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ACA under fire Trump administration renews its campaign to kill Obamacare 8

Three people whose lives were shaken by mass shootings have taken their own lives in recent days — tragic losses that reverberate amid a troubling uptick in suicides nationwide 10

Opioid settlement Purdue Pharma agrees to pay $270M over its OxyContin marketing 9

‘Whitewash’ Chicago’s mayor rails against a decision to clear Jussie Smollett 9

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Authorities in Spartanburg County, S.C., say a man sprayed Axe body spray in his mouth to cover the smell of alcohol as deputies approached during a traffic stop. The State newspaper reported that deputies stopped Efren Mencia-Ramirez on Saturday night after he sped past a deputy. There was a 12-pack of beer on the floor and 10 of the beers were nearly empty. Mencia-Ramirez also had an open bottle between his legs. (AP)

New England supermarket chain Market Basket is denying rumors that one of its stores is haunted after someone posted on social media about seeing an apparition at a store in Wilmington, Mass.

The person said the ghost was “an old Victorian-era woman in her nightgown.” “As far as we know, all of our stores are ghost-free,” a spokeswoman told The Boston Globe. “But if there’s anything to it, she’s probably attracted to our Victorian-era prices.” (AP)

Anonymous customers at a Maine restaurant left a $2,000 tip on a $48 bill. Silver Street Tavern waitress Samantha Clark said the couple was friendly and easy to wait on, though the man said someone took his wine glass by mistake. The Waterville Morning-Sentinel reported he later asked to speak to a manager, and Clark feared he would complain. Instead, the two left $2,000 and asked the manager to split it among the staff. (AP)

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Members of the band Ex Hex, from left, Mary Timony, Betsy Wright and Laura Harris, enjoy the ice cream flavor Another DiMINTsion, which is inspired by their music. It’s available at Mount Desert Island through May 10.

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THE DISTRICT If Ex Hex’s power pop were an ice cream flavor, guitarist Mary Timony’s angular riffs would be savory chocolate chips swirled into a bold peppermint soundscape.

That’s the line of thinking behind Another DiMINTsion, a limited batch of mint chocolate chip ice cream from the D.C. outpost of Mount Desert Island Ice Cream. The flavor celebrates Ex Hex’s new album, “It’s Real.”

“We are huge fans of the band and we play Ex Hex a lot in the shop,” says Brian Lowit, who co-owns the ice cream shop with Melissa Quinley.

They worked with the local rock band to develop the flavor, which is sold at the Mount Pleasant ice cream shop by the scoop, or bundled with the band’s new album and a T-shirt.

The limited-edition ice cream is available through May 10, and Lowit and Quinley will sell scoops at Ex Hex’s show at the 9:30 Club that same night.

“Of course, the band gets as much as they want for free,” Lowit says. SADIE DINGFELDER (EXPRESS)

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D.C.’s famous cherry blossoms are blooming a bit earlier than expected.

Initially predicted to reach peak bloom between April 3 and 6, the cherry trees that ring the Tidal Basin are on track to peak around April 1, the National Park Service announced Tuesday. The change is due to mild weather and warm temperatures forecast for the coming days. Reaching peak bloom on April 1 is within what’s considered a normal range, and it falls right in the middle of the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival.

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A baby wallaby at the National Zoo has poked its head out of its mother’s pouch for the first time. The wallaby, known as a joey, poked its head out on March 11. It was born several months ago and has spent its time nursing in the pouch, completing its development. In a month or two, the zoo said, the joey will begin excursions outside of the pouch. (TWP)

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Are special citizen funds helping D.C.?

THE DISTRICT The “vast majority” of dollars raised through private donations

by D.C. elected officials to help District residents are not spent as intended, according to a new report by Public Citizen, a government watchdog organization.

District law allows elected officials to accept donations to help residents with certain expenses or services, such as an overdue electric bill, the burial of a loved one or a turkey at Thanksgiving.

But these accounts, known as constituent services funds, rarely end up helping residents with urgent needs and are occasionally used by politicians to promote themselves, the new analysis says.

The study found just a quarter of the $1.1 million in expenditures from constituent services funds between 2012 and 2018 went to expenses considered “immediate constituent needs.”

More than half of the spending went to fundraisers, catering and refreshments, sports tickets and advertising, Public Citizen found.

And some D.C. Council members used the funds to pay for banners, T-shirts and advertisements

resembling campaign materials.

Constituent services funds have long been controversial in D.C. Critics call them slush funds and a way for donors and lobbyists to curry favor with officials.

Eight of the council’s 13 members and Mayor Muriel Bowser maintain constituent funds.

Council member Jack Evans, D-Ward 2, has the fattest fund by far, even though his constituents have a median income of $104,504 — the second-highest of any ward in the city. He had $143,152 available in his account at the start of the year.

He has famously used his funds to buy seasonal sports tickets, which he says he sometimes gives away to residents or school auctions.

Former lawmaker Yvette M. Alexander, D-Ward 7, was fined in 2011 for using constituent funds for political purposes. Council member Trayon White Sr., DWard 8, was forced to pay back $500 to his constituent account last year after donating to a Nation of Islam convention in Chicago where Louis Farrakhan made a series of anti-Semitic comments.

In 2016, Evans spearheaded an effort that raised the limit on the amount that could be spent from $40,000 to $60,000 — as a budget change without public hearings,

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Watchdog finds most money for constituents’ needs spent improperly

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Jack Evans’ constituent services funds D.C. Council member Jack Evans has the biggest constituent fund by far, but a watchdog group found only 3 percent goes to residents’ urgent needs. (TWP)

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The Public Citizen report also said that many dollars from constituent services accounts are spent in accordance with the law, such as turkey giveaways and holiday coat and toy drives.

Vincent Gray, D-Ward 7, spent the largest portion of his fund — 72 percent — on “immediate constituent needs” from 2012 through 2018, Public Citizen found. At the other end was Evans, who

The amount Evans spent on “Mardi Gras Supplies” in 2014 on party beads for the annual gay pride parade, according to an aide.

spent just 3 percent of his funds on residents’ urgent needs, the report found.

“It’s true that tens of thousands of dollars has been spent on goods and services for District residents that very few people would find objectionable, including rental assistance and help with utility payments,” the Public Citizen report says. “The problem is the vast majority of the expenditures are not on these things.”

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MARYLAND BUDGET

The total Maryland budget approved Tuesday by the General Assembly for the next fiscal year. It includes $255 million in extra education funding to start implementing a state commission’s recommendations to improve schools.

The budget also includes $500 million for school construction. In total, there is about $7 billion in education funding. The budget for the next fiscal year includes increases in pay for state employees, including a 9 percent pay hike for correctional officers. (AP)

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Man arrested in fatal stabbing of black man at U-Md. in 2017 will not face federal hate charges

A D.C. barbershop owner is accused of posing as a Howard University student and preying on incapacitated teenagers.

Prosecutors say allegations against 35-year-old Julian Everett date back to at least 2001, including a case in which he was convicted of kidnapping a transgender woman. Everett is accused of raping three teens, ages 16 to 18, and was arrested last week on rape and related charges. Prince George’s County Chief Hank Stawinski says Everett posed as a student to gain credibility with the teens. (AP) MARYLAND

Delegate faces discipline over bullying accusations A Maryland lawmaker facing discipline for allegedly bullying his staff and employees of the state legislature says an ethics panel report is a “political hit job.”

Del. Jay Jalisi said Tuesday he has been the target of “a nasty smear campaign and a sham investigation by a powerful lobby in Annapolis.” A report released Monday by the legislature’s ethics committee says the Baltimore County Democrat has shown an “ongoing pattern of bullying and abusive workplace behavior,” particularly against female staffers. A vote on whether to reprimand him could come as soon as today. (AP) VIRGINIA

Handheld cellphone ban on roads gets amended Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is trying to revive an effort to ban motorists from holding cellphones while driving. Northam announced Tuesday he’s adding a proposed amendment to legislation that would bar drivers from holding a cellphone while driving in a highway work zone.

The governor’s amendment would broaden the ban to all roads in Virginia. The legislature will return April 3 to take up Northam’s vetoes and amendments. (AP)

Man dies in Pr. George’s shooting that led to school lockdowns

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local Loophole could mean new moniker for road honoring rebel leader ARLINGTON COUNTY The portion of Jefferson Davis Highway that runs through Arlington County could be renamed as early as this summer thanks to the discovery of a loophole in state law and a legal opinion from the Virginia attorney general.

Attorney General Mark Herring said the name change does not need approval from the General Assembly. Instead, the

Commonwealth Transportation Board has authority to rename the section of Jefferson Davis Highway if Arlington County makes such a request, the opinion said.

Before Herring issued his opinion, the general understanding was that local governments lacked authority to change names that the General Assembly had placed on certain roads.

Several years ago, the attorney general’s office issued an advisory opinion saying city governments had the power to rename state highways but county governments didn’t. Last year,

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Va. highway could lose ‘racist’ name “We are saddled with a primary highway that honors a racist traitor and slave owner.”

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Charlottesville high school students demand justice after racist threats last week

legislators killed a bill to authorize local governments to rename highways in their jurisdictions.

On Jan. 1, the section of Jefferson Davis Highway through the city of Alexandria was renamed Richmond Highway.

Del. Mark Levine, D-Alexandria, said Arlington County supervisors could ask for the name change this month — then the request would go to the Commonwealth Transportation Board.

“If all goes well, Arlington street signs could be changed as early as this summer,” he said.

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Search underway for copies of mayor’s books There’s a search underway in Maryland for “Healthy Holly” — not a fugitive, but an obscure children’s book authored by Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh.

The Baltimore Sun reports at least 50,000 copies are unaccounted for, after Pugh received hundreds of thousands of dollars for selling them to a state hospital network while she sat on its board. Since 2011, she received $500,000 for selling her self-published book series to the University of Maryland Medical System. Pugh has defended her deal, saying the books were provided to schools and day care facilities. (AP)

FBI defends length of probe in 2017 fatal shooting by U.S. Park Police of an unarmed Va. man

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From 2011 through 2017, the backlog of state and local government requests for DNA analysis grew by 86 percent.

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Crime lab logjam: Uncle Sam yields to DNA backlogs Uncle Sam doesn’t like to surrender.

But that seems to be what he’s doing in his losing effort to reduce, let alone eliminate, the steadily growing backlog in DNA testing to fight crime.

According to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, Justice Department officials said eliminating the backlog is not a program goal because it “is unachievable in the foreseeable future because increases in demand for DNA analysis are driven by factors outside” of the control of the department’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ).

The factors increasing the backlog are winning.

Ironically, the reason the backlog grows, as my colleague Tom Jackman reported last week, is that DNA testing is a victim of its own success.

From 2011 through 2017, the backlog of state and local government requests for DNA analysis grew by 86 percent, from approximately 91,000 to about 169,000.

“They can’t keep up,” said Gretta L. Goodwin, GAO’s director of homeland security and justice.

Success breeds the backlog, but the backlog needs to stop.

“The continued and worsening backlogs of forensics evidence testing is unacceptable,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who requested the GAO report. “Victims of terrible crimes shouldn’t have

to wait — for years, in some cases — to get a shot at justice before the statutes of limitation expire.”

The report identified several factors that, while positive, helped lead to the growing backlog. Scientific advancements have increased the amount of evidence that is eligible to be analyzed. And cuts in turnaround times for DNA analysis have encouraged law enforcement officials to request more DNA analysis.

DNA is critical in law enforcement, for the prosecution and the defense. In fact, 364 people in the U.S. have been exonerated by DNA testing, including 20 who served time on death row, according to the Innocence Project.

Clearing the backlog is essential. But now Justice deems it unachievable.

Not so, said Greg Totten, a vice president of the National District Attorneys Association.

“I don’t agree … that reducing the backlog is an unachievable goal,” said Totten, who is the district attorney of Ventura County, Calif. “As a prosecutor, I want to continue to fight the backlog.”

The fight is winning in Ventura County, where the sheriff runs the crime lab. “They’ve gotten additional resources,” said Totten, “and maintain a backlog of virtually zero on sexual assault kits.”

The federal government has awarded almost $1 billion since 2004 to state and local government crime labs to increase their capacity and cut backlogs. That’s a lot of money, but not enough.

“Specifically, labs have continued to receive more requests for DNA analysis than they can complete each year,” the GAO found, “even though labs have consistently completed an increasing number of requests over time.”

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Fla. GOP tries to limit voting rights of felons

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POLITICS When an overwhelming majority of Floridians voted in November to restore voting rights for as many as 1.4 million felons, liberals and conservatives alike celebrated the largest expansion of voting eligibility in the country since the elimination of poll taxes and literacy tests in the 1960s.

The bipartisan cheering waned this month when Republican state lawmakers proposed limiting the scope of what is known in Florida as Amendment 4. Republicans said they want only to guide implementation of a sparsely worded amendment.

Their critics said the GOP is trying to go far beyond that.

Although the legislation is not final, the episode has revealed how complicated and increasingly polarized the issue of voting law has become.

Amendment 4 restores the voting rights of felons upon completion of all terms of their sentence, including parole and probation. It excludes those convicted of murder or felony sexual offenses. The amendment took effect on Jan. 8.

But Republicans, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, said the amendment required implementing legislation. In particular, GOP leaders said three terms in

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Republican legislation to clarify Amendment 4 is met with criticism

Florida’s Amendment 4 restores the right to vote for many felons.

the amendment — completion, murder and sexual offense — needed to be defined for clarity, so the state’s 67 county elections supervisors could administer the measure uniformly.

What Republicans came up with prompted an uproar. One GOP proposal broadly defined sexual offense to include — in addition to violent crimes — video voyeurism, lewd exhibition, prostitution and locating an adult entertainment store within 2,500 feet of a school.

Amendment 4 advocates said the list should have been limited to those crimes that qualify criminals for the state’s sex offender registry.

In addition, lawmakers defined sentence completion to include prison time, probation, parole, fines, fees and restitution declared by a judge to be part of a sentence. More troubling for Amendment 4 advocates, though, was the inclusion of costs that have been converted by a judge to civil liens — meaning it could take years for an individual who has otherwise completed their sentence to be eligible to vote.

Jeff Brandes, a Republican state senator from St. Petersburg, said in an interview last week he expects a bipartisan solution to emerge that will “try to soften some of the language.”

NASA has called off its first all-female spacewalk over a spacesuit sizing issue.

Astronaut Anne McClain was supposed to float out of the International Space Station on Friday with newly arrived Christina Koch to replace old batteries. But McClain pulled herself from the lineup because there’s not enough time to get two medium suits ready.

Koch will go out with crewmate Nick Hague instead. McClain did her first spacewalk last week using a medium suit and was supposed to switch to a large this week, but realized it would be too big. It would have taken too long to get another medium suit configured properly. (AP)

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Pentagon: New missile defense test a success In the first test of its kind, the Pentagon on Monday carried out a “salvo” intercept of an unarmed missile soaring over the Pacific, using two interceptor missiles launched from underground silos in California. Both interceptors zeroed in on the target, the Pentagon said. The first one hit and destroyed the target and the second hit a secondary object, the Pentagon said. (AP) AUSTRIA

Activist probed over ties to New Zealand suspect Austria’s leader called Tuesday for authorities to investigate possible ties between an Austrian nationalist group and the alleged Christchurch mosque gunman, after a far-right activist there had received a donation in the shooter’s name. Police on Monday searched the apartment of Martin Sellner, head of the Identitarian Movement of Austria, and seized electronic devices. (AP) GAZA STRIP

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A Dutch art detective said Tuesday that he has recovered a valuable painting by Pablo Picasso 20 years after it was stolen from a wealthy Saudi’s yacht in France. Arthur Brand said he took possession two weeks ago of the 1938 painting “Buste de Femme” after trailing it for years in Amsterdam. Brand, a renowned sleuth, has since handed over the painting, which he estimates to be worth around $28 million, to an insurance company. (AP)

Trial begins for Turkish employee of U.S. Consulate in Istanbul charged with trying to overthrow Turkish government

The Democratic-led House failed Tuesday to override President Trump’s first veto, salvaging his effort to steer billions of extra dollars to erecting border barriers and delivering a victory to the White House. Lawmakers voted 248-181 to overturn Trump’s veto, but that fell 38 votes shy of the required twothirds margin. (AP)

Israeli aircraft strike Hamas militant targets

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House fails to override Trump veto on wall vote

The Israeli army on Tuesday bombed several targets in the Gaza Strip and bolstered its forces along the frontier as a truce with Hamas rulers showed signs of unraveling. Palestinian militants responded with a new barrage of rocket fire, setting the stage for a fresh round of fighting less than two weeks before Israel’s elections. (AP)

Russian ex-minister arrested for embezzling $62M

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GOP goes after Obamacare Democrats cry foul as Trump takes aim at health care law in court

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POLITICS The Trump administration has told a federal appeals court it wants the entire Affordable Care Act struck down, an outcome that could leave millions uninsured and reignite a winning political issue for Democrats.

The administration, in a terse filing Monday with the court in New Orleans, said it agrees that former President Barack Obama’s health care law should be declared unconstitutional after Congress repealed one part of it — unpopular fines on people who remain uninsured.

That position is at odds with previous statements by leading congressional Republicans who said they did not intend to repeal other parts of the law when they cut out its fines, effective this year. It’s also a departure from the administration’s earlier stance in a lower court, where it had argued that only federal protections for people with preexisting medical conditions and limits on premiums charged to older, sicker people should be struck down.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the turnabout shows that Republicans “say one thing and they do another.”

“Republicans did say during the campaign that they weren’t there to undermine the preexisting condition benefit,” Pelosi said. “Then they go to court to

President Trump, shown with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, put health care in the spotlight Tuesday.

strip it and strip the whole bill.”

If the entire ACA is repealed, popular provisions such as coverage for adult children on parental insurance until age 26 would go, Pelosi said.

Seeming to react to the pushback, President Trump said on Twitter, “The Republican Party will become ‘The Party of Healthcare!’ ” The Justice Department did not explain its reasoning in a two-sentence letter to the court, but promised a full and timely explanation for the appeals judges.

It’s rare for Justice to decline to defend a federal law.

The case brought by Texas and a group of GOP-led states seems headed for the Supreme Court. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor in Fort Worth, Texas,

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earlier ruled in favor of the plaintiff states, and Democratic-led states have appealed to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.

The Supreme Court has twice upheld the Obama-era law. Five justices — a majority — who upheld the law in 2012 are still on the bench. They are Chief Justice John Roberts and the court’s four liberals.

Repeal of the ACA in its entirety would risk making more than 20 million people uninsured. That includes some 12 million low-income people covered through its Medicaid expansion, and some 11 million purchasing subsidized private health insurance through healthcare.gov and state-run insurance markets.

Some Republicans say that

wouldn’t happen because the Trump administration’s “repeal and replace” plan would send grants to states for them to run their own health insurance programs. However, during the 2017 congressional debate over repealing the health law, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated the GOP replacement plans would result in steep coverage losses.

The health law remains in place while the lawsuit continues.

House Democrats, meanwhile, unveiled broad legislation on Tuesday to shore up the Affordable Care Act and expand enrollment. According to Pelosi’s office, the bill would make more middle-class people eligible for subsidized health insurance.

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A HAIL OF AN ACQUISITION

The amount ride-hailing service Uber is paying to acquire Middle Eastern competitor Careem, giving the San Francisco-based firm a commanding edge in a region with a large, young, tech-savvy population. The move, announced Tuesday, comes after Uber’s losses widened last year ahead of plans for an initial public stock offering this spring. Dubai-based Careem, which launched in 2012 — three years before Uber entered the local market — had been Uber’s stiffest competitor in the Middle East. (AP) ISIS attack on U.S.-backed fighters kills 7 in northern Syria

China’s ex-internet czar sentenced to 14 years for corruption

POLITICS President Trump took a victory lap Tuesday on Capitol Hill, emboldened by the end of the special counsel’s Russia probe, even as Democrats demanded the release of Robert Mueller’s full report.

A Justice Department official said it will take Attorney General William Barr “weeks, not months” to finish reviewing Mueller’s Trump-Russia investigation report and make a version available for the public.

It’s not clear how much of what is made public will be in Mueller’s own words and how much might reflect Barr’s summary or synthesis of the findings.

Radiating a sense of vindication, Trump strode into the Senate Republicans’ lunch flanked by party leaders. GOP senators applauded.

“It could not have been better,” Trump said of Barr’s summary of the report, which did not find the president colluded with Russia over the 2016 elections. Mueller did not determine whether Trump obstructed justice, but Barr and his team said no prosecution was warranted.

Trump said the release of Mueller’s full report “wouldn’t bother me at all.” Six House Democratic committee chairmen wrote to Barr and asked to have the full report by April 2. If not, they have suggested subpoenas could be issued. MARY CLARE JALONICK, LISA MASCARO AND LAURIE KELLMAN (AP)

Save the Children: Airstrike on Yemen hospital killed 7

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nation+world Oklahoma settles with company it says helped create the opioid crisis OKLAHOMA CITY The maker of OxyContin and the company’s controlling family agreed Tuesday to pay a groundbreaking $270 million to Oklahoma to settle allegations they helped create the nation’s deadly opioid crisis with their aggressive marketing of the powerful painkiller.

It is the first settlement to come out of the recent coast-tocoast wave of nearly 2,000 lawsuits against Stamford, Conn.based Purdue Pharma that threaten to push the company into bankruptcy and have stained

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the name of the Sackler family, whose members are among the world’s foremost philanthropists.

“The addiction crisis facing our state and nation is a clear and present danger, but we’re doing something about it today,” Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter said.

Nearly $200 million will go toward establishing the National Center for Addiction Studies and Treatment at Oklahoma State University in Tulsa, while local governments will get $12.5 million. The Sacklers are responsible for $75 million of the settlement.

Opioids, including heroin and prescription drugs like OxyContin, were a factor in a record 48,000 deaths across the U.S. in 2017, according to the Centers for

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Drugmaker to pay $270M

The maker of OxyContin agreed to pay $270 million to Oklahoma in a lawsuit over the opioid crisis.

Disease Control and Prevention.

The deal comes two months before Oklahoma’s 2017 lawsuit against Purdue Pharma and

other drug companies was set to become the first in the recent barrage of litigation to go to trial. The remaining defendants are still facing trial May 28 for their role in creating what Hunter called “this nightmarish epidemic.”

Some activists were furious with the deal, saying they were denied the chance to hold Purdue Pharma fully accountable in public, in front of a jury.

“This decision is a kick in the gut to our community,” said Ryan Hampton, who is recovering from opioid addiction. “We deserve to have our day in court with Purdue. The parents, the families, the survivors deserve at least that. And Oklahoma stripped that from us today.”

Prosecutors abandon case against Smollett

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People in remote areas of Mozambique remain without aid

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NHAMATANDA, MOZAMBIQUE | A family stands outside their submerged huts Tuesday as relief operations pressed into remote areas of central Mozambique, where people remain without aid more than 10 days after Cyclone Idai. The death toll in Mozambique has risen to 468, and some 1.8 million people need urgent help. The World Health Organization warned that the country faces a “second disaster” from cholera and other diseases.

New migrant caravan of 2,500 people sets out through southern Mexico to U.S.

CHICAGO In an astonishing reversal, prosecutors on Tuesday abruptly dropped all charges against Jussie Smollett, abandoning the case barely five weeks after the “Empire” actor was accused of lying to police about being the target of a racist, anti-gay attack in downtown Chicago.

The mayor and police chief blasted the decision and stood by the investigation that concluded Smollett staged a hoax. A visibly angry Mayor Rahm Emanuel called it “a whitewash of justice” and lashed out at Smollett. He asked, “Is there no decency in this man?”

Smollett’s attorneys said his record had “been wiped clean” of the 16 felony counts related to making a false report that he was assaulted by two men. The actor insisted that he had “been truthful and consistent on every single level since day one.”

It was not clear whether prosecutors still believe Smollett concocted the attack or whether new evidence emerged that altered their view of events. In a statement, the Cook County prosecutors’ office offered no detailed explanation. The city will keep the $10,000 in bail money that Smollett paid to get out of jail after his arrest.

Typically, a minimum condition of dropping cases is some acceptance of responsibility.

But Smollett and his legal team didn’t concede anything about his original report. AMANDA SEITZ AND MICHAEL TARM (AP)

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People look at the memorial last year outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas.

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HEALTH Americans are increasingly likely to die by their own hand.

In 1999, about 29,000 people in the U.S. killed themselves, and by 2017, the toll had grown to more than 47,000, a significant rise even when adjusted for the growing population. In recent days, three of those deaths have shocked the nation.

Two teenage survivors of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting of 2018 apparently died by suicide, as did the father of one of the children slain at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in 2012.

Mental health experts advise caution in moments like these.

There is a persistent concern about contagion effects, the risk that people who hear about suicides will be more likely to end their own lives. And experts say it can be difficult to draw specific conclusions from individual deaths in which the contributing factors are not fully understood.

Every suicide is a unique tragedy.

But these deaths provide an opportunity to confront a national public health crisis as suicides become more common.

Researchers who study suicide say the field is grossly underfunded. They say they have minimal understanding of who, exactly, is most at risk of suicide.

“We know that adverse childhood experiences are linked to many ‘bad’ outcomes — suicides, drug fatalities are examples — but we don’t know how much higher that risk is, as no one has studied folks over the course of time comparing diverse outcomes against diverse experiences,” said Eric Caine, a researcher at the University of Rochester Medical Center. “And, indeed, the vast, vast majority of abused, traumatized folks don’t kill themselves.”

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Three tragic deaths reverberate across America amid a steady rise in suicides

A makeshift memorial was made in Newtown, Conn., in 2012.

At a more personal level, the news bulletins provide a reminder to everyone that people who are traumatized need continued care — that the trauma doesn’t necessarily recede in a week, or a month, or even a year. People who are suffering should be reminded that they can reach out, that help is available (including at the suicide hotline 800-273-TALK).

The Parkland students “were already a vulnerable population because they’re going through massive psychological

Gun control groups shift focus to state laws Unable to achieve major federal gun legislation in the wake of the nation’s notorious mass shootings, U.S. gun control groups are shifting their focus to state laws that keep guns out of the hands of those at risk of being violent or suicidal.

Everytown for Gun Safety last week began a campaign to educate people about red-flag laws, mechanisms in numerous states that can remove guns from people who pose a danger to others or themselves. (TWP)

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transitions as they move from adolescence to young adulthood,” said Jeffrey A. Lieberman, chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University. “The fact that they were at ground zero for an event that was so unexpected, so horrific, so unexpectedly ironic — in the sense that it was one of their own peers that perpetrated it — created the potential for massive psychological, emotional shock waves.”

Suicide is the 10th most common cause of death in the U.S. but the second most common among teenagers and young adults.

“We grossly underfund suicide research,” said April Foreman, a psychologist and executive board member of the American Association of Suicidology who specializes in treating patients at high risk of suicide. “What we don’t understand very well as scientists is who’s going to be suicidal. … We don’t have the thermometer of suicide risk.”

A significant factor in the high suicide rate in the U.S. is the ready availability of guns.

“Most of the folks who die by suicide in America die by firearms,” said Michael Anestis, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Southern Mississippi. The Parkland students and the Newtown father reportedly died by gunfire.

Anestis said people need to be sure to lock up firearms if there is someone in a home who might be vulnerable to self-harm.

Jane Pearson, a suicide researcher at the National Institute of Mental Health, said the most important message is that help is out there: “If someone is feeling suicidal, we want them to hold on and stay alive and safe long enough to where we can help them to get better.” JOEL ACHENBACH, WILLIAM WAN AND KATIE METTLER (THE WASHINGTON POST)

Unvaccinated kids banned in public spaces ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. A county in New York City’s northern suburbs declared a state of emergency Tuesday over a measles outbreak that has infected more than 150 people since last fall, hoping a ban against unvaccinated children in public places wakes their parents to the seriousness of the problem.

“It’s an attention grab, there’s no question about it,” Rockland County Executive Ed Day said at a news conference, noting that he didn’t believe such a drastic step has been tried in the U.S. before.

Day said he hoped to reverse a recent uptick in cases amid disturbing reports that health workers were encountering resistance when investigating cases. Rockland’s outbreak has most heavily affected Orthodox Jewish communities, which tend to have lower vaccination rates.

Under the declaration, which lasts for at least 30 days, anyone under 18 who is unvaccinated is barred from public gathering places including shopping malls, civic centers, schools, restaurants and houses of worship. Those in violation could be charged with a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail.

Day acknowledged that there is no concerted enforcement effort and that the intent is not to arrest people, but to emphasize the seriousness of the situation. “However, parents will be held accountable if they’re found to be in violation of this emergency declaration,” Day said. MARY ESCH (AP)

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No discord, Gruden and Allen claim REDSKINS Sitting on a shady veranda at the NFL owners’ meetings in Phoenix, Redskins President Bruce Allen was explaining Tuesday how there is no acrimony between him and coach Jay Gruden, while Gruden was at that very moment walking behind him, pointing and smiling.

This seemed to be as good an indication as any that Gruden and Allen are in some agreement about the building of their football team.

Earlier in the day, at a media session, Gruden shook his head at a D.C. radio report that said he was frustrated by the team’s moves in free agency and was not being notified about player signings — most notably safety Landon Collins, who agreed to a deal on the first day teams could talk to free agents.

“I don’t know where they got that from,” Gruden said.

“Frustration may set in from time to time on a move or two,” he continued. “But at the end of the day, I know I’m on board …”

Gruden said player personnel vice president Doug Williams, football operations vice president Eric Schaffer, owner Dan Snyder and Allen “all are trying to better this football team.”

And, Gruden said, “I’ll coach whoever is on the dang field.”

The suggestions of communication problems between Gruden and Allen have been swirling since the report aired several days ago on the Sports Junkies show on 106.7 FM, leading to questions about whether Allen is trying to freeze out Gruden, perhaps putting Gruden’s job in jeopardy.

The report said that Gruden first learned about the Collins signing from a reporter who had texted him about it, and that Gruden was “super

MATT YORK (AP)

Redskins coach denies radio report saying he is frustrated by lack of communication

Coach Jay Gruden, speaking at the owners’ meetings, said he gets along fine with Bruce Allen and will “coach whoever is on the dang field.”

frustrated” that the team had not done enough to address needs at linebacker and wide receiver.

But both Gruden and Allen said they have good dialogue and are generally on the same page when it comes to free agents and draft prospects.

“Whoever will say there’s no communication has never been in our offices,” Allen said. “I see Jay 12 times a day, Doug sees him 12 to 15 times a day, everyone sees Eric Schaffer 12 times a day, I talk to the defensive coaches eight times a day. We have breakfast, lunch together every day.

We spend more time together than we do our families.”

Gruden said he knew Collins

was the team’s No. 1 priority in free agency and brushed off the idea that he was unaware the team was close to signing him.

He said that he might not always know that Schaffer had reached an agreement with a player late at night, and that he would hear about the move the next morning.

Gruden then referred to a room full of coaches at the media session.

“I think every coach in here — if you really poll them — they all want total control, but there’s only one of them in here that has it, right?” Gruden said in an apparent reference to the Patriots’ Bill Belichick.

UFC superstar Conor McGregor, 30, said early Tuesday he would retire from MMA, abruptly ending a remarkable career.

“I’ve decided to retire from the sport formally known as ‘Mixed Martial Art’ today,” the former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion tweeted. Later Tuesday, The New York Times reported that police in his native Ireland are investigating a sexual assault claim against him that was lodged in December. McGregor, who was arrested twice in the U.S. in recent years, retired for two days in 2016. He hasn’t been very active lately.

His only fight in 2017 was a loss to Floyd Mayweather in the richest fight in boxing history. In 2018, he lost his only UFC fight.

(TWP/EXPRESS)

LES CARPENTER (THE WASHINGTON POST)

JUST SIX PICKS IN THREE YEARS

Gruden gives Norman modest praise

When the Redskins signed Josh Norman in 2016, they made him the NFL’s highest-paid cornerback. Coach Jay Gruden was asked Tuesday at the owners’ meetings if he thought Washington has gotten superstar play for superstar money. “I think from interceptions and all that I think you can say maybe no,” Gruden said of Norman, who in three seasons has six picks, none for scores. “ ... [B]ut I will say this: I’m glad we got him.” (TWP)

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The faces of Maryland’s Shakira Austin and her UCLA opponents show how the game trended in the second half.

Maryland starts slowly, exits tournament early More first-half malaise dooms Terps against UCLA in second round MARYLAND The death knell for the Maryland women’s basketball season probably came in the final 30 seconds of Monday’s tight NCAA Tournament game at Xfinity Center.

It could have been when junior Blair Watson was called for a foul and UCLA took a four-point lead with 24 seconds left. Or maybe it was the Terrapins’ two missed shots after that, or freshman Shakira Austin’s errant free throw with eight seconds to go.

But ask the third-seeded Terrapins, and they will say No. 6 seed UCLA’s 85-80 upset was sealed in the first half. The

Bruins came out with more precision and more energy, especially on the glass.

That malaise at the start — something Maryland exhibited in Big Ten Conference play — had the Terrapins playing catch-up early in the second half and altered the complexion of the game down the stretch.

“We learned a lot,” said Terps guard Kaila Charles, who had a team-high 23 points. “We learned that we can’t come out slow — especially not in the tournament, in March.”

The Terps (29-5) were eliminated in the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year, the first time that happened since 2004-05, the two years before the team’s national title run.

While UCLA (22-12) advanced to its fourth consecutive Sweet 16 — where the Bruins will meet No. 2 seed Connecticut on Friday in Albany, N.Y. — Maryland was left to a quiet locker room consumed by tears and apologies to the team’s lone senior, Brianna Fraser.

They did the best that they could,” Fraser said. “I said there’s really no need to apologize.”

The Terrapins will return nine of 10 players next year and add four heralded freshmen.

That will give coach Brenda Frese a full roster for the first time in two seasons — ever since three players, including current Oregon State star Destiny Slocum, transferred from the program in 2017.

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The Capitals-Hurricanes and Wizards-Lakers games Tuesday ended after Express’ deadline

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Club has one roster spot up in air as opener nears The Nationals, who must set their 25-man roster today, optioned reliever Austen Williams and infielder Adrian Sanchez to Class AAA Fresno on Tuesday. Because utility man Howie Kendrick is hurt, versatile infielder Jake Noll could get the final roster spot for the season opener against the Mets on Thursday at Nationals Park. Noll, a rookie, hit .320 this spring. (TWP) MLB

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Real Madrid will return to FedEx Field on July 23 to play Arsenal in a heavyweight preseason clash, people familiar with the planning said. The match is part of the International Champions Cup, an annual tour by many of soccer’s most famous clubs. Last summer, Real Madrid defeated Juventus 3-1 before 71,597 at FedEx Field. (TWP)

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COMING SOON

The building has 34 one- and two-bedroom units, and larger two-bedroom units also have a study. The condo units are on the second to fifth floors.

“There are no cookie-cutter units because the units don’t stack one above the other. Some floor plans are similar, but they’re all different from one another,” says Chris Masters, executive vice president of McWilliams Ballard, the company handling sales for the developer.

Short will move into her unit soon. “I only live three blocks away so this will be the shortest move in history,” she says.

Her unit was sold as a threebedroom, but she wanted to maximize the living area, so she took down the wall between one bedroom and the living room to make a great room. “I’ll never sit at a desk in the third bedroom when I can be sitting in a living room looking at the Capitol,” she says.

While the skyline surrounding Nationals Park has an abundance of construction cranes, many of the developments are apartments. For those who prefer to buy, sales will begin soon at a condo that provides direct views into Nationals Park. Envy at 70 N St. SE, a 127-unit high-rise condo, will include a roof terrace for residents with views into the park for baseball games and concerts. Some of the studio, one- and two-bedroom condos will also feature views into the stadium.

The condos will have 10-foot ceilings, floorto-ceiling windows with roller shades, hardwood floors, Bosch appliances, porcelain tile in the showers and smart home technology. Some will include a balcony.

Prices are anticipated to be from the low to mid-$400,000s up to more than $1 million for two penthouse units.

Sales are scheduled to begin this month.

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The condos above the newly renovated Frager’s Hardware include wide-plank flooring, recessed lighting and motorized roller window shades.

The tools of a new home Newly rebuilt after a fire, Frager’s Hardware now comes with condo units on top CONDO SPOTLIGHT Visitors to Capitol Hill may be looking for such landmarks as the Library of Congress or the Supreme Court. But people who live there are more likely headed to other destinations.

For many years, a popular spot among the locals was Frager’s Hardware, at 11th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue SE — a two-story yellow brick building offering hardware, paint and household sundries. Then in early June 2013, fire devastated the building, the business and many loyal customers.

“I used to be a customer at Frager’s. I bought my Christmas tree there,” Andrea Short says.

Kyle Erickson remembers the store as “a staple of the neighborhood. Everyone came here.”

Now, Short and Erickson both

have a hand in a multi-use project that is bringing Frager’s — which has operated elsewhere since the fire — back to its former Pennsylvania Avenue address.

Erickson is the construction manager for Grunley Construction, the general contractor for the Penn Eleven development.

Short bought one of Penn Eleven’s condominium units.

“Frager’s wanted to return to the site, and we were thrilled to be able to return Frager’s to their historic location on 11th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue SE,” says Adam M. Peters, executive vice president of Perseus TDC, the development company. Frager’s has already moved its garden center there from E Street SE, and the rest of the store is expected to follow next month.

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Gary Clark Jr.’s song “This Land” addresses racism faced by the Texas-based blues rocker.

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Lucy Rose finds the right words

Underneath ‘This Land’ Gary Clark Jr. confronts racism head-on with his new album’s provocative title track MUSIC Gary Clark Jr. has created a lot of conversation with “This Land,” the provocative first song off his latest album of the same name, released last month.

In the angry blues-rock song, he recounts racial epithets hurled his way and other racist taunts before he defiantly asserts that he too is “America’s son.” In the accompanying video, young black children confront racist imagery, including a noose.

Clark says the song was sparked after he sensed a change in his Austin, Texas, neighborhood during the 2016 presidential election campaign between Hillary Clinton and eventual victor Donald Trump. Then a confrontation with a neighbor

prompted him to write it.

“I would be driving home and I would see a lot more Trump signs than Clinton. Things in the news, there started to be conversation — something shifted,” says the 35-year-old musician. “I’m not going to try and explain all of it, but you could see it in the news and what the narrative was. Having two young ones, it kind of made me concerned about what we were getting into.”

Clark says the neighbor met him outside the home he’d recently purchased and told him there was no way he — a black man — could be its owner.

“I had to deal with something out in front of my house — I’m going to check the mail and I’m with my kid and I’m confronted

by racism at my front door,” Clark says. “And I’m like, ‘Man, what time is it? What day is it?

Where are we?’

“I think it was something I was just sitting on for a while. I was taught to just be quiet and let things pass. And I was just tired of it. It’s like, I’m here, we are here. Strong, confident, we’re not going anywhere.”

Clark now has two children with his wife, Nicole Trunfio, a white Australian model. So he laughs at Twitter trolls who have called his latest song “reverse racism.”

“How? Do you see my wife and my children?” Clark says.

“Look at my band. We look like the Village People. There’s somebody from everywhere. Out of

darkness comes the light. So with the rest of the album, there are brighter notes. And the idea is hope and love and just showing love to people.”

The genre-hopping artist says he crafted the rest of his album with a hip-hop producer’s mindset, sampling from a range of musical styles, crafting lyrics about politics and his personal life.

“In my mind, I’m trying to be like Dr. Dre, [J] Dilla, DJ Premier, RZA, the Wu-Tang Clan. I love that stuff,” he says. “In the studio, there’s so many options. … It’s like, man, let’s just have fun with it all. So that’s how I approached it. I just didn’t care.

I just want to make what I feel.

You can call it what you want, but I call it music.” RYAN PEARSON (AP)

“Conversation don’t come easy,” Lucy Rose softly sings on the opening track of her new album. “But I’ve got a lot to say.” It’s the perfect start to the England-based folk artist’s gentle yet salient album “No Words Left,” which came out Friday. The masterfully mixed album’s primary aesthetic feels stripped down, but with the added color of brass and strings elevating the composition. The record is also carefully paced. The instrumental track “Just a Moment” begins like a lullaby, the guitar softly strumming in. With peaceful interludes, like that track and the appropriately named “No Words Left (Pt. 1),” the album never forces itself along.

Rather, it flows gently and patiently.

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“Someone says to me like, ‘Oh, Batman killed a guy!’

I’m like, ‘F---, really? … Wake the f--- up!’ ” ZACK SNYDER, in a recent Q&A, defending his violent take on Batman in “Batman v Superman” and “Justice League.” “It’s a

cool point of view to be like, ‘My heroes are still innocent,’ ” Snyder added. “But you’re living in a f---ing dream world.”

Hugh Dancy cast in final season of “Homeland”

FX renews “Better Things” for fourth season

“Band’s Visit” songwriter David Yazbek joins “Princess Bride” stage musical

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‘Becoming’ is already one of the best-selling memoirs of all time BOOKS Sales of Michelle Obama’s memoir “Becoming” continue to skyrocket. According to publisher Penguin Random House, the book has sold more than 10 million copies — including hardcover, audiobooks and e-books — since its November release.

That puts it near the top, if not the pinnacle, of memoir sales for all time.

Markus Dohle, Penguin Random House’s chief executive, told The Wall Street Journal, “I’m not aware, in my personal

experience with Penguin Random House, that we ever sold 10 million units of a memoir.”

The former first lady’s book had already broken records.

“Becoming” sold an astounding 725,000 copies on its first day and 2 million copies in North America within 15 days of its release, making it the fastestselling book of 2018. Presales ensured that “Becoming” was the top-selling book on Amazon even before its release date.

Shortly after publication, it also became a No. 1 seller abroad, in Britain, Germany and Greece, among many other countries.

The success of the book has been bolstered by a book tour to end all book tours, which has

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Michelle Obama’s book tour has taken her to arenas across the country.

taken Obama to arenas around the country, including Washington’s Tacoma Dome, where she spoke to more than 18,000

people Sunday, according to the Tacoma News Tribune. Her stops have been star-studded, featuring Oprah Winfrey, Reese

Fox renews “9-1-1,” “The Resident” for third seasons

Witherspoon and Sarah Jessica Parker, and Sunday was no different: Jimmy Kimmel interviewed Obama, while Ciara and Eddie Vedder made appearances.

Fans have been drawn to the events to see a more candid side of Obama, and she has rewarded her crowds by being honest about her challenges as the nation’s first African-American first lady.

“For eight years, I don’t think I took a full breath because everything mattered,” Obama said during her stop in Tacoma. “We couldn’t slip up.”

Leaving the White House was a huge relief, she said. It’s also been a hugely successful career move. STEPHANIE MERRY (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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AN INSTAGRAM COMMENTER, weighing in after Gwyneth Paltrow posted a photo of herself and her daughter Apple, 14, on Instagram on Monday. Apple was not happy, and let it be known in public. “Mom we have discussed this,” she wrote. “You may not post anything without my consent.” Her discomfort sparked a discussion about children’s right to privacy on the internet, especially those with famous parents.

“I’m buying tickets to see ‘Avengers: Endgame’ and scheduling a meeting with my therapist for directly after. ... Lord knows I’ll need a shoulder to cry on.”

“$1.5 million [dollar] house, a 5 Series BMW and three vacations a year.

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“Gonna start saying ‘You were at my wedding Denise’ to everyone who has ever wronged me.”

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budget breakdown shared on Twitter Tuesday by CNBC. The article described a couple who make $500,000 a year and still feel “average.” Their expenses — such as $18,000 for three vacations, car payments on a BMW and $9,500 a year on clothes for their family of four — did not strike many people as “average.” “ ‘What’s left’ is a funny way to name a surplus after food, expenses, vacations,” @ghod tweeted.

Meghan McCain inadvertently coined a new meme by responding to conservative commentator Denise McAllister, who tweeted Tuesday: “Can someone explain to me the purpose of ‘The View’?” McCain, a ‘View’ co-star, responded by saying, “You were at my wedding Denise.” People instantly embraced it. “I genuinely cannot get enough of this dumb meme,” @1followernodad tweeted.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) You are impressed with how someone handles a tricky situation. In the future, you’ll want to try his or her method yourself.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You may have to cut short a journey today because someone doesn’t do what he or she is supposed to do. The future takes on a strange hue.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Someone may wish you good luck, but you have a sneaking suspicion it isn’t sincere.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Others are looking out for you today, but you must also look out for yourself. There are certain dangers you must avoid.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You may

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TUESDAY’S SOLUTION

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You can make something happen today by remaining on the front lines and directing the actions of others.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Someone introduces you to a new way of thinking about key topics. Might this spark a change? That’s up to you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You may have to stop what you’re doing more than once today to deal with a situation you thought had been avoided. Did you overlook something?

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You are trying to accomplish something that has never been done — and others are eager to see you succeed.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You’ve been through a lot lately, but perhaps you don’t feel you have much to show for it. The truth is, you are very much changed.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Insist on getting the truth from someone who was in the thick of things when they went bad. You need the facts in order to fix the problem.

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1964: Alaska is hit by a magnitude 9.2 earthquake (the strongest on record in North America) and tsunamis that together claim about 130 lives.

1968: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man to orbit the Earth in 1961, dies when his MiG-15 jet crashes during a routine training flight near Moscow; he was 34.

1977: In aviation’s worst disaster, 583 people are killed when a KLM Boeing 747, attempting to take off in heavy fog, crashes into a Pan Am 747 on an airport runway on the Canary Island of Tenerife.

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Wait a minute, did Justin just say ‘father’?

Where Yeezys pass as formal church wear Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West recently started a weekly worship service, the Daily Mail reported on Sunday.

According to the British tabloid, the couple has hosted their private Sunday event at an undisclosed location in Los Angeles since January, with stars such as Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, Tyler, the Creator and Courtney Love attending services. (EXPRESS)

Justin Bieber announced Monday via Instagram that he’s taking a break from music to focus on his mental health. “I’ve toured my whole teenage life, and early 20s, I realized and as you guys probably saw I was unhappy last tour and I don’t deserve that and you don’t deserve that,” he wrote, referring to his “Purpose” world tour that he canceled in 2017.

“I am now very focused on repairing some of the deep rooted issues that I have as most of us have, so that I don’t fall apart, so that I can sustain my marriage and be the father I want to be.” The singer, who married model Hailey Baldwin last year, also noted that he planned to return to music eventually. (EXPRESS)

And now, baby news that isn’t cause for celebration

Keanu finds new calling as California tour guide

Wendy Williams’ husband, Kevin Hunter, has allegedly welcomed a child with reported mistress Sharina Hudson, according to E! News. The outlet confirmed Monday that Hudson was discharged from a Philadelphia hospital Sunday, but could not confirm if Hunter was the child’s father. Page Six reported that Williams was rushed Monday to a hospital after drinking. (EXPRESS)

Keanu Reeves’ flight from San Francisco to Burbank, Calif., made an emergency landing over the weekend, forcing him and his fellow passengers to take a van to Los Angeles, Page Six reported. Once Reeves’ United flight was diverted to Bakersfield, Calif., due to a mechanical issue, witnesses said that he helped to coordinate travel arrangements for the group. In the van, Reeves played country music and recited facts about Bakersfield. (EXPRESS)

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