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activists demonstrate against air pollution Tuesday on the Liberty Statue on top of Gellert Hill in Budapest, Hungary.

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Highly misinformed otters heard Milwaukee’s nice this time of year

A mystery man is being hailed as a hero for buying all the cookies some Girl Scouts had for sale so they wouldn’t have to stand outside. South Carolina mother Kayla Dillard said on Facebook that the man paid $540 cash for all the girls’ cookies, saying he did it “so y’all can get out of this cold” outside a store near Greenville. WYFF-TV reported the man posed for a photo with two Girl Scouts after buying the cookies last week, but no one got his name. (AP)

Firefighters in Bensheim, Germany, on Sunday helped rescue a very fat rat that was stuck in a sewer grate, BBC News reported. Berufstierrettung Rhein Neckar, a local animal rescue organization, had been unable to extricate the rat after being alerted to her plight by a pair of little girls. Animal rescuer Michael Sehr said, “Even animals that are hated by many deserve respect.” With firefighters’ aid, Sehr was able to free the rodent. (EXPRESS)

A group of otters made a rare if not unprecedented appearance in downtown Milwaukee last week.

The state Department of Natural Resources says a video of the otters along the Milwaukee River by the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design is the first documented otter sighting downtown. It says restoration efforts to increase water quality and habitats for fish, frogs and crayfish may have helped create a better food source for otters. (AP)

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Kosher Chinese carryout was a leap of faith SILVER SPRING In the summer of 2017, a flyer went up on a bulletin board inside the Shalom Kosher grocery store in the Kemp Mill Shopping Center in Silver Spring. Chin & Lee, a Chinese restaurant, was up for sale. Was anyone interested in buying it?

One of Ami Schreiber’s friends snapped a photo, stuck it on Facebook and tagged Ami, along with a message: “Schreiber, you’ve been talking about this for the better part of two decades.”

It was time for Ami, a software engineer, and his wife, Rivka, a financial planner — two people with zero experience in running a restaurant — to buy a restaurant.

The Schreibers opened their carryout restaurant about a year

ago. It’s called Holy Chow, and it serves kosher Chinese food.

Ami’s friends in the Orthodox community of Kemp Mill were accustomed to him reminiscing about the kosher restaurants in New Jersey, where he grew up. The shopping center near his Silver Spring house boasts a kosher pizza parlor, a kosher bakery, a kosher candy store and that kosher supermarket, but no Chinese. Would it support one?

“It just kept making sense,” Ami said, of how the couple ran the numbers. “The demographic here, in terms of a high concentration of Jewish people that keep kosher, is too much to ignore.”

The Schreibers were confident they’d find an audience for kosher Chinese food — but they knew they couldn’t be the ones doing the actual cooking. Kosher, they know. Chinese, not so much.

They advertised in Chineselanguage papers for a head chef and brought David Sun aboard.

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Ami Schreiber, left, and Rivka Schreiber, right, flank David Sun, the head chef at Holy Chow, the Schreibers’ kosher Chinese carryout restaurant.

He’s been a chef for nearly 40 years — most recently at Oriental East in Silver Spring — but had never cooked kosher food before.

There’s no pork or shellfish.

There’s no MSG in anything, but that’s an Ami thing (he’s allergic), not a Jewish one. All the ingredients are under the supervision of a mashgiach, or overseer, who is on site and inspects all deliveries. The chicken and beef come from kosher butchers in Baltimore and New York and cost three times as much as

non-kosher meats.

“The old restaurant used to do $6 lunch specials,” he said.

“We can’t stay in business at $6 lunch.”

The price seems not to have ave cost Holy Chow many customomers, which is good. But it’s also a big responsibility. ese “You’re going to see all these people in synagogue on Satururday,” Rivka said. “If something’s ng’s not right . . . ” “You’re going to hear about out it,” Ami finished. JOHN KELLY ELLY

Former University of Maryland men’s basketball players Jared Nickens and Jaylen Brantley are suing the makers of Fortnite, claiming the video game’s creators misappropriated a dance they popularized online and on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” in 2016.

The federal lawsuit, filed Monday in Maryland, accuses Epic Games Inc. of unfairly profiting from the “Running Man Challenge,” a dance that Nickens and Brantley take credit for creating. ting. (AP)

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Progressive edge put to test Md. legislature to vote on $15 minimum wage and ban on Styrofoam WASHINGTONPOST.COM GRIDLOCK

Compromise on Metro hours appears dead

Maryland Democrats look to flex their political muscle today with a vote on two progressive bills.

governor’s position on the bills.

The “Fight for $15” minimumwage campaign has evolved from a fringe proposal to a mainstream Democratic economic agenda item across the country, embraced by most of the growing field of Democratic presidential hopefuls.

But legislation to require a $15 minimum wage failed to make it out of committee in Maryland each of the last two years, with business leaders saying it would hurt small businesses.

Lawmakers on the left are also pushing legislation calling for stronger renewable energy standards, the creation of an affordability board to regulate prescription drug prices and bans on plastic firearms — with the latter two bills supported by Busch and Miller.

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MARYLAND Maryland’s already liberal General Assembly moved further to the left after the November elections, fueled by a wave of new candidates whose campaigns were energized by resistance to President Trump.

Today, lawmakers in both the House and the Senate are expected to cast initial votes on bills that illustrate the strength of the progressive faction in each chamber.

The House of Delegates will vote on a $15 minimum wage proposal that has failed to advance in recent years but is expected to become law this session, albeit in watered-down form.

In the Senate, a first-in-the-nation statewide ban on polystyrene foam food service products — otherwise known as Styrofoam packaging in restaurants and grocery stores — is coming to the floor.

Democrats hold veto-proof majorities in both chambers.

Senior legislative leaders, including House Speaker Michael E. Busch and Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., have embraced both bills, noting their popularity with constituents and tacitly acknowledging the strength of the progressive wing of Maryland’s majority party.

A spokeswoman for Gov. Larry Hogan, R, did not return repeated calls seeking the

Delegate sorry for slur A white lawmaker from Harford County, Md., who witnesses say used a racial slur to describe a legislative district in Prince George’s County has been stripped of her leadership position and will undergo sensitivity training, the House Speaker’s office said Tuesday. Del. Mary Ann Lisanti, a Democrat, issued a public apology Tuesday afternoon, after apologizing to the executive committee of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland on Monday night and to the House Democratic Caucus on Tuesday morning. “I deeply apologize . . . for my word choice several weeks ago,” Lisanti, 51, said in a statement. “I am sickened that a word that is not in my vocabulary came out of my mouth. (TWP)

Legislation to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21 advanced in the legislature, while the fate of some progressive proposals — including to allow clean-needle injection sites and to allow doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to terminally ill patients — remains unclear.

Banning Styrofoam became a Democratic Party priority this year after it failed to advance in the General Assembly the past two years.

During that time, bans have gone into effect in many of the state’s largest jurisdictions, including Montgomery and Prince George’s counties.

“It’s time to ban,” Sen. Cheryl Kagan, D-Montgomery, said Tuesday. ARELIS R. HERNANDEZ AND OVETTA WIGGINS (THE WASHINGTON POST)

D.C. TICKET FINES

The amount in ticket fines drivers in D.C. racked up last year, WTOP reported.

More than 1 million tickets were issued between Sept. 30, 2017, and Sept. 30, 2018, through speed and red light cameras alone, according to WTOP, and of those, 33,000 were dismissed after being challenged. The D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles said more than $139 million is still owed on unpaid tickets from last year, with drivers from Maryland owing more than $59 million in fines. (EXPRESS)

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A District-proposed compromise to restore some late-night Metro service appears to be off the table, due to opposition from Maryland.

Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich issued a letter this week to Metro board member Michael Goldman, who represents the state, urging him to vote against the compromise at Thursday’s board meeting. Under a proposal being pushed by D.C. officials, the system would open at 5:30 a.m. weekdays and close at midnight, compared with its current 5 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. schedule. The system would close at 2 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

“I urge you to oppose [the alternative] as written for its negative impacts on Montgomery County and insist that stations in Montgomery County continue to open at 5 a.m.,” Elrich wrote, pointing to data obtained from Metro.

The region’s U.S. senators wrote to Metro on Tuesday, urging the agency to maintain its shorter hours for the safety of the system and its riders.

“We agree with [General Manager Paul Wiedefeld] and safety oversight officials that safety must take precedence over convenience,” said the letter from Democratic Sens.

Tim Kaine and Mark Warner of Virginia and Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen of Maryland.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) turned a blind eye to abusive conditions confronting thousands of immigrants jailed without being convicted of a crime.

ICE did not impose financial penalties when it could have to hold operators of immigrant detention facilities accountable for rampant health and safety violations, according to a report by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General. In fact, agency officials gave operators a pass in many cases by allowing them to avoid inmate facility requirements.

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Despite a failure to meet the standards in thousands of documented cases between Oct. 1, 2015, and June 30, 2018, ICE imposed financial penalties just twice, according to the report.

“Instead of holding facilities accountable through financial penalties,” the inspector general found, “ICE issued waivers to facilities with deficient conditions, seeking to exempt them from having to comply with certain detention standards.”

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In 106 contracts the inspector general reviewed, over 14,000 “deficiencies” were found.

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Pakistani protesters burn India’s flag after an airstrike Tuesday in Balakot.

FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR JEROME POWELL, in his semiannual testimony before Congress, urging lawmakers Tuesday to raise the country’s debt ceiling in the coming months. He also said the Fed would hold off on any rate hikes because of “government policy uncertainty” regarding trade.

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BALAKOT, PAKISTAN Tensions escalated sharply on the Asian subcontinent Tuesday with nuclear-armed neighbors Pakistan and India trading accusations and warnings after a pre-dawn airstrike by India that New Delhi said targeted a terrorist training camp.

Pakistan said there were no casualties, while New Delhi called the attack a pre-emptive strike that hit a terrorist training camp and killed “a very large number” of militants.

The airstrike followed a suicide bombing in India’s section of the disputed territory of Kashmir on Feb. 14 that killed more than 40 Indian soldiers. Pakistan has denied involvement in the attack but vowed to respond to any Indian military operation against it.

Several reporters trudged to the site of Tuesday’s bombing near the town of Balakot, close to the border with Pakistan’s sector of Kashmir. They saw several large craters, a few upended trees and villagers wondering why they had been targeted.

Pakistan’s military spokesman, Maj. Gen Asif Ghafoor, said Indian planes crossed into the Muzafarrabad sector of Pakistani-controlled Kashmir. He said

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An Indian man celebrates reports of planes bombing Pakistani territory.

Pakistan scrambled its warplanes and the Indian jets released their payload “in haste” near Balakot.

Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale told reporters in New Delhi that Indian fighter jets targeted Jaish-e-Mohammad camps in a pre-emptive strike after intelligence indicated another attack was being planned.

Balakot’s police chief said he

had sent teams to the area where the Indian bombs reportedly hit, which he described as a mostly deserted wooded area. He said there were no casualties and no damage.

There was no immediate explanation for the differing accounts, although India and Pakistan routinely contradict one another.

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Researchers say that iceberg calving is a normal process. But scientists are watching to see how this loss will affect the stability of the Brunt Ice Shelf. (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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May: Parliament can ask EU for a Brexit delay U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May admitted Tuesday for the first time that Brexit could be delayed, as the two main parties in Parliament struggle over how — or even if — Britain should leave the European Union.

May told lawmakers that if they reject her Brexit withdrawal agreement again next month, they will have an opportunity to vote on whether to ask the EU to delay Brexit beyond the scheduled March 29 departure.

May said European leaders would probably grant an extension only once, and any delay should be “short and limited.” She suggested that an extension until June would be best, so Britain would not have to take part in the next round of elections for the European Parliament.

This was a major concession

by May, who has long insisted that her Brexit deal was the best and only one. Her acceptance of a possible extension indicates how much she and her weak government have ceded control over Brexit to an assertive but divided Parliament.

Hard-core Brexiteers fear, and those who want to stay in the EU hope, that a delay might lead to the end of Brexit. But May remains intent on making Brexit happen. The prime minister promised Parliament it would have a “meaningful vote” on her Brexit deal by March 12. WILLIAM BOOTH AND KARLA ADAM (TWP)

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POLITICS The House on Tuesday passed a resolution to overturn President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency on the southern border, as Democrats painted an apocalyptic portrait of a lawless chief executive out to gut the Constitution.

The 245-182 tally was mostly along party lines, with 13 Republicans defecting to side with Democrats on a vote that effectively became a test of GOP loyalty to Trump. Despite their frequent complaints of executive overreach during the Obama administration, most Republicans fell in line with Trump’s decision to try to circumvent Congress to get billions of dollars for his border wall. As a result, the vote fell short of the two-thirds majority that would be required to overcome Trump’s threatened veto.

Democrats a rg ued t h at Trump’s claim of a crisis at the border was baseless, and that he was embarking on the road to dictatorship by unilaterally declaring an emergency to try to get money from U.S. taxpayers to fulfill an unpopular campaign

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks Monday about President Trump’s national emergency declaration.

promise.

Republicans countered that Democrats were ignoring a very real crisis at the border, and said that Trump was well within his rights to declare a national emergency, since he was acting under provisions of the National Emergencies Act of 1976.

Trump issued the emergency declaration on Feb. 15, as part of a deal to keep the government open after a 35-day partial shutdown.

The president agreed to sign a

spending bill to keep the government funded through Sept. 30 while providing $1.375 billion for 55 miles of fencing along the border in Texas, but he said he needed billions more. The administration plans to redirect an additional $6.7 billion from several sources, including $3.6 billion from military construction projects that can be accessed via the emergency declaration.

Now that the House has passed the disapproval resolution, the

Senate will have approximately 18 days to take it up, a timeline set by the National Emergencies Act. The law also specifies that Senate passage takes only a simple majority, not the 60-vote majority often required.

That means that just four Republican votes would ensure passage of the disapproval resolution — presuming Democrats stick together. ERICA WERNER, S EU N G M I N K I M, PAU L K A N E A N D JOHN WAGNER (THE WASHINGTON POST)

NIGERIA

OREGON

Incumbent president secures a second term

Stranded Amtrak train moves after 36 hours

The United Methodist Church voted Tuesday to emphasize its opposition to same-sex marriage and gay clergy. A group of more than 800 clergy and lay leaders from around the world voted to affirm the church’s traditional view of sexuality after a four-day meeting in St. Louis. The decision was cheered by conservatives in the global church but was deeply disappointing to many Americans. (AP)

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has won a second term, according to final results published by the election commission late Tuesday. Saturday’s vote was marred by large-scale violence and delays.

Independent monitoring groups have said more than 250 people were killed in election-related violence. The party of the main opposition candidate said it would challenge the results in court. (AP)

An Amtrak train that was stranded in the Oregon mountains for a day and a half got moving again on Tuesday. The train struck a tree that had fallen onto the tracks during a blizzard on Sunday. The 183 passengers had electricity, heat and food during the time, but they were stuck for about 36 hours outside of Oakridge, Ore. Passengers and crew said they banded together to make it through the ordeal. (AP)

BEN CURTIS (AP)

RELIGION

United Methodist Church votes to oppose gay unions

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was declared the winner of a second term on Tuesday.

Twitter bars right-wing activist Jacob Wohl for creating accounts to manipulate 2020 election

POLITICS President Trump’s ex-personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, is expected to describe what he views as Trump’s “lies, racism and cheating,” and possibly even criminal conduct, when he testifies publicly today, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. Cohen is expected to provide evidence in the form of documents.

Trump’s former “fixer” arrived on Capitol Hill on Tuesday for a closed-door interview with the Senate intelligence committee.

The public will hear from him today when he testifies before the House Oversight and Reform Committee.

Senate intelligence chairman Richard Burr said committee members know a lot more than they did when they first interviewed Cohen, and said his committee would take steps to ensure he was telling the truth.

Cohen is set to serve prison time for lying to Congress in 2017.

Cohen will provide information that he will claim shows Trump deflated his assets to pay lower taxes; paid hush money to porn actress Stormy Daniels; and asked Cohen about the Trump Tower in Moscow project in 2016, the person said.

Cohen is also expected to discuss what he knows about a meeting between Trump campaign associates and a Russian lawyer in Trump Tower before the 2016 election. MARY CLARE JALONICK AND MICHAEL R. SISAK (AP)

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Is Trump’s plan working?

1.6%

President Trump is greeted as he arrives in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Tuesday.

MINH HOANG (AP)

FOREIGN AFFAIRS When President Trump boasts of his wonderful relationship with North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un, or claims that there would have been war if he hadn’t been elected, many people cringe.

But behind Trump’s boasting and bluster, a small band of experts in North Korean affairs see a strategy taking shape.

Making Kim feel respected and secure, they say, offers a possible way to persuade him to give up — or at least scale back — his nuclear arsenal in return for economic and diplomatic rewards.

“I am not a Trump supporter on 99 percent of what he does. But, strangely enough, his instincts have been right about North Korea,” said Joel Wit, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center in D.C. who was involved in past negotiations with the North Koreans while at the State Department.

So far, Trump’s goals for his second summit with Kim have been a moving target.

Ahead of initial talks today in Hanoi, Vietnam, he has flattered and cajoled Kim, described the North as an “economic powerhouse” in waiting and — to the surprise of many — said he was in “no rush” to find a deal that would dismantle Kim’s nuclear program.

Even the definition of “denuclearization” still hasn’t been hammered out between U.S. and

SUSAN WALSH (AP)

Flattering Kim may be best way to persuade him, some experts say

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves after arriving by train in Vietnam.

North Korean negotiators — with Kim’s regime indicating it could entail a significant rollback on U.S. defense arrangements with allies in the region.

Still, supporters of Trump’s outreach, such as Wit, cite North Korea’s tension-easing suspension of nuclear and missile tests as an important step forward.

Yet Wit’s view remains a minority one in the polarized world

of Washington. Trump’s Democratic foes — and some Republican hawks — see dangerous signs of a president without much grasp of foreign policy who could be played by the North Koreans.

Even Trump’s own intelligence chief, Daniel Coats, testified last month that Kim isn’t likely to give up his nuclear weapons.

But there are others — with deeper knowledge of North

Korea than most — who say Trump’s approach is effective.

They include Robert Carlin, a visiting scholar at Stanford University who was involved in U.S.North Korea talks from 1992 to 2000, and Siegfried Hecker, a leading nuclear scientist who visited North Korea’s main Yongbyon nuclear complex in 2010.

At Stanford, Hecker, Carlin and researcher Elliot Serbin have been charting the degree of risk on the Korean Peninsula since 1992, using a range of indicators ranging from diplomacy to various aspects of North Korea’s nuclear and missile program.

“Rapid North/South rapprochement and the Singapore Summit in 2018 dramatically lowered tensions and the threat of war on the Korean Peninsula,” the trio says in a report, “creating space and time to pursue diplomatic solutions.”

The risk with North Korea, many experts say, is if Trump rushes to make a deal this week.

He could end up granting Kim the diplomatic recognition and economic relief he craves without forcing him to surrender his weapons, allowing North Korea to take its place as a de facto nuclear power, critics fear. He may also undermine U.S. alliances with Japan and South Korea.

But Trump is defiantly sure he’s on the right track.

“So funny to watch people who have failed for years, they got NOTHING, telling me how to negotiate with North Korea. But thanks anyway,” Trump tweeted Monday, before leaving for Hanoi.

SIMON DENYER (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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The percentage increase in charitable giving in the U.S. last year, a lackluster rise despite a strong economy, according to a study by the Fundraising Effectiveness Project published Monday. The study reported a quickening shift away from small donors in favor of wealthy donors. Money from donations under $1,000 fell by more than 4 percent. But gifts from major donors jumped 2.6 percent. Last year’s changes to the tax code meant millions of American taxpayers no longer qualified for the charitable tax deduction. (TWP) Former Vice President Joe Biden says “don’t be surprised” if he launches campaign for 2020

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Cardinal Pell convicted of molesting 2 choirboys Australian Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic cleric ever charged with child sex abuse, has been convicted of molesting two choirboys. The verdict, delivered in December, was made public Tuesday. The Vatican insisted on Pell’s right to defend his case, but said Pope Francis banned him from having contact with children during the appeals process. Pell claims he is innocent and filed an appeal last week. (AP) TEXAS

Woman in ICE custody delivers stillborn baby A 24-year-old woman went into premature labor and delivered a stillborn baby while she was in custody at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in South Texas last week, officials said. The Honduran woman was arrested near Hidalgo, Texas, on Feb. 18. She was six months pregnant at the time. Four days later, she went into labor. (TWP) NORTH CAROLINA

Republican won’t run in do-over House race The GOP candidate whose narrow lead in a North Carolina congressional race was thrown out because of suspicions of ballot fraud said Tuesday he will not run in the newly ordered do-over election, saying he needs surgery. Mark Harris’ withdrawal could help Republicans keep the 9th District seat by enabling the GOP to distance itself from the scandal. (AP) MORRISVILLE, PA.

Mom, daughter charged with killing five relatives A mother and her adult daughter killed five of their close relatives, including three children, and were found “disoriented,” police said Tuesday. Shana Decree, 45, and her daughter Dominique Decree, 19, were charged with five counts of homicide. The motive is unclear. (AP)

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U.S. flexes cyber might NATIONAL SECURITY The U.S. military blocked internet access to an infamous Russian entity seeking to sow discord among Americans during the 2018 midterms, several U.S. officials said, a warning that the Kremlin’s operations against the United States are not cost-free.

The strike on the Internet Research Agency in St. Petersburg, a company underwritten by an oligarch close to President Vladimir Putin, was part of the first offensive cyber campaign against Russia designed to thwart attempts to interfere with a U.S. election, the officials said.

“They basically took the IRA offline,” according to one individual familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss classified information. “They shut ’em down.”

The operation marked the first muscle-flexing by U.S. Cyber Command, with intelligence from the National Security Agency, under new authorities it was granted by President Trump and Congress last year to bolster offensive capabilities.

Whether the impact of the St. Petersburg action will be longlasting remains to be seen. Russia’s tactics are evolving, and some analysts were skeptical of the deterrent value on either the Russian troll factory or on Putin, who, according to U.S. intelligence officials, ordered an “influence” campaign in 2016 to undermine faith in U.S. democracy. U.S. officials have also assessed that the Internet Research Agency works on behalf of the Kremlin.

“Such an operation would be more of a pinprick that is more annoying than deterring in the long run,” said Thomas Rid, a strategic studies professor at Johns Hopkins University, who

DMITRI LOVETSKY (AP)

Military disrupted internet access of Russian troll factory on day of 2018 midterms

The building that housed the Internet Research Agency, a troll factory with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, is shown in St. Petersburg in 2018.

was not briefed on the details.

But some U.S. officials argued that “grand strategic deterrence” is not always the goal. “Part of our objective is to throw a little curve ball, inject a little friction, sow confusion,” said one defense official. “There’s value in that.

We showed what’s in the realm of the possible. It’s not the old way of doing business anymore.”

The disruption to the Internet Research Agency’s networks took place as Americans went to the polls and a day or so afterward — as the votes were tallied, to prevent the Russians from mounting a disinformation campaign that cast doubt on the results, according to officials.

The blockage was so frustrating to the trolls that they complained to their system administrators about the disruption, the officials said.

As early as 2014 and continuing through the 2016 presidential

“The fact that the 2018 election process moved forward without successful Russian intervention was not a coincidence.”

SEN. MIKE ROUNDS, R-S.D., saying that without U.S. Cyber Command’s efforts, there “would have been some very serious cyber incursions”

election, the Internet Research Agency sought to undermine the U.S. political system, according to the Justice Department. Posing as Americans and operating social media pages and groups, Russian trolls sought to exacerbate tensions over issues such as race, sexual identity and guns.

The agency, according to

federal prosecutors, is financed

by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a tycoon from St. Petersburg and an ally of Putin. Prigozhin, the Internet Research Agency and a company Prigozhin runs called Concord Management and Consulting were among 16 Russian individuals and companies that a grand jury indicted a year ago as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

The CyberCom operation was part of a broader government effort to safeguard the 2018 elections, involving the departments of Homeland Security, State and Justice, as well as the FBI. Two new U.S. authorities facilitated the move against the Internet Research Agency. A presidential order last August gave CyberCom greater latitude to undertake offensive operations below the level of armed conflict — actions that don’t result in death, significant damage or destruction. And a provision in this year’s National Defense Authorization Act also cleared the way for clandestine cyber operations that fall below that same threshold, categorizing them as “traditional military activity.”

“The calculus for us here was that you’re just pushing back in the same way that the adversary has for years,” a second defense official said. “It’s not escalatory.

In fact, we’re finally in the game.”

But other officials are more circumspect.

“Causing consternation … may raise the cost of engaging in nefarious activities, but it is not going to cause a nation-state to just drop their election interference or their malign influence in general,” a third official said. “It’s not going to convince the decision-maker at the top.”

COURTS A federal appeals court on Tuesday cleared AT&T’s takeover of Time Warner, rejecting the Trump administration’s claims that the $81 billion deal will harm consumers and reduce competition in the TV industry.

The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington came in the high-stakes competition case, approving one of the biggest media marriages ever.

It was already completed last spring, soon after a federal trial judge approved it. AT&T, a wireless carrier and TV and home internet provider, absorbed Time Warner, the owner of CNN, HBO, the Warner Bros. movie studio, “Game of Thrones,” sports programming and other shows.

The decision was unanimous to uphold the trial judge’s June ruling. Opposing the merger forced the Justice Department to argue against standing legal doctrine that favors mergers among companies that don’t compete directly with each other, known as a vertical merger.

The idea behind the merger was to help AT&T — which claims about 25 million of the 90 million U.S. households that are pay TV customers — compete better with online rivals like Netflix, YouTube and Hulu.

If the government decided to appeal the ruling, the next step would be the Supreme Court, and it wasn’t clear whether the Justice Department planned to do so. MARCY GORDON

ELLEN NAKASHIMA (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani refuses to accept the resignation of his chief diplomat, Mohammad Javad Zarif

Court approves AT&T purchase of Time Warner

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Candidates to consider

It’s all about stopwatches and cone drills, interviews and physicals. The NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis is meant to make or break the draft ratings of more than 300 players. They began arriving Tuesday for interviews with team personnel and will take the field Friday through Monday. The Redskins, who have the 15th pick in the first round of the draft April 25-27, need a quarterback as well as help at several other positions: wide receiver,

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guard, safety, cornerback and inside and outside linebacker. Here are five players the Redskins should watch.

Kyler Murray

Daniel Jones

N’Keal Harry

Cody Ford

Brett Rypien

Height, weight and hand size are keys. Everyone knows that Oklahoma’s Heisman Trophy winner can throw, but his dimensions are worrisome.

College rosters can’t be trusted, so his reported size of 5-feet-10 and 206 pounds must be verified.

Anything less than 5-10 leaves him suspect.

Beyond that, his hand size — from thumb to pinkie — is believed to be smaller than the accepted minimum of 9 inches. On the field, scouts want to see quicker reads and more ability to find alternate targets downfield. He also must stop staring down intended receivers: That leads to pick-sixes in the NFL.

The Redskins have been studying him during the offseason, maybe as a Plan B and perhaps even as a Round 2 pick. The Duke quarterback was coached

by David Cutcliffe, who developed Peyton and Eli Manning, so Jones should have his mechanics down. He slides through the pocket well and throws with a soft touch, while also being able to muscle it downfield when necessary. NFL personnel experts want to see him release the ball faster and show the ability to go off-script. He excels at the medium-range throws that are the staple of Redskins coach Jay Gruden’s game plan.

The Redskins might go for a wide receiver in the first round, and they need someone who can make plays over the middle. The junior from Arizona State has good hands, excels at getting his arms over defenders for receptions in tight quarters and is elusive enough to get extra yards after the catch. Scouts will watch for more precision in his routes, because the NFL doesn’t allow the freelancing that might work in college. At 6-foot3 and 220 pounds, he has the size and strength to outmuscle cornerbacks.

The Redskins also will appreciate his downfield blocking.

The Oklahoma offensive lineman is a possible second-round pick. Ford (6-3 ½, 330 pounds) plays left guard — a crucial need for the Redskins — and can fill in at tackle. His speed and run-blocking would greatly help the Redskins’ inside run game. Scouts want to be sure about his footwork when he’s matched against a speedy pass rusher, and also will consider his ability to maintain intensity. But scouts say his demeanor matches that of Redskins left tackle Trent Williams: Both love to bury opponents downfield.

That tandem could open up the running game on the left side.

The nephew of former Redskins QB Mark Rypien — the MVP of Super Bowl XXVI — could be a great third-day pickup. Like Mark, Brett throws balls with good velocity across the field. Brett, who o threw 90 touchdown n passes in four seasons ns at Boise State, needss to show more consistency ncy downfield and greater er willingness to improvise, vise, but he plays a gritty game.

Would the Redskins care about him if his namee weren’t Rypien? Probably bably not, but like Kirk Cousins usins in 2012, Rypien could d be a solid pick after the Redskins draft a higherherprofile quarterback in n an earlier round.

Nevada gaming officials deny MLB request to halt betting on spring training games

Even as this winter’s free agent market careens toward its big-bang ending, the landscape for next offseason was jolted Tuesday when third baseman Nolan Arenado reportedly agreed to an eight-year, $260 million extension with Colorado. Arenado, 27, will be baseball’s highest-paid position player — at least until current free agent Bryce Harper signs — with average annual pay of $32.5 million, just ahead of the $31 million of Detroit designated hitter Miguel Cabrera, and behind MLB’s top earner, Arizona pitcher Zack Greinke ($34.4 million).

With Arenado locked up, Nationals third baseman Anthony Rendon is, for now, the top position player on the free agent market for next offseason.

(THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Future of Grunfeld uncertain Owner will decide fate of longtime executive after end of season

WIZARDS On Feb. 11, Wizards owner Ted Leonsis sent team President Ernie Grunfeld an email to note that one of the franchise’s goals — 50 wins in the regular season — was still attainable. All Washington had to do was win its final 26 games.

The Wizards lost that night at Detroit to assure their 40th straight season — and 16th under Grunfeld — without reaching 50 wins. Every other NBA franchise has won 50 games at least once since Washington last accomplished the feat in 1979.

Leonsis shared the story about his email to Grunfeld, who is in charge of basketball operations, in an interview this month with WUSA9 contributor and former Washington Post columnist Mike Wise. Leonsis acknowledged the frustration of Wizards fans with the direction of the franchise under Grunfeld, who was hired in 2003.

PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS (AP)

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The Wizards have never won 50 games under Ernie Grunfeld’s leadership.

“I think that’s unfortunate, but I think the fans are appropriately upset with us because we didn’t meet any of our goals,” said Leonsis, who was noncommittal about whether Grunfeld would remain in charge beyond this year.

“Let’s see how the season turns out,” Leonsis said. “Every year

you articulate [your goals].”

“The first goal,” he said before Washington’s game in London last month, “is to make it into the playoffs and to do better than we did last year.”

The Wizards last year finished 43-39 and, as an eighth seed, lost to Toronto in the first round.

The Wizards have lost four straight since Leonsis sent his 50-win email and are four games behind Charlotte for the East’s last playoff spot. They are on pace to finish 33-49.

Things may not get easier after that. John Wall will miss most or all of next season after rupturing an Achilles tendon last month.

And Tomas Satoransky, Thomas Bryant and Bobby Portis are due to become restricted free agents this summer.

Portis and Jabari Parker were acquired for Otto Porter Jr. in a trade deadline deal with Chicago that came days after Leonsis told WTOP that the Wizards wouldn’t trade Porter, Wall or Bradley Beal this year.

“I feel terrible because I read the other day that Otto felt that we had lied to him, and I understand that,” Leonsis told Wise.

“We did tell him [that] …

“We actually had some other things that we were going to do, another trade that would have kept the core together and given us flexibility. But, man plans and God laughs.”

NATIONALS

Glover is shut down with forearm strain The Nationals have shut down reliever Koda Glover for now because of a strained right forearm. Glover, who missed much of the past two seasons with shoulder problems, left his first spring appearance Sunday with tightness in his arm, and an MRI on Monday revealed the strain. Manager Dave Martinez said Tuesday that the team will be patient with Glover, 25, as he gets ready for the season. (TWP) NFL

Cowboys DE Gregory suspended for 4th time The NFL on Tuesday indefinitely suspended Dallas defensive end Randy Gregory for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy, the fourth time the NFL has banned him. The discipline came seven months after he was reinstated by Commissioner Roger Goodell. Gregory, 26, missed 30 of 32 games over two seasons because of his earlier suspensions. (AP)

SCOTT ALLEN (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Potential landing places for Antonio Brown Antonio Brown is an elite receiver, but his demand for a trade and his age (31) mean the Steelers likely can’t get a first-round pick for him. Here are five potential trade partners. JOHN CLAYTON (TWP) 49ers

Packers

Raiders

Cardinals

Broncos

Brown has said the 49ers are his team of choice. They could offer the third pick in Round 3, and need a No. 1 receiver opposite Marquise Goodwin. Brown, Goodwin and tight end George Kittle would give Jimmy Garoppolo a strong receiving corps.

Green Bay has two first-round picks, so it could offer its second-rounder.

With Randall Cobb departing in free agency, getting Brown would be a good way for new coach Matt LaFleur to start his relationship with Aaron Rodgers.

The Steelers want to get Brown out of the AFC, but Oakland is no immediate threat.

After trading Amari Cooper, the Raiders need a top target.

They have three first-round picks, so it wouldn’t kill the Raiders if they had to give up a second-rounder.

GM Steve Keim has been very aggressive this offseason, so it’s easy to see him spending at least a third-rounder on Brown. Josh Rosen is more likely to bounce back from a tough rookie season if Larry Fitzgerald and Brown are running routes for him.

They have good young wideouts, but Brown would be the capper. The trade for QB Joe Flacco shows that John Elway and the Broncos want to win now, so they might give up a third-rounder and swap picks in the sixth round to let Pittsburgh move up.

Capitals-Senators ended after Express’ deadline

Raiders will play in Oakland in 2019, and in 2020 if necessary

AIMING HIGH

$20M

The salary Colin Kaepernick sought to play in the XFL, the spring league that will be reborn in 2020, Sporting News reported Tuesday. The ex-NFL QB sought the same pay from the new Alliance of American Football, AP reported. AAF players are making about $80,000; XFL players might make a little more. (TWP)

Ex-Redskins coach Jim Zorn will lead Seattle franchise in XFL

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Park View is nestled between Columbia Heights and Petworth, and its streets are lined with rowhouses.

Every day is a block party A row of family-owned businesses and a tightknit community set Park View apart NEIGHBORHOOD SPOTLIGHT On a Saturday morning in Northwest D.C.’s Park View neighborhood, D.C. Council member Brianne Nadeau’s first stop was at a cafe on Georgia Avenue.

Heat Da Spot is in a nondescript gray building, but it nonetheless is one of the most popular cafes in the area. Nadeau enthusiastically greeted several customers as she waited for her order to be prepared.

“I think one of the key features of Park View is that it’s really this tightknit residential neighborhood,” says Nadeau, D-Ward 1.

“It’s the people, the diversity, it’s knowing the people who own the corner store and all of that that makes it feel like home.”

Park View, which has families with roots in the neighborhood dating back 90 years, attracts a diverse population of newcomers.

It’s nestled between Columbia Heights and Petworth, and is bordered roughly by Sherman and New Hampshire avenues to the west, Rock Creek Church Road to the north, the Armed Forces Retirement Home property to

Pam Brown, 66, and Maria Peterson, 58, head out from Brown’s home in Park View. Brown has lived in the neighborhood since 1974.

the east and Howard University to the south.

There are 12 condos, two coops and 16 rowhouses for sale, said Lou Vivas of the Viva the Life Properties LLC team at Keller Williams. They range from a one-bedroom, one-bathroom condo for $295,000 to a three-bedroom, three-bathroom condo for $1,095,000.

During the past six months, 70

homes have sold in Park View, ranging from a one-bedroom, one-bathroom condo for $308,500 to a five-bedroom, four-bathroom rowhouse for $1,150,000.

Family-owned businesses like Heat Da Spot and nearby Fish in the Hood line Georgia Avenue. Call Your Mother Deli is a recent Georgia Avenue addition that offers seasonal bagel sandwiches, pastrami and even

a vegan sandwich — with a line that frequently stretches well past the store’s front door.

The Park View Recreation Center — which has playgrounds for children, a calisthenics area for adults, a soccer field and a basketball court — serves as the focal point of the neighborhood.

Jennifer Kuiper, who works for a local nonprofit group, is heavily involved in the community. She is a member of Georgia Avenue Thrive, an all-volunteer group of neighbors who initially came together to focus on public safety after a murder at the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Lamont Street. The group quickly expanded to encompass community-building activities, including First Friday specials to support neighborhood businesses, monthly street cleanups, book clubs on issues relating to gentrification and block parties every summer.

“I really love how engaged this community is with local initiatives and taking care of each other,” Kuiper said. NINA ZAFAR (FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)

BONNIE JO MOUNT PHOTOS (THE WASHINGTON POST)

Delivering just in time for Amazon Trafalgar Flats, a new high-rise condo being built at 989 S. Buchanan St. in Arlington by Pillars Development Group, includes “junior onebedrooms” priced from the low $300,000s and one-bedroom units priced from the mid-$300,000s.

Two-bedroom condos start in the $500,000s.

The building should be ready for residents this spring, just in time for the first wave of 400 Amazon employees scheduled to relocate to the retailer’s new second headquarters in Crystal City. (Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post and Express.)

Building amenities will include a plaza with lounge seating and a fire pit, a clubroom and a 24-hour fitness center. Monthly condo fees range from $191 to $378.

(THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Pretend you live in a hotel at these condos in Northeast D.C. CONDO SPOTLIGHT Philip Simon and Lee Simon are brothers and co-owners of S2 Development, a small local development company.

The Lucille, one of their new condominiums, went on the market last fall. Named for Philip’s 2-year-old daughter, it’s at 13th and H streets NE, near the eastern end of the H Street corridor.

“We wanted to make a brandnew building look like it’s been there a long time,” Philip said.

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He took his ‘Best Shot’ MUSIC If getting a No. 1 hit on country radio is a big deal, it’s an especially rare feat when it’s a singer’s first single. Yet that’s exactly what happened to Jimmie Allen late last year when “Best Shot,” a midtempo ballad about commitment to a relationship, went to the top of the chart.

For Allen, that also meant he made history: He became the first black artist to launch his career with a No. 1 single on country radio. As Allen’s team announced this fact and it got picked up in the media, Allen had mixed feelings about seeing the headlines.

“It was cool. But at the same time, I was sad about it,” says Allen, 32. “Because it sucks that I’m the first. You know what I mean? I was excited and sad at the same time. I was glad I did it and got it done. But I want it to be where it’s not a thing anymore.”

While Allen listed inspirations and other talented artists of color in the genre — Darius Rucker, Charley Pride, Kane Brown,

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Now, Allen is coming off a big breakout: He signed a record deal with Broken Bow Records in summer 2017 and, buoyed by the success of “Best Shot,” released his debut album, “Mercury Lane,” in October 2018. Earlier this month, he was nominated for new male artist of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards. When he embarked on a long radio tour to promote his music, some warned him the hours and travel would be grueling. He didn’t mind.

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Yola reveals herself to be a rhinestone cowgirl with a powerful yet effortless voice conveying shades of feeling, like on first track, “Faraway Look.” The melody of “Shady Grove” has the simplicity of a children’s tune, but the lyrics’ lament is all grown up. A few tracks with more spirited rhythms would have made “Walk Through Fire” — produced by the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach — an even more combustive listen.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) A minor disagreement must not be allowed to grow into something you cannot easily set aside. Don’t let someone push you into an awkward spot.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) You can do much that is satisfying today, although it might not advance your career much. Soon you’ll have a chance to do just that.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) It’s a good day to make your boundaries clear. In a certain situation, you’re willing to do more than expected.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Someone may be asking more of you than you are willing to give. In order to avoid a standoff, you can suggest an alternative.

TUESDAY’S SOLUTION

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Don’t

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You’re eager to be more “hands on” than usual today — and you can be, but you must be careful not to overstep your bounds.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You may have a claim to something that others are eager to have. Make sure that you keep accurate records.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You must judge situations very carefully as they evolve today. Make sure that you have up-to-date information.

TODAY: Partly sunny throughout the day and slightly colder compared to earlier this week, with highs ranging through the lower 40s. Expect very light breezes from the east and south.

It will be partly cloudy tonight with lows in the 30s to the upper 20s. Winds remain relatively calm.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) The only instructions you are likely to receive today are simply “do not fail.”

You have tremendous freedom.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You may find yourself in a challenging situation because a friend refuses to see things your way. A compromise is not out of the question.

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AVG. HIGH: 50 RECORD HIGH: 77 AVG. LOW: 32 RECORD LOW: 8 SUNRISE: 6:41 a.m. SUNSET: 5:59 p.m.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Much discussion is likely to spring from a situation that you unsuccessfully tried to control. No one is likely to blame you, however.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

You may need reminders today as you attempt to get more done in one fell swoop than usual.

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1801: The District of Columbia is placed under the jurisdiction of Congress.

1973: Members of the American Indian Movement occupy the hamlet of Wounded Knee in South Dakota, the site of the 1890 massacre of Sioux men, women and children. (The occupation lasted 71 days.)

1991: Operation Desert Storm comes to a conclusion as President George H.W. Bush declares that “Kuwait is liberated, Iraq’s army is defeated,” and announces that the allies would suspend combat operations.

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Demanding standard

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56 “Don’t mess with Berry’s ‘X-Men’ character,” e.g.?

51 Treasure cache

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“My” girl in a 1979 hit

52 Playground retort

45 “___ la vie” 46 Still hidden

14 Devastate 15 Theater award 16 Greenish eye color 17 Gymnast Korbut 18 Major PC maker 19 The Little Mermaid

47 Year, in Juarez 49 Tokyo, once

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59 Jackson or Reno

23 Elizabeth of cosmetics

63 Head, to Macron

62 Earth’s pull, for short 64 Kind of symmetry

24 Alone

65 Skier Lindsey

25 “Bingo!”

28 Dog-___-dog 29 Was flaky?

31 Footnote abbr.

34 “Cigarettes are dangerous,” e.g.?

38 Speck of dust

66 Camper owner, informally 67 “Beauty and the Beast” princess 68 Bluesy James 69 Quaint affirmative

39 Baaing female 40 Three, in Dresden

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Greek Cupid

10 Basket alternative 11 Action film gun

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43 Fascinated by 44 Wide pasta

55 Starts a poker pot 56 Ball-balancing animal 57 “What ___ wrong?”

58 Disease cause 59 One-two punch part 60 Body spray brand 61 Zilch

54 It doesn’t hold water

12 Spelling event 13 The whole shebang

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25 Cognizant 26 “___ the thing ...”

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Baby is already dreading appearing on camera Former “Real Housewives of Orange County” star Gretchen Rossi revealed on Monday via Instagram that she is expecting a daughter with fiance Slade Smiley. Rossi shared a video of the couple launching pink confetti at their reveal party for their first child together.

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Katy Perry shared details of fiance Orlando Bloom’s proposal on Monday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” “We went to dinner and I thought we were going to go see some art after fter dinner but we pulled up to a helicopter,” she told Kimmell about the Valentine’s Day proposal, which took place in Los Angeles. “The funny part is we had champagne in the he helicopter and the [ring] box was in his pocket and he had d written down everything he wanted to say on a note.” While hile reading the note, Perry heard the champagne bottle break ak as Bloom ripped his coat while grabbing the box. (EXPRESS)

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