EXPRESS_02062019

| READEXPRESS.COM | @WAPOEXPRESS

IT ONLY GETS WORSE

Virginia on hold State’s highest office is frozen as Gov. Northam weighs his next move 4

John Wall’s torn Achilles and huge contract will likely handcuff the Wizards and keep them from being competitive. It also could lead All-Star Bradley Beal to demand a trade. 14

It’s rocket science A Hopkins team has a plan to save the world from killer asteroids 13

Skip the memes There’s nothing funny about ICE’s arrest of rapper 21 Savage 16 Note to readers: The State of the Union address began after Express’ deadline. Full coverage is at washingtonpost.com.

ADVERTISEMENT

columbia university EARN YOUR DEGREE WHILE LIVING IN D.C. GETTY IMAGES/EXPRESS ILLUSTRATION

A PUBLICATION OF

Wednesday 02.06.19

D.C. INFO SESSION February 13 • 5PM The Mayflower Hotel SPS.COLUMBIA.EDU/DC

am

48 | 40

pm

2 | EXPRESS | 02.06.2019 | WEDNESDAY

BULLIT MARQUEZ (AP)

eyeopeners

DRAGON’S BREATH:

ALL BRAWN AND NO BRAINS

WOULD’VE BEEN CONFUSING OTHERWISE

ALL HAIL MOUNTAIN LION MAN

A fire-eater performs Tuesday during a celebration of the Lunar New Year in the Chinatown district of Manila, Philippines. This year is the Year of the Pig in the Chinese calendar.

If you name a horse Bubba, surely you suspect he’s not too bright

So glad they clarified the dogs don’t get to swipe right on people

This just in: Davy Crockett no longer king of the wild frontier

Firefighters in Delaware were called twice in two days to rescue a 2,000-pound Clydesdale horse from various predicaments. On Sunday, Bubba wandered into a creek, becoming mired in mud.

Rescuers from the Delaware City Fire Company were able to pull Bubba to safety. Firefighters were again called Monday, as Bubba had wedged himself into a corner of his stable and couldn’t stand up. He was rolled and then pushed out. (AP)

Animal lovers in Vilnius, Lithuania, have created a mobile app inspired by Tinder to match shelter dogs with new owners. Called GetPet, it launched last month and is getting hundreds of new users daily. “It is like Tinder, but with dogs,” said Vaidas Gecevicius, one of the creators. “You can arrange a meeting with the dog — a date.” There are limits to the comparison: It’s a one-sided situation and the dogs don’t get to have a swiping experience. (AP)

A runner in Colorado fought and killed a mountain lion that attacked him on a trail in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Officials with Colorado Parks and Wildlife said the man was mauled by a “juvenile” mountain lion as he was running Monday at Horsetooth Mountain Open Space, near Fort Collins. The man was bitten but fought free and killed the lion. Officials said Tuesday that a necropsy showed the man had suffocated it. (TWP)

W I N T E R S AV I N G S Get 52 weeks of Sunday-only home delivery for just $2.65 99¢ a week! Or 7-day home delivery for only $12.25 $2.99 a week! Both come with unlimited digital access, including all web content and apps. You’ll also get one bonus digital subscription to share and a 30-day digital pass to share every month.

99¢ SUNDAYS

1-800-218-7458, Ext. 4 sub.wpsubscribe.com/winter19e Offer expires 3/31/19. Available to new subscribers only. Restrictions may apply.

New subscriptions are subject to a $4.95 activation fee.

XPS1828 5x3

WEDNESDAY | 02.06.2019 | EXPRESS | 3

page three

Honoring the Caps with ink — and pizza THE DISTRICT Capitals fan Tyler Duchaine, 29, knew he wanted to get a tattoo to commemorate the Capitals’ Stanley Cup win, but he wasn’t sure what form it would take.

Last month, while watching the Capitals on TV, an idea came to him. What if he got a tattoo of the photo of Capitals forward Brett Connolly eating a slice of pizza while getting a tattoo of Super Mario Bros. character Bowser last June?

Duchaine’s friends loved the idea, as did his wife, Lindsey.

He tweeted the photo of Connolly, which originated from an Instagram story, and vowed to follow through on his idea if he got 10,000 retweets.

It was an ambitious, perhaps unattainable goal.

“Screw it,” Duchaine tweeted 20 minutes later. “I’ll do it for 1,000.”

Less than 24 hours later,

TYLER DUCHAINE (@TYLERDUCHAINE VIA TWITTER)

Superfan gets a tattoo of Brett Connolly being tattooed while chowing

Capitals fan Tyler Duchaine said he hopes to show his new tattoo to Brett Connolly someday.

he surpassed that mark. But Duchaine was already committed, regardless of how many retweets he got.

So he contacted Tattoo Paradise in Adams Morgan, where Connolly and several of his teammates got inked two days after winning the Stanley Cup, as part of their nonstop celebration that also included frolicking in the fountains at the Georgetown

Waterfront. Duchaine arranged a consultation with Billy Bennett, the artist who tattooed Connolly, and explained his out-there idea.

Bennett was down.

On Sunday night, over the course of roughly 90 minutes, Bennett tattooed an image of himself tattooing Connolly on Duchaine’s left biceps. When Duchaine scheduled the appointment a few weeks ago, he didn’t realize Sunday was the day of the Super Bowl, but of all the possible years to miss the NFL’s biggest game, he picked a good one.

Unlike Connolly, Duchaine did not consume a piece of pizza during the process.

The superfan hopes to show Connolly the finished product at some point.

“I look at that photo and I think that could’ve been any of us fans,” Duchaine said. “Looking at Conno in that seat, eating that pizza, with that ‘I don’t really care’ look on his face, that could’ve been me, that could’ve been any of us. That was the feeling of that celebration. They felt it just like we did.”

THE DISTRICT

RBG has her first night out since surgery Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Monday night made her first public appearance since undergoing cancer surgery in December, attending a production of “Notorious RBG in Song” at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. The program was created and performed by Ginsburg’s daughter-in-law, the soprano Patrice Michaels.

Ginsburg did not speak, and many in the crowd did not know she was there. e. (TWP)

SCOTT ALLEN (THE WASHINGTON POST)

WEATHER

Region has received more snow than Boston Washington is the snowiest big city along the Interstate 95 corridor south of Maine so far this winter. Remarkably, more than halfway through winter, Washington has seen 13.8 inches of snow — more than five times as much as Boston’s total of just 2.3 inches. (TWP) Dulles, Va.

19.4 inches Washington, D.C.

13.8 Richmond, Va.

13 Baltimore, Md.

10.6 Central Park, N.Y.

7.5 Philadelphia, Pa.

7.4 Newark, N.J.

7.3 Boston, Mass.

2.3 Seasonal snowfall totals are through Feb. 4, 2019.

Source: NOAA/xmACIS2

Request to readers: Express is looking for love — stories, that is. If you’ve got a D.C. love story, we want to hear it. Tweet us @WaPoExpress, or email us at page3@wpost.com.

Me + happy hour and meeting someone new.

It’s your

WeekendPass

Every Thursday in Express XX0165 5x3

4 | EXPRESS | 02.06.2019 | WEDNESDAY

local

Governor’s office frozen amid turmoil in Virginia VIRGINIA Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s office put much of the business of governing on hold Tuesday as the Democrat privately weighed whether he could stay in the job despite the uproar over a racist photo on his 1984 medical school yearbook page.

Negotiations between the governor’s office and the Republicans who run the legislature were suspended on what was otherwise one of the busiest days on the legislative calendar.

Northam wasn’t making any of the public appearances he does almost every weekday. The regular economic development announcement emails stopped.

Instead, Northam conferred with top advisers about whether he can effectively govern despite turmoil over the photo, which depicts someone in blackface standing next to a person in a Ku Klux Klan hood and robe.

The photo, which surfaced Friday, set off a barrage of calls for his resignation from his own party. And with uncertainty hanging over state government, former allies were growing impatient.

State Sen. Louise Lucas, a prominent African-American lawmaker and Democrat who has pressed for Northam to step down, said the governor doesn’t

$725

Gov. Ralph Northam has stayed mostly out of the public eye since a racist yearbook photo came to light Friday.

67-DEGREE SWING

74° STEVE HELBER (AP)

Much official business on hold while Northam weighs his next move

BALTIMORE

Police: Ex-lover opened fire outside city hospital

need to take more time to make up his mind.

“I am so praying that he will do that and get it behind us,” Lucas said. “What’s a little bit more of time going to do for us?”

Northam, 59, gave no public indication as to which way he was leaning, but his first official words since the weekend offered a sign of the difficulty he faces in carrying out his duties. He issued a statement Tuesday offering condolences on the killing of a state trooper in a shootout, prompting a flurry of Twitter comments urging him to resign.

In a rare positive sign, state Sen. Richard Stuart issued a statement of support, becoming

the first Republican lawmaker to do so. And protests around the governor’s mansion died down, with only one anti-Northam demonstrator present at midday.

“Poor judgment 34 years ago should not outweigh a selfless service to people from every walk of life,” Stuart said.

The uncertainty comes at a time when Northam’s office is in the middle of negotiations with the legislature over a major tax overhaul and changes to the state budget.

Tuesday was “crossover day,” when the House and Senate must finish bills to send to the other chamber.

ALAN SUDERMAN (AP)

The temperature recorded early Tuesday afternoon at Reagan National Airport, D.C.’s official weather observing location, according to the National Weather Service.

The reading broke the record of 70 for the day, set in 1991 and 1890. The heat came less than a week after Washington’s coldest weather of the winter. Just last Thursday, the temperature dipped to 10 degrees. In other words, Washington has endured a 67-degree temperature swing. If you factor in wind chill, the change is nearly 80 degrees. At Dulles Airport, where the high was 72 degrees, the change in air temperature was 74 degrees from a low of minus 2 on Jan. 31. In 2018, record highs of 78 and 82 were set Feb. 20 and 21. (THE WASHINGTON POST)

HELP TO BECOME U.S. CITIZENS

The amount the District will offer to city employees and residents who are trying to become U.S. citizens. Mayor Muriel Bowser said in a statement Monday that the District awarded the National Immigration Forum, a nonprofit advocate for immigrants, a $100,000 grant to provide financial support to residents, employees and their families. Participants in monthly citizenship workshops can receive up to $725 to help pay for citizenship applications and biometric fees, according to the statement. (TWP)

expressline

Police chief of Taneytown, Md., charged with machine gun violations

Police said a Baltimore man suspected of opening fire outside a city hospital was a jilted boyfriend who intended to kill his ex-partner. Charging documents obtained Tuesday allege Jamar Haughton used a stolen pistol to shoot a 24-yearold hospital employee near an ambulance bay Monday morning at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Investigators said the 26-year-old suspect told detectives he wanted to kill the victim because he had left him for a woman. The shooting critically wounded the employee. (AP) FARMVILLE, VA.

Trooper, resident killed in drug investigation Authorities in Virginia said a state trooper and a resident of a home were killed in a shootout as police served a drug investigation search warrant. Virginia State Police said in a statement Tuesday that as a tactical team entered a Farmville home Monday night, a resident began shooting at them, and two team members returned fire, killing him. Police said Trooper Lucas Dowell, a tactical team member, was shot and died at a hospital. Police identified the resident killed as 44-year-old Corey Johnson. He was the only person inside. (AP) THE DISTRICT

City to up prosecution of federal gun crimes Scores of D.C. defendants will be prosecuted for federal gun crimes rather than local charges in the next year as part of a citywide crackdown on repeat violent offenders and convicted felons caught illegally possessing a firearm, officials briefed on the plan said. The goal is to investigate and prosecute violent crimes more fully, an official said, as prosecutors in federal court have more time and tools available to target and scrutinize cases than their counterparts in Superior Court. (TWP)

D.C. Council approves sole-source sports betting contract for Greece-based Intralot

WEDNESDAY | 02.06.2019 | EXPRESS | 5

Your Life is Our Blueprint

™

Turn Your Dream of Owning a New Home into a Reality

The Lexington - Kitchen +oÂ†Ä˝Âˆ; -Ѵ‰-‹v 0;Ń´b;ˆ;7 ‹o† ‰o†Ѵ7 o‰m - m;‰ _ol; om; 7-‹ġ -m7 ‹oÂ†Ä˝Âˆ; 0;;m ‰-bাm] -m7 7u;-lbm] -0o†| b|Äş o‰ ‹o†u vol;7-‹ bv _;u;Ä´ )_;|_;u ‹o†Ľu; r†u1_-vbm] =ou |_; Cuv| াl;ġ †r]u-7bm] ‹o†u vt†-u; =oo|-]; ou loˆbm] bm|o - v|u;-lŃ´bm;7 vr-1;ġ o†u |;-l ‰bŃ´Ń´ ]†b7; ‹o† |_uo†]_ |_; _ol; 0†‹bm] ruo1;vv -m7 bm|o ‹o†u m;‰ =-ˆoub|; rŃ´-1; |o 0;Äş );Ä˝u; ‰b|_ ‹o† |_uo†]_ ;ˆ;u‹ v|;rġ ;ˆ;u‹ t†;vাomġ ;ˆ;u‹ 7;1bvbom -Ń´om] |_; ‰-‹ĺ Contact us today to get started!

!bˆ;u7-Ń´; -uh "|-াom

Receive up to $30,000 in Savings on Select Homes! Call 301.368.8470 to schedule your private tour!

"|-mŃ´;‹ -uাmÄş1ol Ň Ć’Ć?Ć?ĺƒѾќĺќƓƕĆ? ĹĄ"|-mŃ´;‹ -uাm ol;v Ň ub1;vġ =;-|†u;v -m7 bm1;mŕŚžÂˆ;v -u; v†0f;1| |o 1_-m]; ‰b|_o†| moা1;Äş m1;mŕŚžÂˆ;v -u; omѴ‹ -ˆ-bŃ´-0Ń´; om momĹŠ1omাm];m| 1om|u-1|v ‰ub‚;m -m7 u-াC;7 om ou 0;=ou; ƑņƑќņƑĆ?Ć?Ć–Äş m1;mŕŚžÂˆ;v 7o mo| -rrѴ‹ |o -Ń´Ń´ 1oll†mbা;vġ Ń´o|vġ -m7 _o†v; |‹r;vÄş ;u|-bm o|_;u u;v|ub1াomv l-‹ -rrѴ‹ĺ ";; - ;b]_0ou_oo7 "-Ń´;v -m-];u =ou 7;|-bŃ´vÄş Ć?Ć?ņƑĆ?Ć?Ć– Ň ĹŠĆ’Ć?Ć’Ć•

6 | EXPRESS | 02.06.2019 | WEDNESDAY

federalworkforce JOE DAVIDSON | THE WASHINGTON POST

Frosty partners: U.S.-China ties hit a four-decade low “reform and opening up” under Deng Xiaoping’s leadership. That radically changed and quickly developed the country into what is today — the world’s second-largest economy. And it’s knocking loudly on Uncle Sam’s door.

Despite the concurrent opening of diplomatic relations and the opening of China’s economy to capitalism, the events were not linked. In fact, the U.S. government was caught unaware of China’s turn to private enterprise, or “socialism with Chinese characteristics,” as the Chinese like to say.

“Nobody took it seriously” among U.S. officials, said Freeman, currently a senior fellow at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs.

He continues to write and speak frequently about international issues, including China, talking with a spice and bluntness that’s a welcome contrast to normal diplomatic niceties and evasions.

His talk at The Carter Center in Atlanta last month had this ominous title: “Are the United States and China Headed for War?” His colorful, but scary answer: “Our two countries are mentally constipated and flirting not so much with a trade war as with a drift toward a real war provoked by mutual disregard of core and vital interests.”

Freeman is no fan of Trump’s policies toward China or his advisers.

He names national security adviser John Bolton

D.C. bills aim to help workers in shutdowns

NICOLAS ASFOURI (AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

Four decades after the United States and China formalized full diplomatic relations with a burst of optimism, the current period is marked by suspicion, tradewar machinations and military tensions.

Despite the tempered hopefulness President Trump voiced during his meeting last week with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, the bilateral relationship generates international anxiety, even fear.

Administration officials are now preparing for discussions between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping later this month.

“I don’t think relations have been as strained for 40 years,” said Chas W. Freeman Jr., a retired Foreign Service officer and longtime China hand who was intimately involved with the establishment of diplomatic relations. Reflecting that strain during a recent visit to China organized by the National Association of Black Journalists, one worried woman asked me if Americans hate the Chinese. One man fretted about the possibility of a hot war stemming from complaints by the U.S. over missiles stationed on artificial South China Sea islands built

by Beijing.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of full relations between the two nations. Relations were formalized on Jan. 1, 1979, within days of China announcing its economic

President Trump is expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping this month in Da Nang, Vietnam, to discuss recent trade disputes.

“Every governor in the country is trying to go over there and sell things or attract Chinese investment.”

CHAS W. FREEMAN JR., a longtime China expert, on current U.S. relations with the Asian superpower

and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as among the “neoconservatives who now infest the Trump administration.” Referring to, but not naming, them in remarks to the National Committee on United States-China Relations in December, Freeman said, “Some Americans nostalgic for the simplicities of the Cold War suffer from enemy deprivation syndrome. They

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., hosts federal employee affected by shutdown as State of the Union guest

are in earnest search of a hostile ideology against which to orient themselves and see China as the answer to their distress.”

But on the busy streets of Beijing, China’s ideology doesn’t look hostile. It looks like a dynamic marketplace.

The operating philosophy seems to be: “Don’t criticize the political leadership, don’t talk about the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, but feel free to make and spend as much money as you can.”

The “Trump trade war” breeds antagonism and “imperils American consumers and both Chinese and American manufacturers,” Freeman said.

“Trump — whatever he is — is not a statesman,” he added.

Follow Joe Davidson on Twitter @joedavidsonWP

REGION The D.C. Council on Tuesday unanimously passed several bills to help local federal workers during future government shutdowns.

The council passed emergency legislation introduced by the mayor that would allow the city to pay unemployment benefits to essential federal workers who must work without pay during shutdowns.

Mayor Muriel Bowser asked the federal government to grant the city that authority, but was denied.

The council also expanded an earlier measure that requires judges to stay evictions or foreclosures of federal workers who miss rent or mortgage payments because they are not paid during a government shutdown. On Tuesday, the council agreed to include public defenders who were inadvertently left out of earlier legislation.

Both shutdown bills head to the mayor and can take effect when signed.

Another shutdown could be around the corner. The government is currently only funded through Feb. 15 while a group of federal lawmakers work to reach an agreement on border security and money for a U.S.-Mexico border wall, the issue that prompted the record 35-day shutdown that ended in late January.

(THE WASHINGTON POST)

Md. bill would allow unemployment aid for government shutdowns

WEDNESDAY | 02.06.2019 | EXPRESS | 7

FEBRUARY is National Replacement Window Month at Renewal by Andersen

Call before February 28th!

Get

$325 OFF every window

Get

1

$700 OFF every patio door

1

plus

Save an extra 3% on your entire order1

0 0 0%

$

Down

with

Monthly Payments

Why did we declare February National Replacement Window Month? Because you’ve just about had it with your drafty rooms that are almost too cold to use!

Get this project done and get relief with this special February-only offer!

Interest

for 1 year1

Minimum purchase of four. Interest accrues from the purchase date but is waived if paid in full within 12 months.

Why Renewal by Andersen?

• Renewal by Andersen is • Our factory-trained • Our exclusive the full-service replacement composite Fibrex® Certified Master window division of Installers have years of windows are not Andersen, a 116-year-old experience installing only beautiful, they’re family-owned company only windows and patio remarkably strong, with a reputation for doors, and they’ll treat offer superior energy excellence in window and you and your home with efficiency and require patio door craftsmanship. minimal maintenance.* the utmost respect.

The Be er Way to a Be er Window™ 1

Call to schedule your FREE Window and Patio Door Diagnosis

202-794-8900 571-441-1230 301-259-5566

DETAILS OF OFFER: Offer expires 3/9/2019. You must set your appointment by 2/28/2019 and purchase by 3/9/2019. Not valid with other offers or prior purchases. Get $325 off each window and $700 off each patio door and 12 months zero money down, zero monthly payments, zero interest when you purchase four (4) or more windows or patio doors between 2/1/2019 and 3/9/2019. Additional 3% off your order when you purchase four (4) or more windows or patio doors by 3/9/2019. Military discount applies to all active duty, veterans and retired military personnel. Military discount equals 3% off your entire purchase and applies after all other discounts, no minimum purchase required. Subject to credit approval. Interest is billed during the promotional period, but all interest is waived if the purchase amount is paid before the expiration of the promotional period. Financing for GreenSky® consumer loan programs is provided by federally insured, federal and state chartered financial institutions without regard to age, race, color, religion, national origin, gender, or familial status. Savings comparison based on purchase of a single unit at list price. Available only at participating locations. See your local Renewal by Andersen location for details. MHIC #121441.

VA License #2705155684. DC License #420215000125. Some Renewal by Andersen locations are independently owned and operated. “Renewal by Andersen” and all other marks where denoted are trademarks of Andersen Corporation. ©2019 Andersen Corporation. All rights reserved. ©2019 Lead Surge LLC. All rights reserved. *See limited warranty for details.

8 | EXPRESS | 02.06.2019 | WEDNESDAY

nation+world

‘We can bridge old divisions’

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

In a shift from his dark inaugural, Trump was expected to offer an optimistic State of the Union scheduled trip to Capitol Hill on Tuesday.

In materials sent to lawmakers’ staffs ahead of Trump’s State of the Union, the White House highlighted excerpts and several key messages of the address. The theme of the speech was “Choosing Greatness.”

The White House reminded Hill staffers, “As always, we would welcome positive statements from your bosses after the speech.”

“Together, we can break decades of political stalemate,” Trump was to say, according to the White House. “We can bridge old divisions, heal old wounds, build new coalitions, forge new solutions, and unlock the extraordinary promise of America’s future. The decision is ours to make.”

The White House said Trump would “cast an inspiring vision of American greatness,” “express confidence in this hopeful future” and “encourage Congress to reject the politics of resistance and retribution and instead adopt a spirit of cooperation and compromise.”

That’s a markedly different

$190M

“Together, we can break decades of political stalemate,” President Trump was to tell Congress.

The Central African Republic’s government initialed a peace deal Tuesday with 14 armed groups following talks to end more than five years of conflict.

Thousands of people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced in religious and communal fighting that has raged since 2013 and sent two people to the International Criminal Court. (AP) SYRIA

Official: U.K. believes ISIS hostage is still alive The British government believes photojournalist John Cantlie is alive and being held by Islamic State operatives more than six years after his abduction in Syria, British Security Minister Ben Wallace said Tuesday. He didn’t reveal intelligence information to support the government’s belief. Cantlie was kidnapped in November 2012. (AP) ENVIRONMENT

Study: 1 in 3 Himalayan glaciers will melt by 2100

Why the white garb at the State of the Union?

Dozens of Democratic women gathered for a group portrait Tuesday afternoon, ahead of President Trump’s State of the Union address. The participants dressed in white, the color that suffragettes favored and that Trump’s opponents wanted him to see. They were joined by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who was expected to sit on the House rostrum Tuesday night for the first time in eight years. (TWP)

tone from the dark vision of America Trump outlined in his 2017 inaugural address.

In an appearance on Fox News Channel on Tuesday evening, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Trump was

in a “great mood.” His address, she said, would be about “looking forward, a visionary speech about the great things that we can do in this country.”

FELICIA SONMEZ, JOHN WAGNER AND MIKE DEBONIS (THE WASHINGTON POST)

FINANCIAL LIMBO

The amount that 115,000 clients can’t access after the founder of QuadrigaCX, a cryptocurrency exchange, died of Crohn’s disease complications while doing philanthropic work in India in December. Gerald Cotten, 30, was apparently the only one who knew the password to access the funds. The company didn’t announce Cotten’s death until a month later, and its website went down in the ensuing investor panic. QuadrigaCX has filed for creditor protection in Canada, CoinDesk reported. (TWP) U.S. envoy to meet with N. Korean counterpart today in bid to restart denuclearization talks

ALEX BRANDON (AP)

POLITICS President Trump was expected to call for more bipartisan cooperation in his State of the Union address Tuesday night before a Congress bitterly divided over his demand for border-wall funding that resulted in a 35-day partial government shutdown.

The address and Democratic response ended after Express’ deadline.

The nationally televised 9 p.m. address in the House chamber — which was delayed a week after Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., withdrew an initial invitation during the shutdown — offered Trump a chance to showcase his immigration proposals. But aides said he would also highlight areas where he hopes to forge consensus, including around infrastructure projects and cutting the cost of prescription drugs.

Stacey Abrams, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Georgia last year, was set to give her party’s response.

Posturing over Trump’s speech — and what it means for him at this point in his presidency — began long before his

RICKY CARIOTI (THE WASHINGTON POST)

Peace deal aims to end five-year armed conflict

One-third of Himalayan glaciers will melt by 2100 due to climate change, threatening water sources for 1.9 billion people, even if current efforts to reduce climate change succeed, an assessment released Monday warns. Two-thirds of the region’s glaciers could be lost by 2100 if efforts fail, the study said. (AP) WASHINGTON

Trump picks World Bank critic to lead organization David Malpass, a World Bank critic, has accepted President Trump’s offer to lead the lending institution, two people familiar with the decision said.

An announcement is expected today, they said. Malpass, 62, Treasury’s undersecretary for international affairs, has been critical of the World Bank’s loans to China. He would need to be approved by the World Bank’s board before leading it. (TWP)

Russia touts plans to develop new intermediate-range missiles within two years

WEDNESDAY | 02.06.2019 | EXPRESS | 9

TWO-STEP CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING

3 AREAS AND A FREE HALL!

$99! ([SLUHV

4 AREAS AND A FREE HALL!

$129!

SAVE $76!

([SLUHV

SAVE $91!

2IIHUV PD\ QRW EH DYDLODEOH RXWVLGH WKH VHUYLFH WHUULWRU\ $Q DUHD LV GH¿QHG DV D URRP XS WR VTXDUH IHHW &RPELQDWLRQ DUHDV DQG DUHDV RYHU VTXDUH IHHW DUH FRQVLGHUHG DV VHSDUDWH DUHDV Baths, staircases, landings, additional halls, walk-in closets, and area rugs are additional cost.

9DOLG IRU UHVLGHQWLDO DUHDV RQO\ 1RW YDOLG ZLWK RWKHU FRXSRQV RU RIIHUV

AIR DUCT CLEANING ARE YOUR AIR DUCTS CLEAN?

SERVING VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, & DC

$99

SAVE $195

Additional vents $20 each. Includes FREE System Inspection. ([SLUHV

10 | EXPRESS | 02.06.2019 | WEDNESDAY

1.

EARN YOUR DEGREE WHILE LIVING IN D.C.

columbia university

ONLINE | HYBRID | ON-CAMPUS

INFORMATION SESSION FEBRUARY 13 THE MAYFLOWER HOTEL WASHINGTON, D.C. | 5PM

SPS.COLUMBIA.EDU/DC

WEDNESDAY | 02.06.2019 | EXPRESS | 11

nation+world

PARIS Paris’ deadliest fire in more than a decade killed at least 10 people Tuesday as flames engulfed a nine-story apartment building, sending residents to the roof and clambering across balconies to escape.

A 40-year-old woman who lived in the building, said to have a history of psychiatric problems, was arrested nearby and held on suspicion of having set the fire.

Multiple neighbors said they heard the suspect and her neighbor, an off-duty firefighter, arguing over the woman’s music before the fire broke out.

The firefighter and his girlfriend told police they left to sleep elsewhere in peace. But the 22-year-old firefighter told

PARIS FIRE DEPT. VIA AP

Paris apartment blaze leaves at least 10 dead

Flames burst from an apartment building Tuesday in Paris’ deadliest fire in over a decade.

Le Parisien newspaper that he returned to the building a few minutes later, shortly after midnight. He ran into the woman in the stairwell, which was already beginning to smell of smoke.

Our graduates are leading the teams that keep us safe.

Are you ready to take the next step in your career?

“She wished me good luck, telling me that I loved flames,” he said in the interview.

Survivors described a chaotic scene of smoke and flames that lasted for hours. It was Paris’ deadliest fire since the April 2005 hotel fire near the capital’s famed Opera that killed 24 people.

“I want to salute the huge mobilization of the Paris firefighters,” Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said at the scene Tuesday morning. “More than 250 people arrived immediately and ... saved over 50 people.”

Over 30 people were being treated for “relatively” light injuries, Castaner said. Among the injured were at least eight firefighters. THOMAS ADAMSON AND

Homeland

Security

GW’s Homeland Security Master’s Program provides a pioneering education on counter-terrorism, intelligence analysis, emerging security threats, emergency management, and relevant legislation, enhancing the implementation of policy and security practices in both the public and private sectors.

Designed for working professionals, you can earn your degree in as little as 18 months, attending class one night per week and one Saturday a month.

LORI HINNANT (AP)

CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS!

Rains and reptiles threaten northeastern Australia

Phone: 571-553-0142 Online: https://cps.gwu.edu/homelandsecurity

IAN HITCHCOCK (GETTY IMAGES)

The George Washington University is an equal opportunity/ affirmative action institution certified to operate in Va by SCHEV.

Commitment This is

TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA | Floodwaters trap a police vehicle in northeastern Australia on Tuesday. The region has seen about 2 feet of rain since Jan. 26, forcing hundreds of residents from their homes. The flooding also has displaced crocodiles and snakes, and officials are warning about dangerous reptiles lurking in the water.

Nurse accused of raping incapacitated woman in a long-term care facility in Phoenix pleads not guilty

CPS_1819_11

XX0164 2x3

The Tuesday health & fitness section in Express

columbia university

EARN YOUR DEGREE WHILE LIVING IN D.C.

INFORMATION SESSION FEBRUARY 13

ONLINE | HYBRID | ON-CAMPUS

THE MAYFLOWER HOTEL WASHINGTON, D.C. | 5PM

SPS.COLUMBIA.EDU/DC

12 | EXPRESS | 02.06.2019 | WEDNESDAY

nation+world White House blasts subpoena of inaugural committee as ‘hatred’ POLITICS A federal subpoena seeking documents from Donald Trump’s inaugural committee is part of “a hysteria” over the fact that he’s president, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Tuesday.

Federal prosecutors issued the subpoena Monday, furthering a federal inquiry into a fund that has faced mounting scrutiny into how it raised and spent $107 million on events celebrating Trump’s 2017 inauguration.

“It is our intention to cooperate with the inquiry,” inaugural

STONED PETS

765%

committee spokeswoman Kristin Celauro said.

The investigation is the latest in a series of criminal inquiries into Trump’s campaign and presidency.

“Actually, I think the common thread is a hysteria over the fact that this president became president,” Sanders said Tuesday. “The common thread is that there is so much hatred out there that they will look for anything to try to create and tie problems to this president.”

Sanders later told reporters the investigation “has nothing to do with the White House.”

The subpoena seeks “all documents” related to the committee’s donors and vendors, as well as records relating to “benefits”

CHIP SOMODEVILLA (GETTY IMAGES)

Sanders: Probe is ‘hysteria’

President Trump takes the oath of office in January 2017.

donors received after making contributions, according to a person familiar with the document, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

“They want everything,” the person said of the prosecutors.

The subpoena sought documents related to payments made by donors “directly to contractors and/or vendors” who worked for the committee, the person familiar with the document said.

Any such payments sent directly from donors to vendors, without being passed through the committee, could potentially violate public disclosure laws.

The subpoena also requested documents relating to donations “made by or on behalf of foreign nationals, including but not limited to any communications regarding or relating to the possibility of donations by foreign nationals,” the person said.

Pentagon eyes new policy on civilian deaths

JIM MUSTIAN AND CHAD DAY (AP)

Francis hosts Mass in historic UAE visit

KAMRAN JEBREILI (AP)

The increase over the past decade in calls to the ASPCA’s 24-hour poison control center hotline from people whose pets have gotten high from eating cannabis plants or weed products, The Guardian reported Tuesday. The hotline received more than 1,800 calls on the subject in 2018, compared with 208 calls in n 2008. (EXPRESS)

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Pope Francis blesses worshippers at a sports stadium Tuesday at the first papal Mass on the Arabian Peninsula. Francis, in the first-ever papal visit to the birthplace of Islam, arrived Monday for an interfaith conference. He also met Tuesday with officials from the UAE, which is deeply arriv involved in the Saudi-led war in Yemen, and said he sensed “good will to bring about a process of peace.” invo

U.N. envoy Angelina Jolie visits Bangladesh camps, urges Myanmar to end violence against Rohingya Muslims

NATIONAL SECURITY The Pentagon has launched a major examination of civilian deaths in military operations, responding to criticism that it has failed to protect bystanders in counterterrorism wars.

The effort to create a military policy on civilian casualties, which began last year, seeks to resolve why the military’s estimate of civilian deaths is smaller than outside tallies.

The Pentagon reported last week that 1,190 civilians had been killed by U.S. strikes in Iraq and Syria since the start of the campaign against the Islamic State in 2014. Airwars, a Londonbased monitoring group, put the figure at more than 7,200 dead, more than six times as high.

The Pentagon study, the existence of which has not previously been made public, recommends a more open, standardized investigations process, but does not seek to determine the cause of a spike in casualties during the peak of the anti-Islamic State operation.

“After two years of watching the death toll grow, it’s really tempting to be satisfied that such a study took place,” said Daniel Mahanty, director of the U.S. Program at the Center for Civilians in Conflict, an advocacy group. “Our focus now is to make sure it results in meaningful changes.”

“This should have happened in 2002,” said one former official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. MISSY RYAN (TWP)

Michigan man gets life without parole in 6 shooting deaths

columbia university

EARN YOUR DEGREE WHILE LIVING IN D.C.

INFORMATION SESSION FEBRUARY 13 THE MAYFLOWER HOTEL WASHINGTON, D.C. | 5PM

SPS.COLUMBIA.EDU/DC

ONLINE | HYBRID | ON-CAMPUS

WEDNESDAY | 02.06.2019 | EXPRESS | 13

nation+world

Mission: Possible?

It’s no Hollywood plot: A NASA effort looks to save the world from asteroids

SCIENCE A team of scientists, astronomers and engineers meets weekly on a Howard County, Md., research campus and plans to save the world.

“Keep calm and carry DART,” reads a poster on the wall.

DART — the Double Asteroid Redirection Test — is their plan to avert catastrophe. It’s also NASA’s first mission not to explore space, but to defend against it.

The team at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel plans to smash a spacecraft into an asteroid.

The impact, they hope, will bump the big rock off course — actually more like nudge it slightly. Someday, the thinking goes, this method may save people from the fate of the dinosaurs.

“Kind of like a big missile,” said Elena Adams, the mission’s lead engineer. “It’s very exciting.

You are actually doing something for the fate of humanity.”

In the 1990s, Congress ordered NASA to locate dangerous asteroids in the solar system.

Researchers today aim to catalogue the orbits of 90 percent of asteroids 460 feet or bigger.

They estimate 25,000 of them hurtle through the solar system.

Paul Chodas, who runs an asteroid search team at the NASA lab in California, said they have found and charted about a third of them. The researchers can calculate each asteroid’s trajectory decades into the future.

Scientists have long debated what to do if they discover one on a collision course with Earth.

Hollywood portrayed such events in “Deep Impact” and “Armageddon.” In both movies, mankind narrowly escapes doom by planting nuclear bombs and blowing the asteroids to pieces.

It’s not that easy.

NASA has considered nuking an asteroid with warheads, but that risks turning a single incoming rock into a shower of debris. Another plan calls for flying a spacecraft beside the asteroid and gradually drawing it off course like a gravity tractor.

DART offers a third strategy, and will be the first to be given

Former Costa Rican President Oscar Arias accused of sexual assault

A serious hazard In February 2013, a fiery meteor exploded in the Siberian sky. The shock wave blew out windows across Chelyabinsk, Russia, leaving more than 1,000 people hurt, mostly from glass shards. Scientists estimate the meteor unleashed a force stronger than the atomic bomb detonated in Hiroshima. The rock was about the size of a school bus. That’s a pebble compared to a meteor believed to have exploded over remote Siberia in 1908, flattening hundreds of square miles of forests. Researchers estimate that fireball equaled 185 Hiroshima bombs. If the 1908 meteor had arrived, say, three hours later, it could have obliterated Moscow, said Lindley Johnson, whose title with NASA is planetary defense officer.

(BALTIMORE SUN)

a live test. “It’s the simplest and most effective,” Chodas said.

Now the team at the Hopkins lab has begun the final design and construction of the DART spacecraft. It’s scheduled for

NASA AND JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY

An artist’s rendering of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test depicts a spacecraft on a collision course with the small moon of an asteroid.

launch in summer 2021.

While it sounds simple, the DART crash mission involves tricky engineering. The spacecraft is about the size of a Honda Civic, and its target is the tiny moon of an asteroid. The two bodies are collectively named Didymos, or Greek for “twin.”

The moon is not much bigger than the Washington Monument — minuscule in the scale of space.

The crash in October 2022 will fling debris from the asteroid moon. The team wants to hit the asteroid moon with enough force to bump it, but not break it apart.

“We’re just going to give it a love tap,” said Andy Rivkin, the mission’s other co-lead.

In theory, taps over time could deflect an asteroid off a course for Earth. An imminent asteroid strike, however, would require multiple launches and impacts.

“You could have a constant stream,” Rivkin said. “Each one nudges it a bit more.”

It’s humanity’s best plan to save Earth, but one the team hopes they never have to use.

TIM PRUDENTE (BALTIMORE SUN)

Magnetic north pole has shifted toward Russia SCIENCE North isn’t quite where it used to be.

Earth’s north magnetic pole has been drifting so fast in the last few decades that scientists say that past estimates are no longer accurate enough for precise navigation. On Monday, they released an update of where magnetic north really is, a year ahead of schedule.

The magnetic north pole is wandering about 34 miles a year, up from 9 miles a year. It crossed the international date line in 2017, and is leaving the Canadian Arctic on its way to Siberia.

The constant shift is a problem for compasses in smartphones and some consumer electronics. Airplanes and boats also rely on magnetic north, usually as backup navigation, said University of Colorado geophysicist Arnaud Chulliat, lead author of the newly issued World Magnetic Model.

GPS isn’t affected because it’s satellite-based.

The military, NASA, Federal Aviation Administration and U.S. Forest Service also use it.

The reason for the increased speed is turbulence in Earth’s liquid outer core, where the motion generates an electric field, said University of Maryland geophysicist Daniel Lathrop, who wasn’t involved with studying the magnetic north.

“It has changes akin to weather,” Lathrop said. “We might just call it magnetic weather.” SETH BORENSTEIN (AP)

Mass strike at assembly plants in Mexican border city nears victory after factories agree to increase pay

EARN YOUR DEGREE WHILE LIVING IN D.C.

columbia university

INFORMATION SESSION FEBRUARY 13

ONLINE | HYBRID | ON-CAMPUS

sports

THE MAYFLOWER HOTEL WASHINGTON, D.C. | 5PM

SPS.COLUMBIA.EDU/DC

14 | EXPRESS | 02.06.2019 | WEDNESDAY

The Wizards will have to stick with John Wall, right.

But Bradley Beal, left, might ask to leave.

SWEEP DREAMS

A grand slam for Boston?

Wizards at crossroads With Wall’s latest injury sidelining him for at least a year, Beal might demand a trade ANALYSIS Wizards point guard John Wall, sidelined after undergoing surgery on his left heel last month, ruptured his left Achilles tendon after slipping and falling at home, the team announced Tuesday. He is expected to miss at least 12 months after he undergoes another surgery, sidelining him for most if not all of next season.

Wall’s latest injury might become a crossroads moment for not just the Wizards but his longtime backcourt partner, Bradley Beal, who may be reaching a breaking point over yet another step backward for the franchise.

Wall was originally expected to miss six to eight months after heel surgery Jan. 8, but this could lead to a permanent downturn in his career.

Unlike Golden State’s DeMarcus Cousins, who is playing one year after his own Achilles tear, Wall isn’t a center and doesn’t

play for a superteam that can cover up his shortcomings. Wall is a point guard whose speed and athleticism have compensated for an inconsistent jump shot, and he plays for the middling Wizards, who have long relied on his ballhandling, playmaking and pace-setting. Although Wall is just 28, it’s fair to wonder whether this injury will permanently remove him from the tier of All-Star guards.

The Wizards, who next play at Milwaukee tonight (8, ESPN), have no off-ramp. Wall this fall is set to enter the first year of a four-year, $170 million “supermax” contract extension, and the size of that deal, coupled with his injuries, makes him untradeable for the foreseeable future.

Although Wall and the Wizards have no choice but to persevere through his recovery, the same can’t be said for Beal.

The 25-year-old shooting guard has capably stepped up in Wall’s

WNBA star Maya Moore to skip 2019 season

What happened?

Wizards guard John Wall ruptured his left Achilles tendon when he stumbled at home Jan. 29, said Wiemi Douoguih, the Wizards’ director of medical services.

Wall, who was recovering from heel surgery, was not wearing his walking boot at the time — which is OK while at home, said Douoguih, who discovered the extent of the damage Monday while operating on Wall to address an infection of the original surgical wound. The team expects Wall to play in 2019-20, said a person connected to the Wizards.

Recovery could range from 11 to 15 months, Douoguih said. (TWP/AP)

absence, averaging 24.8 points to earn his second straight All-Star Game selection. Yet the roster around him lacks talent, chemistry and verve, placing the Wizards in a no man’s land between the bottom of the East’s playoff bracket and the sweepstakes for lottery pick Zion Williamson.

As Anthony Davis, Kristaps Porzingis and Jimmy Butler have

taken their careers into their own hands by requesting trades, Beal may conclude it’s time for him to consider the same approach. He’s in his prime, his franchise has struggled, and now his front office is boxed in by Wall’s injury and its insistence on chasing a meaningless postseason appearance.

Beal’s contract pays him $56 million over the next two seasons, a fair price for a star.

His trade value should be substantial this summer, given that suitors know they would be acquiring a proven piece in his prime who won’t be a flight risk until July 2021.

While Washington has been protective of Beal in trade talks to this point — and rightfully so — he hasn’t yet forced the issue. The New Orleans Pelicans, New York Knicks and Minnesota Timberwolves have all had to explore trade proposals after receiving clear signals from their stars. If Beal joined that chorus come July, what recourse would Washington have but to move him for the best possible deal?

BEN GOLLIVER (THE WASHINGTON POST)

Ex-Penn State assistant Sandusky will be resentenced, court rules

NICK WASS (AP)

With the Red Sox having won the 2018 World Series and the Patriots taking the Super Bowl, could Boston have an unprecedented sweep of the major sports in a one-year span? Unlikely but possible. (EXPRESS)

Boston Celtics The Celtics haven’t been the powerhouse expected with the return from injury of Kyrie Irving, above, and Gordon Hayward, but they’re just a few games out of the East’s No. 2 seed.

Bovada puts them at 10-1 to win the title, behind huge favorite Golden State and Toronto.

Boston Bruins The Bruins (like the Capitals) are in a pack of teams aiming for the East’s No. 2 seed, so they’re certainly contenders. David Pastrnak, above, leads one of the best lines in hockey, but the offense drops off after that.

Bovada has the Bruins at 20-1 to win the Stanley Cup.

Caps’ home game vs. Vancouver ended after Express’ deadline

WEDNESDAY | 02.06.2019 | EXPRESS | 15

sports

Extended safety net didn’t protect woman, 79, at Dodger Stadium MLB Linda Goldbloom, 79, spent Aug. 25, 2018, as she had dozens of languid summer nights before, enjoying the warm breeze inside Dodger Stadium and listening to the crack of the bat.

In the top of the ninth inning, according to ESPN’s “Outside the Lines,” Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen unleashed a 93 mph heater. The Padres batter turned on the pitch, slicing it nearly straight back into the stands.

The ball lined just over the protective netting behind home plate and struck Goldbloom’s head.

She was rushed to a hospital, where she died four days later.

A coroner’s report, obtained by

ESPN, confirmed that Goldbloom had been killed by head trauma caused by the foul ball.

Goldbloom’s death, which had not been previously reported, raises new safety questions for Major League Baseball, which was rattled in 2017 when a 2-yearold girl suffered critical injuries after a foul ball hit her in the face at Yankee Stadium; the next year, all 30 teams extended netting farther down the foul lines.

ESPN said there were two previous reported deaths caused by foul balls at MLB parks: in 1943 at D.C.’s Griffith Stadium and in 1970 at Dodger Stadium.

Goldbloom’s daughter, Jana Brody, told The Washington Post this week that further safety measures are needed. “ Why not make the nets higher?” she said. TIM ELFRINK

NHL

verbatim

“I’ve got a bit of a shiner. I feel like I’ve been hit by an 18-wheeler, but other than that I’m great.”

The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed center Auston Matthews to a five-year contract extension at an annual average of $11.6 million. The 21-year-old was making $925,000 a year under his three-year rookie deal. The three-time All-Star has 97 goals and 81 assists in 182 regularseason games with the Leafs. (AP)

gate midair during the super-G at the world championships Tuesday in Sweden and sliding down the hill face first. She will ski a final race Sunday before retiring.

BOSTON | Tom Brady hoists the Lombardi Trophy during a parade Tuesday celebrating the Patriots’ sixth Super Bowl victory, all won with Brady, 41, at quarterback. “Getting to see Tom Brady again is always a special day, but the Patriots are amazing,” said fan Lauren Mills. “He still has how many fingers left? … Four more rings to go.”

(THE WASHINGTON POST)

Leafs give Matthews a 5-year, $58M extension

LINDSEY VONN, after straddling a

BILLIE WEISS (GETTY IMAGES)

Report: Foul ball killed fan in 2018

Which of these is getting old: Tom Brady, or seeing him celebrate?

NBA

Report: Lakers end talks to acquire Anthony Davis The Lakers have ended talks aimed at trying to acquire New Orleans star Anthony Davis because of the Pelicans’ “outrageous” trade requests, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Los Angeles Times on Tuesday. The Lakers were said to have offered five young, core players and two first-round picks. (AP)

Marlins sign OF Curtis Granderson, 37, to minor-league contract

Don't Replace...

REFACE!

Transform your Kitchen with the Look of New Cabinets Available in a variety of panel styles, colors and wood grains

$500 Off

Cabinet Refacing Some restrictions may apply. Limited time offer.

Complete Financing Available Now Get a FREE Customized Quote Today

Sausvaends

Tho

202-741-4433 DC 301-850-4372 MD 703-258-1758 VA MHIC #125450 | DC #67004413 | VA #2705 108835A | WVA #036832

music

16 | EXPRESS | 02.06.2019 | WEDNESDAY

CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK

Beirut goes on a worldly sonic voyage

CHRIS RICHARDS | THE WASHINGTON POST

One week ago, 21 Savage appeared on Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight Show” to perform “A Lot,” a meditative mea culpa that tallies the rapper’s trials and transgressions. It’s the opening track of his charttopping new album, and when 21 reached the third verse, he threw his gaze directly into the camera and recited some previously unheard lines.

“Been through some things, but I can’t imagine my kids stuck at the border,” he rapped. “Flint still need water/ People was innocent, couldn’t get lawyers.”

This was rap music — America’s greatest contemporary pop form — at its most empathetic and humane. 21 didn’t have to add those lyrics. But he couldn’t offer a full account of his pain without factoring in the suffering of others, either.

Then, on Sunday morning, 21 Savage was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in a “targeted operation with federal and local law

enforcement partners.”

According to ICE, the 26-year-old rapper, born She’yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was a “United Kingdom national” who had entered the United States legally in 2005 at the age of 12 but whose visa expired in 2006. (Why this wasn’t an issue when the Atlanta rapper was convicted on felony drug charges in Georgia in 2014 is unclear.)

Just a few days after 21 Savage spoke out against President Trump’s family separation policy on national television, ICE had him arrested — on Super Bowl Sunday, the most media-saturated day of the year, in Atlanta, the hip-hop capital of the world.

Whether this was some impossible coincidence is beside the point. ICE had just made its most high-profile arrest — a young black celebrity up for two Grammys the following Sunday night — on a day when the entire nation was watching.

And pay attention to how the arrest was framed: “His whole public persona is false,” an ICE spokesperson reportedly told CNN. Really? How so?

GETTY IMAGES/EXPRESS ILLUSTRATION

A rap battle: The plight of 21 Savage is not for memes

This man was brought to our country as a child, he grew up in American culture, and now he’s contributing to it. What’s false about that?

Fellow Atlanta rapper Killer Mike was one of the first to speak up in support of 21 on Sunday evening, tweeting, “My sincere hope is to see this young man who has made a way for himself allowed to stay and continue to prosper and grow his legacy.”

Meantime, the citizens of rap Twitter weren’t as lucid.

They reflexively launched into joke torrents, superimposing 21’s face onto images of

Buckingham Palace guards and translating his lyrics into Cockney slang.

21 Savage is a celebrity, yes, but he was also a kid who grew up here. Now, he’s a man who has children here. If you think his potential deportation — by an increasingly unchecked law enforcement agency — is some kind of joke, rap music hasn’t taught you a lot.

If you think ICE isn’t making an example out of him, it hasn’t taught you anything at all.

Beirut frontman Zach Condon, below, has a penchant for world music, pulling various influences into every record he’s made. But the band’s album “Gallipoli,” which was released Friday, feels especially inspired. Triumphant horns, Farfisa organ, synthesizer and parading drums pervade the album, which includes the standout tracks “Varieties of Exile,” “Gallipoli” and “When I Die.” It’s a record that celebrates the beauty of cultures colliding, as Condon takes you through the streets of Berlin to the coastline of Italy.

Hearing Condon return to vocal and expressive brilliance is a sigh of relief for fans, but nonfans will also enjoy the band’s exploration of diverse cultural sounds.

RAGAN CLARK (AP)

Follow Chris Richards on Twitter @Chris__Richards

TELEVISION

ABC

Get ready for a post-’Modern Family’ world

ABC’s “Modern Family,” the five-time Emmy winner for best comedy, will end its run next year after 11 seasons. On Tuesday, ABC Entertainment President Karey Burke announced the end of the series about the boisterous extended family. The show, which is currently seen by nearly 5 million viewers a week, will finish three seasons short of the longest-running live-action sitcom ever, “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.” (AP)

“Flower Drum Song” author C.Y. Lee died Nov. 8 at 102, family says

NBC cancels “Hair Live!” show

Deadline: Billy Eichner to write, star in rom-com directed by Nick Stoller

WEDNESDAY | 02.06.2019 | EXPRESS | 17

‘Hate U Give’ author plays a familiar beat BOOK REVIEW “On the Come Up,” A ngie Thomas’ newest offering to the young adult literary landscape that hit shelves Tuesday, arrives lyrics-first through the voice of a femme protagonist with a fever for becoming hiphop royalty.

Like Thomas’ debut, “The Hate U Give,” this story is tethered to the streets of Garden Heights, a tough, pre-gentrified neighborhood, which could be any urban enclave in the United States.

Brianna “Bri” Jackson, a spry emcee with a hatred for ACT test prep and a love of hip-hop, battles everyday issues with her journal rhymes while side-eyeing the effects of racial, gender and economic disparities.

After a school security breach, Bri moves from the page to the recording booth, where her figurative language sounds more thug life than her secondhand shoe game would imply. This exhibit of colorful reimagining is where her lesson of lyrical integrity begins.

As the youngest daughter of a grieving mother, Jay, a

IMANI KHAYYAM

‘On the Come Up’ is the poignant story of an aspiring teen rapper

Angie Thomas’ new novel offers commentary on race and gender.

su r v ivor of the drug addiction epidemic, and Lawless, a murdered underground battle rapper she never met, Bri is constantly looking for ways in which her father’s memory and her present image intersect.

As an emcee, she often finds herself spitting rhymes in the hopes of creating a destiny in which she will be crowned queen

on her own merit and rewarded with enough money to take care of her mother and brother. Until then, she sells snacks to help her “need for fly kicks” fund and rhymes about it with the wit of Notorious B.I.G. This coming-of-age story depicts structurally racist moments, such as black children being followed while grocery shopping, presented in a way to invoke action from allies and provide a nod of recognition from teens of color.

Micro-aggressions are also examined, as Bri begins to question the savior complexes of well-meaning schoolteachers.

The text challenges its readers to think deeply about white privilege, police brutality and the circumstances designed to break the spirits of young people of color.

Bri navigates her obstacles with tongue-in-cheek narration, as this brilliant burgeoning young artist learns how expensive it can be to follow your dreams. This book beckons young readers and music lovers alike with an homage to the forefathers of hip-hop that also assures the feminine voice is never dismissed from the cypher. MAHOGANY L. BROWNE (FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)

JOBS

Reach over 300,000 readers daily

Newspaper Delivery Carriers are needed to deliver The Washington Post for the followingareas For routes in Gaithersburg Germantown MontgomeryVillage Call Chris Buker 301-343-2908 Excellentpart-time income!

Reliable transportationrequired.

marketplace

entertainment

JOBS • RENTALS • HOUSES • WHEELS • STUFF • AND MUCH MORE...

To place a classified, call

202-334-6200.

verbatim

To advertise a job, call

“It’s just not a good thing for society when one entity gets to o unilaterally make the rules.”

202-334-4100.

Freeform orders “Party of Five” reboot to series

Call Dan Santos at 240-912-7978 Excellentpart-time income!

Reliable transportationrequired.

Newspaper Delivery Carriers are needed to deliver The Washington Post in DC, MD and VA area Excellent PART-TIME income!

Reliable transportation required.

To apply, go to deliverthepost.com

Cashier, Line Server & Dishwasher Full and part time positions available.

Open interviews Mon 2/4, 11:30-3pm 1704 U Street NW, Washington D.C.

Delivery Driver

20 hours per week. $400.

Washington DC area. Call 202-265-3336 ENGINEERING ANALYST-(Washington DC) WSP: Perform analysis & consultation for Infrastructure Asset Management, both for strategy & implementation on projects for a range of transportation infrastructure agencies. Req.s: Master's Degree in Civil Engineering. Coursework must incl Infrastructure Systems, Organizational Theory, & Statistical Analysis. Must also have completed coursework or have knowl of Transportation Asset Management implementation, including the mgmnt of the entire lifecycle, comprised of design, construction, commissioning, operating, maintaining, repairing, modifying, replacing & decommissioning/disposal, for a range of physical infrastructure assets; & collaborating w/infrastructure owners/operators to offer consulting support & advisory services for the safe, reliable & cost-effective use of all resources involved. To apply, mail resume to Danielle Landis: Manager, HRBP, WSP, One Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10119.

Your audience reads Express.

XX653 1x10.5

AMC renews “The Walking Dead” for Season 10

For routes in Upper NW and NE area in D.C.

PAINTERS, $24/hr. - Residential repaint, Wash DC. exper'd, reliable vehicle & valid drivers license req'd w/good driving record. Must speak English. Call 1-866-967-6711 or you can email your resume: mahoneypaint@comcast.net

Credit cards accepted.

JOHN LANDGRAF, the CEO of FX, criticizing Netflix’s selective release of ratings atings

information. Speaking at a Television Critics Association panel, he referred ed to the platform’s audience numbers as “cherry-picked and unverified data.” ta.”

Newspaper Delivery Carriers are needed to deliver The Washington Post for the followingareas

Contact us at 202.334.6732 or ads@readexpress.com

XX195 1x1

18 | EXPRESS | 02.06.2019 | WEDNESDAY

NURSE ASSISTANT Med Tech/CNA to GNA 19 Days FREE CPR, First Aid & Text Book 240-770-8251 OR 301-333-6254

FINANCING! PAYMENT PLAN! JOB!

Pre-Fabricated Steel building garage (60ft longx25ft widex20fthigh) with insulation. $15,000. Call 202-445-4370 VAN HOOL COACH BUSES (5) FOR SALE Call 202-445-4370 Women's Clothing Sale! Shop for a Cause Suited for Change, 2/6, 4-7 1010 Vermont Ave NW #450

202.795.8920

APARTMENTS

2 Bedrooms starting at $1199

1 BRS from $999 2 BRS from $1,159

• FREE Gas, Heat & Cooking • Great Floor Plans • Minutes from Benning Rd & Minnesota Ave Metro Stations • Beautiful Hardwood Floors in Select Units Ask about our • Ceiling Fans & Mini Blinds Availability!

• Near Fort Dupont Ice Arena & Washington National Youth Baseball Academy Professionally Managed By CIH Properties, Inc. *See Leasing Consultant for Details

BROOKLAND, NE - 1BR apt. Good location. Near bus stop. $1150/mo. Text 202-445-4370 to get the email address to submit an application.

BLOWOUT SPECIAL

PRINCE GEORGE’S BEST KEPT SECRET!

All Utilities Included* (*for a small fee) Upgraded Kitchen and Bath Close to Metro and Buses Free Parking 1525 Elkwood Ln Capitol Heights, MD 20743

301.841.1022

202.715.3682 3738 D St. SE

o pel.c leasing@addisoncha

m

OAKCREST TOWERS Start a love affair with your new home LIMITED TIME ONLY

PARADISE AT PARKSIDE

DC RENTALS

Efficiencies start at $969 One Bedrooms start at $1,139 Two Bedrooms start at $1,399 OPEN HOUSE! February 14th, 15th & 16th Drawings and Giveaways!

Tax Preparer on-site

Massive Floor Plans All Utilities Included for a Small Fee Great Location, Gorgeous Apartment Homes Resort Style Amenities

Call Today and Reserve Your Appointment

(301) 841-0958

scottmanagementinc.com

2 BR DUPLEXES $ 1,050!*

Sell out the show!

Contact us at 202.334.6732 or ads@readexpress.com

*Must Move In by February 28, 2019

*for a limited time only

301-608-3703

NE-Nice 1BR,1BA. Nr bus&metro line. Immedi ate occupancy. $1000+G&E. Sec 8 inq. Vouch.

Acc. 4244 Brooks St NE. 202-832-4754

✔ Five minute walk from the Minnesota Avenue Metro ✔ Laundromat facilities on-site ✔ After school program ✔ Free summer camp ✔ Community center ✔ Gas heat and cooking ✔ Central A/C & much, much more!

XX740 1x.50

1247 F Street NE 1 Bedrooms Near Metro for $ 1450 + utilities Hardwood Floors & Open Kitchen

Special offer subject to change without notice.

XX740 1x.25

$250 off 1st Month’s Rent!*

DELWIN REALTY

4421 Third Street SE, Washington, DC 20032 • Near Southern Ave. Metro • Free Gas! • Near Schools, Eastover • Renovated Kitchens Shopping Center, Capital and Bathrooms Beltway Downtown • Beautiful Hardwood • 24 Hour Emergency Floors, Ceiling Fan & Maintenance Mini Blinds • Metro Bus Stop On-Site • Income Restrictions Apply *see agent for details

MD RENTALS

ADDISON CHAPEL

BANNEKER PLACE

XX740 1x.25

STUFF

WorthingtonWoods

DC RENTALS

DC RENTALS

The

Gardens

1BRS $999* 1/2 Off App Fees* Spacious Floor Plans Gated Garden Style Living Only 6 Mins to Nats Park, MGM Casino & National Harbor

Application Fee $25.00 for one adult 18 years & older or two adults $35 • Voucher holders welcome •

*limited availability, see Leasing Consultant for details NOW PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED BY CIH PROPERTIES, INC.

3551 Jay St., NE, Washington DC 20019

SE DC - Danbury St SE. 1BR apt. $950/month.

Metro bus at corner. Credit check required.

First month rent free. Call 202-563-1791 SE - Newly renovated, 1, 2, 3, & 4 bedrooms.

Central air and heat. W/D in unit.

Sec 8 welcome. Call Kyle 202-856-6428 SE - Newly renovated, 1, 2, 3, & 4 bedrooms.

Central air and heat. W/D in unit.

Sec 8 welcome. Call Monica 202-297-3074 SE, NW newly renov. 1/2/3bdr apts. incl. hvac Vouchers-OK. 2026218487 XX740 1x.25 XX740 1x.25

202.730.9755 Office hours are as follows: Monday - Friday 9-4 Wednesday’s from 5 to 7 by appointment Saturday 10-2

Special Promotion $350 Security Deposit

XX195 1x.75

CAREER TRAINING

Office Hours ou s Mon - Fri 8-5 Sat 10-2

$250 0ff 1st Month Rent & $400–$500 S/D with Credit Approved Application*

XX740 1x.25

Staff Clinician: Conduct assessments & provide psychotherapy to promote student mental & emotional health by util. training & familiarity w/ issues rel. to suicidality, self-harm, mood/anxiety/adjustment/personality/eating disorders, identity & relationship issues. Req. Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Clinical or Counseling Psychology; clinical license or licenseeligibility as Psychologist/Psychologist Associate in DC; & 1 yr (2000 hrs) APA Clinical Internship training in providing clinical/counseling psychotherapy to college or higher level students & handling intl/diversity/minority-focused student counseling.

Job in WashDC w/ American University. Apply: https://careers.american.edu/ using Job Req. #1363.

DC RENTALS

XX740 1x.25

DC RENTALS

XX740 1x.25

JOBS

(202) 795-8925

4660 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave, SW Washington, DC 20032

(202) 715-3555 SW Washington TheGardensDC.com

WEDNESDAY | 02.06.2019 | EXPRESS | 19

MD RENTALS

MD RENTALS

MD RENTALS

MD RENTALS

VA RENTALS

Cider Mill

NEW YEAR ...NEW HOME!

East Pines Terrace

NEW LUXURY APARTMENTS IN DOWNTOWN SILVER SPRING

Walk to Tysons Metro

1 Bedrooms from $1,089 2 Bedrooms from $1,199

6747 Riverdale Rd., Riverdale, MD 20737

WINTER SPECIAL

• Free application and free rebate • Perfect floor plans and location • Upgraded kitchens and baths • Some restrictions apply/EHO • Some utilities included

ASK ABOUT SUREDEPOSIT BUS STOPS AT COMMUNITY SOCCER FIELD & PLAYGROUND NEW FITNESS CENTER | SE HABLA ESPAÑOL

• New Vinyl Flooring • Central A/C • Laundry Room • Near I-295, I-495, BWI Pkwy, Route 50 • Walk-in Closets and Balconies

University City Apartments Universitycityapts.com 2213 University Blvd | Hyattsville, MD 20783

301.841.1021

18205 Lost Knife Circle, Gaithersburg, MD 20886

180 High Park Lane Silver Spring, MD 20910

$300 OFF FIRST MONTH’S RENT

1 BR’S - $1,100 • 2 BR’s - $1,300 M-F 9-5 • Sat. 10-12

www.delwin-realty.com

(301) 577-7917

CALL

· · · · ·

Newly Renovated Units 1, 2, 3 & 4 Bedroom Apartments 24-Hr. On-Site Starbucks & Safeway Washer/Dryer In Most Units Metro Bus Stops on Community

301.966.6765 TODAY

Jr flats, 1, 2 & 3 BR apartments Fitness center w/programs & cardio machines Swimming pool & rooftop lounge On-site farm to table produce Pet play area & pet washing station

Commons of Mclean 1653 Anderson Road, McLean, VA 22102

703.935.0495

Parkway Terrace APARTMENT S

9000 Stebbing Way, Laurel, MD 20723

Your audience reads Express.

XX740 1x.25 XX740 1x.50

Contact us at 202.334.6732 or ads@readexpress.com

XX195 1x1

CALL NOW FOR OUR FANTASTIC SPECIALS! GATED COMMUNITY IN LANDOVER PARKVIEW GARDENS # Free gas and water # # # #

07B7)D='D7#)DB;7 F7>)99 -)>7); 1!%#7 B-;=99 ';=? 7#) >)M /)%?B>9 N 6=97-= 1)?=+)O)+ MC@;B>+ >)M P!7-#)>9 I!-)>9)+ +BL -B;) => <;)?!9)9

MAPLE RIDGE

2252 Brightseat Road, Landover, MD 20785

301.298.9261

www.mapleridgeapartments.com

BEAUTIFUL HARDWOOD FLOORS AND SPACIOUS APTS

✔ 2;!3B7) <B7!=C@BO-=>L ✔ Free gas and water ✔ 1!%#7 @L ,Q& B>+ /BO?B;7 ✔ 07B7)D='D7#)DB;7 F7>)99 -)>7); B>+ 9M!??!>% <==O

GATED COMMUNITY IN RIVERDALE

# 8)B57!'5O P!7-#)>9 MC%;B>!7) -=5>7);7=<9G # /B9#); N +;L);G # /BOOD7=DMBOO -B;<)7G # J>+==;C=57+==; <==O N F7>)99 -)>7); # /B7);E %B9 #)B7 N -==P!>% !>-O5+)+ # 8)B57!'5O 7=M>#=?)9 *select units

*R." $(7# :3)>5)E IB>+=3); K!OO9E H4 ,A"R*

$(AA 1!3);+BO) 1=B+E 1!3);+BO)E H4 ,A"*"

www.calverthallapartments.com

www.parkviewgardensapartments.com

CALVERT HALL 301.637.6232

FREE 6-WEEK SUMMER CAMP |

3415 Parkway Terrace Dr., Suitland, MD 20746

XX740 1x.25

XX740 1x.25

1401 Blair Mill Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910

301.867.6888

Mon-Fri: RB?D&<?E Sat: .AB?D(<?E Sun: .,<?D(<?

TAKOMA LANDING

*Please call for more details

ROOMMATES

APARTMENTS & TOWNHOMES

BRAND NEW RENOVATED SPACIOUS APARTMENTS One BRs from $1,119* | Two BRs from $1,419* Two BR Townhomes from $1,499* W/D in Townhomes Only *Prices are subject to change

OPEN Friday, Feb 8th & Saturday, Feb 9th HOUSE! Raffle Drawing on Approved Applications!

Washers & Dryers Brand New Kitchen Appliances Walking Distance to Shopping, Dining & Entertainment Perfect Location So Much More!!!

" WDU Rates starting at $1,367* " ADU Rates starting at $977* " Studio, 1BRs & 2BRs* " Applicants must meet community qualifying & program guidelines

www.takomalanding.com

BOWIE, MD - Male pref. Clean, furnished, W/D. No pets. $185 per week, all utilities included.

Call 301-537-5433 CAP HGTS/SUITLAND- Beautifully decorated. Very quiet. Cooking privileges. Metro.

Call 252-209-7887 CAPITAL HEIGHTS/CLINTON, MD 2 blocks to Metro, M pref. $165-$200/week.

Call 301-599-6277 or 301-437-6369 COLLEGE PARK - Large BRs, in house to share. $600 incl utils. Pref male, no smoking.

Call 240-423-7923 GAITHERSBURG, MD - 1 BR with private BA, $675 includes utilities. Near Metro.

Call 240-396-7576

CALL 301.302.8066

790 Fairview Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912

HYATTSVILLE- Furn room $175/wk + security.

Includes all utils inc cable.

Near Metro. No pets. 301-675-2016 MITCHELLVILLE-Rooms in modern house, close to Metro & Woodmore Town Ctr.$550/$600 240-601-5199 TAKOMA PARK/BETHESDA, MD - Upper rooms.

Near METRO. $695+. Text only 301-717-2996 or email professionalexperts@gmail.com

VA RENTALS

WOW

arting Prices St nly From O

$

560 DALE FOREST

Park your browser here.

APARTMENTS

" Free gas cooking, heating, and hot water " Playgrounds " Olympic-sized swimming pool " Minutes to shopping, dining & VRE

Concerts, movies, events, restaurants and more.

703.334.9362

14321 Wrangler Lane #1, Dale City, VA 22193

Sell out the show!

Contact us at 202.334.6732 or ads@readexpress.com

XX740 1x2.5

DC Rider

METRO NEWS ON YOUR iPHONE AND ANDROID DOWNLOAD FREE.

XX609 1x.75

6220 Springhill Drive, Greenbelt, MD 20770

Mon-Fri 9am-5pm

301.830.8680

" Walking distance to the Dunn Metro Station " Robust onsite amenities: Concierge, Game Room, NFL lounge, pools & two fitness centers " ADU and WDU apartment homes Available

XX195 1x.75

240-392-4868

240.839.4129

2 BR starts at $1210 renovated $1310

WALK TO METRO | ALL CREDIT CONSIDERED

301.841.9287

XX740 1x.25 XX740 1x.50

Designer Kitchens with Granite Counters Federal, State, & PG County Discounts Sponsors of Military RPP

1 BR starts at $1082 renovated $1182

XX740 1x.50

Modern Kitchen ! Patios/Balconies W/D in Every Home ! Ceiling Fans ! Pet Friendly Swimming Pool ! Fitness Center

2677 Avenir Pl., Vienna, VA 22180 | 703.496.9867

XX740 1x.25

1 & 2 Bedrooms

CALL NOW FOR SPECIALS!

Great • Pets welcome • Gas & water included Specials • Reserved parking, storage & bike storage • Short walk to Silver Spring Metro • Conveniently located near Giant, CVS, Suntrust, Peet’s Coffee & dining

20 | EXPRESS | 02.06.2019 | WEDNESDAY

trending

Enjoy the Breeze in Your New Screen Room

“Is this why powerwalking was a huge trend for old people e in malls all across middle America? ca?

Did Liam Neeson just expose an even bigger secret?!”

ancing Easy fin s. $149/mo

@DONWILL, tweeting about the actor’s admission Tuesday on “Good Morning America” that power walking for two hours every day cured hiss “primal urge” to kill a black person after learning years ago that a friend was as raped by a black man. Later Tuesday, amid claims that Neeson was racist,, the red carpet premiere in New York for his film “Cold Pursuit” was canceled. d.

“The real spectacle here isn’t ‘Ivanka vacuuming.’

It’s the people who get pleasure from throwing trash at her.” new exhibit at Flashpoint Gallery in Washington titled “Ivanka Vacuuming.” The art installation features a look-alike model of the first daughter who vacuums up crumbs thrown by visitors. Artist Jennifer Rubell said the piece is, in part, “a questioning of our complicity in her role-playing.”

WINTER SALE BUY NOW AND $

SAVE

1250

Some restrictions apply

FREE ESTIMATES

202-741-4435 DC 703-334-0331 VA 301-683-7211 MD

“Depression isn’t like ... a cute brand joke.”

page three

Only in

XX1230_2x3

Local news that’s…well, slightly askew.

“Imagine getting a BFA in musical theatre to fart glitter.” @EMILY_MUENCH, joking about the revelation that Universal Studios employs someone to play the character Guy Diamond from the animated movie “Trolls.” Reflecting Guy’s abilities in the 2016 children’s movie, the mascot walks around and is able to fart glitter. The new addition to Universal was announced by Attractions Magazine in a tweet Saturday.

MHIC#125450, DC#67004413, VA#2705 108835A, WVA#036832

Third page’s the charm.

UNIVERSAL PICTURES

@KELSEYJHARKNESS, criticizing a

@JUSTKELLY_OK, criticizing the Twitter account of SunnyD after it tweeted Sunday, “I can’t do this anymore.” The tweet garnered immediate attention, as people decried the social media strategy of brands taking on human emotions.

Others, however, related to the tweet and began sending SunnyD advice. @ohpaleplum tweeted, “You will get through this.”

“I trust you Shawn, I know you’d never do that on y purpose. Have you guys p never accidently liked something before??” @DANANDPHILDOGE, defending @ singer Shawn Mendes after he liked sin a ttransphobic tweet. After noticing the th disturbing like, a fan account called on Mendes to unlike it and ca apologize. Mendes obliged, saying ap he h “Must of accidentally liked it scrolling down a feed.”

WEDNESDAY | 02.06.2019 | EXPRESS | 21

fun+games Horoscopes

Scrabble Grams

PAR SCORE 145-155, BEST SCORE 223

Sudoku

MEDIUM

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Forward motion is possible today only if you are willing to face an obstacle that has threatened to stop you for some time. You can do it.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Only a lack of communication will result in the kind of trouble that will slow you down and threaten further progress.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) You feel that you are ready for anything, but is that just overconfidence? Your true potential may be revealed to you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Work behind the scenes and you can get things done more quickly than if you are in the spotlight. The secret is in going largely unnoticed.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You’re after more than recognition; you want to be rewarded for what you do. You can have both eventually.

TUESDAY’S SOLUTION

TUESDAY’S SOLUTION

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Your desire to prove yourself can be overwhelming today and may threaten what you are working to gain.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You can impress others with the depth of your knowledge about a highly unusual topic. They will find your enthusiasm remarkable, too.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You

FOUR RACK TOTAL Make a 2-7-letter word from the letters in each row. Add points of each word using scoring directions at right. Seven-letter words get a 50-point bonus. Blank tiles used as any letter have no point value. Scrabble is a trademark of Hasbro in the U.S. and Canada.

Comics

Forecast

By Capital Weather Gang

POOCH CAFE | PAUL GILLIGAN

48 | 40

are determined to do something no one else has done, and it may prove simpler than what you’ve imagined.

TODAY: Mostly cloudy and cooler, but not cold, as temperatures reach into the middle to upper 40s to potentially the low 50s in spots. There is a slight chance of a shower late in the day. Winds blow lightly from the east. Rain at times tonight under mostly cloudy skies, with lows ranging in the 40s.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) The time

has come for you to stop talking and start doing. Putting your money where your mouth is will surely win you the results you seek.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You’re comforted by the routine today, but you’ll progress only if you step out of your comfort zone and do something new.

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE | STEPHAN PASTIS

AVG. HIGH: 44 RECORD HIGH: 74 AVG. LOW: 28 RECORD LOW: 1 SUNRISE: 7:08 a.m. SUNSET: 5:36 p.m.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

You’re pursuing something that can prove much more important to you than you had originally thought.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Others know what you are worth, but you may have your doubts about a certain someone who figures more prominently in your affairs than most.

DAILY CODE

today in histor y

Need more Sudoku?

Find another puzzle in the Comics section of The Post every Sunday and in the Style section Monday through Saturday.

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

58 | 49

60 | 40

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

39 | 29

41 | 27

DW

1778: During the American Revolutionary War, the United States wins official recognition and military support from France with the signing of a Treaty of Alliance in Paris.

1952: Britain’s King George VI, 56, dies at Sandringham House in Norfolk, England; he was succeeded as monarch by his 25-year-old elder daughter, who became Queen Elizabeth II.

1998: President Bill Clinton signs a bill changing the name of Washington National Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Get more news and forecasts at washingtonpost.com/weather or follow @capitalweather on Twitter.

22 | EXPRESS | 02.06.2019 | WEDNESDAY

fun+games Crossword ACROSS “Terrific!”

DOWN

32 River through Egypt

46 Passionate 49 Pass, as a statute

1

Batter’s dry spell

2

Of a forearm bone

33 60-100 bpm, normally

40 Biodiesel, e.g.

3

Rice wetland

37 Shin’s place

42 Just swell

4

Dubai bigwig

38 Incensed

51 Advertising handout

44 German fish delicacy

5

Extreme

40 Unlikely to sag

52 Wise person

6

One in a onesie

53 Lump of dirt

47 Hatcher or Polo

7

Revolving-spool device

41 “Line” over the eyes

49 Employee of Santa

8

Mine metals

9

Kind of hold’em

20 Certain a cappella performers

52 Cable company’s encryption, or what connects both words in 20-, 26- and 44-Across

23 Be a busybody

57 “Regretfully ...”

12 Word before “fee” or “ID”

24 Scammer’s scheme

58 Gushing review

13 “Porgy and ___”

59 Kiss-up

21 Not for the squeamish

39 Chicken-king connector

10 Botch 14 Woolly Peruvian animal 15 Great Fire of Rome emperor 16 Go up

48 Same-old grind

17 Loosened, as a knot 18 Read Braille 19 Luau instruments, for short

25 Address for a queen

60 ___ guy (reliable sort)

26 Cocktail vessel 31 Sacrilegious 34 Decimal points 35 “My ___ tells me ...”

10 Penny-wise

50 Gravy server

42 +

54 Mauna Loa flow

43 Savor a compliment

55 Unvarying

45 It may be hard to listen to

56 “I’m ___!” (“See ya!”)

11 Amazingly effectively TUESDAY’S SOLUTION

22 Old horses

61 Where things get heated?

26 Reddit admin

62 Mother’s brother, say

28 Without delay

27 Teen heartthrobs

63 Eve’s first home

29 “No __ luck!”

36 Like the score 7-7

64 Desire

30 Time at a hotel

37 Close to the ground

65 Pumpkin eater of rhyme

31 Bryce Canyon locale

EDITED BY DAVID STEINBERG

6 Dietary supplement

ATTENTION

MILITARY & CIVILIAN DoD PERSONNEL AROUND THE GLOBE

GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

A FULLY-FUNDED DoD SPONSORED PROGRAM

✯ ★ ✪ R

DISTRIBU

R TO

YOU ARE INVITED TO APPLY TO THE

COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

STA

1

MIXED MESSAGES 38 Shimmer makeup mineral

express

Did you get a smile with your EXPRESS? Graduate Certificates and Master’s Degree Programs offered Fellowship covers all tuition, course fees, and textbooks Conducted jointly by Missouri State University Graduate Department of Defense and Strategic Studies and the National Defense University Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction

PROGRAM APPLICATION DEADLINE IS APRIL 30, 2019

Do you have a great Express distributor, one who brightens your morning?

Tell us so that we can recognize him or her with our weekly Star Distributor award.

CLASSES BEGIN FALL SEMESTER 2019 Online or evening seated classes in the D.C. metro area.

Email dss1@missouristate.edu or call (703) 218-3565 for more information

This program is certified by the State Council of Higher Education forVirginia.This ad is paid for by MSU-DSS.

Send your comments to:

circulation@readexpress.com XX0025 2x5

WEDNESDAY | 02.06.2019 | EXPRESS | 23

people

BABIES

For once in his life, Andy is left speechless

Lupita gave herself the gift of silence Lupita Nyong’o went on a 10-day silent retreat last year after “Black Panther” was released, the actress told Marie Claire. The retreat was in Texas, and Nyong’o had to give up her phone and sign an agreement to stay there. She attended as a birthday present to herself. “I was constantly wanting to leave and then daring myself to take one more hour and another hour,” Nyong’o said of the experience. “It was crazy and beautiful.” (EXPRESS)

“Watch What Happens Live” host Andy Cohen is a new dad. The 50-year-old posted on Instagram that Benjamin Allen Cohen was born Monday.

He weighed 9 pounds, 2 ounces, and is named for Cohen’s grandfather. “I’m in love. And speechless.

And eternally grateful to an incredible surrogate,” he wrote. Cohen announced on his show in December that he was expecting a child “after many years of careful deliberation, a fair amount of prayers and the benefit of science.” Cohen is the executive producer of such reality series as “Real Housewives.” Many “Housewives” stars congratulated Cohen via social media. (AP)

OFFSPRING

Baby already starting to tire of being called ‘Baby’

Couple decide not to name child ‘Chartreuse’

“Bachelor” alum Bekah Martinez gave birth to a baby girl on Saturday, People reports. Martinez, 23, had a water birth at the Natural Birth Center in Los Angeles. She and her boyfriend, Grayston Leonard, have not yet decided on a name for the baby, their first child. Martinez appeared on Arie Luyendyk’s season of “The Bachelor,” which aired in 2018. (EXPRESS)

Jason Aldean and his wife Brittany Kerr Aldean welcomed a baby girl named Navy Rome Williams on Monday, People reports. Aldean shared a photo of Navy Rome via Instagram on Monday, writing: “So excited to watch what life has in store for this little princess.” The couple also have a 14-month-old son named Memphis, and Aldean has two daughters — Kendyl, 11, and Keeley, 15 — from a previous marriage. (EXPRESS)

JASON KEMPIN (GETTY IMAGES)

NEWBORNS

Jason and Brittany also considered calling the baby “Lilac Florence.”

Published by Express Publications LLC, 1301 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20071, a subsidiary of WP Company, LLC

or email circulation@wpost.com.

ALEX RODRIGUEZ,

commemorating two years of dating Jennifer Lopez in an Instagram post on Monday

FIND US ONLINE

WHO WE ARE EXECUTIVE EDITOR | Dan Caccavaro

DC RIDER COLUMNIST | Kery Murakami

ART DIRECTOR | Jon Benedict

NEWS EDITORS | Sean Gossard, Rachel Podnar, Briana Ellison

FEATURES: express.features@wpost.com

DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR | Serena Golden

FEATURES EDITOR | Stephanie Williams

LOCAL: page3@wpost.com

NEWS AND DIGITAL EDITOR | Zainab Mudallal

ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR | Thomas Floyd

NEWS: express.news@wpost.com

COPY CHIEF | Vanessa H. Larson

DESIGNER | Jenna Kendle

SPORTS: express.sports@wpost.com

STORY EDITOR | Adam Sapiro

CIRCULATION MANAGER | Charles Love

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR | Matthew Liddi

MARKETING MANAGER | Travis Meyer

CORRECTIONS: Spot a mistake?

Let us know at corrections@wpost.com.

verbatim

“Like you there is none other.

Words will never do justice to what the last two years have meant to me.”

CREATIVE DIRECTOR | Ellen Collier

Call 202-334-6800 or fax 202-334-9777

FOR CIRCULATION: Call 202-334-6992

Eli Manning and his wife, Abby McGrew, had their fourth child just after midnight on Super Bowl Sunday, according to Newsday. They named the baby, their first son, Charles “Charlie” Elisha Manning. The New York Giants quarterback, 38, and McGrew, 35, also have three daughters: Ava Frances, 7, Lucy Thomas, 5, and Caroline Olivia, 4. (EXPRESS)

MANAGING EDITOR, FEATURES | Rudi Greenberg

TO PLACE A DISPLAY AD: Call 202-334-6732 or email expressads@washpost.com

TO NOMINATE A HAWKER AS STAR DISTRIBUTOR: Email circulation@wpost.com.

Eli wins yet another Super Bowl Sunday

MANAGING EDITOR, NEWS | Jeffrey Tomik

CONTACT THE NEWSROOM

TO PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD:

CHILDREN

SENIOR FEATURES WRITERS | Sadie Dingfelder, Kristen Page-Kirby

HOW TO REACH US

Call 202-334-6200.

GETTY IMAGES

PRESENTS

FOUNDING PUBLISHER | Christopher Ma, 1950-2011

TWITTER:

@WaPoExpress INSTAGRAM:

@WaPoExpress FACEBOOK: facebook.com/ washingtonpostexpress FLICKR: Join our Flickr pool at flickr.com/groups/ wapoexpress to share your view of the D.C. area, from events to landscapes and everything in between. Your work could appear in Express.

24 | EXPRESS | 02.06.2019 | WEDNESDAY

u u u u u u

Qv&8QUU<N4vQXv9!hE=N4vFQ4_ =48cvn<c8v!vX,JQc,v&QNcXQE Qv_QQcvQXv!_9,_vcQv&F,!NvhU ,"cv8QK,v0Xv!_vE=gG,v!_v tv U,Xv9QiY QXC_v,l,Nvn9,NvqQhvh_,vUQn,X

v,N,Z4qv,2,&=,Nc

" 41 * +4"! 4" 4"/%4 " + "!*4+"4* 4 4 1 4 /%! ! 4 "2%#" 4 *$ 3* 4 ! 4 +4 3$%/*4 %4 "!1 )43"/%4 '$ 4 +"4 * 4

3$%/*4 %4 *43"/%4"! ,"$4* "$ 4 ! ! 4 !*- + "! 4 !*$ , "! 4 ! 4 % . 4 "4*0 "!+& +"(4 !1" 1 4

=sStBJM o|t E|ttMlz *Bw 'XtMsaBEM BlJ ; %

&lMtS &RXEXMlz 7MBbYwzZF 0oo_ZlS 1oSw <VBz 7MBab +MBz Ao|t +oiM

-dvj`vL#D-vrRj[v >[-VG#'-vHRRDvO-ov#5#?Ovo=d:vd:=`v kO- V v v6.ev$Ov$**@eASO$Gv vS1v$v .MSe.v SOe\SFv3\vsSk\v.p@ae@O6v @\.WF$(.v

} mN { NCu x jC[m{CmCmGN Qpu jp CmK TN{ [m[{[Cc \x\{ Qpu

(pu 3N }x{pjNux pmd

/ / / / / / / !/ / /

/

8qUOvy #v 9rH` ]afP 6X`P 8^IWkqnL , )Dggy !W~vIW @ :rH` XhhP 2$ eO DnLv^D >

/vb/]mB)/v B]7BPB% v %^I%P+ v %P+v

`OY@w fCC fC 8xz 8d> -g zA

$ $

2))(5 (;3,5(6

%b;BP7fTP v v

`PZ@w /f {L fC ,nQd<A #AgnKA x g dz

.> ( >. 4>

! $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ #$ $" $ ! $ $

-4"+ ?.7*.4.

5 /

%*14 ((!

* # * ( %* %* ! * )%& *

%* * %' ' ! * * # '% * & * % & * !( &) ') * %" & ! % * * )* * % #* $ % *

`OY@w /f |L fC +[> 3g d [A 8d>nQ8 `RZ@w 9w{ fC 0jnSdKDSA\>

`OY@w /f |L fC 6gg>ng 6Q_xgd nS>KA

`TZ@w 9w{ fC ,nQd<A 6S_[Q8a g dz

`OY@w 7@w{ fC n[SdKzgd

`RZ@ /f {L fC )gdzKgaAn g dz

`OY@w /f |L fC 68xMQdKzgd

2:]B koV=B Ue=] ?By kBtcU} VeykB=}Vhe :e? Uey~:]]:}Vhe hE yB]B=} &e y}i $:y "VoBk]:=B VeyBu}y 2hbB ' sXU=}Vhey ?h eh} :kk] 5h m :^UJ Ehp HrBB yB=he? IoBl]:=B h b y} k p=N:yB Vey}:]]:}Uhe Fhq ;h}N y y}Bby .By}sW}Vhey :kk] yBB y}hv Ghp ?B}:U^y

;) + $ > 1 > 9 +"1 >

&7 ,> > /*!</> 2 ,&5 &52> %+.')&/ / / ")$/ / ')#%/ /'6-> 0 ':-''#0> '%8 % %3 => ' 3 > 0> 6- > -' > > % - > "(%, / %+.'#% / ")$/ ),-"(("-'*)/