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In a plea, Michael Cohen, the president’s former lawyer, admits he coordinated with Trump to pay off two women to influence the 2016 election 14 4

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is convicted on tax and bank fraud charges in a victory for special counsel Robert Mueller 15

Upbeat pop Ariana Grande sends a message of optimism with ‘Sweetener’ 23

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On a roll Electric scooters are passing dockless bikes in popularity in D.C. 3

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Conscientious ursine takes on stinky schoolyard cleanup job Anchorage police are looking for a man who dumped fish heads in the woods near a school. The perpetrator won’t have to clean up. A grizzly bear took care of that. The fish dumper, however, faces a fine for discarding garbage that attracts animals.

Alaska families regularly catch many salmon and are urged to dispose of fish parts in fast-moving rivers, ocean waters or regular garbage disposals. (AP) SORRY NOT SORRY

Siri, define ‘It’s easier to ask forgiveness than get permission’ A man who stole $3,000 worth of electronics from a church felt bad enough to leave an apology note.

The man entered Mount Olive AME Zion Church in Waterbury, Conn., around 1 a.m. Sunday and stole cameras, monitors and more. Members of the congregation tell WVIT-TV his note said, “Pray 4 Me!! Sorry brothers. Save me,” with a sad face. (AP) NAMELY: WHY?

That these are even a thing raises deeper existential questions

A PARTICULARLY PIERCING STARE: Sarah Denbigh wears an owl costume while standing on stilts Monday as she and others in avian costumes parade to mark the opening of the International Ornithological Congress in Vancouver, British Columbia. The congress, a global gathering of bird scientists, is held every four years. This is the first time it’s been in Canada since the 1980s.

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D.C. spins in a new direction TRANSPORTATION Love it or hate it, more electric scooters are on the way.

San Francisco-based startup Spin, one of several companies that arrived in D.C. as part of the dockless bike-share hype last September, says it’s removing its bright orange bikes from city sidewalks and replacing them with scooters, an attempt to catch up with competitors that have found the scooter to be a more lucrative option than the bike.

“When given the option, demand for scooters is 10 times more than for bikes,” said Brian No, Spin’s head of public policy.

“We need to focus on what the consumers really want.”

Most companies that are now operating a dockless personal transportation system in the city offer scooters as their primary product — a major shift from a year ago, when they arrived in the city with bike fleets promising to expand bike-sharing and bike commuting. The exception is Jump, the Uber-owned

ROBERT MILLER (THE WASHINGTON POST)

Electric scooters are passing dockless bikes in popularity in the city

Most companies offering dockless transportation in D.C. are shifting from bicycles toward electric scooters in response to customer demand.

company that runs electric bikes.

The dockless systems have become a popular option to get around for millennials, tourists and many commuters frustrated by the region’s troubled public transit system. The motorized scooters arrived in February, renting for as little as $1 plus 15 cents per minute. The dockless bikes rent for as little as $1 per 30-minute ride.

But the personal travel devices have added a level of complexity to Washington’s grid. If the

Own your own Ofo Ofo, the Chinese bike-sharing startup, may have pulled out of the D.C. market last month, but that doesn’t mean its bright yellow bikes will be going to waste. DCist reports that Velocity Bicycle Cooperative will be selling around 170 brand-new Ofo bikes that were originally meant to join the D.C. fleet. The nonprofit will be selling the bikes this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the relatively low price of $100 each outside its Alexandria warehouse. (EXPRESS)

city is to continue the program, critics and even users say, more enforcement of the use of right of way will be needed.

The city is expected to decide soon whether it will expand the program, which has remained a pilot since its inception in September. The testing period is expected to end Aug. 31. D.C. transportation officials have said they are evaluating the program.

At stake is how much the city will regulate the industry; what fees, if any, the companies will be required to pay; and whether a cap on fleets will remain. Currently, companies are allowed to have a maximum of 400 bikes or scooters or a combination of both.

No said this week that Spin scooters are likely to arrive in the District this fall. The company is awaiting more details from the city about what comes after the conclusion of the pilot, he said.

“We are evaluating when to bring and operate scooters in D.C.,” he said.

In an interview last month, No said that the company supports “common-sense regulation.”

“It would be naive for us to think that this is something that can go unregulated,” he said.

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Report: D.C. among worst in mosquitoes Complaints about mosquitoes in D.C. are as common as the insects themselves. Now, a pest-control company is pointing to data that quantifies the region’s mosquito problem.

According to Terminix, D.C. is the third-worst city for the critters, with Dallas first and New York City second. Baltimore ranked 10th. Terminix based its list on “mosquito services rendered” between July 1, 2017, and July 1, 2018. The news comes amid reports that mosquito populations are booming in the region after flooding this year. (TWP)

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REGION The deluge of storms throughout the D.C. area over the past several months has done more than ruin summer plans — it has wreaked millions of dollars in damage to the region’s national park lands.

Weather-related damage this year is among the worst in recent memory, National Park Service officials said.

Parks in the region have been pummeled by storms since early spring, officials said, causing floods, downed trees, washed-out trails and waterways so bloated that repairs have remained nearly impossible.

In many cases, the damage has outpaced the agency’s ability to fund fixes and hampered basic maintenance tasks like cutting grass and emptying toilets.

Since the beginning of June, the Washington area has been doused with more than a foot of rain, largely concentrated during the months of July and August. That is more than twice the average for this time of year.

The first issues arose in March, when high winds forced Prince William Forest Park to close for weeks as crews removed debris, downed power lines and more than 600 fallen or hazardous trees. It cost more than $600,000 to clear the area, Park Service spokeswoman Jenny Anzelmo-Sarles said.

Starting in May, several storms hit the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical

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Flooded trails, downed trees part of lingering damage from rains

In May, a landslide in Maryland along the C&O Canal cut off a link to Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.

“We’ve been scrambling around trying to figure out how we can deal with the most urgent needs.”

PARK SERVICE SUPERINTENDENT KEVIN BRANDT, who oversees the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, which was hit hard during May storms

The Billy Goat Trail along the C&O Canal closed in July after flooding.

Park, a 184.5-mile-long sliver of land along the Potomac River from Georgetown to Cumberland, Md. Weeks of unrelenting rain overflowed rivers and creeks that, in turn, washed out part of the path and “significantly damaged” parts of the watershed, Park Service Superintendent

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Fixing the damaged portion of the trail is expected to take several weeks once work begins.

Preliminary estimates indicate the park might have incurred more than $14 million in damage from storms this year, Brandt said. The agency already has

spent $1 million trying to assess and contain the damage along the canal, a number Anzelmo-Sarles said is likely to increase.

Toilets along muddy trails also posed a problem. The pump trucks used to clean park bathrooms are heavy, and attempting to drive through muddy trails could cause more damage. Other times, water made the trails impassible.

For Park Service officials, the wet weather has done more than cause months of headaches — it has made them think critically about the future.

“This is the first time in a long time we’ve seen the storms going on and on all summer like they have this year,” Brandt said.

“We’re thinking we’re going to have to look at entirely new strategies for how to deal with that when it happens again.”

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Donations to Virginia Tech Athletics rose 59 percent, to nearly $44.7 million. (AP)

Boy, 13, accused of lighting teen on fire Sunday in Newport News, Va., cookout dispute

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security team is in Maryland this week to evaluate the state’s election systems, after officials learned last month about a transaction between a venture fund with Russian ties and a company involved in the state’s election infrastructure. Linda Lamone, Maryland’s elections administrator, said Tuesday that the team is evaluating whether there are issues concerning ByteGrid, a U.S. company that hosts Maryland elections systems.

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ATV, bike riders part of alleged theft, police say Merchandise was allegedly taken from a service station in Arlington on Sunday after people rode into the county on ATVs and dirt bikes, Arlington police said. The alleged incident was reported just west of the Rosslyn area.

It occurred on the same day as one or more groups of off-road vehicle riders were seen in D.C. Police said the alleged thieves left before officers arrived.

None of the off-road vehicle riders seen in the District was identified as being among those who participated in the alleged Arlington incident. (TWP) BALTIMORE COUNTY

Woman indicted in crash that killed girl, grandma A grand jury has indicted a motorist on charges of criminally negligent manslaughter for a crash that killed two. Callie Noble Schwarzman, 22, is accused of driving while impaired by alcohol during the deadly July 23 wreck in Baltimore County.

Police said she fatally struck 5-year-old Delaney Gaddis and her grandmother, 60-year-old Deborah Limmer. At the time of the crash, Schwarzman was under supervised probation from a 2017 DUI arrest. (AP)

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In releasing Imran Awan, 38,

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan read aloud passages of court filings in which federal prosecutors debunked allegations promulgated on right-leaning news sites and fanned by President Trump on Twitter that suggested Awan was a Pakistani operative who secretly compromised computer files with cover from House Democrats. Chutkan also noted that the Virginia man’s July 3 guilty plea to a felony over a home-equity loan was unrelated to his work on Capitol Hill.

Prosecutors sought no jail time for Awan, who fully repaid

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Imran Awan, 38, was sentenced to time served for lying on a loan form.

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In sentencing Awan to time served — which was one day in detention and 11 months of GPS monitoring — plus three months’ supervision, Chutkan concluded: “The court finds Mr. Awan and his family have suffered sufficiently.”

Awan and four of his associates, including family members, worked as IT specialists for dozens of Democratic lawmakers on the Hill until they were banned from the network in February 2017, having been accused of violating House security rules.

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federalworkforce JOE DAVIDSON | THE WASHINGTON POST President Trump has reportedly made members of his staff sign nondisclosure agreements.

A silent problem: Should agencies use secrecy pacts? nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements include a specific statement on individuals’ obligations and rights concerning disclosure of evidence of fraud, waste, or abuse to permissible recipients.” Those recipients include the inspector general and Congress.

Yet many DHS forms and agreements contain provisions that could discourage whistleblowers from reporting abuse because the required statement was not included. The inspector general found that just 25 of 88 settlement agreements included the required statement about employee rights.

DHS told the inspector general that forms without the required statement will be “updated in the near future.”

Preventing employees from disclosing confidential and sensitive information is a no-brainer. But a more essential question is: Why should information that is critical of or embarrassing to an agency have the cover of a nondisclosure agreement? Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., pointed to this basic issue last week when he spoke of “the Trump administration’s abuse of nondisclosure agreements.”

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As we know from President Trump’s relationships with adult film and reality television stars, he likes nondisclosure agreements.

But should NDAs, as the agreements are known, be used by government agencies? Using them to keep illicit sexual affairs secret is one thing. Pushing public employees into such agreements, outside of classified and sensitive information situations, is quite another.

A new report by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) covers the failure of officials to notify employees confronted with secrecy pacts of their rights under whistleblower protection law.

But the OIG didn’t explore a more fundamental point — do secrecy agreements, in personnel settlements for example, have an appropriate role in government if confidential information is not involved? If there’s a good reason for the pacts, DHS won’t say what it is.

The report says the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 (WPEA) requires “that Federal agencies’

suggests the department uses NDAs to avoid criticism. It cites a personnel settlement agreement template that says the employee “shall not make any comments or take any actions with the effect of disparaging or undermining [DHS], including undermining the operations or leadership of [the component].”

The department’s public affairs office would not answer questions about that language or the appropriate use of secrecy agreements.

Heather White, a partner with The Federal Practice Group, a law firm that

specializes in federal employment law, said it is not right for government agencies to use nondisclosure agreements outside of classified and sensitive information situations.

“I don’t regard protecting an agency from embarrassment as valid,” she said. “And I don’t see any other valid reason” to use nondisclosure agreements in non-confidential cases.

Protecting officials from uncomfortable information doesn’t count.

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Q. Doesn’t the government realize that its hiring process is too slow, especially for those of us with student debt?

A. It does, and a recent change in law should help at least a little.

That change allows agencies to bypass standard hiring processes for qualified applicants who have graduated from college within the past two years. Similarly, agencies can now offer temporary jobs to qualified students and later convert them directly to permanent status if they meet certain standards.

However, implementing rules are needed first, and even then, the policies will apply only in entry- to mid-level professional or administrative jobs, and only to 15 percent of such vacancies.

Other requirements also continue to apply, such as the need to qualify for a security clearance in certain positions.

Still, the Partnership for Public Service, an organization that advocates for efficient government, predicted the changes will help expand the slim ranks of younger federal employees — 6 percent are younger than 30, a quarter of the private-sector rate.

“By giving highly qualified students and recent graduates a leg up in the hiring process, agencies can begin to close the gap,” said Max Stier, president and chief executive. ERIC YODER (TWP)

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EPA aims to ease up on coal WASHINGTON The Trump administration moved to dismantle another major piece of former President Obama’s environmental legacy Tuesday, proposing to dramatically scale back restrictions on climate-changing emissions from coal-fired power plants even as it acknowledged that could lead to more premature deaths and serious illnesses.

The Trump plan broadly increases the authority given states to decide how and how much to regulate coal power plants.

The Environmental Protection Agency said the move “empowers states, promotes energy independence and facilitates economic growth and job creation.”

Bill Wehrum, head of the EPA’s air office, said the administration rejected any suggestion the agency has a broad legal duty to combat climate change through regulation of power grids or promotion of cleaner energy.

“An important part of what we’re doing here is getting us back into our lane,” Wehrum said.

Environmentalists and other opponents said they expect legal

J. DAVID AKE (AP)

Trump administration seeks to relax carbon limits on power plants

A proposed EPA plan could keep aging coal-fired power plants running longer and slow the decline of carbon emissions in the United States.

challenges, arguing the Trump administration is abdicating its responsibilities under the Clean Air Act as set by Congress and the courts.

The Natural Resources Defense Council called the replacement proposal President Trump’s “Dirty Power Plan.”

The Trump administration is emphasizing “coal at all costs,” said Gina McCarthy, EPA administrator when the Obama plan was developed.

“There is no other country in the world that is looking at coal as its future — they are all

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Pope to meet with victims of sexual abuse in Ireland

A group tied to Russia created six fake websites — including some related to public policy and the U.S. Senate — with the goal of hacking into the computers of people who were tricked into visiting, according to Microsoft, which said Monday that it found and disabled the sites. It said the APT28 hacking group, which has been linked to a Russian intelligence agency and interfered in the 2016 election, was behind the effort. (TWP)

The Vatican said Tuesday that Pope Francis is expected to meet with victims of sexual abuse during his weekend visit to Ireland and speak out about the problem.

Spokesman Greg Burke confirmed the meeting at a briefing Tuesday.

He said Francis always meets with victims when he visits countries where abuse “is a reality” and that any information would be released after the fact. (AP)

More deaths likely EPA officials said they could give no firm projections for the health effects of the Trump administration’s carbon emissions proposal because that will depend on what states decide to do in regulating power plants within their borders. But models provided by the EPA estimate that under the Trump plan, 300 to 1,500 premature deaths would be avoided yearly by 2030. In contrast, the Obama plan, which has been tied up in the courts, says it would prevent between 1,500 and 3,600 premature deaths. (AP)

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running to clean energy to save money, create jobs and save lives today and protect our children’s future. Climate change is real,” McCarthy said in a statement.

Combined with the EPA’s proposal earlier this month to ease gas-mileage requirements for vehicles, the move could actually increase the country’s climatechanging emissions, according to some former top EPA officials, environmental groups and other opponents.

Tuesday’s move opens a publiccomment period on the proposal before any final approval by the president.

The new proposal establishes guidelines for states to use when developing any plans to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. Critics say the new plan would allow utilities to run older, dirtier power plants more often and extend their operating life, undercutting potential environmental benefits.

Trump has already vowed to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement as he pushes to revive the coal industry. The Obama administration had worked to nudge the country’s power producers toward natural gas, wind, solar and other lesspolluting energy sources. ELLEN KNICKMEYER AND SETH BORENSTEIN (AP)

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Man says wife strangled kids, so he killed her A Colorado man told police he killed his pregnant wife in a “rage” after she strangled their two daughters, according to an affidavit released by police Monday after prosecutors formally charged Christopher Lee Watts with the murder of his entire family.

The bodies of Watts’ wife and children were found last week on the property of the oil and gas company he worked for.

The new documents said Watts, 33, told detectives he and his wife, Shanann, 34, discussed ending their marriage on Aug. 13.

Watts, who was having an affair, told investigators that he went downstairs, then returned to speak with Shanann. He looked at the baby monitor in their bedroom and what he saw threw him “into a rage”: His daughter Bella, 4, was “sprawled out on her bed,” and Shanann Watts was strangling their younger daughter, Celeste, 3, he said.

After a multiday investigation, Christopher Watts confessed to killing his wife, loading the bodies into his truck and driving to an oil work site, where he left them.

He appeared in court Tuesday but didn’t enter a plea. He faces first-degree murder charges for the three deaths, one count of unlawful termination of pregnancy — his wife was 15 weeks pregnant — and two counts of tampering with a deceased human body. DEANNA PAUL AND KRISTINE PHILLIPS

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Ex-Nazi guard, 95, sent to Germany BERLIN A 95-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard who lived quietly in New York City for decades was carried out of his home on a stretcher by federal agents and flown to Germany early Tuesday in what could prove to be the last U.S. deportation of a World

War II-era war crimes suspect.

Jakiw Palij’s expulsion, at President Trump’s urging, came 25 years after investigators first accused Palij of lying about his wartime past to get into the U.S. But it was largely symbolic because officials in Germany have repeatedly said there is insufficient evidence to prosecute him.

Eli Rosenbaum, the former head of the U.S. office investigating accused Nazi war criminals, said Palij’s removal “is a

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Jakiw Palij, who served at Trawniki in WWII, had lived in U.S. for decades

Former Nazi guard Jakiw Palij is taken from his home on a stretcher Tuesday.

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STOCK MARKET The bull market in U.S. stocks is about to become the longest in history. If stocks don’t drop significantly by the close of trading today, the bull market that began in March 2009 will have lasted nine years, five months and 13 days, a record that few would have predicted when the market struggled to find its footing after a 50 percent plunge during the financial crisis.

The long rally has added trillions of dollars to household wealth, helping the economy, and stands as a testament to the ability of large U.S. companies to squeeze out profits in tough times and confidence among investors as they shrugged off repeated crises and kept buying.

“There was no manic trading, there was no panic buying or selling,” said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer of Cresset Wealth Advisors. “It’s been pretty steady.”

For such an enduring bull market, it shares little of the hallmarks of prior rallies. Unlike earlier rallies, individual investors have largely sat out after getting burned by two crashes in less than a decade. Trading has been lackluster, with few shares exchanging hands each day. Private companies have also shown little enthusiasm, with fewer selling stock in initial public offerings than in previous bull runs.

Yet this bull market has been remarkably resilient. After several blows that might have killed off a less robust rally — fears of a eurozone collapse, plunging oil prices, a U.S. credit downgrade, President Trump’s trade fights — investors soon returned to buying, avoiding a 20 percent drop in stocks that by common definition marks the end of bull markets.

“I don’t think anyone could have predicted the length and strength of this bull market,” said David Lebovitz, a global market strategist at JPMorgan Asset Management.

The question now is when the rally will end. The Federal Reserve is undoing many of the stimulative measures that supported the market, including keeping interest rates near zero. There are also mounting threats to global trade that have unsettled investors.

For all its longevity and gains, the final verdict on the bull market won’t be known until it ends.

The financial crisis of 2008 that ended the last bull market laid bare just how much debt and risk-taking had fueled gains in the previous seven years. The dot-com bust that ended the ’90s rally showed how reckless investors had been. This time, many of the unanswered questions concern the Fed’s monetary stimulus.

How much did it help boost stocks, and thus the broader

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This is about to be the longest stock rally in U.S. history. But when will it end?

Big gains from tech One of the market’s biggest winners in recent years, Facebook, wasn’t even publicly traded when the bull market began in March 2009.

Facebook’s huge run-up of more than 350 percent since going public in 2012, Apple’s steady march to $1 trillion in value, and huge gains by other tech companies such as Netflix have helped push the broader market higher. (AP)

economy? Will the gains it helped manufacture prove ephemeral?

What are the long-term costs of its unprecedented economic rescue effort as it faces the tricky task of unwinding its stimulus program?

James Abate, the money manager who urged people to buy early in 2009, says stock prices are too high given the threat to profits from higher borrowing

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costs as rates climb, higher input costs from Trump’s tariffs and, possibly, bigger raises for workers in the future.

“Profits are peaking and valuations are extreme,” said Abate, chief investment officer of Centre Asset Management.

His prediction is that stocks will plunge by the end of the year and a bear market will begin.

Others are more optimistic.

JPMorgan’s Lebovitz takes comfort in the fact investors have been skeptical of the rally all along, which he says has allowed none of the excesses of prior bull markets to build up.

“This is a bull market that people love to hate,” he said.

“Blind exuberance hasn’t been a characteristic.”

Asked how much longer the rally will last, he said: “At least another year, but two might be a bit of stretch.” BERNARD CONDON (AP)

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. In 1913, Julian Carr, a prominent businessman and supporter of the Ku Klux Klan, spoke at the unveiling of a statue of a Confederate soldier on the campus of the University of North Carolina. It had been placed there by the Daughters of the Confederacy.

Carr’s speech made clear the symbolism of the statue. He credited Confederate soldiers with saving “the very life of the Anglo-Saxon race in the South.”

He also boasted of publicly whipping a black woman shortly after the end of the Civil War. On Monday night, the statue that he had dedicated was toppled from its pedestal by a crowd of protesters. The rally began as a demonstration of solidarity with Maya Little, a graduate student in history, who was arrested in April after reading aloud from Carr’s speech and covering the statue, known as “Silent Sam,” with red ink and her own blood.

Leaders of North Carolina’s university system spoke out Tuesday to condemn the protesters’ action. The system’s president and the chair of the Board of Governors promised a full criminal investigation.

Gov. Roy Cooper, D, has called for removing rebel symbols on public land, but said the protesters took the wrong approach. A state historic panel is set to meet today to debate Cooper’s request.

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POLITICS Michael Cohen, P resident Trump’s former personal lawyer and “fixer,” pleaded guilty Tuesday to campaign finance violations and other charges, saying he and Trump arranged the payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels and a former Playboy model to influence the election.

Cohen’s account appears to implicate Trump himself in a crime, though whether — or when — a president can be prosecuted remains a matter of legal dispute.

In a deal reached with federal prosecutors, Cohen, 51, pleaded guilty to eight counts in all, including tax evasion and making a false statement to a financial institution. He could get about four to five years in prison at sentencing Dec. 12.

In entering the plea, Cohen did not name the two women or even Trump, recounting instead that he worked with an “unnamed candidate.” But the amounts and the dates all lined up with the payments made to Daniels and Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal in the weeks and months leading up to the 2016 presidential election.

Cohen, his voice shaky as he answered questions from a federal judge, said one payment was “in coordination and at the direction of a candidate for federal office,” and the other was made “under

Michael Cohen pleaded guilty Tuesday to campaign finance violations and other charges.

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Cohen says president ordered hush money to influence election

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, met for two hours Tuesday with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and afterward told reporters that he said he considered Roe v. Wade as “settled law,” citing Chief Justice John Roberts’ statement on the issue. Collins, a supporter of abortion rights, said she raised the matter with Kavanaugh, who serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. (TWP)

direction of the same candidate.”

Cohen left the building and headed straight for a black SUV with tinted windows. A couple of people outside chanted, “Lock him up!” as they recorded the scene with their phones.

Cohen’s plea follows months of scrutiny from federal investigators and a falling-out with the president, whom he previously said he would “take a bullet” for.

The FBI raided Cohen’s hotel room, home and office in April and seized more than 4 million items. The search sought bank records, communications with Trump’s campaign and information on a $130,000 payment to Daniels and a $150,000 one to McDougal. Both women claimed Trump had affairs with them, which he denies.

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Michael Cohen’s lawyer suggested President Trump should face charges for directing his longtime “fixer” to make hush money payments to influence the election. Lawyer Lanny Davis tweeted Tuesday: “If those payments were a crime for Michael Cohen, then why wouldn’t they be a crime for Donald Trump?” Davis also said that by pleading guilty, Cohen was “fulfilling his promise” to “put his family and country first.” (AP)

Trump denied to reporters in April that he knew anything about Cohen’s payments to Daniels, though the explanations from the president and his attorney Rudy Giuliani have shifted multiple times since.

Deputy U.S. Attorney Robert Khuzami said that in addition to the campaign finance violations, Cohen failed to report more than $4 million in income between 2012 and 2016. Cohen also lied to a financial institution by failing to disclose more than $14 million in debt and obtaining a $500,000 home equity line of credit he wasn’t entitled to, Khuzami said.

After making the hush money payments, Cohen submitted phony invoices to Trump’s company, ostensibly for services rendered in 2017, the prosecutor said.

“Those invoices were a sham,” Khuzami said. “He provided no legal services for the year 2017.

It was simply a means to obtain reimbursement for the unlawful contributions.” LARRY NEUMEISTER AND JONATHAN LEMIRE(AP)

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Facebook has begun to assign its users a reputation score, predicting their trustworthiness on a scale from zero to 1.

The previously unreported ratings system, which Facebook has developed over the past year as part of its effort against the spread of fake news, was designed to help identify malicious actors after some users began falsely reporting items they disagreed with as untrue. (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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The publisher of a white nationalist website was a guest last weekend at the home of President Trump’s top economic adviser, Larry Kudlow. Kudlow said Tuesday that Peter Brimelow is someone he has known “forever,” and expressed regret at Brimelow’s promotion of white nationalists on vdare.com. (TWP) FLINT, MICH.

State official faces charges in water scandal A judge on Monday ordered Michigan’s health director to stand trial for involuntary manslaughter in two deaths linked to Legionnaires’ disease in the Flint area, the highestranking official to face criminal charges in the tainted-water scandal. Nick Lyon is accused of failing to issue a timely alert about the outbreak. (AP) COURTS

Prosecutors accuse two of acting as Iran agents U.S. prosecutors announced charges Monday against two men, Ahmadreza Mohammadi Doostdar, 38, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen, and Majid Ghorbani, 59, an Iranian citizen and resident of California. They were arrested Aug. 9 and accused of acting as agents of the government of Iran and monitoring a Jewish center in Chicago and U.S. members of an Iranian opposition group. (AP)

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Manafort guilty on 8 counts Mueller gets a victory in tax, fraud conviction of former Trump aide ALEXANDRIA A jury on Tuesday found former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort guilty on tax and bank fraud charges — a major if not complete victory for special counsel Robert Mueller as he continues to investigate the president’s associates.

The jury convicted Manafort on eight of the 18 counts against him and said it was deadlocked on the other 10. U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis declared a mistrial on those charges.

Manafort, who led Trump’s election effort during a crucial stretch of 2016, stood impassively and showed little reaction as the clerk read the word “guilty” eight times. As through most of the three-week trial, Manafort showed no emotion as he looked at the six women and six men who convicted him.

Manafort, 69, was found guilty of filing a false tax return in each of the years from 2010 through 2014, as well as not filing a form to report a foreign bank account as required in 2012. He was also convicted of two instances of bank fraud, related to a $3.4 million loan from Citizens Bank and a $1 million loan from Banc of California.

The charges on which the jury deadlocked were three counts for not filing a form to report a foreign bank account, and seven for committing bank fraud or conspiring to commit bank fraud.

After the clerk read the verdict, Ellis asked the jurors if they wanted to keep their names confidential. The group responded, “Yes, sir.” Ellis then said he would keep their names under seal, but that they could talk about the case if they desire.

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Paul Manafort, 69, was found guilty Tuesday on eight of the 18 counts against him, including filing a false tax return from 2010 through 2014.

courtroom, Ellis asked Manafort to approach the lectern. The judge told Manafort that he would be ordering a pre-sentencing report and it was important for Manafort to “pay careful attention to the preparation of the document.”

Manafort’s possible prison sentence wasn’t clear, but legal experts said he likely faces more than a decade in prison under federal sentencing guidelines.

The verdict comes as President Trump has stepped up his criticism of Mueller’s investigation, publicly criticizing it on a weekly basis. As the Manafort trial began, Trump called for the probe to be shut down immediately.

Manafort’s guilty verdict may strengthen Mueller’s hand as he continues to investigate possible conspiracy and seeks an

Trump rips investigation President Trump reacted to the Manafort verdict on Tuesday by denouncing special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. “It doesn’t involve me ... it’s a very sad thing,” the president said after arriving in West Virginia for a political rally, adding that the Manafort case “has nothing to do with” Russian interference in the 2016 election. “I feel very badly for Paul Manafort,” Trump said. “Again, he worked for Bob Dole, he worked for Ronald Reagan. He worked for many people.

And this is the way it ends up.” (TWP)

interview with the president.

The 18 charges in the Manafort trial centered around his personal finances, and had little to do with the special counsel’s

Paul Manafort’s lawyer says Manafort is “disappointed” with verdict, is evaluating his options

mandate of probing Russian interference in the 2016 election and whether any Trump associates conspired with those efforts.

But the trial was the first to emerge from Mueller’s probe, and as such it marked a significant public test of his work.

The jury deliberated for four days before reaching its verdict.

Over two weeks of testimony, more than two dozen witnesses, including his former right-hand man Rick Gates, as well as his former bookkeeper and accountants, testified against Manafort.

They said he hid millions of dollars in foreign bank accounts that went unreported to the IRS, and then later lied to banks in order to get millions of dollars in loans.

His lawyers had argued that Gates, not Manafort, was the real criminal, pointing to Gates’ admitted lies, theft and infidelity.

Gates pleaded guilty in February to lying to the FBI and conspiring against the U.S., and has said he hopes to get a lesser sentence by cooperating against Manafort.

Prosecutors, in turn, told the jury that the most compelling evidence in the case were the dozens of documents, many of them emails, showing Manafort oversaw the false statements to the IRS and banks.

Manafort’s lawyers called no witnesses, arguing that prosecutors had failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he intended to defraud the government or banks, suggesting their client might not have known the law.

Manafort faces a second trial in September in Washington on charges of conspiracy against the U.S., conspiracy to launder money, making false statements and acting as an unregistered foreign agent for Ukraine. He is also accused of witness tampering in that case and has been in jail since June as a result. MATT ZAPOTOSKY, LYNH BUI, TOM JACKMAN AND DEVLIN BARRETT (THE WASHINGTON POST)

Undocumented man charged in student’s death BROOKLYN, IOWA A man from Mexico living in the U.S. illegally has confessed to kidnapping college student Mollie Tibbetts while she was running in her Iowa hometown, killing her and dumping her body in a rural field, authorities said Tuesday.

Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 24, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the death of Tibbetts, whose July 18 disappearance set off a massive search involving state and federal authorities.

Rivera led authorities Tuesday to the body in a cornfield 12 miles from Brooklyn, Iowa, where Tibbetts was last seen running, Division of Criminal Investigation special agent Rick Rahn said.

“I can’t speak about the motive.

I can just tell you that it seemed that he followed her, seemed to be drawn to her on that particular day, for whatever reason he chose to abduct her,” Rahn said.

Investigators said they zeroed in on Rivera after obtaining footage from surveillance cameras, which showed a Chevy Malibu connected to Rivera that was driving back and forth as Tibbetts was running, Rahn said.

An affidavit alleged that Rivera said he started running alongside her. Tibbetts said she was going to call the police and Rivera panicked and blacked out. He next remembers dragging her body to a secluded section of a cornfield.

Investigators had searched that area but didn’t find her, noting the body was covered by corn stalks. RYAN FOLEY (AP)

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Nats wave white flag with trades

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The Cubs will send the Nationals an infield prospect for Daniel Murphy.

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Since then, the team did not gain ground. Instead, Washington lost more games than it won and fell further behind in the NL East standings. On Tuesday morning, they were a game under .500 and 71/2 games out in the NL East, coming off an inexplicable and unacceptable 12-1 loss to the last-place Marlins on Sunday.

The reality now is Murphy, one of the most productive lefthanded hitters in baseball, has been removed from a lineup that would not surrender a weapon like that if it were arming itself for a push.

“I feel very disappointed in myself that it kind of came to this point. No ill will whatsoever.

It was just unfortunate that this was an option,” Murphy said. “So yeah, I was surprised. Sad. But that’s baseball.”

The deals do not clear room for their elite prospects, either. Manager Dave Martinez said Wilmer

The WNBA playoffs began Tuesday with two games that ended after Express’ deadline.

Earlier in the day, AP released the results of its 14-member media poll for the league’s annual awards. (AP)

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Club ships Murphy to the Cubs and Adams to St. Louis as its playoff hopes fade away ANALYSIS The Nationals on Tuesday traded three-time All-Star Daniel Murphy to the Cubs and utility hitter Matt Adams to the Cardinals, the team announced.

In so doing, Washington all but waved a white flag on a season that began with World Series hopes and a roster talented enough to fulfill them.

This team, under this general manager, has never before given up on a roster this talented.

“These moves allow us financial flexibility going into the 2019 season, to allocate our resources in that direction,” general manager Mike Rizzo said. “… These are tough decisions.”

Three weeks ago, at the trade deadline, the Nationals decided against selling off. The front office assembled potential deals, presented them to ownership, then decided to give the team a chance to steady itself.

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The Cardinals will free up cash for the Nats by covering Matt Adams’ salary.

Source: Harper staying In addition to putting Daniel Murphy and Matt Adams on revocable waivers, the Nationals also included Bryce Harper, Gio Gonzalez and Mark Reynolds, according to a person familiar with the list. That source said others might be on waivers, too. Like Murphy and Adams, Harper was claimed on waivers. But Harper will not be traded, the source said. (TWP)

Difo will take over at second base, and the team recalled Adrian Sanchez from Class AAA Syracuse to serve as a backup infielder. Ryan Zimmerman and Mark Reynolds

will split time at first base, though the Nationals did recall Andrew Stevenson from Syracuse to provide a left-handed option.

The motives behind the deal are clear: get something for two players who can leave for nothing as free agents in six weeks.

The Cardinals sent the Nats “cash considerations,” which means they will cover Adams’ remaining salary. The Cubs sent infield prospect Andruw Monasterio, 21, who was hitting .263 with Class A Myrtle Beach at the time of the deal. Rizzo said the Cubs will also likely include de a player to be named after the he Arizona Fall League season. n.

In her first season as a head coach, she guided Atlanta to a No. 2 seed and a bye into the semifinals with seven wins in the past eight games.

2 A’ja Wilson Rookie of the year

The Las Vegas center and No. 1 pick from South Carolina was a unanimous selection after averaging 20.7 points, 8.0 rebounds and 1.7 blocks.

1 Breanna Stewart Player of the year

The third-year forward averaged 21.8 points and 8.4 rebounds, shot 52.9 percent from the field and led Seattle to the No. 1 playoff seed.

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Peterson aiming to start at RB

After participating in his first practice with the Redskins on Tuesday, running back Adrian Peterson said he’s competing to start in the opener Sept. 7 at Arizona. “Without a doubt,” he said. “And I would be cheating myself if that wasn’t my approach.” Peterson, 33, impressed in a workout before signing a one-year deal for $1.015 million on Monday. “He’s in great shape, explosive,” coach Jay Gruden said. “And that’s what really sold us.” (TWP)

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In his team’s second game of the preseason, Redskins coach Jay Gruden opened up his playbook and gave fans a peek into how he’ll use quarterback Alex Smith this fall.

Smith directed just one series Thursday in a 15-13 win over the Jets at FedEx Field, but the six passes he threw to five different targets spoke volumes.

Smith is expected to play extensively when the Broncos visit the Redskins on Friday.

Although he’s seen little game action so far, the new franchise QB has delighted Gruden by quickly picking up the playbook since arriving in an offseason trade from Kansas City. Rookie running back Derrius Guice is already out for the season with a torn ACL, so Smith will have to shoulder even more of the offense.

But what will that offense

look like? Will Smith concentrate his attention on throws over the middle to Jordan Reed and Jamison Crowder?

Or is he likely to take more deep shots to Paul Richardson?

Can Smith flash a little more of his running ability to keep linebackers guessing? Perhaps the Redskins will just dinkand-dunk down the field.

“I don’t think there is anything we can’t do or won’t do,” Smith said.

His one series against the Jets proved that. Smith went 4-of-6 for 48 yards, and rookie receiver Trey Quinn dropped a pass in the end zone. Smith looked like he was playing chess while the Jets were playing checkers, maneuvering much like he did in practice throughout training camp.

His first throw was a quick strike to Richardson on a naked bootleg that he released as he was being hit by linebacker Jordan Jenkins. The pass gained

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Smith passes test: Redskins QB will use all his options

Alex Smith targeted five receivers in one drive last week against the Jets.

8 yards before an unnecessary roughness flag added another 15. It might have been a sack or incompletion if Smith’s predecessor, Kirk Cousins, had been running the play.

After a 1-yard run by Rob Kelley, Smith hit Vernon Davis

with a play-action pass that the tight end turned from a 5-yard throw into a 16-yard gain.

Routes by Richardson and Josh Doctson drew defenders away from Davis on that play, which will be one of the few times in the preseason that Gruden

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On his next three throws, Smith threw incomplete to Kelley in tight coverage, found Doctson for 11 yards over the middle and checked down to Kelley for 13 yards to push the ball to New York’s 10. Two runs by Kelley set up a thirdand-goal from the 4. Quinn, the rookie from SMU, got open on a slant route from the slot but couldn’t grab Smith’s pass on a well-defended play.

Overall, Smith showed a lot of capabilities in just one series. He didn’t find Richardson long, but did connect with the deep threat on a short pass.

Smith was patient on an inside pass to Doctson. And as for the attempt to Quinn, Smith trusted a rookie to reach an assigned spot. That’s also something Cousins might not have done.

It was a small taste, and Smith probably won’t show much more against Denver. But the 14th-year pro is obviously ready for the regular season and has already established chemistry with his targets.

That means Smith and the offense are idling until the regular season kicks into gear.

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Bolt practices with Aussie club Usain Bolt practiced with the Central Coast Mariners of the Australian soccer league for the first time Tuesday, taking part in light drills on his 32nd birthday.

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“It’s a cool little community in the alley, with neighbors who are working to beautify the space,” Kennerknecht said. MICHELE LERNER

Builder: Duball Features: The units have 9-foot ceilings, hardwood floors and nearly floor-to-ceiling windows. All units get at least one garage spot; those above the 11th floor get two. Kitchens are outfitted with Bosch and Thermador appliances, quartz counters and imported cabinetry. Most units have balconies, some of which wrap around a corner of the building. The building is constructed according to LEED standards.

Bedrooms/ bathrooms: 2 to 3 / 2 to 4 Square footage: 1,279 to 2,763 Condo association fee: 72 cents per square foot View model: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily Contact: Inga Scobie at 301-473-1527 or chevalbethesda.com.

(THE WASHINGTON POST)

(THE WASHINGTON POST)

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BUYING NEW Spurred on by the strong demand for housing in the District, developers are racing to unlock the value of Washington’s alleys, the shadowy passageways that run for hundreds of miles between and behind its streets.

Among them is Monarch Urban, which recently completed four brick townhouses and a commercial space as part of a redevelopment project at Linden Court NE, an alley off H Street.

“Linden Court was a diamond in the rough, a unique find,” said Matt Kennerknecht, vice president of Monarch Urban, a division of Monarch Building & Development Corp. “The building

originally had 10 rowhouses, six of which were converted into a workshop and then later into a body shop.”

To reconfigure the body shop for the project, Kennerknecht and others from Monarch Urban talked to neighbors in the alley and asked them to support several zoning variances providing relief from height and other regulations.

The resulting four townhouses, with about 1,600 square feet across four floors each, have been outfitted with features that keep them from feeling too dark or, frankly, like they’re in an alley. Each townhouse has a narrow balcony off the kitchen and a roof deck off the master bedroom suite. Additional design elements help to maximize light and privacy in the townhouses’ outdoor spaces.

Also, Kennerknecht said,

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Bedrooms/bathrooms: 2 / 3 Square footage: About 1,600 Homeowner association fees: N/A

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AWARDS REPORT

VMAs bring stars, skip the drama The MTV Video Music Awards show is known for drama, but Monday night’s ceremony was pretty tame. Here are some top highlights from the telecast:

Ariana’s bittersweet symphony

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“Sweetener,” which came out Friday, marks Ariana Grande’s first album since the fatal bombing at her May 2017 show in Manchester, England. It serves as Grande’s way of saying that everything is going to be all right, a message woven through 47 minutes of pop and R&B. She also dedicates 40 seconds of silence to the Manchester victims on “get well soon,” bringing the track to 5 minutes and 22 seconds — a nod to the events of May 22. Here’s everything else you need to know about the album. SONIA RAO (THE WASHINGTON POST) Grande branches out

Pete Davidson gets a song

Beyonce has a presence

Mental health looms large

Grande promised fans that “Sweetener” would be different from her past synth-pop hits, telling The Fader in May, “I’ve always just been like a shiny, singing, 5-6-7-8, sexy-dance … sexy thing. But now it’s like, ‘OK … issa bop — but issa message.” Producers Max Martin and Ilya contributed a great deal to Grande’s 2016 album “Dangerous Woman,” and they split the task this time with Tommy Brown, Pharrell Williams and a few others. Martin and Ilya are responsible for singles “no tears left to cry” (she uses lowercase for her titles) and “God is a woman,” which recall some of Grande’s older dance-pop work. So does the Brown-produced R&B track “better off.” But Williams switched things up by bringing his trademark funk and eclectic beats to six tracks, including those featuring Nicki Minaj (“the light is coming”) and Missy Elliott (“borderline”).

We are more aware of Pete Davidson than ever before, which the “Saturday Night Live” star attributes to his being engaged to “a super-famous person.” He’s right — tabloids have spent the entire summer obsessing over the whirlwind relationship. (Their best couple name is “Grandson,” if you were wondering.) Neither one has shied away from addressing the relationship on social media, but Grande went a step further by literally singing Davidson’s praises in “Sweetener.” She calls him her soulmate and says that the “universe must have my back.” The track was once just named “Pete,” but Grande tweeted in July that she likes the way “pete davidson” looks better: “music lasts forever. it’ll outlive any tattoo, any memory, any anything, even myself so i want my love for him and how i feel to be a part of that.”

The album’s “R.E.M” sounds like another Pharrell production that first surfaced online last year — a Beyonce demo called “Wake Up.” A fan asked on Twitter about the connection after Grande teased her song in July, to which the singer responded, “it’s an entirely new song now but the hook was so dreamy … it had to find a home i think it’ll be one of your favs.” (The tweet also includes some lovely cloud emoji.) It is unclear why the song hopped from one diva to another, but the Pharrell connection probably has something to do with it. “Sweetener” also includes a nod to Grande’s professed idol, Imogen Heap, turning the latter’s “Goodnight and Go” into “goodnight n go,” a radio-friendly, bass-heavy rendition. Grande referred to it as a “remix & a cover” of a song by “the woman who inspired my every move.”

The last track, “get well soon,” guides listeners through an anxiety attack and back to stability: “They say my system is overloaded / Girl, what’s wrong with you? Come back down. I’m too much in my head, did you notice?” Grande tweeted to a fan in May that her anxiety made her feel like she was outside of her body: “i felt like i was floating for like 3 months last year & not in a nice way.” She told The Fader in a piece published the next day that she wrote the lyrics to “get well soon” right after an attack. “The thing that makes me feel OK with opening up and finally allowing myself to be vulnerable is that I know [my fans] feel the same feelings,” she said. “I have fans that have become friends of mine. … I played [the song] for them before I played it for my label. They were like, ‘Thank you,’ when they heard that one.”

Asia Argento denies sexual assault claim, says late boyfriend Anthony Bourdain paid off accuser

Cardi B stepped into the spotlight for the first time since the birth of her daughter last month. After opening the show with a bit in which she carried a VMAs trophy in a baby blanket, she also won best new artist.

J.Lo looked back As the recipient of the Video Vanguard Award, Jennifer Lopez earned a career retrospective, and she delivered with a killer medley before giving an emotional speech about going from the Bronx to global stardom.

Cabello won big No one really cares about the VMA categories — except for video of the year. In a surprise victory, it went to Camila Cabello for her ultra-catchy “Havana,” as she won over Beyonce and JAY-Z, Drake, Childish Gambino and more.

Entertainment Weekly: “Veronica Mars” revival with Kristen Bell in works at Hulu

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The band Animal Collective and art collaborative Coral Morphologic use images of coral reefs, like the one in the background, for “Tangerine Reef.”

A deep dive into the otherworldly Animal Collective’s new album is an audiovisual tribute to coral reefs MUSIC If there’s one thing that has been consistent about the members of Baltimore-bred indie rock band Animal Collective, it’s that they will almost assuredly zig when you expect them to zag.

Case in point: “Tangerine Reef,” a new audiovisual album featuring images of the sexual reproduction of coral reefs created to coincide with

the celebration of 2018 as the “International Year of the Reef.”

When you watch the video, you’re sucked into an almost uncanny valley of coral reef imagery in its natural state. The figures appear to be too vivid and acting in such an oddly patterned and discernible way, as though you’re watching computer-generated imagery. You’re not.

“Some of our initial inspirations for making music were ... the unknown and the mysterious,” says Dave Portner, the band’s covocalist and guitarist. “It’s cool to be able to remind yourself and

to remind people that there’s still otherworldly and unknown things out there to be seen or heard.”

This is Animal Collective in a nutshell: an amorphous musical entity that seems allergic to any casual adoration from fans and critics. Rather than regurgitating the same sounds and thoughts every album, the band’s members have given themselves the runway to evolve from four guys who used to take the stage in animal masks to having the freedom to be themselves.

The genesis of “Tangerine Reef” came about in 2017 as a one-off art exhibition called “Coral Orgy” in Miami, which was billed as “a site-specific performance celebrating the cosmic synchronicity of sex on the reef.”

This theme becomes evident when viewing the album, because the imagery of coral is rife with mouthlike orifices enchantingly swaying. That imagery was filmed by art collaborative Coral Morphologic, an art-science duo formed by marine biologist Colin Foord and musician J.D. McKay. Brian Weitz, who mans the band’s synthesizer sounds, and Josh Dibb, the group’s multiinstrumentalist, have been avid scuba divers for about two decades. (Drummer and co-vocalist Noah Lennox sat out this project.)

“I think everybody is aware of the direction the environment is headed over the last few decades — and the ocean has been hit particularly hard for a lot of reasons,” says Weitz, who used to work for a Senate subcommittee on oceans, fisheries and the Coast Guard. “We thought this project could help highlight that.”

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James Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, along with star Daniel Craig, announced Tuesday that director Danny Boyle has exited the franchise’s latest film over “creative differences.” Boyle, left, and collaborator John Hodge were working on the script for the 25th 007 film (Craig’s fifth), which is scheduled for U.S. release Nov. 8, 2019. (AP) MTV revives “The Hills” with unspecified cast

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trending “Sooo playing Aretha’s songs during the ending credits and having Madonna dressed as a witch doctor while talking about herself was the tribute?” @KISSMA_ARS, reacting to Madonna’s speech about Aretha Franklin at MTV’s Video Music Awards on Monday night. Madonna talked about how Franklin’s “You Make Me Feel Like (A Natural Woman)” helped her breakk into the music industry. Viewers took issue with the Madonna-centric anecdote. dote.

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“Instead of telling me or any other cyclist to be careful, say that to a driver, or better yet, just encourage them to not drive at all.”

“Proof the internet doesn’t always suck: Josie Totah’s Wikipedia page already shows she/her pronouns.” @JEANNESAGER, on actress Josie sie Totah’s essay in Time magazine. Totah came out as a transgender woman, man, writing, “When my friends and family call me Josie, it feels like I’m being seen.” Within hours of the essay’s publication, Totah’s pronouns ns were corrected on her Wikipediaa page.

“Seriously?! Being lazy is not being selective.” @LAFARETTA, responding on Instagram to Kendall Jenner’s interview with Love magazine.

The model said she was “selective” and would never do over 30 shows a season. Other models shot back, saying they often had to walk in 80 shows a season to break into the industry. Jenner later said she “admires their hard work and dedication.”

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You’re nearing a crossroads of sorts, and you must prepare yourself to make a decision not everyone would want to make.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Your work may be stacking up a bit, but you mustn’t be tempted to do things out of order.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You may be dealing with more than you had expected today, and some of it could bring certain emotions to the surface.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) The way someone talks to you today may cause you to rebel — but take care that you don’t threaten the relationship. This is sure to blow over.

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You’re feeling overwhelmed by the sheer volume of work to be done today and in the near future. Take it all step by step.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) An overall upswing has you flying high for a time today, as your energy and enthusiasm reach a new peak.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) What happens today gives you a sense of well-being, but you will want to be sure you’re not misinterpreting anything.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You are willing to do more to further a certain cause than anyone else, and yet you may not want to be in charge. Why the hesitation?

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85 | 69 TODAY: Mixed cloud cover, with the best chance for sunshine in the afternoon. Lower humidity makes the middle-80s range more bearable, but we still run the chance of scattered showers.

Clearing, cooling and more comfortable tonight, with lows in the 60s and dew points dropping off to drier levels.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) You are

in your element today, and nothing is going to hold you back. As you build momentum, you’ll come to appreciate your power.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Share your thoughts today with someone whom you know is on your side, but don’t let your emotions get the better of you.

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are eager to prove yourself in a new environment, but first get the lay of the land. You can’t afford a misstep.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) You’ll receive news today that has you worrying about someone far from home. He can take care of himself — but can you? Don’t be distracted.

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1787: Inventor John Fitch demonstrates his steamboat on the Delaware River to delegates from the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.

1910: Japan annexes Korea, which remained under Japanese control until the end of World War II.

1972: John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile take seven employees hostage at a Chase Manhattan Bank branch in Brooklyn, N.Y., during a botched robbery. The siege, which ends with Wojtowicz’s arrest and Naturile’s killing by the FBI, inspired the 1975 movie “Dog Day Afternoon.”

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Next: Johnny calls out witch hunt, fake news Johnny Depp is denying claims that he punched a crew member twice last year during the filming of the movie “City of Lies,” his attorneys told E! News. “Despite false media reports suggesting otherwise, Johnny Depp never touched the person suing him as over a dozen witnesses present will attest,” the statement said.

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Post Malone’s jet makes safe emergency landing A private airplane carrying Post Malone and 15 other passengers safely made an emergency landing Tuesday in New Windsor, N.Y., after two of its front tires blew out at takeoff. The plane took off from a small New Jersey airport at 10:50 a.m., bound for London, and didn’t attempt a landing until shortly before 4 p.m.

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Jon Stewart helped find a home for two goats discovered roaming along subway tracks Monday in New York City. Police tranquilized the goats and took them to an animal shelter, at which point Stewart then helped load the goats into a trailer to take them to Farm Sanctuary. The comedian and his wife, Tracey, often assist in transporting animals found in the city to the shelter in Watkins Glen, N.Y. (AP)

FIGHTING BACK

Kelly isn’t giving up, and neither should you Kelly Marie Tran on Tuesday broke her silence about online harassment after wiping her Instagram account in June. “It wasn’t their words,” the “Star Wars” actress wrote in The New York Times. “It’s that I started to believe them.” Tran concluded by vowing to work toward a world of equality. “I know how important that is,” she wrote. “And I am not giving up.” (EXPRESS)

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Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj were spotted whispering at the MTV VMAs on Monday, with Minaj rolling her eyes and Grande laughing, leading to rampant speculation about their conversation. Many on social media concluded that they were discussing Travis Scott and girlfriend Kylie Jenner after TMZ reported that Scott had requested a change in seating to be moved away from Minaj. Scott reportedly was concerned about “bad optics” after his album “Astroworld” topped Minaj’s “Queen” for the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200 chart, thanks in part to its promotion by Jenner. (EXPRESS)

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