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A man arrested for breaking into his mom’s house to steal her traditional New Mexican stew won’t face charges after all. A judge in Albuquerque, N.M., dismissed charges last week against Jonathan Carlos Ray, who was charged in 2015 for the theft of his mother’s pozole. Police said he was arrested after he ignored her orders to stay away from her pozole and ran off with the holiday dish, which is popular in the Southwest and Mexico. (AP)

Charleston, S.C., officials are asking state regulators to reconsider a decision to treat frozen ice pops made with alcohol as food and not liquor. At issue is a business called Booze Pops, which sells frozen alcoholic pops from a van along with nonalcoholic treats for children. Owner Woodrow Norris explained his business model to The Post and Courier: “Mom can get her Martini pop and little Jimmy can get a SpongeBob.” (AP/EXPRESS)

A group of 20-somethings who ran out on a $105 tab Friday returned to pay after a bar in Greenfield, Wis., used Facebook shaming in an effort to collect. The Brass Tap took a no-nonsense stance, saying in a couple of posts, “Come back in and pay or prepare to be prosecuted,” and, “We will be coming for you ...” Local TV then picked up fuzzy surveillance photos. Four of the patrons paid up Sunday and the fifth was expected to pay soon. (AP)

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‘When I make art, I feel free’ PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY The still life of rotting fruit captured the attention of Jon Rudnicki, an admissions counselor for the Maine College of Art who came to Washington last fall to review the portfolios of prospective students. So did the dark self-portrait titled “Slave With Agreement,” which shows artist Rafael Rodriguez, his hands tied with rope. Before Rudnicki realized it, he had spent more than 20 minutes listening to the skinny young man from Prince George’s County talk about isolation, frustration and optimism — far longer than the five minutes he typically allows for student meetings. “The intentionality behind the work was profound. He has a story to tell,” Rudnicki said of Rodriguez, a senior at Northwestern High School who is set to graduate next month. Rudnicki lobbied for his college to admit Rodriguez, 21, who fled violence in his native El Salvador four years ago and entered the U.S. illegally, eventually coming

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Rafael Rodriguez, 21, talks about his work with Northwestern High School art teacher Harolyn Andrews during his senior exhibition Thursday.

to live with an aunt in Maryland. The school offered him a scholarship that would pay nearly half of the annual $35,000 cost for four years. Unlike thousands of other college-age, undocumented immigrants, Rodriguez has a chance to be able to seek federal student loans to cover the rest, thanks to a little-known but increasingly in-demand program (Special Immigrant Juveniles Status) that will give him legal residency — and is easier for young people to

“I know I have the ability … to do what I want and continue my education. But I can’t move forward because my papers come first.” RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ, describing the frustration and uncertainty that he says define his life as he waits for his immigration status to be resolved

access in Maryland than in most of the rest of the country. “When I make art, I feel free,” said Rodriguez, who never painted before coming to the U.S. “I want to get my education to be an art teacher, have my own art studio and teach people from my country the importance of getting an education. That’s the only way things will change there.” Once Rodriguez gets his green card, he can apply for student loans to cover the rest of his art school tuition. He said he will probably defer admission for a year. Maine College of Art has indicated that it will hold his scholarship until he is ready to come. Meanwhile, Rodriguez has completed a workforce training g program, where he studied art while practicing life skills, such as interviewing and public speaking. He unveiled his senior exhibition at Northwestern on Thursday, and will participate in an art show next month. He also wants to apprentice for a local working artist. “I think with God’s help everything will work out,” Rodriguez said. “It’s no small matter for an undocumented student to finish h high school. I am optimistic my papers will come in soon.” ARELIS

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TRANSPORTATION The upside to Metro’s most recent reports on the financial and operational state of the system? Things could be worse. Documents released Monday in advance of this week’s board meeting offer an updated picture on how things are going at Metro — and suggest that things may be stabilizing, ever so slightly. According to Metro’s financial update for July 2016 through March 2017, ridership is down 17 million trips systemwide from the same period the previous fiscal year — a 7 percent decrease. Most of that drop-off came from the rail side. There was a 9 percent decrease in the number of rail trips, a 4 percent decrease in bus trips and a 4 percent increase in MetroAccess rides. But the ridership gap between fiscal years 2016 and 2017 has gotten smaller since the beginning of this year. At the end of December, the difference between the two years was a whopping 12 percent. So, what changed? It helped that January had no scheduled SafeTrack work, and also that the Jan. 21 Women’s March on Washington brought a record number of riders to the system

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on a Saturday. (Even so, there was no Cherry Blossom Festival “bump” in March this year, because a surprise cold snap took a toll on the peak bloom.) Other aspects of the financial report indicate that things are, in the short term, at least not getting worse. Metro won’t need to go back to the District, Maryland and Virginia for more money to cover this year’s operating costs — the potential for which had been raised earlier this year in the face of steep ridership losses. Agency officials expect to be able to balance the budget for the remainder of this year largely because of the elimination of hundreds of jobs and plans to tap into a reserve fund that exists because of a previous year’s slight surplus.

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“Management cost reduction actions have offset most of the revenue losses to date, and the year-end deficit forecast has improved by $37 million from the previous update,” Metro’s financial staff wrote in the report. “But aggressive efforts must continue in order to balance the budget.” According to Metro’s latest “vital signs” report, which also measures the first three months of this year, customer satisfaction about Metrorail and Metrobus service remains almost the same as from the same period the year before. In both years, 74 percent of riders were satisfied with their experiences on Metrobus. Satisfaction with Metrorail increased by a single percentage point, to 69 percent. MARTINE POWERS (THE WASHINGTON POST)

Report card shows gains in Chesapeake Boosted by stronger fish populations, the overall health of the Chesapeake Bay improved some last year, but Monday’s annual report card for the nation’s largest estuary said there’s still a long way to go. Scientists at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science gave the bay an overall score of 54 percent in the 2016 Chesapeake Bay Health Index, compared with 53 percent in 2015 and 50 percent in 2014. They are giving the bay’s health a C grade overall. While advocates say a C isn’t acceptable, they cheered signs of progress in the fight against pollution. Striped bass led the way in lifting the grade, with a perfect score, followed by blue crabs and bay anchovies. All received A grades. (AP)

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The amount the city of Manassas, Va., says it will return in business property taxes that were overpaid by about 1,500 local businesses during the past three years. Officials said that, because of a clerical error, the city’s business personal property tax rate levied the wrong amount for inventory and other items that are not real estate, which falls under a different tax category. The city will send refund checks over the next few months to businesses that paid the incorrect rate, or it will apply a tax credit to business owners who are delinquent on other taxes, officials said. (TWP)

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A Salvadoran national whose conviction in the slaying of missing intern Chandra Levy was overturned has been deported. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Monday that Ingmar Guandique, 35, was flown Friday to San Salvador and transferred to authorities there. A jury convicted Guandique of murder in 2010 for the death of Levy, whose disappearance became a national obsession. But Guandique’s conviction was overturned after a jailhouse informant’s testimony came under scrutiny. (AP) REAGAN NATIONAL

Md. delegation asks for airport noise study Members of Congress from Maryland and other local leaders are calling for a study of noise levels from planes flying to and leaving Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration made changes to air traffic patterns in 2015 that concentrated more airliners along a single flight path. Since then, some residents of Bethesda and Northwest Washington have complained about near constant noise. (AP) MARYLAND

State Sen. Madaleno will run for governor Maryland state Sen. Richard Madaleno Jr. says he’ll run for governor of Maryland. The Montgomery County Democrat announced Sunday that he will seek the party’s nomination to challenge Republican Gov. Larry Hogan in 2018. Hogan has said he’ll seek a second term, but hasn’t formally launched his campaign. Madaleno is one of eight Democrats to express interest in the race, more than a year before the June 2018 primary. Madaleno says he’ll make a formal announcement at a later date. (TWP/AP)

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D.C. to start enforcing red-top parking meters Is money straining your relationship? Let’s talk about it. Join us Thursday for the latest edition of “Baggage Check Live,” an interactive conversation on Facebook Live with Express advice columnist Dr. Andrea Bonior and special guests. This week, we’ll be discussing how to manage money in a relationship.

THE DISTRICT For years, people in the District have abused parking privileges for people with disabilities. The cheaters photocopy, print, borrow or buy disabled placards they aren’t entitled to, then leave their cars for long stretches without paying, according to parking enforcement officers, who have dubbed city streets with absurdly high numbers of such vehicles “Handicapped Heavens.” On Monday, District officials formally began enforcing an overhauled system they say will free up spaces for people with disabilities while also taking a bite out of the persistent abuse.

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The District will issue $250 tickets to those who park illegally at meters for people with disabilities.

They’re doing it with a twopronged strategy informed by policies in other cites, including Philadelphia. Officials will now enforce 350 red-top parking meters in the central business district. People with properly issued placards

or license plates can park there if they pay. People without the placards will be fined $250. As of Monday, the District also requires that everyone who parks at general meters in the central business district — people with legitimate placards, fake placards or no placards at all — must pay to park. Other cities that imposed a similar payment requirement have cut back on fraud, since it dried up the incentives for abuse. In the District, people with valid placards will still be able to park free outside the central business district for up to four hours. Placard holders who “park longer than the time allowed on the meter will be subject to a $30 fine for an expired meter,” the city said. MICHAEL LARIS (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Macron’s challenges begin immediately French president-elect will stump for his party in parliamentary races FRANCE Emmanuel Macron received congratulations from around the world — including Moscow — on Monday after French voters made the centrist political neophyte their new president and rejected anti-EU populist Marine Le Pen. But after the raucous celebration Sunday among Macron supporters, he had to immediately begin facing the steep challenges ahead for his untested leadership. Among the first demands will be trying to maintain momentum in next month’s parliamentary elections, in which hundreds of candidates will run under the banner of Macron’s yearold movement, En Marche, or “Onward.” The longer-term hurdles are even more daunting. Macron, 39, must try to pull together a nation left with many of the same political scars carried by the United States: deeply divided voters and lingering suspicions of Russian hacking to try to sway the results. Macron joined his mentor and soon-to-be-predecessor, Francois Hollande, in laying a wreath in Paris on Monday in honor of the country’s war dead on Victory in Europe Day. Hollande patted

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President-elect Emmanuel Macron, left, and President Francois Hollande attend rites Monday on the anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe.

Macron on the back and offered an apparently heartfelt “Bravo,” a sentiment echoed by leaders from around the world, including Russia’s Vladimir Putin. In a message to Macron — who has taken a tough line with Moscow — Putin urged him to “overcome mutual distrust” and wished him “strong health.” Macron will be inaugurated Sunday and will have little time to adjust before campaigning again, this time for parliamentary candidates. Without a majority in the National Assembly — or something close to it — Macron’s five-year tenure as president could be severely compromised before it even starts. His election ended a polarized

campaign that defied prediction, although not at the end. Polls had forecast a sizable Macron victory, and he delivered, winning 66 percent of the vote with an ambitious agenda that borrows from both the right and left. The landslide was just the latest blow to far-right movements that had seemed ascendant last year but have suffered setbacks recently in continental Europe. In a pointed endorsement of European unity, Macron strode to the stage at his victory party in the courtyard of the Louvre Museum on Sunday to the strains of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” theme — the anthem of the EU. GRIFF WITTE, JAMES MCAULEY AND ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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German police say a gold-and-platinum tiara with 367 diamonds that once belonged to a duchess was stolen from a state museum. Police said Monday they’re now looking for witnesses to the theft, which was discovered April 29. The tiara, valued at $1.31 million, dates to the beginning of the 20th century. (AP)

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U.S. advisers want more troops in Afghanistan MILITARY President Trump’s most senior military and foreign policy advisers have proposed a major shift in Afghanistan strategy that would effectively put the U.S. back on a war footing against the Taliban. The new plan, which must be approved by the president, calls for expanding the U.S. military role as part of a broader effort to push a resurgent Taliban back to the negotiating table, U.S. officials said. The plan comes at the end of a sweeping policy review built around Trump’s desire to reverse

worsening security in Afghanistan and “start winning” again, said one U.S. official, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity. Among other changes, the new strategy, which has the backing of top Cabinet officials, would authorize the Pentagon, not the White House, to set troop numbers in Afghanistan and give the military broader authority to use airstrikes against the Taliban. Trump is expected to make a final call on the strategy before a May 25 NATO summit in Brussels that he plans to attend.

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Trump has voiced skepticism about allowing U.S. troops to become bogged down in foreign conflicts — it has been more than 15 years since the U.S. invaded Afghanistan — but also has always expressed a desire to be tough on terrorism. The proposal faces resistance from some senior administration officials. The plan envisions an increase of at least 3,000 U.S. troops to an existing force of about 8,400. The U.S. would request matching troops from NATO nations.

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MANILA, PHILIPPINES | Demonstrators outside the Presidential Palace on Monday demand an end to President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs,” which critics claim has led to thousands of extrajudicial killings, a charge the government denies. Also on Monday, Filipino leaders defended the nation’s human rights record before the U.N.

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Two researchers were studying the cuttlefish’s camouflage ability along Turkey’s coast in 2011 when they witnessed a rare sight in the wild: two males fighting over a female. One male had mated with a female and was guarding her when a second male tried to make a move on her, the researchers reported in American Naturalist, as reported by phys.org. The first male extended a tentacle almost like a fist, and dilated the eye facing its foe. The battle escalated in stages, as the males used their ability to change skin color to try to scare off the other with brilliant zebra-stripe displays or darkening of the skin. The first male retreated, and the intruder moved in. The female was not receptive. Ultimately, the first male got physical with grabbing, inking and biting. The intruder fled. (EXPRESS)

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Texas has taken the unusual step of pre-emptively suing to stop lawsuits challenging its new “sanctuary cities” ban. Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office filed the federal lawsuit Monday, a day after Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed the ban into law. The law, which is slated to take effect in September, would let police officers ask people about their immigration status during routine traffic stops. The lawsuit targets immigrant rights groups and local officials most likely to challenge the law. (AP) SYRIA

Regime insists Russians will monitor safe zones Syria on Monday dismissed the idea of foreign forces patrolling four “de-escalation zones” that are to be established under a deal struck by Russia, Iran and Turkey, suggesting Bashar al-Assad’s regime would settle only for Russian “military police” already in the country. A cease-fire went into effect over the weekend, but there are still questions about how it will be enforced. (AP) CHICAGO

Officers receive warning on gangs’ new weaponry Chicago police issued a bulletin Monday warning its officers about gangs armed with highpowered weapons, after three people were shot to death over the weekend. Two people were killed and eight were injured Sunday in a spray of more than two dozen shots from two guns while attending a makeshift memorial for the first victim. (AP)

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South Koreans vote for new president to succeed the ousted Park Geun-hye

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nation+world Court repeatedly asks Trump’s lawyers about campaign promises RICHMOND A challenge to President Trump’s revised travel ban appears to hinge on whether a federal appeals court agrees that the Republican’s past anti-Muslim statements can be used against him. In hearings that began Monday, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrestled with whether the court should look beyond the text of the executive order to

comments made by Trump and his aides before and after his election in order to determine whether the policy illegally targets Muslims. “That’s the most important issue in the whole case,” Judge Robert B. King said. The panel of 13 judges peppered both sides with tough questions and gave few clues as to how they might rule. A federal judge in Maryland who blocked the travel ban in March cited Trump’s comments as evidence that the executive order is a realization of Trump’s repeated promise to bar Muslims

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Flynn a ‘blackmail’ risk In testimony, ex-acting AG Yates said she warned White House about Trump adviser Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates was fired by the Trump administration.

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appointment spread to the highest level of government months before Flynn’s departure. His forced February resignation followed media reports that he had discussed U.S.-imposed sanctions on Russia with Ambassador Kislyak, which was contrary to the public representations by the Trump White House. Trump moved to distance himself from his former adviser’s troubles Monday, tweeting that it was the Obama administration that gave Flynn “the highest security clearance” when he worked at the Pentagon. Trump made no mention of the fact that Flynn had been fired by the Obama administration in 2014. In a second tweet, Trump said Yates should be asked under oath “if she knows how classified information got into the newspapers” soon after she raised concerns about Flynn with McGahn. She testified Monday that she did not know — and that she had revealed no classified information herself. ERIC TUCKER AND

ENVIRONMENT Both the Environmental Protection Agency and the Interior Department are overhauling a slew of outside advisory boards that inform how their agencies assess the science underpinning policies, the first step in a broader effort by Republicans to change the way the government evaluates the scientific basis for its regulations. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt decided to replace half of the members on one of its key scientific review boards, while Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is “reviewing the charter and charge” of more than 200 entities inside and outside his department. Pruitt’s move could significantly change the makeup of the 18-member Board of Scientific Counselors, which advises the EPA’s prime scientific arm on whether the research it does has sufficient rigor and integrity, and addresses important scientific questions. The agency informed the outside academics on Friday that their terms would not be renewed. Separately, Zinke has postponed all outside committees as he reviews their composition and work. The review will effectively freeze the work of the Bureau of Land Management’s 38 resource advisory councils, along with other panels focused on a sweep of issues. JULIET EILPERIN AND BRADY

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POLITICS Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates, speaking publicly for the first time about concerns she brought to the Trump White House on Russia, told Congress on Monday she warned that national security adviser Michael Flynn “essentially could be blackmailed” because he apparently had lied to his bosses about his contacts with the Russian ambassador. The statements from Yates, an Obama administration holdover, offered by far the most detailed account of the chain of events that led to Flynn’s ouster from government in the first weeks of the Trump administration. Yates, appearing before a Senate panel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, described discussions with Trump White House counsel Don McGahn in late January in which she warned that Flynn apparently had misled the administration about his communications with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador. White House officials had insisted that Flynn had not discussed U.S.-imposed sanctions with Kislyak during the presidential transition period, but asked Flynn to resign after news reports indicated he had misled them about the nature of the calls. “We felt like it was critical that we get this information to the White House, in part because the vice president was making false statements to the public and because we believed that Gen. Flynn was possibly compromised,” Yates said. “We knew that was not a good situation, which is why we wanted to let the White House know about it.” The Jan. 26 conversation took place two days after the FBI interviewed Flynn about those

contacts. McGahn asked Yates how Flynn did in the interview, but Yates said she could not answer. Flynn She was fired four days later by the Trump administration after refusing to defend the administration’s travel ban. She had been scheduled to appear in March before the House intelligence committee, but that hearing was canceled. James Clapper, director of national intelligence under President Barack Obama, also testified Monday. The hearing came hours after former Obama administration officials revealed that Obama had warned Trump against hiring Flynn as national security adviser during an Oval Office meeting after the 2016 election. The officials said Obama had raised general concerns about Flynn with Trump and told the incoming president there were better people for the national security post. T h e h i g h ly a nt ic ip ate d

Travel ban uproar At Monday’s hearing, Sally Yates drew the sharpest criticism from Republicans not over Michael Flynn, but for how she handled the president’s first travel ban order. Sen. Jon Cornyn, R-Texas, told Yates he was “enormously” disappointed that she decided to “countermand the president of the United States because you disagreed with it as a policy matter.’’ Yates said she viewed the travel ban fight as “a fundamental issue of religious freedom.” Her critics were unconvinced. “Who appointed you to the … Supreme Court?’’ asked Sen. John Neely Kennedy, R-La. (TWP)

hearing — it was Yates’ first appearance on Capitol Hill since her firing — before a Senate panel investigating Russian interference in the presidential election was expected to fill in basic details in the chain of events that led to Flynn’s ouster. Word that Obama directly warned Trump suggests that concern over Flynn’s possible

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Maybe it’s a little early to declare the Wizards the winners of their secondround series with the Celtics, but Washington seems to have Boston’s number. After blowing leads to lose the first two games on the road, the Wizards smacked the Celtics around twice in Washington. They need two more wins, starting with Game 5 on Wednesday in Boston, to meet LeBron James and the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals. If Washington takes care of business, the real long-running debate of the past several years will come to a head: Is Washington good enough to exile LeBron and reach the NBA Finals for the first time since 1979? The answer is, maybe. The Wizards can’t be cornered for long. After losing two straight to Atlanta in the opening series, Washington won the next two games to

advance. After the Celtics stole the first two games after dominant first quarters by the Wizards, Washington won the next two games by 27 and 19. You might have scoffed when TNT talking head Charles Barkley said the Wizards were the last team the Cavs wanted to see in the playoffs, but it’s true — not because Cleveland fears Washington, but because the Wizards fear no one. John Wall and Bradley Beal tasted postseason success two years ago, swaggering away from a first-round sweep of Toronto before Wall’s hand injury proved fatal in the conference semifinals against Atlanta. Since then, the backcourt has grown up and raised expectations. It’s time for Wall and Beal to back up their talk over past three seasons that they are the NBA’s best guard tandem. So far, they’ve done that. Wall is averaging 28.8 points and 11.1 assists per game this postseason. Beal is scoring 23.6. It doesn’t matter that only three of their teammates are

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Bradley Beal is averaging 23.6 points in the playoffs for a Wizards team that’s bounced back from straight losses in the first and second round.

averaging at least 10 points per game. The Wizards ride and fall with Wall and Beal. They hear the talk that King James can beat them by himself, but the regular-season series with Cleveland shows that Wall and Beal are up for the challenge. The Cavs won two of three meetings, but their wins were eons ago. Cleveland won 105-94 on Nov. 11, the sixth loss of Washington’s 2-8 start. The Cavs also won 140-135 in overtime on Feb. 6 after a miracle 3-pointer by James at the buzzer sent the game into OT. It was considered an instant classic,

a snapshot of the postseason to come. The Wizards’ 127-115 win on March 25 in Cleveland was a tune-up. Washingtonians have waited for postseason payback against Cleveland since the Cavs eliminated the Wizards three straight years from 2006-08. Nobody on the Wizards now was here then, but this group is looking to silence doubters. They just need to finish off the Celtics first.

Isaiah Thomas feels that he was shut down by the Wizards and the referees in Game 4. After the Celtics’ 121-102 loss Sunday, Thomas said that the officiating needs to change after the Wizards held him to two points after the first 15 minutes. “The refs were allowing them to hold and grab and do all those things,” Thomas said. “It’s got to be called differently.” The All-Star guard had 53 points in the Celtics’ Game 2 overtime win but was bottled up with 13 and 19 in Washington. He made his first five 3-point attempts in Game 4 but made just one of his next seven shots overall. “Our goal is just take him out of the game and ... continue to be physical with him,” Bradleyy Beal said. (AP)

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with a 109-102 loss to LeBron James and the Cavaliers. James, 32, is averaging 34.4 points, 9.0 rebounds and 7.1 assists per game in the playoffs this year, leading Cleveland to an 8-0 start to the postseason.

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NATIONALS Ryan Zimmerman’s bounce-back season is truly stunning. In 2016, the Nationals first baseman’s batting average (.218) and on-base plus slugging (.642) were career lows. This year, Zimmerman, 32, looks reborn. Through his first 30 games, Zimmerman led or was tied for the MLB lead in batting average (.435), homers (13), hits (47), total bases (98) and OPS (1.382). He won

NL Player of the Month in April after hitting 11 homers, including a 470-foot blast off Mets reliever Addison Reed that tied for the second-longest home run of the year, according to MLB’s Statcast. Zimmerman is swinging at the same percentage of pitches in the strike zone (56.6 percent in 2016 compared to 56.8 percent in 2017) and making contact at the same rate on those pitches (85.7 percent vs. 86.1 percent).

Ryan Zimmerman is hitting the ball harder and higher this year and fixed his struggles vs. off-speed pitches.

But the quality of contact has improved. His average exit velocity went up from 92.5 mph to 93.8 mph in one season, and his launch angle increased from 9.0 to 12.1 degrees, raising his line-drive rate from 16.7 to 23.5 percent with a corresponding decrease in ground balls (48.6 to

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Los Angeles and Paris, both seen as viable options for the 2024 Games, await Olympic inspectors in the next few days. The cities will host three-day visits by a 13-member International Olympic Committee panel chaired by Patrick Baumann. Because both locations are seen as winning options, IOC President Thomas Bach has asked for a report on also bringing the 2028 Olympics into play, rewarding both cities with hosting duties. That report is due July 5. Baumann’s group will start work in L.A. on Wednesday and in Paris on Sunday. Each visit will end with Baumann taking questions at a news conference. (AP)

An accelerated process to hand North America the 2026 World Cup is set to be approved by soccer leaders this week, with FIFA President Gianni Infantino hoping for a “bulletproof” process to avoid past voting scandals. The United States, Canada and Mexico are seeking an unchallenged path to co-hosting rights for the 2026 showpiece, if FIFA’s technical requirements are met by next year. Infantino said the FIFA council will discuss the proposal today at the start of a week of meetings in Bahrain. By avoiding a contest, the process should be resistant to the allegations of wrongdoing, (AP)

Two of Europe’s most prominent teams will defend big leads this week in the second leg of the Champions League semifinals. Juventus beat Monaco 2-0 last week, and Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid 3-0. Juventus has a chance to return to the Champions League final for the second time in three seasons and also clinch a sixth Serie A title, first facing Monaco today (2;45 p.m., FS1), and then Roma on Sunday. Madrid, looking to win back-to-back Champions League titles, faces Atletico on Wednesday (2:45 p.m., FS1). No team has ever reversed a two-goal loss in the Champions League semifinals. (AP)

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WELLNESS Yoga is not all about flawless handstands, sweaty selfies and perfect crow poses at sunset. The ugly truth is that it takes hard work, time and patience, not to mention strength and flexibility. Jessamyn Stanley, a yoga fan turned social media fitness star, is breathing proof of it. Stanley’s first book, “Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear, Get on the Mat, Love Your Body,” breaks down 50 basic poses to encourage beginners of all shapes and sizes — not just the willowy, Lululemon-clad swans who flood your Instagram — to start practicing. The 29-year-old Durham, N.C., native, who is popular with her followers for shattering yoga stereotypes and spreading selflove, swung through Washington on her book tour to discuss her practice and outlook. She also offered advice for beginners and seasoned practitioners.

Your first class will be tough. Stanley distinctly remembers her experience with Bikram yoga when she was 16 because it was hotter than, as she calls it, “Satan’s sauna” and it was so difficult she had to leave halfway through. It would be years before she would return to the mat. “It’s important to remember that you don’t have to keep in line with everyone else, that it doesn’t matter if you’re practicing a pose in a way that looks completely different than the person next to you. No one — big, small, short, tall — is expected to be the best or even at [a] beginner level on their first day,” she said.

Embrace your selfie. Stanley started posting phone pictures back in 2013 as way to easily track her alignment, log her progress and engage with the online yoga community. Now she is nearing 300,000 followers on Instagram.

Motivational music is key.

Switch it up If you’re feeling bored by your practice, Jessamyn Stanley suggests trying a new studio or different style of yoga. “In a big city like Washington, you can find a different studio literally around the corner,” Stanley said. Also, “remember to praise yourself for the little things, like the fact that you showed up to class and got on your mat.” M.M.

“When I started taking photos, I would do it because I felt really strong and powerful in the moment and in the posture. Then, I would look back at the photo and think, ‘Oh, my god, my belly is so big! My arms are so jiggly!’ ” Stanley recalled. She began to realize she was her own worst critic. Learning to accept your body is transformational. “If you say, ‘My body isn’t owned by anybody else. I need to love my body for what it is,’ it can make all the difference.”

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“I love listening to hip-hop while I practice, because I like to have a hard beat that I can lean into,” Stanley said. “Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Good Kid, M.A.A.D City’ is the album I would pair with my book because he also tells a story about what’s it like to be living your life, . . . making bad decisions” and eventually getting to a place of self-discovery.

You can start today. When Stanley decided to give yoga a chance, all she had was a mat and some makeshift props. “You don’t have to buy anything or change your life,” Stanley said. “You can start practicing today, in this moment, one pose at a time.” MEGAN McDONOUGH

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TELEVISION There was big news for “Game of Thrones” fans last week: HBO has hired four writers to develop spinoffs of the show, which wraps next year. That doesn’t necessarily mean all will make it to the screen. But there will almost undoubtedly be more sinister scheming in Westeros and Essos in our future. Showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff have long said they won’t stick around for any sequels or prequels. But Entertainment Weekly reported last week that the pair will be involved — to a lesser extent than they have been — with whatever series comes out of this, as executive producers. George R.R. Martin, who wrote the books “Game of Thrones” is based on, will be fairly hands-on. He’s helping develop two of the four spinoff ideas, collaborating with Jane Goldman (“Kick-Ass”) and Carly Wray (“Mad Men”). This is good news — in a way. Of course we want the man who invented such a vivid world to help create any extensions of that universe. But there’s a downside, too: Is Martin ever going to get around to finishing his “Game of Thrones” books, which fans have been eagerly awaiting for years? His sixth novel, “The The Winds

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of Winter,” was slated for release before the sixth se ason of the show premiered in 2016. But MarMartin tin couldn’t get it done. In fact, now, before the July premiere of Season 7, readers are still waiting. Rumors swirl online that the book will finally be available this summer, but with Martin it’s never sooner, always later. “Look, I have always had problems with deadlines,” Martin wrote on his blog in 2016. “For whatever reason, I don’t respond well to them.” Some might wonder why we even need the books at this point, since the series will keep po

chugging along to its conclusion in 2018. But the books and the series have never been identical. Martin has teased at least one twist in the next book involving a character who is dead on the show but still lives in print. So the waiting continues. And it could last a very long time. Even if “Winds of Winter” comes out this year, the final book could take ages to make it from Martin’s brain onto the page. But for show fans who don’t care that much about the novels, the good news is HBO isn’t going to be as forgiving as Martin’s editor about deadlines. The network isn’t going to dilly-dally when it comes to delivering another surefire hit.

Former President Bill Clinton and best-selling novelist James Patterson are collaborating on a thriller, “The President Is Missing,” to come out in June 2018 as a joint release from rival publishers Alfred A. Knopf and Little, Brown and Co. The publishers called the book “a unique amalgam of intrigue, suspense and behind-the-scenes global drama from the highest corridors of power.” In a statement, Clinton said, ”Working on a book about a sitting president — drawing on what I know about the job, life in the White House and the way Washington works — has been a lot of fun.” (AP)

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Pepe the Frog creator kills his iconic character There’s a twist on the old saying that goes: “If you love something, set it free. If it doesn’t come back, hunt it down and kill it.” Over the weekend, cartoonist Matt Furie aimed to flatline his most infamous comics creation, Pepe the Frog, because the stoner toad had become a symbol of hate. For Free Comic Book Day last Saturday, Fantagraphics — publisher of Furie’s “Boy’s Club” anthology — released a one-page strip in which a trio of characters cheekily mourn Pepe, their slacker friend who was appropriated by the alt-right. Out of the marshes of 4chan, Pepe became a meme spouting racist and anti-Semitic messages, with the Anti-Defamation League declaring him a hate symbol. Pepe was thrust into the presidential race in September, when one of Donald Trump’s sons Instagrammed a Photoshopped image of him. In October, Furie aimed to kick off a #SavePepe movement by publishing a comic on The Nib and asking artists to help join the effort by creating positive images of Pepe. Furie had said that the campaign was “a way to twist it back to the happy place.” The latest plot twist, however, reads as though Furie has ended the quest for a new happy place. Pepe’s death feels like an admission that the frog cannot be “saved.” MICHAEL CAVNA (TWP)

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Volunteers Needed: Do You Smoke Cigarettes? George Washington University researchers seek smokers to participate in a research study.

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“Can someone come over and help me measure my butt so I know which Dove body wash to buy?” @BANANAFITZ, on Dove’s latest “Real Beauty” campaign. For a limited time in the U.K., people can buy bottles of Dove

body wash packaged in a variety of shapes that are meant to reflect women’s different body types, from tall to curvy. Many mocked the campaign. “Bathing isn’t just a time to get clean and enjoy a hot shower and some peace, but also to be, you know, empowered. By our soap bottles,” Alex Hazlett of mashable.com wrote.

“Reminder: A Macaron is a French confectionery. A Macron is a French president. A Macaroon is a coconut cluster.”

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@GEORGETAKEI, on an Instagram photo of Martha Stewart at New York’s Frieze Art Fair taken by a bystander that went viral Sunday. In the photo, above, Stewart poses between portraits of President Trump and Snoop Dogg, her co-host on “Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party,” as she throws a peace sign at Snoop and the bird at Trump. Trump fans were enraged by the photo, saying Stewart will lose customers over it.

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@ANDREWJOEPOTTER, on Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the French presidential elections Sunday. Many took notice (and were confused by) the resemblance between his last name and both the French cookie and the coconut bite. His win apparently triggered sugar cravings, with Twitter users sharing celebratory photos of macarons.

“I got teary eyed reading the caption. It’s a beautiful story of love. It’s so natural.” PHENBAJA, a commenter on a viral Instagram post explaining the backstory behind a moving wedding photo. Photographer James Day wrote in the caption that in order to make his photos less posed, he asked the pair to simply enjoy their first sunset as a married couple, which moved the wife to happy tears.

“Okay, MTV gets a lot of flack (and sometimes deservedly so) s but b this is SO SO SO RIGHT. Bravo. #MTVAwards” @CHRISTINALIZZO, on actors Ashton Sanders and Jharrel Jerome winning the best kiss award at the MTV Movie & TV Awards on Sunday for f their same-sex scene in the movie “Moonlight.” “Moonlight winning best b kiss is important for all types of reasons,” @princessgleek tweeted.

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fun+games Horoscopes

Scrabble Grams

PAR SCORE 150-160, BEST SCORE 256

Sudoku

MEDIUM

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Putting one foot in front of the other sounds simple, but circumstances may seem to conspire against you. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You’re going to have to put your trust in someone else when it comes to technology. Your know-how goes only so far. CANCER (June 21-July 22) Others will surely understand when you seem to lose it for a time. You are under a great deal of stress. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You may have to interact closely with someone who has been the cause of a great deal of personal frustration. MONDAY’S SOLUTION

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You may

have to wait just a little longer before a certain situation is resolved to your satisfaction.

MONDAY’S SOLUTION

control may be a key issue throughout the day. Others may not appreciate just how hard they have to work to meet your standards. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You’re betting a great deal on something that is not as reliable as you wish it were — but there’s nothing you can do about that now. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

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

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Quality

Comics

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POOCH CAFE | PAUL GILLIGAN

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When it comes to expressing yourself openly, honestly and clearly, you are likely to find yourself in peak condition.

TODAY: We get off to a cold start, but temperatures make a nice recovery by the afternoon. Under partly to mostly sunny skies, highs range from the low to mid-60s. Expect our third straight crisp, autumn-like night. Under clear to partly cloudy skies, lows range from the upper 30s in our colder spots to the upper 40s downtown.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Something little and something big are likely to commingle, making of themselves something that is the best of both. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You may have forgotten a final step in a process that is approaching completion. This is something you can surely go back and take care of.

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

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE | STEPHAN PASTIS

AVG. HIGH: 73 AVG. LOW: 54 SUNRISE: 6 a.m.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) The

smaller the team you assemble, the harder you will all have to work — but this also lowers the risk of any information leak.

RECORD HIGH: 96 RECORD LOW: 34 SUNSET: 8:08 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

69 | 49

67 | 51

FRIDAY

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67 | 53

64 | 54

ARIES (March 21-April 19) You

may have time to engage in a personal pleasure at a seemingly odd moment, but who is going to fault you for that?

DAILY CODE

today in histor y

1754: A political cartoon in Benjamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette depicts a snake cut into eight pieces, each section representing a part of the American colonies; the caption read, “JOIN, or DIE.”

1864: Union Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick is killed by a Confederate sniper during the Civil War Battle of Spotsylvania in Virginia.

1961: In a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Newton N. Minow decries the majority of television programming as a “vast wasteland.”

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EDITED BY TIMOTHY E. PARKER

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people LAW SCHOOL

There’s a new Trump moving to Washington

Report: Pitt went to rehab after split The New York Post reports that Brad Pitt attended “a discreet Los Angeles center designed for highprofile Hollywood figures” to help him get sober after his split from Angelina Jolie. “He has used this time for a lot of self-reflection, self-improvement,” a source told the Post. In an interview with GQ Style published last week, Pitt described his struggles with alcohol but did not mention rehab. (EXPRESS)

Expect to see more of Tiffany Trump in Washington: The 23-year-old first daughter will be attending Georgetown University Law School in the fall, a representative for the Trump family says. For Tiffany, the daughter of President Trump and his second wife, Marla Maples, Georgetown offers proximity to family, obviously, and there are some other ties: Half sister Ivanka Trump attended the university as an undergrad for two years, and half brother Eric Trump holds a bachelor’s degree from the institution. Tiffany graduated last year from the University of Pennsylvania. She’ll be on track to be in the class of 2020. (THE WASHINGTON POST)

Seagal now a threat to at least one nation’s security

Wife throws husband, friend a birthday bash

Ukraine has banned actor Steven Seagal from entering the country for five years. Seagal, an American, was given Russian citizenship by President Vladimir Putin last year in a televised ceremony. Seagal has vocally defended Putin’s policies. A statement from the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday said Seagal’s entry was banned “on the basis of Ukrainian national security.” (AP)

Amal Clooney threw husband George Clooney a surprise 56th birthday party Saturday at their London home, E! News reported. Friends Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber (a partner in Clooney’s tequila company) helped set up the party, which doubled as a birthday celebration for Gerber, who turned 55 last month. “Thanks for the cool cake Amal,” Gerber captioned an Instagram photo of himself and Clooney with their cake. (EXPRESS)

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‘Jersey Shore’ cast left to wait until next year New Jersey’s Hall of Fame honored its newest members in Asbury Park on Sunday: Camden County native Kelly Ripa, actor Ray Liotta of Newark and Middletown resident Connie Chung, above. Also among the inductees: Wyclef Jean, who spoke of his father bringing the family to New Jersey from Haiti and performed an acoustic “No Woman No Cry.” (AP)

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When you need high-quality health care, we’re here for you... And here. And here. We put the community in Doctors Community Hospital with healthcare services conveniently located throughout Prince George’s County. So, you don’t need to leave your neighborhood to get high-quality medical care. As a healthcare leader, our experienced and compassionate professionals provide exceptional care: + Joslin Diabetes Center – the only multidisciplinary program in the county accredited by the American Diabetes Association + Bariatric and Weight Loss Center – the county’s first hospital to provide bariatric weight loss options using the da Vinci® surgical robot + Center for Comprehensive Breast Care – the first program in the county with a dedicated breast surgeon + Comprehensive Rehabilitation Services – the area’s largest lymphedema program In fact, we have a broad range of medical and surgical services that also include: + Cardiology Services and Outpatient Vascular Studies + Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine + Comprehensive Orthopedic Services + Doctors Community Breast Center + Doctors Community Rehabilitation and Patient Care Center (transitional care) + Doctors Community Surgical Associates + Doctors Regional Cancer Center + Emergency Department (24/7) + Imaging Services + Infusion Center + Primary Care Services (Bowie, District Heights, Greenbelt, Landover Hills, Lanham, Laurel and Riverdale) + Sleep Center + Vascular Health Program

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