this right, that ISIS doesn’t come back. And I applaud the president for re-evaluating what he’s doing.”

Trump’s decision last month drew widespread criticism from allies, led to the resignation of U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and raised fears over clearing the way for a Turkish assault on the Kurdish fighters. Turkey

ISIS prisoners in limbo National security adviser John Bolton said that the U.S. is seeking a “satisfactory disposition” for roughly 800 ISIS prisoners held by the U.S.-backed Syrian opposition.

He said that talks were ongoing with European and regional partners about the issue. (AP)

considers the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units, or YPG, a terrorist group.

‘There are objectives that we want to accomplish that condition the withdrawal,” Bolton told reporters in Jerusalem.

“The timetable flows from the policy decisions that we need to

implement.”

Bolton was to be in Turkey today, accompanied by the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford, for talks with government officials. Bolton said the U.S. wants its Kurdish allies in Syria protected from any planned Turkish offensive.

Bolton said Trump has made clear he would not allow Turkey to attack the Kurds. “That’s what the president said, the ones that fought with us,” Bolton said.

Turkey’s presidential spokesman called allegations that his country planned to attack the U.S.-allied Kurds in Syria “irrational,” and said Turkey was fighting terrorism for national security. ZEKE MILLER (AP)

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“If and when the time comes for impeachment, it will have to be something that has such a crescendo in a bipartisan way.”

HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI, D.-Calif., seeking to quell discussion over whether House Democrats will move

immediately to impeach President Trump now that they hold a majority in that chamber

At least 30 Afghan villagers searching for gold in riverbed killed in flash flood in Badakhshan province

POLITICS Federal agencies have been told to suspend pay raises for senior Trump administration officials after an uproar from critics who said it was unseemly to reward top political appointees while hundreds of thousands of federal workers are going without pay during the partial government shutdown.

The raises had been set to go into effect Sunday, after a longstanding pay freeze for senior officials lapsed.

The turnabout on the pay hike came late Friday in a memo from Margaret Weichert, the acting director of the Office of Personnel Management. The pay freeze for senior officials should be extended, she said.

It “would be prudent for agencies to continue to pay these senior political officials at the frozen rate,” Weichert wrote in a memo to the heads of executive departments and agencies.

The Weichert memo followed a Washington Post story Friday afternoon reporting that scores of senior Trump political appointees were poised to receive annual raises of about $10,000 a year.

The pending raises were a consequence of the budget impasse and government shutdown: When the budget deal lapsed, so did an existing pay freeze for senior federal officials. The pay freeze had been enacted by Congress in 2013 for top executives and renewed each year since then. PETER WHORISKEY (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Chargers pass rusher Melvin Ingram sacks Ravens QB Lamar Jackson on Sunday.

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Chargers level Ravens L.A. sacks Lamar Jackson seven times in his playoff debut, advances to face Patriots “I love ‘Flac,’ but [Jackson] got us here. So for the fact that you’re a fair-weather fan that quickly when things go rough — you turn your back on him? — that just got under my skin a little bit,” Smith said.

Jackson, who turns 22 today, became the youngest quarterback to start a postseason game, and aside from getting in gear late, he looked unready for the big stage.

The Heisman Trophy winner went 14-for-29 for 194 yards, two fourth-quarter TDs, one pick, one lost fumble and two more fumbles recovered by Baltimore. He was sacked seven times.

Asked about the fans’ jeering, Jackson said: “No hard feelings.

They’re looking for better.”

Harbaugh said he considered

CHARGERS 23, RAVENS 17 Lamar Jackson’s passer rating was bottoming out at 0.0, he’d endured a first half with a combined total of fumbles and interceptions (three) that was higher than his number of completions (two), and his playoff debut was shaping up as, in a word, a disaster.

So as Ravens coach John Harbaugh stuck with his rookie quarterback, and the team’s deficit in Sunday’s AFC wild-card game against the Los Angeles Chargers grew, fans called for Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco to get a chance.

That drew the ire of Ravens cornerback Jimmy Smith, who let the spectators know he thought they were making a mistake in what would become Baltimore’s 23-17 loss to L.A.

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making a switch to Flacco — “It was part of the conversation,” the coach said — but thought the fact that Jackson produced a pair of scores late proved that keeping him in the game was the right call.

The Chargers (13-4) advanced to play the New England Patriots on Sunday. Meanwhile, the AFC North champion Ravens (10-7) had their first trip to the playoffs since 2014 end quickly.

Jackson had gone 6-1 since replacing Flacco, thanks to a strong running game and the league’s No. 2 scoring defense. The sprint to a division title included a 2210 victory at the Chargers two weeks ago.

It was clear from the outset Sunday this was not going to go as well. The Ravens fumbled on three of their first eight plays.

At halftime, Jackson was 2-for-8 for 17 yards passing.

“I wasn’t playing my game today,” Jackson said. “Only toward the end.” HOWARD FENDRICH (AP)

Redskins coach Jay Gruden has been told he will return for 2019, a person with knowledge of the situation said Friday. Gruden has gone 35-44-1 in five seasons as coach, and the team has had three sub-.500 seasons in that time.

But the Redskins’ shortcomings have not always been seen as his fault. Gruden, 51, has two years remaining on an extension he signed in 2017. Some assistant coaches are not expected to return, which could lead to a new look from the team next season. A person familiar with the matter says the team will spend this week working on a plan for the coaching staff. Last year, Gruden became the longest tenured coach in owner Daniel Snyder’s two decades of ownership. (TWP)

EAGLES 16, BEARS 15

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL A solid running corps has been a constant of Nick Saban’s tenure at Alabama — from Mark Ingram to Derrick Henry.

With talented passer Tua Tagovailoa leading the offense for the Crimson Tide (14-0) this season, the running backs have gotten overshadowed at times despite some impressive accomplishments.

Damien Harris, Najee Harris and Josh Jacobs each have topped 1,000 yards rushing in their careers, with Damien Harris’ 6.47 yards per carry in his career ranking third all-time among SEC backs with at least 400 attempts.

Jacobs was the MVP in the SEC title game win over Georgia after rushing for 83 yards and two touchdowns, while Najee Harris is averaging 6.5 yards per carry in two seasons.

“We always like to have two or three guys at that position that can play,” Saban said. “It keeps everybody healthy rather than having one guy that’s carrying the ball maybe a lot of turns every game and they get wore down as the season goes on.”

And Alabama may rely more heavily on the run to close out victories, as was the case against Oklahoma, when the Tide ended the game with nine straight runs to run out the clock.

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Alabama’s Damien Harris, left, and Clemon’s Travis Etienne average more than 6 yards per carry in their careers.

But Clemson (14-0) has its own dangerous running game led by Travis Etienne, who has rushed for 1,573 yards at an average of 8.3 yards per clip. Etienne has scored 23 touchdowns, providing a capable complement to the passing game led by freshman Trevor Lawrence.

Etienne preserved the Tigers’ perfect season when he ran for 203 yards and three touchdowns, including the game-winning 2-yard run, in a 27-23 come-frombehind victory over Syracuse in September.

Etienne knows he’s in for a challenge as well against Alabama’s always stout defense. The Tide have held five opponents under 100 yards and are giving up just 3.5 yards per carry.

The Tigers ran for 63 yards on 33 carries in last year’s loss to Alabama in the CFP semifinals,

Keys to victory Clemson: Limit Alabama’s ability to run. The seven teams this season that held the Tide to 200 or fewer yards rushing lost by an average of 22.4 points (compared with a 40.6-point margin of victory for those that didn’t).

Alabama: Make Clemson onedimensional. In close wins, the Tigers were held to 176 yards passing vs.

Syracuse and 115 yards rushing vs.

Texas A&M — well below season averages of 274 yards passing and 256 yards rushing. (EXPRESS)

their lowest rushing total in their past 33 games.

These opponents certainly have had time to become familiar over the past four seasons: They’ve met each year, with three of the matchups (including

this year’s) determining college football’s champion.

And it’s tended to be a highscoring affair. Alabama beat Clemson 45-40 in 2016, while the Tigers topped the Tide 35-31 a year later.

A curious note may be at what point in the game the scoring occurs. If this season’s tendencies hold, Alabama might sprint to a heavy first-quarter lead, and Clemson might recover to a heavy second-quarter comeback.

The Tide has won its first quarters by a total score of 220-45, while the Tigers have outscored their opponents 211-38 in the second quarter.

“They have the capacity to beat us every year,” Alabama left tackle Jonah Williams said. “So you have to play your best and you have to execute.”

(AP/THE WASHINGTON POST)

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“Does he stay healthy? Does he want to continue to play that long? … If anyone can, he’s the only one.”

BRETT HULL, on Alex Ovechkin’s chances of surpassing Wayne Gretzky (894) as the NHL’s career leader in goals scored.

Ovechkin, left, 33, scored his 637th Friday. The Capitals’ game at Detroit on Sunday ended after Express’ deadline.

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Former enforcer Mike Peluso sues Devils over head injury

D.C. United striker Wayne Rooney paid a $25 fine and $91 in court fees Friday after being arrested last month at Dulles International Airport on a public swearing/intoxication charge. Rooney was taken to jail to sober up Dec. 16 after he triggered a door alarm. Paul Stretford, Rooney’s agent, said the player was returning from a promotional trip to Saudi Arabia when, according to one person close to the situation, he consumed three mixed drinks along with a prescribed sleeping pill. (AP/TWP) MLS

D.C. United signs Olsen to extension through ’21 D.C. United and coach Ben Olsen agreed to a contract extension, multiple people familiar with the talks confirmed Friday. Olsen was among the lowest-paid coaches in Major League Soccer last year, with an estimated salary of $400,000. The new contract, guaranteed through 2021, is expected to provide modest increases. Olsen, 41, who is entering his ninth full season, is the longest-tenured coach in team history. (TWP) COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Hospitalized Cal corner dies after workout California defensive back Bryce Turner died after being hospitalized for a medical emergency during a non-team workout, the university announced Saturday. He was 20.

No cause of death was immediately given. The school last week called his condition a “medical emergency” and provided no other details. (AP)

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The secret’s out: ‘Masked Singer’ is an absurd delight the history of jurisprudence, no group of judges has done a better job at being effortlessly ridonkulous.

Judge Jenny McCarthy looks at Unicorn, clad in a poufy white gown and horned horsehead mask, and muses that unicorns are pure, so the singer “is definitely not Madonna.”

Dear Jenny McCarthy, I cannot imagine any circumstance in which Madonna would be on this show.

Judge Robin Thicke proves he is a master at blurring lines between reality and fantasy when he wonders if the strongvoiced Peacock, who says he’s been in the spotlight since age 5 and was a friend of Michael Jackson, might be … Jimmy Kimmel?

The initial game plan seems to be three two-contestant sing-offs per show. The audience picks a winner from each; the judges vote to cast off one of the three losers, who then removes the mask.

The diabolical hook of this extremely guilty pleasure

2 ‘True Detective’ 9 p.m. Sunday on HBO

After a three-year hiatus, Nic Pizzolatto’s crime anthology series returns for Season 3. Mahershala Ali stars as a detective investigating the case of two missing children in the Ozarks, with the story spread over three timelines.

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Avant-garde dramatist Eugene Ionesco wrote a play, called “Rhinoceros,” in which residents of a small French town turn into rhinos.

Pretty absurd — but not as absurd as the singing competition “The Masked Singer” (9 p.m. Wednesdays on Fox, based on the South Korean hit “The King of Mask Singer”).

There are no rhinos … but there are contestants who go by names like Hippo, Unicorn and Peacock. They wear fabulous costumes depicting their animal personas as they sing and dance before an audience.

Unlike participants in other TV singing contests, they’re not unknowns. They are, as host Nick Cannon boasts, “Emmy winners, Grammy winners, Hall of Famers” (as in sports).

A panel of judges critiques each singer and tries to guess their real identity based on clues from the performer’s introduction. I believe that in

Richard Dreyfuss stars as a onetime stand-up comedian who decides to take another crack at making it in show business after reconnecting with his former manager (Chevy Chase) at a retirement home.

“The Masked Singer” judges — from left, Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy, Ken Jeong and Nicole Scherzinger — take their ridiculous jobs very seriously.

show is that you want to keep watching to find out who the Unicorn and Peacock really are and why a celebrity is doing this. Engineering a comeback? Seeking revenge against online haters? Fulfilling a lifelong dream to sing and dance in an animal costume?

The reveal in Episode 1 was

that Hippo was Pittsburgh Steelers star Antonio Brown, who seemed thrilled to be there. But does anyone care?

Perhaps Ionesco has the final word: “It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.”

‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ 9 p.m. Thursday on NBC

Canceled by Fox this past summer before moving to NBC, Mike Schur’s police precinct sitcom kicks off Season 6 in the aftermath of Jake (Andy Samberg) and Amy’s (Melissa Fumero) wedding. (EXPRESS)

Read Marc’s previous columns at washingtonpost.com/muse.

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‘Black Panther,’ ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ get PGA nods

The producers behind hit movies “Black Panther,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “A Quiet Place,” “A Star Is Born” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” are among the 10 nominees for the top prize at the Producers Guild Awards. The guild, which announced its selections Friday, also nominated “BlacKkKlansman,” “The Favourite,” “Green Book,” “Roma” and “Vice.” (AP) Video surfaces of Drake fondling 17-year-old girl onstage

National Society of Film Critics names “The Rider” best picture

NAACP Image Awards to air March 30 on TV One

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Evading reality TV’s soulless, cynical chill TV REVIEW Discovery’s “The Last Alaskans” remains TV’s purest and most respectful example of what reality television might have been if the genre had a soul. In our comparably mild winter chill and shortened days here in the Lower 48, it’s fascinating to think of the handful of Alaska residents who, as part of a 1980 congressional act, got to keep their cabins within the more than 19 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the far northeastern part of the state.

In its fourth season (currently airing Sunday nights), “The Last Alaskans” continues its intimate, ongoing portrait of these hardy few, who are determined to persevere in the refuge for as long as they (or their heirs) can maintain this intense yet peaceful lifestyle. The subjects of the series are separated from one another by dozens and even hundreds of miles in different directions. They show up after the floodwaters and insects retreat each September, intending to live through the winter (part of it with zero sunlight) and work their trap lines, collecting furs to sell the next spring. No electricity, no internet, no phones.

Each season has followed a

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The Discovery reality show “The Last Alaskans” follows a group of residents enduring the harsh winter in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

set story arc, and it’s somehow surprising to see the episodes are as fresh and uninterrupted as when the show’s cameras first came along: The residents arrive by boat or small airplane, open up their cabins, wash away the summer mold and set about making repairs while the weather is still on their side. The primary goal during the hasty fall season is to hunt and fish as much as possible.

If “The Last Alaskans” were required to meet a typical viewer’s (and network executive’s) standards for reality TV action, it would fail miserably. The hunters often come back empty-handed.

The families never argue. Winter comes and they hunker down in between monotonous excursions along the trap lines. It’s hard to

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The footage is vividly presented in high-definition, using the latest tricks of the trade: Aerial drone cameras capture the vastness of the refuge in a way a wide-screen vista cannot quite achieve. Slow-motion is used to both enhance the beauty and admit that there’s rarely enough going on out here to fill all 41 minutes in a one-hour reality show. The sounds, when nobody’s talking, are mostly wind and water.

It is deeply calming. The routines are arduous yet simple: Wake, work, eat, ponder, sleep.

Television, which so often seeks to enhance the noise and anxiety that are part of our modern lives, is so rarely this cozy. HANK STUEVER (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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The global box office total for “Aquaman,” according to studio estimates Sunday. The film passed “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” on Friday to become the DC Universe’s top-grossing film worldwide. The movie has made $259.7 million at the domestic box office, finishing No. 1 each of the past three weeks. (EXPRESS) Danny DeVito joins “Jumanji” sequel

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“She’s pulling her eyes up, so doesn’t look like she’s mocking anyone. But, seeing where they’re eating, it wasn’t a good idea to post this.” @JOYC_410, reacting to a photo Scott

Disick posted of himself with his daughter, Penelope. The photo shows the two enjoying a meal with chopsticks as the 6-year-old holds her eyelids up.

Disick received backlash for letting her make a seemingly racist gesture at an Asian restaurant and not correcting her.

“We get it. ... When it comes to your friends in the industry, you’ll gladly overlook their blatant homophobia.” @MARKSTATIC, blasting Ellen DeGeneres for defending Kevin Hart over homophobic tweets he made years ago that recently resurfaced, leading him to step down as 2019 Oscars host. In an interview Friday with Hart, DeGeneres said she’d talked to the Academy about reinstating him. Fans of DeGeneres, who is gay, were disappointed by her support for Hart and her referring to those upset by his comments as “haters.”

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Video of the misses went viral, with many recalling the often-opinionated Ball’s claim in 2017 that he could beat basketball legend Michael Jordan in a one-on-one game. His oldest son, Lonzo Ball, is shooting just 41 percent in his second season with the Lakers.

“I don’t think we needed to know this.” @CLAREFIONA_, replying to a tweet from

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You may think you can accomplish only so much today, but that is merely an illusion. The sky’s the limit at this time.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Focus on that which seems out of place today. The more you ponder the situation, the more you’ll realize just how important it really is.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) You say you know better than others what is really going on, but today you’re likely to experience a kind of comeuppance.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) You may be at the center of a misunderstanding that can only be resolved when you are willing to admit to an error and let others have their say.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You have doubts about what lies ahead, but there is no other course for you to follow at this time. You can make the best of this situation.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You may

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) The difference between what you know to be true and what you only think is true lies at the center of a key issue that you must resolve today.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) A clash

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1789: America holds its first presidential election as voters choose electors who, a month later, selected George Washington to be the nation’s first chief executive.

1942: Japanese forces begin besieging American and Filipino troops in Bataan during World War II. (The fall of Bataan three months later was followed by the notorious Death March.)

1999: For the second time in history, an impeached American president goes on trial before the Senate.

President Bill Clinton faced charges of perjury and obstruction of justice; he was acquitted.

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Meghan Trainor is hoping to have a child with her husband, Daryl Sabara, once she is done touring with her new album. “If we could do it how we want to, we’d be, like, totally preggo right now,” Trainor told People. “We’re ready to rumble. I want some children!” The album, titled “Treat Myself,” is due out later this year. (EXPRESS)

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Anthony jumps the gun on Christmas present “Hamilton” actors Anthony Ramos and Jasmine Cephas Jones got engaged on Christmas Eve, the couple announced Friday. “I love you Jas,” Ramos wrote on Instagram. “I’m honored and Blessed to marry you.” In her own post, Jones wrote: “I love you beyond words and am so excited to continue this awesome journey with you.” (EXPRESS)

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Kylie Jenner sparked talk that she may be engaged to Travis Scott after posting a photo to her Instagram on Saturday in which she can be seen wearing a diamond band on her ring finger. Jenner, 21, and Scott, 26, reportedly began dating in May 2017 and welcomed their daughter, Stormi Webster, in February 2018. “We’ll get married soon,” Scott told Rolling Stone in December. “I just gotta sturdy up — I gotta propose in a fire way.” Jenner also sparked engagement rumors in November, when she was seen with a band on her ring finger in a Snapchat video. (EXPRESS)

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Adam Levine purchased the former home of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner for $32 million, according to E! News. The Los Angeles house, which reportedly had an original asking price of $45 million, includes a guest house, swimming pool, basketball court, art studio, gym and screening room.

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