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Our man in Havana In the first visit by a sitting U.S. president in 88 years, Obama and his family arrive in Cuba to ring in a new era of diplomacy between the two nations 9
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Residents hawk clean air in bags Saturday to visitors in the northern area of China’s Guangdong Province. City dwellers head to the mountains to escape the smog. A small bag of air sells for 10 yuan (about $1.50) and a larger one costs 30 yuan (about $4.50).
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Authorities in Mississippi say a firefighter has been arrested on suspicion of driving a fire truck while drunk. Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson told WTVA-TV that 34-year-old Phillip W. Gasaway, a member of the Unity Fellowship Volunteer Fire Department, lost control of the fire truck while he was responding to a grass fire Thursday night. WTVA reports that Gasaway said he swerved off a county road to avoid an oncoming car. (AP)
A Japanese prefecture is assembling a small team of ninjas with a special mission: to drum up tourism ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The prefecture of Aichi is seeking six athletic people aged 18 to 30 for a yearlong assignment. The pseudo-warriors will be expected to do flips, engage in swordplay and give talks about the legendary mercenaries, BBC reports. Training is set to begin in April. (EXPRESS)
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The eaglets have landed THE DISTRICT The world’s eagle-watchers were awed once again early Sunday as a second bald eagle hatched on live video at the National Arboretum in Washington. The big moment came about 3 a.m. — more than 12 hours earlier than expected, said Daniel Rauch, a wildlife biologist at the District’s Department of Energy and Environment. “This one was ready to come and join its sibling,” he said. Twitter was full of warm welcomes. Some saw it as a sign of the season. “Happy Spring DC!” one tweet said. Those following the second bird’s arrival confirmed the first signs of a crack in its shell just after 9 a.m. Saturday. A day earlier, at 8:27 a.m. Friday, its slightly older sibling hatched as thousands watched on a live stream. By mid-morning on Sunday, Rauch reported that the second eaglet had eaten and was recuperating from its pre-dawn
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ordeal. It was healthy, and in the good care of its mother and father, he said. “They’ve been very good co-parents,” he said. The pair of baby birds is not expected to leave their nest until they are 12 or 13 weeks old, Rauch said. Their genders are not yet known. The nest is at the top of a tulip poplar tree. “There’s a lot more to come,” he said. The family’s patriarch has been dubbed Mr. President, and Rauch said he is a good hunter.
“Bald eagles are our national symbol. They’re charismatic animals, and seeing one born in the wild like this is very unique.” DANIEL RAUCH, a wildlife biologist at the District’s Department of Energy and Environment
“Lack of food is not going to be an issue,” he said. The matriarch, called The First Lady, broods over the eaglets, keeping them warm. People from around the world have watched the eaglets’ debut live. “People are getting a fantastic window into their world,” Rauch said. “It’s an awesome chance to view nature as it happens. This is real reality TV.” The nest has drawn intense interest in part because it’s the first one spotted at the 400-acre arboretum in Northeast Washington since 1947. Being able to witness the eaglets hatch — live — is even more extraordinary. “People care,” Rauch said. “They are emotionally committed. They are rooting for them.” Viewers from as far away as the Netherlands watched and weighed in on social media as the eaglet hatching unfolded. Tina Camporeale wrote: “Forget about Trump, start watching this, it’s much more interesting.” Angela Leonard-Soll wrote: “Can’t stop watching!” And Tim DeFelice called the live streaming “The Truman Show for Eagles!” DONNA ST. GEORGE, JOHN WOODROW COX AND DANA HEDGPETH (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Seeing cherry blossoms? Leave the drone at home. Visitors to D.C.’s cherry blossom festival are being asked to leave their drones at home. The Federal Aviation Administration has released a video to remind the public that it is against the law to fly a drone in the nation’s capital. The Cherry Blossom Festival began Sunday ahead of the predicted peak bloom Wednesday and Thursday. (AP)
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TRANSPORTATION With a new boss running Metro — a general manager untainted by the agency’s history of mistakes — and a new board chairman who is far more assertive than his recent predecessors about the “unconscionable” lack of dedicated public funding for subway operations, you have to wonder: Was Wednesday’s unprecedented safety-related shutdown of Metrorail just a one-off event or a hint of further remarkable, disruptive steps to come? For a beleaguered transit agency chronically addled by inertia as it labors to make a course change for the better — an organization guided less by nimble management over the years than by an ever-growing mountain of pricey consultants’ reports — will last week’s stunning decisiveness eventually seem, well, not so stunning? Will drastic action become the new Metro normal? If nothing else, the shutdown, and what the boss and the board chairman had to say about it, announced a fresh style of leadership, a break from the static past. General Manager Paul Wiedefeld, in his fourth month as Metro’s chief executive, was mostly applauded (but also jeered) for summarily halting the region’s busiest form of public transportation for 24 hours, to allow inspectors to search for dangerously deteriorated power cables along 100 miles of subterranean tracks. Since the birth of Metrorail, 40 years ago this month, the agency had never before ordered a subway closure on a fairweather workday. Hundreds of thousands of regular riders, given only half a day’s notice, had to
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scramble for travel alternatives. “That could be a sign of a new approach that transit agencies are going to take,” said Robert Puentes, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program. Comparing the shutdown decree to the Chicago Transit Authority’s decision to close about 10 miles of its subway for five months of rebuilding in 2013, Puentes said, “These may be the kinds of extraordinary steps that are needed.” Puentes said of Wiedefeld: “Because he’s a relatively new GM, he’s able to take this extraordinary step, which really highlighted the problem. … This became national news, and if that was part of the calculation, it was a pretty shrewd move. … It sends a strong signal that these kinds of things are going to be happening in the next few years.” Passengers average about 712,000 trips each weekday on Metrorail. Asked whether longsuffering riders will witness other extreme measures as he works to revive an agency plagued by financial woes, safety and service
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breakdowns, infrastructure attrition and mismanagement, Wiedefeld replied, “I hope not.” But he wouldn’t rule it out. “The key is that we create the kind of culture, the kind of organization, so we don’t get to this point,” he said Wednesday, pausing for an interview on a hectic morning for the agency, with 22 inspection crews fanned out across the idle rail network. “It’s basically about making [sound] decisions day to day,” he said. “That prevents you from
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having to make these kinds of decisions,” like shuttering the nation’s second-busiest subway. If Wiedefeld, in closing the subway, also was sending a message to the public that Metro needs more significant and predictable funding from local jurisdictions to avoid future mass inconveniences, he wasn’t alone in doing so. D.C. Council member Jack Evans, who joined Metro’s governing board early last year and became chairman two months ago, stood with Wiedefeld at press briefings before and during the shutdown, endorsing the general manager’s decision. “It’s very important that everyone remember what happened today, and everyone participate in investing in our future,” he told reporters Wednesday, after Wiedefeld had discussed the inspections that were underway, including locations where poorly maintained high-voltage wires posed a fire hazard in tunnels. “We need to establish a dedicated funding source,” Evans declared. PAUL DUGGAN AND ROBERT McCARTNEY (THE WASHINGTON POST)
Catherine Hoggle, the 29-yearold Montgomery County mother suspected in the 2014 disappearance of her two young children, has repeatedly tried to escape from a maximumsecurity psychiatric hospital where she has been held for 18 months, according to court records. Hoggle, whom police suspect killed Jacob, 2, and Sarah, 3, has never made it out of the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup. But at least eight times, according to court records, she has grabbed a staff member’s security badge, and run toward the door of her locked unit. She occasionally has made it beyond that first barrier. (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Sidwell school student accuses another of rape A female high school student at a prominent private school in D.C. told police she was raped on campus by her ex-boyfriend, D.C. police said Friday. The student at Sidwell Friends School reported to police that her classmate forced her to have sex Wednesday, police said. Sidwell Friends is an exclusive Quaker school attended by the children of many of Washington’s elite, including the two daughters of President Barack Obama. It was not clear where on the campus the alleged rape occurred. (AP) TRANSPORTATION
In week of trouble, two Metro trains strike deer Those running and riding Metro last week might have concurred with the quote from Hamlet: “When sorrows come, they come not single spies/But in battalions …” Deer were struck on the tracks twice, delaying rail service in a week that saw a total shutdown Wednesday. Deer were hit March 12 near Van Dorn Street on the Blue Line, and Tuesday night near Takoma on the Red Line. (TWP)
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High court to hear redistricting case VIRGINIA The Supreme Court today takes up a long-running political fight about whether Virginia lawmakers redrew the state’s congressional map to protect the commonwealth’s lone African-American congressman — or to make sure he was not joined by a second. The court will consider whether Republican lawmakers packed African-American voters into Democratic Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott’s district to comply with the Voting Rights Act or to make surrounding districts more hospitable to white candidates. A lower court ruled against the legislature last year, and the judges then created a second district designed for a black candidate. Voters in the state’s congressional primary go to the polls in June — about when the justices would seem likely to rule. The case presents what has become familiar litigation over how states divide up their residents into congressional districts,
which is essential to the country’s politics. But lawmakers charged with the task compare it to walking a tightrope, or crossing a minefield. Under the Supreme Court’s somewhat hazy guidance, state lawmakers must consider the race of those who populate each district to ensure minorities have a fair shot at being represented. But lawmakers fail if they let race become the predominate issue in drawing the lines. “You can’t let the porridge be too hot, you can’t let the porridge be too cold,” said former Virginia delegate Bill Janis, R-Glen Allen, who devised the commonwealth’s congressional map. “But they won’t tell us what temperature the porridge has to be.” The Supreme Court will take another shot at that in the Virginia case. A panel of federal judges said the commonwealth’s plan veered from partisan gerrymandering aimed at protecting incumbents — for which the Supreme Court has shown a high tolerance — into racial gerrymandering, which the Constitution forbids.
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THE DISTRICT | Visitors such as Ryan Kozy, 12, of Pittsburgh, trailed by his brother Tyler Kozy, 14, and Marcia Simon, brave winter’s last gasp of cold weather Sunday — the first day of spring — for a walk around the Tidal Basin to see the budding cherry blossoms. Temperatures will remain low to start the week before warming up.
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Agreement doesn’t end flow of asylum-seekers Greek, Turkish officials plan a meeting today to discuss new plan MIGRANT CRISIS Hundreds of mostly Syrian asylum-seekers continued to arrive in Greece by sea Sunday despite the start of an international agreement to send migrants back to Turkey. While the deal between the European Union and Turkey is officially in effect, the process for deporting migrants has yet to be worked out. Greek and Turkish officials are to hold discussions today. And Greece is still awaiting the arrival of 2,300 European experts, including translators, to
help carry out the agreement. In the meantime, the EU said any new arrivals in Greece now will be subject to deportation. At least 875 new refugees — mostly Syrians, along with Iraqis and Afghans — landed on four of Greece’s Aegean islands close to the Turkish coast between Saturday evening and daybreak Sunday. Two Syrian men were found dead of undetermined causes aboard a boat arriving on the island of Lesbos, and two girls were found drowned east of Rhodes, officials said. The EU-Turkey plan, agreed to Friday, aims to halt smuggling by sending migrants who do not qualify for asylum back to Turkey. As part of the deal, European
nations will then accept refugees directly from Turkey, starting April 4. The hope is to discourage migrants from trying to make the dangerous trip across the Aegean Sea in flimsy boats. Turkey is required to increase efforts to prevent illegal migration. The deal puts Ankara on track to get $6.6 billion in aid to deal with refugees. It could also lead to visa concessions for Turks to visit Europe and a reenergizing of the country’s EU membership bid. Turkey, which already has 2.7 million refugees from Syria, has been a primary departure point for Europe, while Greece has borne the brunt of arrivals.
“I give him credit for having spirit. He wanted them to take down those horrible profanity-laced signs.” DONALD TRUMP, on campaign
manager Corey Lewandowski, below, engaging with a protestor at a Tucson, Ariz., rally Saturday. The young man is shown on video being yanked — by whom is unclear. The incident has prompted more debate about the raucous and sometimes violent atmosphere at Trump rallies across the country.
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The latest Los Angeles thrill ride has arrived — a glass slide that will jut from a skyscraper 1,000 feet above the ground. A helicopter Saturday brought the Skyslide to the 69th floor of the downtown U.S. Bank Tower. At 72 stories, it is the tallest building west of the Mississippi. When the transparent, 45-foot-long slide opens June 25, it will carry visitors from floors 70 to 69 as they peer down through 1 ¼-inch-thick glass. Tickets to Skyslide will cost $8 per person. The slide is part of a $50 million renovation that also includes an open-air observation deck. (AP)
McConnell: Merrick Garland shouldn’t be considered for Supreme Court after November elections
Suspect in Paris attacks: New assault was planned Salah Abdeslam, top suspect in the Nov. 13 Paris attacks, told investigators after he was Abdeslam captured that he was planning new operations from Brussels and possibly had access to several weapons, Foreign Minister Didier Reynders of Belgium said Sunday. He gave credence to the suspect’s claim because “we found a lot of weapons, heavy weapons in the first investigations, and we have seen a new network of people around him in Brussels.” Abdeslam, captured Friday in a police raid in Brussels, was charged Saturday with “terrorist murder” by Belgian authorities. He is a top suspect in the attacks in Paris that killed 130. (AP) ISTANBUL
Suicide bomber linked to ISIS, officials say Turkish authorities Sunday named a Turkish man with alleged ties to the Islamic State as responsible for the weekend suicide bombing that killed four foreign tourists. The attack underscored the extent to which Turkey is confronting a threat from extremists on two fronts. It was the sixth major suicide bombing in Turkey in eight months and came less than a week after an attack claimed by Kurdish militants in Ankara killed 37. (THE WASHINGTON POST) SPAIN
Bus crash kills 13 students A bus carrying university exchange students back from Spain’s largest fireworks festival, in Valencia, crashed Sunday, killing at least 13 passengers and injuring 34 others. The bus appeared to hit a guardrail and then cartwheeled across the highway. Most of the students, part of the Erasmus exchange program, attend universities in Barcelona. (AP)
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assertions that Hogan filed the lawsuit to hide racist comments made on video and that the woman whom Hogan had sex with knew it was being filmed. The jurors reached their decision Friday. Hogan, whose given name is Terry Bollea, sued Gawker for $100 million for posting a video of him having sex with his former best friend’s wife. Hogan contended the 2012 post violated his privacy. Jury awards this large are often reduced by appeals courts. “It’s a huge damage award, and just the idea that a celebrity
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Terry Bollea, known as Hulk Hogan, testified that Gawker’s posting of a sex tape violated his privacy.
has a right to privacy that outweighs freedom of the press and the public’s right to know, that’s a huge shift in American free press law,” said law professor Samantha Barbas, who has written about libel and privacy. Another expert, George Freeman, executive director of the Media Law Resource Center, said the case should do no harm to freedom of the press. If the verdict stands, he told The New York Times, “that could be bad for the future of sex tapes, but I’m not sure it would be a threat to anything else.” (AP/EXPRESS)
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But much of Obama’s visit is about appealing directly to the Cuban people and celebrating the island’s vibrant culture. “I don’t think that the Cuban people are going to be bewitched by North American culture,” Gustavo Machin, Cuba’s deputy director of U.S. affairs, said. A highlight of Obama’s visit comes Tuesday when he joins Castro and a crowd of baseballcrazed Cubans for a game between the beloved national team and Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays. The president also planned a speech at the Grand Theater of Havana to lay out his vision for greater freedoms and more economic opportunity in Cuba. Obama will spend some time talking with Cuban dissidents, but there are no expectations that he will leave Cuba with pledges from the government to address concerns related to Cuba’s singleparty political system and the strict limits on media, public speech, assembly and dissent.
The unintended consequences in a fight for religious liberty in Georgia keep adding up. The latest? It could cost Atlanta a Super Bowl bid. The National Football League on Friday joined hundreds of businesses in weighing in on a bill Georgia lawmakers passed last week that would grant religious organizations the right to deny employment based on an individual’s religious beliefs or practices or deny use of facilities for events the organization finds objectionable. The bill also protects pastors from being forced to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies. Should Gov. Nathan Deal, R, above, sign the bill into law, it could affect Atlanta’s chances at hosting the Super Bowl, the league suggested in a statement. “NFL policies emphasize tolerance and inclusiveness, and prohibit discrimination based on age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation,” spokesman Brian McCarthy said. “Whether the laws and regulations of a state and local community are consistent with these policies would be one of many factors NFL owners may use to evaluate potential Super Bowl host sites.” Deal has not said whether he intends to sign the bill into law. The bill has drawn comparisons to Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which attracted national attention last year.
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HAVANA Stepping into history, President Barack Obama opened an extraordinary visit to Cuba on Sunday, eager to push decades of acrimony deeper into the past and forge irreversible ties with America’s former adversary. “It is wonderful to be here,” he said. Obama’s whirlwind trip is a crowning moment in his and Cuban President Raul Castro’s ambitious effort to restore normal relations between their countries. While deep differences persist, the economic and political relationship has changed rapidly in the 15 months since the leaders vowed a new beginning. Wielding an umbrella on a rainy Havana afternoon, the president stepped off Air Force One and was greeted by top Cuban officials, including Cuba’s foreign minister and U.S. ambassador. He was joined by first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha, with dozens of U.S. lawmakers and business leaders arriving separately. His first stop was a Havana hotel, where Obama greeted U.S. Embassy staff and their families and noted the momentous nature of his visit — the first by a sitting U.S. president since 1928, when Calvin Coolidge arrived in a battleship. “This is a historic visit, and it’s an historic opportunity to engage with the Cuban people,” Obama said. After greeting embassy staff, Obama and his family toured Old Havana by foot, including the Havana Cathedral. They walked gingerly on the slippery wet stones in the square in front
President Barack Obama and his daughter Malia pause to look at a statue of Cuban independence hero Carlos Manuel de Cespedes during a tour in the Old Havana neighborhood in Cuba on Sunday.
of the cathedral. A few hundred people gathered in the square erupted in applause and shouted Obama’s name. For more than 50 years, Cuba was an unimaginable destination for a U.S. president, as well as most American citizens. The U.S. severed diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1961 after Fidel Castro’s revolution sparked fears of communism spreading to the Western Hemisphere. Domestic politics in both countries contributed to the continued estrangement well after the Cold War ended. Hours before Obama’s arrival, counter-protesters and police broke up an anti-government demonstration by the Ladies in White group, whose members were taken into custody by female police officers in a scene that plays out in Havana each Sunday. They’re typically detained briefly and then released. Obama’s visit was highly anticipated in Cuba, where workers furiously cleaned the streets in Old Havana and gave buildings a fresh coat of paint. American
Open for business The U.S. has eased restrictions on commerce with Cuba, and businesses are taking advantage. AIRBNB: The online lodging service said Sunday that it is letting travelers from around the world book stays in private homes in Cuba. Airbnb received a special authorization from the Obama administration. STARWOOD: It signed a deal on Saturday to renovate and run three Cuban hotels, returning U.S. chains to the island more than 50 years after American hotels were taken over by Fidel Castro’s socialist revolution. (AP)
flags were raised alongside the Cuban colors in parts of the capital, an improbable image for those who have lived through a halfcentury of bitterness between the two countries. The president’s schedule in Cuba is jam-packed, including official meetings with Raul Castro today and an event with U.S. and Cuban entrepreneurs.
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The Islamic State group fighter from Alexandria who handed himself over to Kurdish forces in Iraq said he made “a bad decision” in joining the group, according to his interview with an Iraqi Kurdish TV station. Mohamad Khweis, 26, detailed his journey from the U.S. to London, Amsterdam, Turkey, through Syria and finally to the ISIS-controlled Iraqi city of Mosul. He said he had met an Iraqi woman with ties to ISIS in Turkey who arranged the trip. After more than a month of Islamic studies, he decided to try to flee. “I didn’t agree with their ideology,” he said. “I made a bad decision to go with the girl and go to Mosul.” (AP)
Aviation experts began examining the black boxes from the FlyDubai flight that crashed amid high winds at an airport in southern Russia but said the cockpit voice and data recorders were badly damaged. FlyDubai’s Boeing 737-800 from Dubai nosedived and exploded in a giant fireball before dawn Saturday after trying to land for a second time in strong winds in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. FlyDubai confirmed that all 62 people aboard died. Most of the passengers were Russian. Several planes had trouble landing at the airport at the time of the crash. Video showed the plane descending at a steep angle and exploding. (AP)
Protesters blocked a main highway leading into the Phoenix suburb where Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump staged a campaign rally Saturday alongside Arizona’s contentious sheriff, Joe Arpaio. In New York on Saturday, several hundred demonstrators gathered to protest Trump, marching from one skyscraper that bears his name to another. Today, Trump will meet in Washington with a group of influential Republicans in an effort to improve his relationship with the party. Tonight in D.C., he will address the conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. (AP/EXPRESS)
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3 Out of their league The Pac-12 never sent seven teams to the tourney before this year and it may not do so again after five lost in the first round. Meanwhile, the ACC went 6-1 in the first round and 4-0 Saturday.
Virginia coach’s willingness to make adjustments has the Cavaliers in the Sweet 16 NCAA TOURNAMENT Tony Bennett walked across the court shortly after Virginia’s victory against Butler and, looking toward a group of Cavaliers fans, issued a humble shrug. Bennett’s top-seeded team had survived, at least for two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, and that’s more than last year’s group could say. Bennett has made the kind of adjustments he was either unable or unwilling to make in the past, notably in early-round losses the past two years, both times to Michigan State. “This year,” Cavaliers forward Anthony Gill said after his team’s 77-69 win, “we knew what we were getting ourselves into.” Perhaps, but Butler still caught Virginia by surprise, playing the same sort of physical and slowpaced contest Spartans coach Tom Izzo used against Bennett in those previous two tournaments. The Bulldogs got in the Cavaliers’ faces, refusing to be intimidated by a clearly more
talented team, and played the first half on their terms. Butler led at halftime 25-23, and Bennett’s team looked dazed. There is seemingly a formula on how to attack the Cavaliers: Play slowly, methodically, the kind of game that Bennett’s team hates — the kind of game it often loses. The upside, though, is that Virginia and its coach seem to be acknowledging that weakness and, at least recently, have been able to survive. Saturday night, the Cavaliers shot 38.5 percent in the first half, and Butler forward Andrew Chrabascz torched Virginia for 25 points overall, including 11 in the first three minutes of the second half. Then, Bennett shifted guard Malcolm Brogdon, the ACC’s defensive player of the year, to Chrabascz, and the Bulldogs forward didn’t have another field goal in the final 15 minutes. “He made adjustments,” Brogdon said of his coach, going
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No. 2 Villanova 87, No. 7 Iowa 68 Ryan Arcidiacono scored 16 points, Daniel Ochefu had 11 rebounds, and Villanova dominated Iowa to earn its first Sweet 16 appearance since it went to the Final Four in 2009. (AP)
No. 6 Notre Dame 76, No. 14 Stephen F. Austin 75 Rex Pflueger tapped in a miss with 1.5 seconds left and Notre Dame survived a valiant effort by Stephen F. Austin to reach the Sweet 16 for the second consecutive season. (AP)
No. 2 Oklahoma 85, No. 10 VCU 81 Buddy Hield scored 19 of his 36 points in the final eight minutes to help Oklahoma hold off VCU. Hield, who didn’t score for more than 10 minutes to start the game, made 9 of 12 shots in the second half after going 2 for 8 in the first, (AP) The rest of Sunday’s games, including Maryland-Hawaii, ended after Express’ deadline.
on to say that they have learned from last year. Bennett also moved to a fourguard offense and let his talented team display its gifts. After that putrid first-half shooting, Virginia made 73.1 percent of its field goal attempts after halftime. “We tried to free their minds,” Bennett said. “Of course you have to make decisions, but I said I’m going to ride these guys.” Bennett, 46, is one of the finest coaches in the ACC and, perhaps one of the best in the nation. He has made Virginia a national force. During the NCAA Tournament, the most unpredictable three-week stretch on the sports calendar, the script often calls for improvisation and change. Until this season, Bennett has shown an unwillingness to deviate. That’s changed. Now two victories from Bennett’s first Final Four appearance, the Cavaliers are a far more dangerous team because of it. KENT BABB (THE WASHINGTON POST)
Malcolm Brogdon, Buddy Hield, Tyler Ulis and Denzel Valentine are Naismith finalists for top player in college hoops
2 Ivy is a smart choice Yale became the latest Ivy League team to impress. Cornell made the Sweet 16 in 2010, Harvard won a game in 2013 and 2014, and Yale upset Baylor on Thursday before losing to Duke.
1 Izzo isn’t invincible There isn’t a better coach in March than Tom Izzo, but even Michigan State couldn’t escape the madness, losing to Middle Tennessee State in one of the biggest upsets ever.
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Terps focus on limiting turnovers Sloppy ball security was contagious throughout the second-seeded Terps’ 74-58 win against No. 15 Iona on Saturday, with six players committing multiple turnovers. So during Sunday’s practice, coach Brenda Frese, below, cautioned that the Terps (31-3) may not be as fortunate if they continue their current turnover clip in the round of 32 tonight against No. 7 seed Washington (23-10). “I just think we need to make smarter decisions,” senior point guard Chloe Pavlech said. “I don’t really think other teams are making us turn the ball over. I really think it’s ourselves.”
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NATIONALS Dusty Baker was watching TV Sunday morning and saw that President Barack Obama would, within hours, be the first sitting U.S. president to visit Cuba since 1928. And Baker also saw that the Tampa Bay Rays would be the first MLB team to visit since 1999 and play Tuesday against the Cuban national team. Remembering his own visit to Cuba nearly five years ago, Baker was envious. “I wish it was us,” Baker said. “I ain’t lying.” The Nationals have expressed interest to MLB about playing the Cuban national team. MLB used a lottery to decide which team would go to Cuba this year — and likely next — to keep the process fair, but Baker feels the baseball team in the nation’s capital would carry extra significance. Baker said he went about five years ago with his wife, daughter and son. Through a connection from his friend, Cuban musician Chucho Valdez, Baker was invited to join a Jewish group from San Francisco visiting Cuba that used jazz music as a cultural exchange. Before his trip, Baker loaded a giant bag with baseball gloves, shoes, balls and bats. He said he was supposed to meet Fidel Castro’s son, a chief baseball official, to hand over the equipment he brought. “They came to the hotel in the middle of the night and picked it up,” Baker said. “You don’t say nothing. They just come get it.”
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Markieff Morris’ defense on Carmelo Anthony was key in the Wizards’ comeback win over the Knicks on Saturday.
Morris displays arsenal on offense and defense Forward’s shutdown of Anthony shows he’s more than just a scorer WIZARDS When Markieff Morris drew the assignment of defending Carmelo Anthony on Saturday, he was sure of one thing: that Anthony, who has spent more than a decade bullying NBA defenders, would not bully him. “Not with me,” Morris said, shaking his head, after the Wizards’ 99-89 win over the Knicks. The Wizards touted Morris’ versatility and athleticism after landing him minutes before last month’s trade deadline. On Saturday, Morris drained a
few jumpers, leaped for a couple of emphatic dunks and finished with 17 points, the most he’s scored with the Wizards. But he made his biggest impact defensively. After watching Otto Porter Jr. and Alan Anderson fail to slow Anthony, coach Randy Wittman switched Morris over to guard the Knicks star. Anthony averaged 35 points in the teams’ first two meetings and scored eight points in the first quarter Saturday. But he was held to 12 points on 3-for-14 shooting over the final three quarters. “He made it difficult for him,” Wizards guard Bradley Beal said of Morris’ work on Anthony. “Markieff used his athleticism, his body, his strength
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for authoritative policy analysis, with a focus on empirical applications. “Some students have asked if our degree is less marketable than a master of arts or a master of science,” said John Straub, program director. “The employment rate for our 2015 graduates is virtually 100 percent.” Straub said the list of employers for Maryland’s class of 2015 includes private consulting firms such as KPMG, government agencies such as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and non-government organizations (NGO) such as the Inter-American Development Bank. Communications, management skills and economic analysis are also crucial in the field of public policy. Many professional studies programs offer a public policy degree, while other public policy graduate programs are standalone. The master of arts in global policy at the Johns Hopkins University attracts professionals seeking to advance their careers under the guidance of world-class scholars, diplomats and policymakers. The curriculum, delivered through the School of Advanced International Studies, offers interactive seminars and experiential learning. The 16-month program culminates with a capstone project where students address a trending policy challenge, said Sidney Jackson, director of global enrollment and recruitment. An alternating weekend schedule enables students to learn in a rigorous academic setting while continuing to work full time. The global policy program is “designed specifically for highly motivated, experienced professionals wanting a practical understanding and application of international policy,” Jackson said. “We have people from the
Peace Corps, the Office of Naval Intelligence, the Federal Reserve,” Jackson said. From nonprofits, the private sector and the public sector, it’s “a mix.” Johns Hopkins also offers 21 master’s degrees and 14 certificate programs in its Advanced Academic Programs, which include biotechnology, applied economics, museum studies, governmental
class experts, whether in nonprofit management, international security, public finance, social policy or environmental and energy policy. Cheryll-Ann Wilson Drakes, who worked in banking and finance for two decades, earned an Alexander and Cleaver Fellowship at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, where she has devoted her attention to environmental and
“Some students have asked if our degree is less marketable than a master of arts or a master of science. The employment rate for our 2015 graduates is virtually 100 percent.” John Straub, program director, UMD Economics studies and two new programs, research administration, and film and media studies. “The Johns Hopkins University name alone tells people I received a high-quality education,” said Phyllis Hecht, director for JHU’s master of arts in museum studies. AttheUniversityof MarylandSchool of Public Policy, students receive practical experience alongside world-
energy policy. “Not only have I become very interested in the environmental impacts of our ubiquitous and indiscriminate use of chemicals, I have made lifestyle changes as well,” Wilson Drakes said. Wilson Drakes said her shortterm goal is to help the public and private sectors transition to a lowcarbon future. •
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Applicants need a really strong resume for their applications, said Clare Tauriello, Director of the Career Center at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland. "In grad school we often see [up to] three-page resumes that really detail their experiences, their publications, their work experiences, any activities they've done, any volunteer work."
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The University of Maryland’s Master’s in Applied Economics Program gives you a professional advantage: a solid background in quantitative analysis for evidencebased policy decisions.
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Global Business Experience program requires each student make a presentation to company leaders in another country and report their insights to classmates. Full-time MBA students, Malaviya said, represent 45 countries and U.S. territories, while 84 percent of full-time students and 72 percent of evening students have lived, worked or studied abroad. Georgetown’s location is a strong sell. Students visit the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, attend lectures from heads of state and global CEOs and network with alumni working at national and international headquarters of businesses. “And they gain insights from our other schools on campus in the areas of geopolitics, public policy and law,” Malaviya said. “We just launched an MBA certificate in nonmarket strategy, which explores the nexus of business, economics and public policy.” Georgetown’s MBA evening program was ranked fourth in the nation among part-time MBA programs by Bloomberg Businessweek last fall. “From my perspective, we have a team of leaders here at the school who strive for excellence in all they do,” Malaviya said. At West Virginia University’s MBA program, emphasis is placed on experiential learning via consulting projects and case competitions, said
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“From my perspective, we have a team of leaders here at the school who strive for excellence in all they do.” Prashant Malaviya, senior associate dean for MBA programs in the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University Elizabeth Vitullo, assistant dean for graduate programs in the College of Business and Economics. “Experiential learning, in its many forms, has become a core part of the MBA curriculum,” said Vitullo, adding that emerging areas in the field include data analytics, forensics and other areas that address the needs of industry. At Marymount University, students can combine their MBA degree with graduate degrees in information technology, human resources, health care management and leadership and management. “These dual-degree programs combine the holistic study of business with a more in-depth study of related business areas,” said Terry Long, MBA program director, adding that Marymount’s 39-credit MBA focuses on three integrative courses: management essentials, business problemsolving and strategic management. Vivek Choudhury, associate dean for graduate programs at the George Washington University School of Business, said its MBA program combines rigorous
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1 ‘Dancing with the Stars’
Making comedy great Wealth of Trump-related material prompts legion of late-night hosts to raise the bar TELEVISION Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is far from ordinary, and late-night TV humorists are pushing boundaries to keep up. The most memorable Trumpinspired comedy of the past few months has been more intricate than monologue jokes, reflecting a tough competition for laughs and knowledge that the best material can have a long life online. John Oliver’s epic, 20-minute Trump takedown, with research that revealed the family’s name was once “Drumpf,” has more than 2 million YouTube views. Oliver methodically debunks the beliefs of Trump fans, even as he marvels at the candidate’s brazenness. “There’s a part of me that even likes this guy,” the HBO host said. “It’s a part of me I hate, but it’s a part of me.” ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel reunited Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane as their old characters from “The Producers,”
whose chosen scam is the Trump campaign instead of a musical about Hitler. They soon find the story “starts out funny and then gets really, really depressing.” While Darrell Hammond effectively impersonates Trump on “Saturday Night Live,” the show’s political skits haven’t matched the impact of the “racists for Trump” commercial parody. Trevor Noah’s best moment since replacing Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show” came when he compared Trump’s words to those of African dictators. “There are a lot of ways a comedian can tell easy jokes about Trump and they keep repeating themselves,” said Robert Thompson, director of Syracuse University’s Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture. “But the really good stuff is very sophisticated, very probing political satire.” Comics were nearly shaking with excitement when Trump announced his candidacy,
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“A comedian can tell easy jokes about Trump. ... But the really good stuff is very ... probing political satire.” ROBERT THOMPSON, director of Syracuse University’s Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture
anticipating a great diversion to a serious campaign. Yet as the outrageous statements piled up and Trump maintained strength in the polls, it wasn’t so funny anymore — a point Thompson noted was well made in a routine by Comedy Central’s Larry Wilmore. “Trump is sort of a doubleedged sword,” said Matt O’Brien, head writer for Conan O’Brien’s TBS show. “On the one hand, he gives you so much to make fun of every day. The real problem
is there are now 15 hosts going after the same piece of meat.” The atmosphere for late-night comedy is far different from when a viewer had only the option of one-liners from Jay Leno and David Letterman. That has made people in late-night take detailed looks at Trump and his supporters. You may still hear jokes about Trump’s gravitydefying hairstyle, but they feel old and tired. As the Trump campaign took a darker turn, with demonstrations and violence at some of the candidates’ rallies, late-night comics kept up with him. Both TBS’ Samantha Bee and Wilmore staged fake fights on their shows. A Trump impersonator handed bottles to the two combatants on “The Nightly Show,” who proceeded to smash them over the other’s head. “Who’s going to pay the medical bills?” Wilmore wondered. “Mexico,” the Trump impersonator answered. DAVID BAUDER (AP)
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In this new stylized drama from Shonda Rhimes, Mireille Enos stars as a private investigator in Los Angeles whose perfect life crumbles when she learns her fiance (Peter Krause) is actually a grifter who has disappeared.
3 ‘Younger’ 10 p.m. Wednesday on TV Land
In the season finale, a tragedy moves Liza (Sutton Foster) to ponder whether a lie that has already complicated relationships and left her open to blackmail is costing too much. (TRIBUNE)
Prince announces he’s writing a memoir tentatively titled “The Beautiful Ones,” set for release in 2017
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‘Big’ hit: The kids are still doing the darndest things A girl from China strokes a chicken and makes it lie down for a nap. A 4-year-old pianist plays the demanding “Flight of the Bumblebee.” Two children dance a hyperspeed salsa. These are a few of the reasons “Little Big Shots” is the No. 1 show in America. Its March 13 edition topped the Nielsen ratings with 15 million viewers. The hourlong series, which debuted on NBC this month (Sundays at 8 p.m.), is hosted by the ubiquitous Steve Harvey
and features children with varied talents. They’re musicians, they’re acrobats, they’re spelling champs, they’re chicken whisperers, and sometimes they’re just kids who are funny. The show is a 21st-century mash-up of two TV formats from the 1950s: the talent show (like “The Original Amateur Hour,” in which 7-year-old Gladys Knight was once a contestant) and interviews with precocious tykes (pioneered by Art Linkletter, who made “Kids Say The Darndest Things”). The Internet stole these ideas with YouTube videos. So why shouldn’t TV steal ’em back? In fact, some of the kids on “Little
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Summer Camps and Schools FEBRUARY | MARCH | APRIL Are you a Washington-area parent looking for summer opportunities for your school-age children? Look to The Washington Post’s Guide to Summer Camps and Schools. Curated by our award-winning education team, these issues are a great way to keep your kids happy—and engaged—when school’s out.
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The box office take this weekend from “Zootopia,” which continues to run wild over its rivals. “The Divergent Series: Allegiant” debuted in second place with $29.1 million, a new low for the YA series. “Miracles From Heaven,” which opened Wednesday, was third with an impressive $15 million. It cost only $13 million to produce. (AP) Deadline: Netflix commits big bucks to “Bright,” a cop thriller starring Will Smith, directed by David Ayer
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completing 27 marathons in 27 days. The 54-year-old finished the challenge Sunday under a statue of Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 27 marathons were intended to reflect the 27 years Mandela spent in prison before becoming the nation’s first black president. Izzard was forced to take an unscheduled rest day on the fifth day of the challenge, which meant he had to complete two marathons on the final day. Izzard’s efforts raised more than $1.5 million for Sport Relief, a charity event from Comic Relief.
“He got the get-out-of-jail-free card of a lifetime.” NICK ROMANO, at ew.com, writes about
9-year-old Xabi Glovsky, who was given a tardy note by Bruce Springsteen after attending the rock legend’s show Tuesday night in Los Angeles. Xabi caught the Boss’ attention during the show by holding up a sign reading, “Bruce, I will be late to school tomorrow. Please sign my note. :)” After the show, the boy and his father met Springsteen backstage, where the singer wrote this absence note: “Dear Ms. Jackson, Xabi has been out very late rocking & rolling. Please excuse him if he is tardy.”
“I am beginning a new journey, on Instagram, to walk with you along the path of mercy and the tenderness of God.” @PONTIFEX, Pope Francis’ Twitter account, announcing Saturday he has joined Instagram. The pontiff’s new account — @franciscus — broke a record by reaching 1 million followers in only 12 hours, beating former soccer star David Beckham, who needed 24 hours. The move comes about a month after Francis met with Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom.
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1925: Tennessee Gov. Austin Peay signs the Butler Act, which prohibits the teaching of the theory of evolution in public schools. (Tennessee repeals the law in 1967.)
1963: The Alcatraz federal prison island in San Francisco Bay is emptied of its last inmates and closed at the order of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.
2006: The social media website Twitter is officially established with the sending of its first “tweet.” Co-founder Jack Dorsey writes: “just setting up my twttr.”
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people Can’t take the South out of the girl
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Justin Bieber on Saturday resurfaced a photo of him kissing his ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez on Instagram and captioned it “Feels,” sending his followers into an emotional frenzy, People magazine reports. The Mirror reports that Gomez commented “Perfect.” under the picture. The pair have kept in contact since their split in 2014. (EXPRESS)
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Jelena may not be sick of that same old love
Here’s the story of a man named Kardashian, who celebrated 29 in Malibu. EXCUSES
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Thomas made it out of the maze, at least Dylan O’Brien, 24, was injured on the set of “Maze Runner: The Death Cure,” during production in Canada. 20th Century Fox said Friday that O’Brien was immediately transferred to a local hospital after being injured Thursday. The studio said shooting will be shut down while the actor recovers, but his colleagues said his prognosis is good. (AP)
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Reese Witherspoon, who turns 40 on Tuesday, celebrated her birthday early on Saturday in Hollywood with a star-studded bash featuring Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey and Robert Downey Jr. to name a few. Taylor Swift and Keith Urban performed for the birthday girl, and Witherspoon herself performed “Sweet Home Alabama,” a nod to her 2002 romantic comedy. (EXPRESS)
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It’s not a meltdown until you shave your head Madonna is being accused of having another meltdown following more incidents at her tour in Australia. At her show on Thursday in Brisbane, she tugged at a 17-year-old fan’s top, exposing her breast, CNN reports. On Saturday night in Sydney, the singer spewed profanity on stage and commented on her custody battle with ex-husband Guy Ritchie over her son. (EXPRESS)
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“I think it’s time for another generation to see women coming together. … Hell, I miss it.”
Two days after Rob Kardashian turned 29, almost the entire Kardashian-Jenner clan celebrated with a St. Patrick’s Daythemed dinner party at Nobu in Malibu on Saturday, People reports. Kris Jenner, along with daughters Kim, Kourtney, Kendall and Kylie, Kanye West, Scott Disick (Kourtney’s ex), Corey Gamble (Kris’ partner) and Tyga (Kylie’s current flame) were among those in attendance. Rob’s girlfriend, Blac Chyna (who is Tyga’s baby mama), was not. Ever since Rob and Chyna went public with their relationship this year, reports have claimed it has put the family at odds. (EXPRESS)
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