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A woman applying for a job at a New Hampshire county jail was arrested when it turned out that she was wanted in Maine. Police say Kristina Hoefs, of Manchester, applied for a job Friday at the Hillsborough County Department of Corrections. But workers soon realized she was being sought on a theft-related offense in Maine.

Hoefs was taken into custody and scheduled for arraignment. (AP)

Officials at a South Carolina resort are looking for the people who harassed an 11-foot alligator by throwing carrots at him, calling the action “a new level of stupid.” The Fripp Island Resort Activity Center posted about the harassment Friday on its Facebook page, noting that it has a description of the offenders. The potential fine is $200 per carrot.

Wildlife experts say most alligator attacks occur when humans feed, poke or swim near gators. (AP)

A naked jogger surprised Baltimore commuters during Monday’s morning rush hour, The Baltimore Sun reported. The man eschewed both clothes and shoes as he trotted past a hospital and a courthouse. Witnesses said he didn’t seem lost or confused. Police spokeswoman Detective Nicole Monroe said officers drove up the street in response to 911 calls, but the man had disappeared, evading an indecent-exposure charge. (AP)

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Hiccups over ‘Hamilton’ CULTURE After two years of waiting, three waves of tickets sales, tens of thousands of individual purchasers and about 250,000 actual seats, “Hamilton” has made its mark on Washington.

Most of the tickets to the blockbuster musical about Alexander Hamilton have been sold, but the Kennedy Center’s handling of sales has been marked by confusion and complaints, with many patrons struggling to buy tickets to the 14-week run, which opens June 12.

Many standing in line outside the Kennedy Center for the March 26 general sale — the final round, after subscribers and members — grumbled about the way tickets were being distributed. Many members who hadn’t been able to get tickets at the early-access sale in February came back for a second try.

The biggest complaint was that the Kennedy Center encouraged buying a membership to get tickets, but then there weren’t enough tickets to satisfy them.

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Patrons have struggled to buy tickets to the 14-week run, opening June 12.

“Why the secrecy?

Did they sell 200,000 tickets to members? How much chance do we really have?”

“We were told to become a member and get first crack at the tickets until they sold out — not until they cut them off arbitrarily,” Carol Burnett of Arlington said.

Kennedy Center officials declined repeated requests for comment about the sales. They would not disclose how many members were eligible for priority pre-sale and how many tickets had been set aside for them.

Other members complained that the arts center manipulated

CAROL BURNETT, an Arlington resident, who was able to get four “Hamilton” tickets after seven hours in line at the Kennedy Center, but still thought the arts center handled the ticket process “horribly”

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them into buying premium seats — which topped out at more than $700 each if purchased online — because they thought it was their only opportunity. But a month later, many $99-to-$199 tickets were still available.

“They were offering [priority sale] as a benefit,” said one member, who asked not to be identified because he felt tricked into buying the premium tickets. “But if I’m purchasing tickets that are undesirable, how is having early access to them helpful?”

Kennedy Center officials say that some “limited-view” tickets can still be purchased in person or by phone and that $625 premium seats are available for many shows.

But that price is out of reach for many, including Nora Carroll of Silver Spring. Carroll received a Kennedy Center membership for Christmas, but after spending two days tied to her iPad trying to get tickets, she came away empty-handed. Both times, she said, only premium tickets were available.

“I assumed the members would wipe them out,” she said of the first sale. “More transparency would have been a nice thing.”

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local Laws aim to stabilize insurance costs and add to students’ safety MARYLAND Gov. Larry Hogan signed legislation Tuesday that takes a unique approach to stabilize health insurance rates in the state health care exchange’s troubled individual market.

The bill taps about $380 million that health insurance companies no longer have to pay in federal taxes due to changes in the federal tax code to help prevent rising premiums for about 150,000 people. A separate bill the governor already has signed

creates a long-term plan to preserve the exchange through a reinsurance program.

Reinsurance sets aside money to help insurance companies cover the most expensive medical claims. Several states have created reinsurance programs, but Maryland is the first to fund it this way.

Hogan, a Republican, praised bipartisan work with House Speaker Michael Busch and Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, who are both Democrats. Hogan contrasted the work across political aisles in Annapolis with inaction in partisan Washington.

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“Our No. 1 priority was health care — to make sure that people that had health insurance would continue to have health insurance,” Busch said.

Hogan also signed a bill to create statewide standards for school safety. It requires standardized training and certification for school resource officers. It also requires each school system in Maryland to develop assessment teams to identify students whose behavior could pose a threat. BRIAN WITTE (AP)

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Test scores in the region fail to rise much EDUCATION The Washington region’s fourth- and eighth-graders made no substantial gains on national math and reading tests in 2017.

The scores on the National Assessment of Education Progress administered by the federal government highlight a persistent achievement gap between white and minority students and show just how difficult it can be to boost student achievement on standardized tests.

Nationally, 36 percent of fourth-graders were considered proficient in reading and 40 percent reached this threshold in math on the 2017 exam, according to data released Tuesday by the National Center for Education Statistics. Thirtysix percent of eighth-graders were considered proficient in reading, and 34 percent in math.

Virginia outperformed the national average, and Maryland stood out in its fourth-grade reading scores but was otherwise on par with outcomes across the country. D.C.’s scores continued to trail those of other urban school districts.

But D.C. education leaders remained optimistic and noted that students have made notable improvements over the past decade and are inching closer to national averages.

“I’m still feeling very confident in the growth that we have made,” said Amanda Alexander, the sa interim chancellor of D.C. Public int Schools. (THE WASHINGTON POST) Sch

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local Passengers will be able to use phones for train and bus fares next year TRANSPORTATION Metro plans to allow customers to pay their train and bus fares with their mobile phones by the end of 2019, the transit agency announced Tuesday.

The agency is upgrading its fare boxes, fare gates and fare vending machines — adding new hardware that will allow customers to use the same tap-and-go technology with their phones

that they use with SmarTrip cards.

The upgrades will be finished sometime next year, Metro said, though it’s unclear how many riders will immediately have access to the system.

Each mobile payment platform (such as Apple Pay or Google Pay) must separately work with Metro to ensure that the platform’s technology meets the transit agency’s standards for speedy transactions.

The fare payment system revamp — including planned upgrades to all the system’s fare

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system is launched, passengers will continue to be able to use their SmarTrip cards.

“Mobile fare payment is the future of transit, giving customers the ability simply to tap their phone and go, all without stopping at a fare vending machine or using a separate card,” Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld said.

Metro also is developing an app that will allow riders to more easily monitor their SmarTrip account, add to the existing balance, and get more information about fares and service.

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THE DISTRICT | Life-sized cutouts depicting Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in “Fix Fakebook” shirts are displayed Tuesday by advocacy group Avaaz in front of the Capitol. The display came ahead of Zuckerberg’s appearance before a Senate joint hearing.

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Authorities say a woman riding Metro was sexually assaulted on board a Red Line train at 10:30 p.m. on a Gill Saturday, and the alleged assailant was arrested. The woman told Metro Transit Police that the man forced her into various sexual acts after she boarded the train at the Rockville Station on March 31. Both later switched trains, finally exiting at Shady Grove station, where police arrested Orin Gill, 25, and authorities took the victim to the hospital. Gill was arrested on charges including second-degree rape. (AP)

A man has been sentenced to 364 days in prison for stealing hundreds of World War II war relics, including the dog tags of fallen servicemen, from the National Archives in Maryland and peddling them to unwitting buyers. Antonin DeHays, of Normandy, France, was also ordered Monday to pay more than $43,000 in restitution to the buyers. A historian, DeHays used his researcher identification card to access hundreds of artifacts. He stole hundreds dog tags and other records including personal photos dating to World War II. He made thousands selling the pilfered items from 2012 to 2017. (THE WASHINGTON POST/AP)

A Howard University law student is suing the university, alleging it allowed him to become the scapegoat for a financial aid scandal gripping the institution. The lawsuit filed by Tyrone Hankerson Jr. also names Howard’s president, Wayne A.I. Frederick, as a defendant.

The complaint was filed Monday, court records indicate. A Howard representative said in a statement that the university does not comment on pending litigation. In their latest report on the alleged financial misdeeds, Howard officials Monday said six former employees misappropriated $369,000 in financial aid from 2011 to 2016. (TWP)

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The “rethink” is needed because of statistics like those the Government Accountability Office released.

“Black students, boys, and students with disabilities were disproportionately disciplined

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is leading a panel to study — and likely roll back — a disciplinary approach implemented by the Obama administration.

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Trump’s marching orders to a commission led by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos make it clear that he doesn’t think much of President Obama’s

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bolstered Obama’s effort.

Although DeVos has not announced a decision on what the commission will recommend, the direction was essentially mandated by Trump when he formed the commission.

Part of the pushback against the Trump administration’s anticipated repeal is a Capitol Hill briefing today hosted by two Virginia Democrats, Rep. A. Donald McEachin and Bobby Scott, the ranking member on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

A press release said the briefing will focus “on the importance of preserving critical civil rights protections for students in light of recent hostile scrutiny from the Trump administration and congressional Republicans.”

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MIDDLE EAST The international chemical weapons watchdog said Tuesday it was sending a fact-finding mission to the Syrian town where a suspected chemical gas attack took place over the weekend, following a request from the Syrian government and its Russian backers that appeared to be aimed at averting punitive Western military action.

It was not immediately clear whether the announcement would delay or prevent a U.S. strike in Syria. President Trump has vowed to respond “forcefully” to Saturday’s attack on civilians in the town of Douma, hours before rebels agreed to surrender it, and warned that Russia — or any other nation found to share responsibility — will “pay a price.”

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said a fact-finding mission was “preparing to deploy to Syria shortly,” though it did not give a more precise timetable.

Trump on Tuesday canceled plans to travel to South America later this week, choosing to stay in the U.S. to manage the response to the events in Syria.

The White House said he later spoke with British Prime Minister Theresa May and the two “agreed not to allow the use of

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Medical workers treat toddlers after an alleged poison gas attack in Douma.

Kremlin warns of war The U.S. contemplation of strikes on Russian ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria is prompting speculation among people close to the Kremlin that such a move could touch off a wider conflict. One scholar who advises the Russian Defense Ministry even raised the specter of “World War III.” A new article from a top Kremlin aide declared Russia must prepare for a century of “geopolitical solitude” and that its “epic journey toward the West” was over, referencing recent sanctions. (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Adding to the tensions, Iran, a strong ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, threatened to respond to an airstrike on a Syrian military base that the Syrian government, Russia and Iran have blamed on Israel. Seven Iranians were among the estimated 14 people killed in the strike, which happened a day after the alleged chemical attack.

At the United Nations, meanwhile, Russia vetoed a U.S.drafted U.N. resolution that would have condemned the suspected gas attack and established a new body to determine responsibility for Syrian chemical weapons attacks. Bolivia joined Russia in voting “no,” and China abstained.

Before allegations of sexual harassment, Jay Asher and Sherman Alexie were facing different criticisms.

Asher’s “Thirteen Reasons Why” and Alexie’s “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” top the American Library Association’s list of “challenged” books from 2017, those most objected to by parents and other community members.

The list also includes Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” and one of last year’s top-selling young adult novels, Angie Thomas’ “The Hate U Give.” Complaints about books on the list range from the theme of suicide in “Thirteen Reasons Why” to sexual content in Alexie’s book. ook. (AP (AP)

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The amount a federal district court in California awarded a woman who claimed in a civil lawsuit that her ex-boyfriend spread naked images of her online, CNN reports. It’s believed to be the second-largest payout for a revenge porn victim who is not a celebrity. There are no federal laws against revenge porn, and a separate criminal case filed in 2014 was later dropped. The woman resorted to copyrighting her breasts to get the photos taken off the internet. (EXPRESS) Yuliya Skripal, daughter of poisoned Russian former spy, released from British hospital

Stocks up after China declares reduced tariffs ECONOMY Stocks jumped Tuesday after Chinese President Xi Jinping said Beijing would reduce tariffs on imported cars and improve intellectual property protection, steps that could ease trade tensions.

Xi’s proposals could help the U.S. and China resolve their differences and avert a trade dispute that slows down global commerce. The dialing back of tensions helped send the price of crude oil up 3.3 percent.

“The market’s increasing expectation is that the two sides will sit down now,” said Paul Christopher, head of global market strategy for the Wells Fargo Investment Institute.

The Dow gained 428.90 points, or 1.8 percent, to 24,408.

Speaking at a business conference, Xi promised changes in some areas that the U.S. has identified as priorities.

He didn’t address other thorny topics, including requirements for foreign companies to give technology to potential local competitors.

Technology companies have made some of the biggest swings on the market during the trade spat. If trade conditions get worse, they might face higher costs and lower sales.

The U.S. has proposed tariffs on at least $150 billion worth of products made in China, and China has said it could put tariffs on $50 billion in goods imported from the U.S. MARLEY JAY (AP)

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Zuckerberg testifies on Hill TECHNOLOGY Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg disclosed Tuesday his company is “working with” special counsel Robert Mueller in the federal probe of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign — and working hard to change its own operations after the harvesting of users’ private information by a Trump campaign-affiliated data-mining company.

The founder of the social media giant publicly apologized for his company’s errors in failing to better protect the personal information of its millions of users, a controversy that has brought a flood of bad publicity and sent the company’s stock value plunging.

He seemed to achieve a measure of success: Facebook shares surged 4.5 percent Tuesday, the biggest daily gain in two years.

Zuckerberg told the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees that he has not been personally interviewed by Mueller’s team, but said, “I know we’re working with them.” He offered no details, citing a concern about confidentiality rules of the probe.

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CEO says Facebook is working with Mueller on Russia investigation

Senators, including John Thune, R-S.D., right, questioned Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg about Cambridge Analytica’s access to users’ data.

Earlier this year, Mueller charged 13 Russian individuals and three companies in a plot to interfere in the 2016 presidential election through a social media propaganda effort that included ad purchases — some

on Facebook — using U.S. aliases.

On Tuesday, Zuckerberg said it had been “clearly a mistake” to believe the data-mining company Cambridge Analytica had deleted user data that it had harvested in an attempt to sway elections. He

said Facebook had considered the data collection “a closed case” because it thought the information had been discarded. Facebook also didn’t alert the Federal Trade Commission, Zuckerberg said, adding that it would handle the situation differently today.

He began with a public apology for the way Facebook handled the mining of its users’ data. He took responsibility for failing to prevent Cambridge Analytica, which was affiliated with Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, from gathering personal information from 87 million users.

Zuckerberg is to testify today before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Many of the senators’ questions seemed to focus on Facebook’s basic functions and settings. There was little time for tough follow-ups. That let Zuckerberg tell the lawmakers that his people would get back to them with more information.

Lawmakers also pushed for greater regulation of Facebook and the entire technology industry to better protect consumers’ data.

“I’m not the type of person who thinks that all regulation is bad,” Zuckerberg said. He called for a “full conversation about what is the right regulation.” MARY CLARE JALONICK AND BARBARA ORTUTAY (AP)

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All six people aboard a small plane were killed when it crashed on a golf course in a Phoenix suburb shortly after taking off from the Scottsdale Airport, police said Tuesday. The identities of those killed in the Monday night crash have yet to be released. The plane went down on the TPC Scottsdale Champions Golf Course. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the crash. (AP)

A conservative commentator who tweeted that he would use “a hot poker” to sexually assault a survivor of the Florida school shooting has resigned from a St. Louis TV station and been taken off the radio. Businesses pulled ads from Jamie Allman’s shows after the March 26 tweet targeting David Hogg, who’s pushed for stricter gun control since 17 people were killed at his school. (AP)

A British scientist has made an enlightening discovery about Atlantic puffins — under ultraviolet lights, their bills glow like glow sticks. Ornithologist Jamie Dunning made the discovery this year when he tried shining a UV light on a puffin carcass. Now, to safely test for the effect on live puffins, Dunning has had sunglasses made for the birds, CBC reported. (EXPRESS)

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Traffickers use Facebook to sell animal parts TECHNOLOGY Facebook is displaying advertisements for well-known American corporations on group pages operated by overseas wildlife traffickers illegally selling the body parts of threatened animals, including elephant ivory, rhino horn and tiger teeth.

In a secret complaint filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, wildlife preservation advocates allege that Facebook’s failure to stop illicit traders from using its service for illegal activity violates the social network’s responsibilities as a publicly traded company.

Facebook didn’t comment.

Its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, was testifying on Capitol Hill on Tuesday about other issues.

Facebook is one of 20 tech companies that last month joined the Global Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online. Weeks after the announcement, an AP reporter was able to see scores of internationally banned wildlife products for sale in public and private Facebook groups, most based in Southeast Asia.

Among the items available were belts made from what appeared to be the fur of Bengal tigers, a critically endangered species with only about 2,500 still living in the wild. Also advertised were horns from black rhinos, a species heavily targeted by poachers with about 5,000 still roaming Africa.

Negotiations over price and delivery are often initiated over Facebook Messenger. MICHAEL BIESECKER AND MICHAEL LIEDTKE (AP)

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sued in France for complicity in torture in Yemen

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nation+world Bossert leaves one day after Bolton begins as national security chief POLITICS White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert resigned Tuesday, another departure from the Trump administration during a chaotic few months.

Bossert, a favorite of chief of staff John Kelly, announced he was leaving a day after national security adviser John Bolton began the job. Bossert’s resignation was requested by Bolton, according to

two people familiar with the situation who requested anonymity.

Bossert and former national security adviser H.R. McMaster feuded bitterly throughout their White House tenure in meetings that often devolved into shouting, according to people familiar with their relationship who requested anonymity. McMaster and others were particularly frustrated that Bossert was slow to move with a strategy to both defend the U.S. and punish Russia for its efforts to undermine the U.S. elections.

There was widespread frustration in the White House that

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Bossert’s office had failed to produce strategies to deal with counterterrorism and cyberactivities.

Bossert joins a growing list of officials who have left the administration in recent months as the historically high staff turnover rate continues under Trump.

So far this year, the president has changed his secretary of state, national security adviser, veterans affairs secretary, CIA director, chief economic adviser, staff secretary, communications director and members of his legal team. JOSH DAWSEY AND GREG JAFFE (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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threats to Trump. Karen McDougal, a former Playboy playmate who said she had an affair with Trump in 2006, said she sold her story to the National Enquirer. McDougal said the Enquirer “worked secretly with Mr. Trump’s personal ‘fixer’ ” to suppress her story.

However, the payment to Stormy Daniels thrust Cohen into the full glare of scrutiny.

Daniels has said she also had a sexual relationship with Trump in 2006. Trump has denied it.

Daniels told her story in 2011 to In Touch magazine, but employees said they withheld the story after Cohen threatened to sue.

Last week, asked whether he was aware that Cohen had paid $130,000 to Daniels, Trump said he did not know about it. Cohen did not comment. Instead, he tweeted, “A person who deserves my loyalty receives it. I will always protect our @POTUS.”

POLITICS Federal prosecutors investigating President Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, are seeking records related to two women who received payments in 2016 after alleging affairs with Trump years ago — adult-film star Stormy Daniels (left) and ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal (right), according to a person familiar with the matter.

The interest in both Daniels and McDougal indicates that federal investigators are trying to determine whether there was a broader pattern among Trump associates to buy the silence of women whose accounts could harm the president’s electoral chances and whether any crimes were committed in doing so, the person said.

The high stakes of the case were underscored by the involvement of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who personally approved the move to seek a search warrant for Cohen’s records, said two people familiar with the matter.

Rosenstein’s role has infuriated Trump, who was left “stunned” and “livid” by the aggressive move by prosecutors Monday, according to an outside adviser.

Cohen, Trump’s longtime attorney, is under federal investigation for possible bank fraud, wire fraud and campaign finance violations, The Washington Post reported Monday. DEVLIN BARRETT, MATT

MICHAEL KRANISH (THE WASHINGTON POST)

ZAPOTOSKY AND ASHLEY PARKER (TWP)

POLITICS Michael Cohen sums up his closeness with President Trump in one word: “loyalty.”

After setting up a committee in 2011 designed to boost the possibility of a Trump presidential bid, he described his role as “fixer” in this way: “It means that if somebody does something Mr. Trump doesn’t like, I do everything in my power to resolve it to Mr. Trump’s benefit. If you do something wrong, I’m going to come at you, grab you by the neck and I’m not going to let you go until I’m finished.”

Loyalty, he has said, spurred him to regularly threaten lawsuits against those he perceived as threats to Trump. Loyalty, he said, prompted him to use a home equity line of credit to finance a payment of $130,000 to adult-film star Stormy Daniels for her silence.

He even compared himself to Ray Donovan, the fictional television character who fixes problems for the moguls he serves.

Now, in the wake of Monday’s raid by federal agents on his law office, a looming question is whether Cohen went too far in seeking to solve Trump’s problems. The raid was aimed at seizing documents related to the Daniels payment. It was based on a referral to the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York from special counsel Robert

Mueller, who is investigating whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia.

“This is a very, very unique relationship, one that was remarkable,” said Michael Caputo, a former Trump political adviser.

“I’ve never seen someone so loyal to their boss. . . . You don’t get that close to the president without being someone he trusts implicitly.”

Cohen, 51, grew up on Long Island, became a lawyer, served as an intern to a Democratic congressman and went into the New York City taxi business. He simultaneously ran a law office.

His business thrived, but efforts to enter politics failed. His wife, Laura, is a native of Ukraine, and Cohen has said he speaks rudimentary Russian.

By 2001, Cohen, who said he had admired Trump for years, bought his first property in a Trump building. Around 2006, after Trump got to know Cohen through his condo purchases, Cohen became executive vice president and special counsel of the Trump Organization.

Cohen was an early supporter of Trump’s presidential ambitions, creating the 2011 committee called “Should Trump Run?” and flying to the first-caucus state of Iowa to explore the possibility.

After Trump did not run in 2012, Cohen talked regularly with Trump about running in 2016 and became his most public defender.

DREW ANGERER (GETTY IMAGES)

Lawyer — now under federal scrutiny — has staunchly defended Trump for years

Michael Cohen has faced backlash for a $130,000 payment to a porn star.

‘Mess your life up’ When a reporter for The Daily Beast in 2015 quoted a deposition from Trump’s first wife, Ivana, who said she had been “raped” by Trump, Michael Cohen told the reporter, as reported by the website: “You write a story that has Mr. Trump’s name in it, with the word ‘rape,’ and I’m going to mess your life up.” The Daily Beast published the story, prompting Trump’s campaign to say that Cohen “is not affiliated with the campaign.”

Cohen later apologized for saying that a spouse cannot be raped. (TWP)

“Michael Cohen was in every single meeting I attended before the campaign,” Caputo said.

Early last year, Cohen took part in a fleeting discussion of a peace plan between Russia and Ukraine that could have enabled Trump to lift sanctions on Russia.

Cohen, meanwhile, was busy handling a number of potential

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Former understudy will start over Holtby in opener of playoffs NHL Philipp Grubauer walked into the Capitals’ dressing room Tuesday, removing his mask and practice jersey before taking a deep breath as reporters gathered around him. He asked for time to pull on a sweatshirt.

A few stalls over, a teammate chuckled at the scene.

“He must be the starter,” forward Brett Connolly said.

Grubauer ended any speculation, confirming he’d be in the net Thursday at Capital One Arena when Washington opens its postseason against Columbus.

“It’s a privilege to start, for sure,” Grubauer said. “But it’s just like any other game. ... It’s not going to change any of my approach.”

Coach Barry Trotz met with his two goaltenders Monday after he and his staff made the decision.

Ultimately, as impressive as Braden Holtby has been over the past four years, twice a Vezina Trophy finalist and winner of the award for best goaltender in 2016, Grubauer’s body of work since November trumped all else.

After three years as Holtby’s understudy, Grubauer has at least temporarily passed him in the pecking order. This season was expected to be challenging for Holtby after Washington lost three veteran defensemen over the summer. Two rookies were in the lineup for most of the season, and Holtby faced more shots than in any other season under Trotz. Holtby’s play declined in February, when he went 2-5-2 with an .873 save percentage and 4.62 goals against average.

Grubauer started four straight games in March, a period Trotz called a “reset” for Holtby. Trotz started rotating goalies, but the tipping point might have come when Grubauer started April 1 in Pittsburgh. Washington clinched its division as Grubauer made

NICK WASS (AP)

Caps name Grubauer No. 1 goalie Since recording his first win of the season in November, Philipp Grubauer has posted a 1.93 goals against average, best in the NHL over that span.

“I just think that Grubi deserves the opportunity.

Trust me. It wasn’t an easy decision.”

COACH BARRY TROTZ, on naming Philipp Grubauer the starting goalie over Braden Holtby for the Capitals’ playoff opener Thursday.

36 saves in the 3-1 win.

Grubauer started 10 of the Capitals’ last 17 games, going 7-3-0 with a .925 save percentage and a 2.31 goals against average. In the 27 appearances

since he recorded his first win in late November, against the Eastern Conference-best Lightning, Grubauer has been perhaps the steadiest goaltender in the league with a .937 save percentage and a 1.93 goals against average.

While Trotz named Grubauer the starter for Thursday night, he said the team will go “game by game” in its goaltending decisions, inviting speculation that he could switch back to Holtby if Grubauer struggles.

Holtby has started in 59 playoff games for Washington with a 29-30 record, a .932 save percentage and a 2.00 goals against average. ISABELLE KHURSHUDYAN

The Nationals’ Max Scherzer was in vintage form Monday, tossing a complete game on 102 pitches and shutting out the Braves 2-0.

He hurled 95 mph fastballs by hitters in the ninth inning and struck out 10, including the last two batters he faced. He walked none, giving him at least 10 strikeouts without a walk for the 17th time in his career. According to Baseball Reference, only Randy Johnson (36), Curt Schilling (27), Roger Clemens (21), Clayton Kershaw (21) and Pedro Martinez (18) have more such outings. Scherzer also had a single and stole a base. According to MLB.com, Nolan Ryan is the only other pitcher since 1920 to throw a shutout with at least 10 strikeouts and a stolen base in one game. (TWP)

(THE WASHINGTON POST)

CAPITALS

Beagle questionable for Thursday

Unable to join teammates in practice because of an upper-body injury, Jay Beagle skated by himself Tuesday for the second straight day.

That leaves the fourth-line center’s status in doubt for the opening game of the Capitals’ first-round playoff series against the Blue Jackets on Thursday. Center Travis Boyd is also questionable with an illness, so coach Barry Trotz may have to turn to rookie Chandler Stephenson to fill the job. (TWP) Champions League: Roma stuns visiting Barcelona 3-0, advances to semis on away goals after losing 4-1 in first leg

Court files show Kansas, N.C. State named in FBI hoops probe

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D.C. United owner will sell his stake to partner MLS Erick Thohir has agreed to sell his majority stake in D.C. United to partner Jason Levien, who, in turn, has begun assembling a group to invest in the MLS team, sources said Monday night.

Thohir, an Indonesian businessman who has been United’s general partner since July 2012, owns 78 percent of the team’s operating rights but has been seeking to divest for more than a year.

Bloomberg reported that billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong is buying into Levien’s group. SoonShiong, 65, is a former transplant surgeon who has a minority stake in the NBA’s Lakers and in February purchased the Los Angeles Times.

A source close to the talks

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D.C. United majority owner Erick Thohir, left, is selling his stake to partner Jason Levien, middle, who is in talks with Patrick Soon-Shiong to invest.

said that, while Levien and SoonShiong have been in regular contact, the new group is likely to have several investors and might still include Thohir.

Levien’s 22 percent stake in the team is likely to rise to a point that, in a diversified group, he might become the largest shareholder. Even if he is not, Levien is expected to maintain his active role in the team’s operations.

Thohir has been the money man behind United while Levien has served as the face of the investment group. They have

committed about $250 million to build Audi Field, a 20,000-capacity stadium near Nationals Park that will open this summer. (The city contributed $150 million.)

Last summer, Forbes ranked United as the 11th-most valuable MLS franchise at $230 million. United had revenue of $25 million in 2016 but still lost $1 million, Forbes said. One source said the team lost close to $10 million last year. With Audi Field opening, United’s value is expected to rise. STEVEN GOFF (THE WASHINGTON POST)

Audi Field a work in progress three months ahead of debut

Today is the last day of the NBA regular season, and while plenty of seeding is still to be determined, all but one of the 16 playoff spots have been clinched. Karl-Anthony Towns, below, will lead the Timberwolves against the Nuggets tonight in Minneapolis to decide the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference. Both teams are 46-35. The winner faces a first-round matchup with top-seeded Houston, one of only five teams that entered Tuesday with its playoff position set.

Golden State had locked up the No. 2 seed in the West.

In the East, the Raptors and Celtics secured the first and second seeds, respectively, and Indiana was set at No. 5. Whoever wins the game between Portland and Utah tonight will secure the No. 3 seed in the West. (AP)

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Student sues Mich. State over alleged rape in 2015 A woman who attends Michigan State filed a federal lawsuit against the school Monday alleging that three former men’s basketball players sexually assaulted her at an off-campus apartment in 2015 and that university counselors discouraged her from reporting it.

The woman said the players may have drugged her and took turns raping her when she was 18. She and the players are not named in the suit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids. It seeks compensatory and punitive damages. Michigan State has been rocked for months by a sexual assault scandal involving a former sports doctor that now includes his former boss. Three ex-football players also were charged last year with sexual assault. (AP) COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Miami gives Larranaga two-year extension Coach Jim Larranaga, 68, has agreed to a two-year contract extension at Miami through the 2023-24 season, the school announced Tuesday. In seven seasons he has led the Hurricanes to four NCAA tournaments and two Sweet 16s. An FBI corruption probe raised questions about the coach’s relationship with Adidas.

He says he did nothing wrong. (AP) SOUTH AFRICA

STEVEN GOFF (THE WASHINGTON POST)

Pistorius out of appeals for murder sentence

THE DISTRICT | Audi Field, D.C. United’s new home in Southwest Washington, was covered with gravel Monday when the MLS team hosted The Washington Post for a tour. Workers expect to install Bermuda grass in early June, and the opener is scheduled for July 14. Construction costs have swelled to about $400 million.

Morocco appeals FIFA ruling blocking Spain forward Munir El Haddadi from switching allegiance for World Cup

South Africa’s highest court dismissed Olympian Oscar Pistorius’ request Monday to review a 13-year prison sentence for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp, ending a five-year legal saga. Last year, the Supreme Court of Appeal added to Pistorius’ six-year sentence for the murder of Steenkamp, a 29-year-old model whom he shot four times through a locked bathroom door in 2013. The double-amputee runner, 31, claims he mistook his girlfriend for an intruder. (AP)

Notre Dame extends hoops coach Mike Brey through 2024-25

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It’s not just her lyrics that are musical — it’s how she delivers them ALBUM REVIEW American life asks us to pick a lane and stay put, but like Walt Whitman before her, Cardi B contains multitudes to spare. “Is she a stripper, a rapper, a singer?” the 25-year-old asks on her new album, mocking anyone baffled by how an enterprising young loudmouth from the Bronx could graduate from the strip club to a reality TV series, to acquiring a bazillion Instagram followers, to rapping the dizziest song of 2017.

Here’s the important part: While she was playing this incredible game of platform leapfrog, Cardi became one of the greatest talkers of our tim time. Now,

everything she says is music.

In his 1998 book “The Sounds of Poetry,” scholar Robert Pinsky argues that we need to read poetry out loud to really get it, and with that claim, he reminds us that everyday speech is overflowing with hyper-nuanced musicality. “It is almost as if we sing to one another all day,” he writes.

So that makes the demarcation lines in Cardi’s stripperrapper-singer question — which she asks during an aptly oozing song called “Drip” — important.

Like every rapper, Cardi is transmuting speech into music.

But the fact that we were initially introduced to her on VH1’s “Love & Hip-Hop: New York” has changed the way we’ve absorbed her words ever since. We knew Cardi as a reality show talking head first — so hearing her rap

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This allows her to say outrageous things outrageously. Listen to her bounce her consonants and

heave her vowels when she asserts that the “only thing fake is the boobs.” Listen to her brag in hissing staccato: “I say my own name during sex.” Listen to her sneer-snarl about upgrading her smile on “Bodak Yellow,” Cardi’s single from last summer: “Got a bag and fixed my teeth.”

She seems to be telling one long story here — about selfempowerment, beating the odds, transcendence — but the force of Cardi’s narrative resides in the sound of her voice as much uch as it does in her words. You can hear it during the album’s grand and finale, “I Do,” when she asks, ks, “My little 15 minutes lasted ted long as hell, huh?” What a victory speech. Close your eyes yes and you might feel the confetti etti falling on your shoulders, too. oo.

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Lead single “Dancing” is positively Dolly Partonesque, and Minogue goes on to sing about rodeos, drinking-toomuch mates and even a muscle car (“Shelby ‘68”). The lyrics — regret, bad love, hope and yearning — fit a woman who turns 50 this year. “Raining Glitter” is what happens when fingerpicking and disco collide; there is reallyy no way it should work, but it does.

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Country’s ACM Awards debated moving but will remain on the Strip AWARDS For 15 of the last 16 years, the Academy of Country Music Awards have taken place in Las Vegas. The days leading up to the show, held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, are dubbed “The Week Vegas Goes Country” and include multiple concerts around the Las Vegas Strip.

This year, of course, the location takes on new significance as the Reba McEntire-hosted ACM Awards are set to air at 8 p.m. Sunday on CBS: It’s the same place a gunman shot and killed 58 concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest festival in October, the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Jason Aldean, nominated for two ACMs, was on stage when the gunfire began, and countless others who witnessed the violence will be back in Las Vegas for the first time this weekend.

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“It takes a lot of courage and commitment for the artists and industry, many of whom were there that night on those festival grounds dodging bullets, to return to Las Vegas,” says Pete Fisher, ACM chief executive officer.

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“As difficult as it will be for some people, everyone wanted to come back to Vegas,” he says.

Since the tragedy, Fisher says, the ACM’s charitable arm has donated $400,000 to organizations helping the victims, their families and first responders. The show will also feature a tribute to the victims of the horrific attack.

“If we’re going to go back, I think the ACMs are the place,” Aldean recently told Taste of Country. “Because you’re surrounded by all your friends and artists and everybody who is there, and you kind of feel like you have a support system.”

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