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Police say two women dressed as nuns tried to rob a bank in Pennsylvania’s Poconos. Authorities say the women walked into Citizens Bank near Tannersville on Monday and one brandished a handgun, demanding money from a teller. They left without taking anything. Each woman was wearing a black nun’s habit and veil. One woman also was wearing sunglasses. The FBI has posted surveillance photos of the pair on Twitter. (AP)
A South Carolina couple has been arrested after playing around on a golf course instead of playing a round. Tega Cay police received a report Sunday evening of two people lying on the eighth fairway. The caller told police he thought there might have been a medical situation, but when he looked through his binoculars, he saw two people having sex. A 19-year-old and 24-year-old were arrested and charged with indecent exposure. (AP)
An Australian man who has struggled with body image issues marked his 30th birthday on Sunday by skydiving naked while playing a violin, UPI reports. Musician Glen Donnelly played “Happy Birthday” and “The Lark Ascending” by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams during his leap over New South Wales. The stunt was part of an effort to raise money for charities related to mental health and body image. (EXPRESS)
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THE DISTRICT At first glance, you might not notice. There’s the tangerinetinted skin. The buttercream half-bouffant. The long, red tie. Everything looks like standardissue Trump caricature — till you get to the teeth. They jut out like a rodent’s, as if for chewing up opponents or gnawing on one’s own political tail. This, standing 15 feet tall and puffed out by hot air, is Trump Rat. And he made his Washington debut Tuesday on the green of Dupont Circle — part of a twoday engagement a short hop north of the White House. This political cartoon in balloon form might look like one of those oversized, inflatable rats that unions bring to protests, but “Trump Rat was custom made,” the artwork’s co-creator says, “from the ground up.” That creator, John Post Lee, is a New York gallery owner who
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was moved to help manufacture Trump Rat shortly after the president’s victory last November. “Probably,” Lee says of the timing, “when my Ambien prescription ran out.” Two weeks ago, Trump Rat made its debut near Trump Tower, drawing much vocal support, Lee says, as well as some colorful personal insults. That event led to a New York chapter of the ACLU putting Lee in touch with the National Park Service, and the gallery owner
soon had permission to inflate Trump Rat at Dupont Circle. Lee says that Trump Rat arrives strictly as a tall satirical commentary on a president whom the gallery owner calls “the ridiculer in chief” — a man he believes exploits racism and science denial for self-serving political gain. “I’m trying to hold a mirror up to how this person behaves,” Lee says, “as a character portrait of the man.” MICHAEL CAVNA (THE WASHINGTON POST)
A third corpse flower plant bloomed Monday at the U.S. Botanic Garden, making three blooms of the exotic and smelly plant in little more than a week, a coincidence that the garden staff considered to be extremely unusual. Garden officials said they thought it was the first time in North America that any place exhibiting the plants had three blooming at the same time. The first of the three reached full bloom on Aug 20. Corpse flowers only hold their blooms for up to 36 hours before collapsing. (TWP)
The Kickstarter goal for “Barry & Joe: The Animated Series,” in which a young Barack Obama and Joe Biden are sent back in time by Neil deGrasse Tyson to save the world. Creator Adam Reid describes the project as “Bromancing the multiverse to save us from ourselves,” in the style of cheesy ’80s TV. If it’s funded, he hopes to put the pilot out by the holidays. (EXPRESS)
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. The Charlottesville City Council will take the unusual step today of holding a closed-door session to “discuss the performance and discipline of an elected official,” a sign that the fallout from the way the city handled the Aug. 12 white supremacist rally continues to roil the city’s leadership. Charges and countercharges have flown about whether the city was prepared for the rally that eventually led to three deaths and who was to blame for a plan that left police officers either reluctant or unable to respond as violent clashes broke out between rallygoers and protesters. A leaked memo from the city council to City Manager Maurice Jones last week questioned many aspects of how he and Police Chief Al Thomas handled the rally. Jones’ response provided an inside look at just how strained the relationship has become among those responsible for the city’s operation and safety. City council members contacted would not identify the official who will be the focus of their meeting. But there has been criticism leveled by community leaders and others about
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the way Mayor Michael Signer, a Democrat elected in 2016, dealt with the rally and its aftermath. The five-member council, on which Signer also serves, has the power to punish one of its own members “for disorderly conduct by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars,” according to the Charlottesville City Code. The council can also by a two-thirds vote “expel a member of its own body for malfeasance or misfeasance in office.” In the memo to Jones leaked last week, city council members asked the city manager to explain why he wasn’t more aggressive in pursuing an alternate location for the rally and why more restrictions weren’t placed on rallygoers to make the event safer, among other charges.
In his point-by-point response to the council’s memo, Jones rebutted every charge that had been leveled against him and Thomas. Jones said he had pushed to move the rally to another location — which triggered a legal challenge by the protesters. The sharpest response Jones made in his rebuttal was to complaints by Signer that he had not been allowed in the city’s command center to monitor events. “On two separate occasions during the height of the crisis, the Mayor threatened my job and that of the police chief because of our concerns about allowing him to be part of the command center,” Jones wrote. “He said, ‘You work for me,’ and I replied that ‘I worked for the City Council.’ ” JOE HEIM (THE WASHINGTON POST)
Bethesda school bans Redskins gear A private school in North Bethesda has banned its students from wearing anything with the Washington Redskins name or logo on it. Officials at Green Acres School told parents last week that the school won’t allow children “to wear clothing that disparages a race of people,” Bethesda Magazine reports. A letter to parents posted on the school’s website stated, “The term ‘Redskin’ is a racial slur. Its use, whether intentional or not, can be deeply insulting and offensive.” Head of School Neal M. Brown told the magazine that the school, which teaches grades three through eight, hasn’t heard any negative feedback from parents since the announcement was made Friday. (EXPRESS)
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A man wanted in connection with the beating of a black man in Charlottesville, Va., on the day of a white nationalist rally turned himself in to authorities in Georgia and will be extradited to Virginia, officials said. Alex Michael Ramos, 33, surrendered Monday at the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. Ramos faces one count of malicious wounding in the attack on DeAndre Harris. Another man accused in the beating, Daniel Borden, 18, of Ohio, appeared by video Tuesday and declined to waive extradition to Virginia, where he also faces a charge of malicious wounding. (AP) THE DISTRICT
Suspect wanted for firing gun at NW Metro station D.C. police were searching for a man who fired at least one round from a gun down a Metro escalator in Columbia Heights in midday, according to authorities and surveillance video made public Monday. Police said it does not appear anyone was struck by the gunfire Friday. The video shows two men chasing another man along the street. One man is holding a gun in his left hand. The video shows one man at the top of the escalator shooting down the moving stairs, and then running away. (TWP) MARYLAND
Three medical marijuana growers get the final OK Regulators have given final approval to three more medical marijuana growers in Maryland. The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission also granted final approval Monday to two processing companies. The commission extended a deadline for another 10 companies that were supposed to have final background checks and inspections done within one year of getting preliminary approval. ForwardGro received the first license to grow marijuana in May. (AP/TWP)
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more than $500 million to build and fund the Newseum. Jan Neuharth, Freedom Forum CEO, said: “It has become obvious that the current model — where the Freedom Forum is the primary funder of the Newseum — cannot continue indefinitely at this level. “Left unchecked, this deficit spending rate would eventually drain the Freedom Forum’s entire endowment, and the annual cash drain prevents us from allocating any new capital to First Amendment programs that are at the heart of our educational mission.” The statement said the Freedom Forum has hired consultants to review all options regarding the seven-story, 250,000-squarefoot building — including “a possible outright sale.” MARGARET SULLIVAN (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Norton: Disband the Metro board D.C. delegate sides with local leaders calling for transit agency shake-up TRANSPORTATION D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton on Tuesday called on Metro’s board members to resign to make way for a smaller, temporary “reform board” recommended by former U.S. transportation secretary Ray LaHood as a way to swiftly usher in change for the troubled system. But there was no indication that any of panel’s 16 members planned to leave their posts, and the reception to LaHood’s proposal was lukewarm. “I’ve just been reappointed, so I’m not tossing in the towel,” said board member Michael Goldman, who recently was reappointed to a four-year term by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan. “None of us that I’m aware of have any plans to resign,” added Metro Board Chairman Jack Evans, who represents D.C. LaHood made the recommendation Monday during a summit with Hogan, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Virginia
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Tuesday he plans to propose legislation to tighten sentencing for violent criminals in the upcoming session, part of an effort to quell a surge in bloodshed in Baltimore. Hogan, a Republican, said he is planning the measure as part of a package of bills in the legislative session that begins in January. He told reporters that too many judges are waiving prison sentences in favor of probation for repeat violent criminals. (AP)
Discriminatory and anti-Semitic signs have been discovered at a Dumfries, Va., church. A depiction of a hooded Ku Klux Klan member wearing a suit with a Confederate flag was found Sunday taped to the front door of Greater Praise Temple Ministries. The sign had a slur against AfricanAmericans written on it and below it was a note with swastika drawings. Music minister Eric Thompson says it’s the first time the church has dealt with this kind of incident. Police are investigating. (AP)
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Harvey response: Agencies, workers quick to help out more inbound.” Those numbers surely have grown since that report. So far, President Trump has not faced the criticism former President George W. Bush earned for his administration’s response to Hurricane Katrina. A statement from the office of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D, whose district includes metropolitan Houston, said “she’s encouraged by the Federal response so far but there’s still so much that needs to be done. She was pleased by the President’s remarks promising that Texas will have everything it needs. Moving forward, she remains hopeful that the President will deliver on his words.” Federal employees also are among those who might need assistance. Almost 60,000 feds, working in 45 agencies, regularly work in the Houston area, according to the Office of Personnel Management. FEMA said the federal response to Harvey includes: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has more than 500 staffers in Texas and Louisiana, with an additional 1,000 on alert. The National Guard has more than 4,000 service members available for search,
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Like an atmospheric bully, Hurricane Harvey settled its big butt over the Texas Gulf Coast, causing epic rains, floods and misery — before inflicting more grief on Louisiana. But a welcome counterpoint to the destruction is the human response, the legion of selfless volunteers, charitable organizations and regular folks helping residents survive. Government workers at all levels, including more than 8,600 federal employees as of Tuesday morning, are directly involved with the disaster. About two dozen federal offices have responded, from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which is taking the lead with more than 2,500 staffers, to AmeriCorps, which sent over 225 people for food and shelter operations and debris removal. The U.S. Coast Guard “has over 420 personnel conducting operations in South Texas,” FEMA reported on Monday. “The Coast Guard had confirmed rescues of 2,000 multiperson cases in the Houston and Galveston area, with 16 helicopters in the air and eight
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rescue and recovery missions. National Emergency Medical Services has a contract for 100 ambulances and 15 air ambulances. Mobile Emergency Response Support personnel are providing voice, video and information services. FEMA said it set up Incident Support Bases (ISB) at locations in Texas and Louisiana “to ensure supplies including water, meals, blankets and other resources are closer to affected areas.” As of Tuesday morning, FEMA had provided
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A. The Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) program held one of its rare open seasons last September, but coverage elections were delayed by a year, essentially to prevent those with a condition threatening their life in a short time from boosting their benefits. Employees could newly enroll in the program for “basic” coverage worth about their annual salary and could choose or increase optional coverage worth up to about five times more, plus coverage for family members. The Office of Personnel Management recently told agencies to remind their employees that any choices they made, along with the related changes in premiums, begin with the first biweekly pay period of October (payroll cycles differ among agencies). Also, it said, employees should check their later pay statements for that period to be sure their choices did take effect — and to ensure they didn’t accidentally cancel existing coverage while choosing new coverage. Outside open season, federal employees can enroll or increase existing coverage only upon experiencing a “life event” such as marriage or by passing certain health standards. ERIC YODER (TWP)
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Latest N. Korea launch calibrated for ‘mischief’ Missile fired over Japan sends defiant message, stops short of ‘red line’ NATIONAL SECURITY North Korea’s latest missile launch seemed designed to wreak just the right amount of havoc: enough for Kim Jong Un to show that he wouldn’t be cowed, but not so much as to invite American “fire and fury.” The missile launched early Tuesday appeared to be a Hwasong-12, the intermediate-range ballistic missile that North Korea has been threatening to shoot into the waters near the U.S. territory of Guam. But North Korea didn’t shoot it southeast toward Guam. Instead, it lobbed the missile in
a northeasterly direction, over Japan and into the Pacific Ocean. It was, as Stephan Haggard, a political scientist and Korea expert at the University of California at San Diego described it, “perfectly calibrated to create political mischief.” “The launch shows how Kim Jong Un is weirdly conservative, calibrating tests so that they are difficult to counter, flying just beneath the radar of a required kinetic response,” Haggard said. This enabled the North to send a strong political signal and to glean valuable technical data on its rapidly advancing missile program, without overtly crossing a “red line” and spurring the U.S. into action, analysts said. Taro Kono, Japan’s foreign minister, acknowledged as much.
“If North Korea had launched the missile to the south, the U.S. might have viewed it as a considerable provocation and responded accordingly,” Kono told reporters after the launch, as the government reeled. In Washington, President Trump warned that the North’s “threatening” actions will only increase its international isolation. “All options are on the table,” he said in a statement. North Korea fired rockets over the Japanese mainland in 1998 and 2009 — although it described them as satellite launch vehicles and gave Japan advance warning in the second case. Analysts say Tuesday’s launch was the first missile test that was designed for military purposes. ANNA FIFIELD
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“We must find long-term, sustainable structures. … Europe itself still hasn’t done its homework to this day.”
Authorities on Tuesday identified the gunman accused of opening fire inside a public library in Clovis, N.M., killing two employees and seriously wounding four other people, as a 16-year-old high school student. They said he had two guns during the rampage Monday at the Clovis-Carver Public Library, and that they plan to charge him as an adult. A pastor of the suspected gunman said the teen was troubled and was trying to find “inner peace.” Living Word Church of God Pastor David Stevens also said the teen had been dating his daughter. (AP)
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The American freelance journalist shot dead in South Sudan over the weekend had entered the country illegally with rebels, the army said Tuesday. There was no indication that Christopher Allen, 26, was a journalist, said army spokesman Lul Ruai Koang, who warned that journalists will not be protected if they come with rebels into the country’s civil war. Allen was killed Saturday in fighting between government and rebel forces. His body was handed over by South Sudan to the U.S. Embassy on Tuesday. (AP)
Israeli PM’s settlement vow complicates peace
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow to never evacuate Jewish settlements from occupied land drew outrage Tuesday from Palestinians and complicated matters for the Trump administration’s wouldbe peace envoys as they try to restart talks. The Palestinians called on the White House to intervene. They said that settlements on occupied lands are illegal and undermine the goal of a two-state solution by gobbling up territory they seek — a position widely backed by the international community. (AP)
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Nursing home safety at risk HEALTH More than 1 in 4 cases of possible sexual and physical abuse against nursing home patients apparently went unreported to police, says a government audit that faults Medicare for failing to enforce a federal law requiring immediate notification. The Health and Human Services inspector general’s office issued an “early alert” Monday on preliminary findings from a large sampling of cases in 33 states. The results were sufficiently alarming that investigators say corrective action is needed now.
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“We hope that we can stop this from happening to anybody else,” said Curtis Roy, an audit manager with the inspector general’s office. The audit is part of a larger ongoing probe, and additional findings are expected. In a statement, Medicare emphasized that nursing home safety is a high priority, but said it will await a complete report before announcing a response. That didn’t impress Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa. “A crime is a crime wherever it takes place,” Grassley said in a statement. “It’s unacceptable for more than one-fourth of potential crimes in nursing homes to apparently go unreported.” Of the unreported cases, about 4 out of 5 involved alleged or
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The number of possible cases of sexual and physical abuse against nursing home patients in the state of Illinois from 2015 to 2016, the largest number of incidents in a state. It was followed by Michigan (13), Texas (9) and California (8). (AP)
suspected rape or sexual abuse. The inspector general urged Medicare to systematically scour computerized billing records for telltale signs of possible abuse of nursing home residents. Investigators used that approach to find
the cases, matching hospital and nursing home records. Auditors identified 134 cases in which emergency room records indicated possible sexual or physical abuse, or neglect. The incidents spanned a two-year period from 2015 to 2016. In 38 of the total cases (28 percent), investigators could find no evidence in hospital records that the incident had been reported to local law enforcement, despite a federal law requiring prompt reporting by nursing homes, as well as similar state requirements. Among the 96 cases that were ultimately reported to police, investigators were unable to tell if the federal requirement for “immediate” notification was followed. RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR (AP)
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Domino’s, Ford testing delivery without drivers
Muslim children learn about the hajj pilgrimage
Four cups a day keeps doc away
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During a 10-year Spanish study, adults who drank four cups of joe a day had a 64 percent lower risk of dying than those who rarely drank coffee, according to research presented Sunday at the European Society of Cardiology Congress. Time reports that researchers analyzed surveys of nearly 20,000 Spanish university graduates and controlled for factors including gender and smoking status. (EXPRESS)
DOUMA, SYRIA | Syrian children circle a model of the Kaaba on Tuesday during an event to teach children the rites of pilgrimage in the rebel-held town of Douma, near Damascus. Muslims around the world are headed to the Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, for the annual hajj pilgrimage this week; more than 1.7 million people have already arrived. The Muslim feast of sacrifice, Eid al-Adha, which marks the end of the hajj, begins this Friday.
Ex-White House press secretary Sean Spicer meets the pope after being left out during Trump’s Vatican visit
INNOVATIONS Domino’s and Ford are teaming up to see if customers will warm to the idea of pizza delivered by driverless cars. Starting today, some pizzas in Domino’s hometown of Ann Arbor, Mich., will arrive in a Ford Fusion outfitted with radars and a camera that Ford uses for autonomous testing. A Ford engineer will be at the wheel, but the front windows have been blacked out so customers won’t interact with the driver. Instead, people will have to come out of their homes and type a four-digit code into a keypad mounted on the car. That will open the rear window and let customers retrieve their order from a heated compartment. The compartment can carry up to four pizzas and five sides, Domino’s Pizza Inc. says. The experiment will help Domino’s understand how customers will interact with a self-driving car, says company president Russell Weiner. Will they want the car in their driveway or by the curb? Will they understand how to use the keypad? “The majority of our questions are about the last 50 feet of the delivery experience,” Weiner told reporters last week. The test will last six weeks, and the companies say they’ll decide afterward what to do next. Domino’s is also testing pizza delivery with drones. DEE-ANN DURBIN (AP)
Disputed Iraqi province of Kirkuk to vote on Kurdish independence
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Harvey’s full impact unclear
Officials still trying to assess how many people are missing as storm inundates Houston area with rainfall Wettest storms As of late Tuesday, Hurricane Harvey had unleashed over 50 inches of total rainfall, making it the rainiest tropical storm ever in the Lower 48. Hurricane Harvey (2017) 51.9 in. Tropical Storm Amelia (1978) 48 Hurricane Easy (1950)
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HARVEY The remnants of deadly Hurricane Harvey menaced Texas and Louisiana alike on Tuesday, while a reservoir west of downtown Houston spilled over for the first time in its history due to record-shattering rainfall. Even as officials struggled to determine the storm’s true impact, its scope appeared to be staggering. As much as 30 percent of Harris County — which covers 1,777 square miles and is home to Houston, the country’s fourthlargest city — was underwater Tuesday, said Jeff Lindner, a meteorologist with the county’s flood control district. That geographic area is about equal to the combined square mileage of New York City and Chicago. President Trump arrived in Texas on Tuesday to survey the ongoing devastation, while storm clouds continued a drenching onslaught that has already dropped more than 3 feet of rain in some areas. Trump’s visit, following his pledge of swift action by the federal government to provide relief to states affected by Harvey, comes on the 12th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina making landfall in Louisiana. Yet even as Houston officials struggled to determine the extent of the tragedy, authorities said the storm had hit close to home for the first responders facing seemingly endless flooding. Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said Tuesday that Sgt. Steve Perez, 60, a veteran officer, drowned Sunday while driving on duty in the floodwaters. “He laid down his life,” Acevedo said Tuesday. “He was a sweet, gentle public servant.” Perez had spent more than three decades with the Houston police, Acevedo said. He left his house at 4 a.m. Sunday morning
Volunteers and first responders worked together to rescue residents from rising floodwaters in Houston on Tuesday, as rains continued.
in heavy rain to head into work, spending about two and a half hours trying to get to his duty station, but was unable to find a path due to the rain, Acevedo said. Authorities recovered Perez’s body shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday, said Acevedo. Acevedo said Perez’s wife said she asked him not to go in because conditions were so bad, but Perez insisted,
“because he has that in his DNA.” Police officers in the city have rescued more than 3,500 people so far amid Harvey’s flooding, Acevedo said earlier Tuesday. But the storm’s full impact remained unclear, as Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said officials are “still trying to assess” how many people are missing. Including Perez, at least 16
Dozens of offshore oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico evacuated because of Harvey rainfall
Looting: The Harris County district attorney’s office said Tuesday that 14 people arrested for looting would “face stiffer punishments” due to the crisis, saying that under Texas law, penalties increase if a crime is committed in a county deemed a disaster area. River swelling: The Brazos River, which runs through Fort Bend County, home to more than 716,000 people, has been swelling as the runoff from the storm collects in its banks. National Weather Service models showed the river rising to 59 feet by Tuesday, topping the previous record of 54.7 feet. Authorities issued mandatory and voluntary evacuation orders for parts of that area. What’s next? The storm is forecast to move inland on the northwestern Gulf Coast today. Forecasters say more than a foot of additional rain is still expected to fall through Friday over parts of the Texas coast and Louisiana. (TWP)
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people appear to have died as a result of the storm, officials said, though they warned this number could rise as authorities pursue reports of people apparently lost in the torrential downpours unleashed by Harvey since Friday. Lashing rain continued to pound Houston on Tuesday, falling on people who desperately sought groceries or trudged through water in search of shelter. In Texas, one of the two massive stormwater reservoirs to the west of downtown Houston began spilling over on Tuesday — despite U.S. Army Corps of Engineers efforts to release water as water levels in the reservoirs swelled to record levels. The Army Corps of Engineers said that water was spilling out from around the dam gates of the Addicks Reservoir, and officials said they expect the Barker Reservoir — to the south of Addicks — to also begin overflowing today. Officials in Brazoria County, south of Houston, also warned that a levee there had breached. KEVIN SULLIVAN AND MARK BERMAN (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Trump gives reassurances to Texans
‘Cajun Navy’ pays it forward with its boats
POLITICS Eager to show he’s on the job and taking action, President Trump offered upbeat reassurances Tuesday to Texans who felt the wrath of Harvey, promising local residents, “We are going to get you back and operating immediately.” Starting his visit to Texas in wind-whipped but sunny Corpus Christi, Trump’s motorcade passed broken trees, knockeddown signs and fences askew as it made its way to a firehouse for a briefing with local officials. “This was of epic proportion,” the president declared as he pledged to provide model recovery assistance. “We want to do it better than ever before. We want to be looked at in five years, in 10 years from now as, ‘This is the way to do it.’ ” Afterward, Trump spoke to a crowd of hundreds of people gathered outside. “What a crowd. What a turnout,” Trump said, thanking Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn. “This is historic. It’s epic what happened, but you know what, it happened
in Texas, and Texas can handle anything.” Trump drew cheers as he waved a Texas flag before the Corpus Christi crowd. He told the residents they were “special” and “we love you,” but didn’t directly reference those who had died or were displaced. Trump saw a largely functioning Corpus Christi, a city of 325,000, where damage was minimal. Power had largely been restored. Some restaurants had reopened and stores had been restocked. Hotels were jammed with evacuees from hard-hit areas to its northeast, including Houston. The president’s optimistic reassurances stood in contrast to the more measured assessments coming from emergency management officials, who are cautioning about a long, difficult road ahead. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that Trump’s visit was focused on coordination among different levels of government and laying the groundwork for what is expected to be a lengthy recovery.
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President Trump drew cheers as he addressed a crowd of hundreds in Corpus Christi. “Texas can handle anything,” he assured residents.
“Recovery is a slow process but rest assured, we’re doing everything we can.” BROCK LONG, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, warning recovery will be “frustrating”
“The president wants to be very cautious about making sure that any activity doesn’t disrupt the recovery efforts that are still ongoing,” she said.
The Cabinet secretaries who traveled with the president and first lady Melania Trump were to meet with their Texas counterparts during Trump’s visit. Trump has embraced the role of guiding the nation’s response to Harvey. But his vow of swift action on billions of dollars in aid is at odds with his proposed budget, which would eliminate the program that helps Americans without flood insurance rebuild their homes and cut grants to states that would allow them to take long-term steps to reduce the risk of flooding. KEN THOMAS (AP)
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The percentage of homeowners in the eight counties most affected by Harvey who have flood insurance policies, according to a Washington Post analysis of Federal Emergency Management Agency data. The vast majority of people hit by Harvey weren’t in a high-risk flood zone, where homeowners are advised to have flood insurance. Those who lose their homes will be dependent on private charity and government aid. (THE WASHINGTON POST)
Trump plans to go back to Houston region on Saturday, along with Vice President Pence
HARVEY As soon as Jordy Bloodsworth saw the images of Texans wading through Hurricane Harvey’s gushing floodwaters, he borrowed his buddy’s brand new Chevy truck, hitched his 18-foot fishing boat to the back and took off from Baton Rouge, La. Bloodsworth was just 12 years old when Hurricane Katrina destroyed his family’s home. What he gained, though, was a deep motivation to help his brethren in Texas during this week’s historic deluge. He’s part of a group that’s known as the “Cajun Navy.” It’s a volunteer online grass-roots effort that is part of an armada of private boats that have descended on the Houston area after authorities asked for help with search and rescue efforts. Painful memories of Hurricane Katrina run deep in what’s informally known as the “Cajun corridor,” between Texas and Louisiana. During Katrina, hundreds of Texans crossed the border to help rescue teams in New Orleans. Many families in Houston housed relatives and friends who were Katrina’s victims. Thousands have now made Houston home. “I was young during Katrina and I know how it feels to lose everything,” Bloodsworth said. “So being able to help others going through this situation that I have experienced, there’s no way — no way — I could pass up helping.” EMILY WAX-THIBODEAUX (THE WASHINGTON POST)
Houston Mayor Turner imposes 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew to ensure public safety
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October’s too late: Offense must find its rhythm sooner “I don’t think really we know what kind of team we have until maybe October,” Cousins said. “I think it’s always evolving, you’re learning, but we’re going to have to be ready. We don’t have a choice.” Right now, the offense is a mess. Free agent receiver Terrelle Pryor Sr. hasn’t made a tough catch. Wideout Josh Doctson is hurt for the second straight preseason. Tight end Jordan Reed wasn’t healthy enough to play in a game until Sunday, when he caught two passes for 12 yards. That trio was supposed to twist defenses into submission. Running back Rob Kelley ran for 57 yards against Cincinnati but had been almost invisible up to that point. The Redskins may still scan the waiver wire looking for a spare running back. Former starter Matt Jones has done nothing to reclaim his job. Washington clearly misses 1,000-yard receivers Pierre Garcon and DeSean Jackson, and maybe offensive playcaller Sean McVay, too. Then
3 Kirk Cousins
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The Redskins aren’t ready for the Eagles. A full offseason of camps and three preseason games haven’t been enough for the offense to reboot in time for Washington’s season opener against visiting Philadelphia on Sept. 10. A combination of injuries, slow-developing chemistry with newcomers, penalties and plain old poor play has made simply surpassing the orange first-down marker a challenge. After starting with two three-and-outs against the Bengals on Sunday, Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins said the offense may not hit its stride until one month into the season. Meanwhile, the early schedule includes playoff contenders from Oakland and Kansas City along with a crosscountry trip to the Los Angeles Rams after Philadelphia. If Cousins is right, the team’s playoff chances might be grim after the first quarter of the season.
The Lions on Monday night made quarterback Matthew Stafford the highest-paid player in NFL history with a five-year, $135 million extension. These QBs could all break that mark. (THE WASHINGTON POST)
The Redskins’ offense has been underwhelming in three preseason games, including when Kirk Cousins was called for intentional grounding Sunday.
again, coach Jay Gruden hasn’t revealed his regular-season playbook, so the impact of McVay’s absence is uncertain. The only upside is an offensive line that finally responded to a series of sorry efforts by pushing back against Cincinnati with a 10-play scoring drive fueled by three long passes and seven grinding runs. Cousins will spend this week preparing for Philadelphia, putting in extra film study and extra reps with receivers, while reserves finish the preseason at Tampa Bay on Thursday. Cousins recently
remarked that practice reps offered “a false sense of reality.” Blows such as Vontaze Burfict’s 62-yard interception for a touchdown Sunday, complete with a stiff-arm to Cousins at the goal line, show the true speed of the game. The Redskins’ offense can’t wait until October to show up. The team needs to win at least two of its first four to avoid another uphill playoff chase. That may be asking too much.
The Redskins will pay him $23.94 million this year under the franchise tag, and he’ll become a free agent after the season unless they use another exorbitant tag.
2 Drew Brees
Last year he signed a one-year extension with the Saints that will pay him $24.25 million in 2017. But he’s 38 and would have to take a discount if he wants to stay in New Orleans.
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The reigning league MVP has a contract that averages $20.75 million per year through 2018. The Falcons will likely make a strong push to extend him after this year.
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CFL team backtracks on Briles
In the same day the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL announced the hiring of former Baylor coach Art Briles as an assistant coach, the league and the team backtracked in the face of public pressure Monday and said he will not join the team. Briles, 61, was fired by Baylor after an investigation by a law firm found that over several years the school mishandled numerous sexual assault allegations, including some against football players. (AP)
Royals starter Danny Duffy cited for DUI in Kansas
CBS: Browns aggressively trying to trade CB Joe Haden
Colts: CB Vontae Davis week to week with “significant” groin injury
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Ovechkin shows signs of committed offseason
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“Behind all these Swarovski crystals and little black dresses, this girl has a lot of grit, and she’s not going anywhere.”
Capitals captain returns to ice early and appears to have trimmed down
MARIA SHARAPOVA, talking about herself after upsetting No. 2 Simona Halep in the opening round of the U.S. Open on Monday night. Wearing a sparkling outfit, Sharapova was emotional after her first Grand Slam match since a 115-month 5 month ban.
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NHL A slimmer Alex Ovechkin is back on the ice for summer workouts more than two weeks before the start of training camp. The Russian superstar skated in an informal practice with Capitals teammates Tuesday in Arlington and looked lighter than his playing weight of 239 pounds last season. If that’s the case, Ovechkin took to heart the challenge from general manager Brian MacLellan to train differently and add more speed before turning 32 next month. A team spokesman said Ovechkin would not speak to reporters until the first day of training camp in September. But his teammates certainly notice a change in Ovechkin’s physique. “You can see he lost some weight,” center Evgeny Kuznetsov said. Ovechkin is already trying something new by getting to the D.C. area in late August, which is earlier than usual for captain and 13-year pro. Ovechkin, Kuznetsov and fellow Russian Dmitry Orlov all flew back together, joining goaltender Philipp Grubauer and others. Ovechkin’s 33 goals last season were his fewest in a nonlockout year since 2010-11 as he saw the lowest ice time of
Capitals GM Brian MacLellan challenged Alex Ovechkin to add more speed to his game this season.
his career. The Capitals were knocked out of the playoffs in the second round by the Stanley Cup champion Penguins. By the end of the series, coach Barry Trotz had moved Ovechkin down to the third line. He finished the playoffs with five goals and three assists in 13 games as he battled knee and hamstring injuries. Afterward, MacLellan said
Ovechkin had to adjust his game to stay relevant as he gets older. Ovechkin appears to have done that, which sends a message to teammates after an offseason of change. The Capitals lost defensemen Karl Alzner and Kevin Shattenkirk and right winger Justin Williams in free agency, and traded away forward Marcus Johansson in a salary-cap crunch. STEPHEN WHYNO (AP)
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The network behind the pay-per-view broadcast for Saturday’s megafight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor may find itself owing money to unhappy customers. Showtime was hit with a class-action lawsuit Monday in a U.S. District Court in Portland, Ore. The suit states that Showtime duped consumers by rushing a streaming app to market and failing to warn them of failures such as poor resolution and freezes. (THE WASHINGTON POST)
University of Houston postpones Saturday game at Texas-San Antonio, cancels other sporting events amid flooding
Title defense at U.S. Open ends early for Kerber TENNIS Angelique Kerber, above, left the U.S. Open last year with a second Grand Slam title and the No. 1 ranking. She leaves this year after one match — unsure of exactly what went wrong during a seasonlong slump. The sixth-seeded German was beaten by Naomi Osaka of Japan 6-3, 6-1, the first defending women’s champion eliminated in the first round of the U.S. Open in 12 years. Svetlana Kuznetsova was ousted in the first round in 2005. “I think, yeah, it was not my day, completely not my day today,” Kerber said. Not her year, actually. Kerber is also on her way out of the top 10 after losing one of the only completed matches before most of the schedule was washed out on a rainy Tuesday. Kerber has played poorly following her breakthrough 2016, when she also won the Australian Open and lost to Serena Williams in the Wimbledon final before ascending to No. 1 with her victory at Flushing Meadows. This year, she fell in the first round of the French Open, the first time that had ever happened to the women’s No. 1 seed in that tournament. Kerber is now 25-18 with no titles in 2017. She needed to make it to at least the round of 16 to stay in the top 10 and couldn’t get close. She had been in the top 10 since Oct. 5, 2015, almost two years. BRIAN MAHONEY (AP)
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‘Despacito’ changed the Latin game MUSIC In music circles, the story of “Despacito” has been repeated so often that it’s starting to feel like a folk tale. Puerto Rican artists Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee released a reggaetonmeets-pop earworm so catchy that when Justin Bieber heard it in a nightclub in Colombia, he quickly asked to hop on the track. A dash of the Biebs proved to be the missing ingredient that would make “Despacito” into a viral music phenomenon. It steamrolled its way to becoming the first Spanish-language No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 since 1996’s “Macarena,” and reigned as the most-streamed song in Spotify history. The music video shattered YouTube records when it reached 3 billion views. The track’s success — paired with that of Colombian artist
J Balvin’s “Mi Gente,” which blew past “Despacito” to spend three weeks at No. 1 on Spotify’s Global Top 50 chart — has rekindled the promise of Latin music’s previously dwindling influence in the mainstream pop stratosphere, while also hinting at new opportunities for both emerging acts and those, such as Latin American heartthrob Prince Royce, who have been in the game for years. “The rules are the same: Work on great music that connects with people,” Royce says. “[But] there’s a whole big interest now in Latin music … and labels are looking for songs that have a little more Latin flavor.” While Latin artists like Ricky Martin and Shakira perfected pop jams in English to court the American market, Daddy Yankee, Fonsi and J Balvin injected Spanish into mainstream pop, a proposition that insists that if the music’s good, the language won’t matter. “I came with my Spanish and the No.
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(Main)streaming No one has watched Latin music’s digital progress more closely than Rocio Guerrero, Spotify’s head of Latin culture, shows and editorial, who says streaming has given Latin artists hard numbers that prove their popularity. “I actually believe that Latin music lovers have always been there and will always be there. The difference is that now, there is a way to measure that,” she says. J.L.
1 is in Spanish,” Balvin says. “That’s the special thing about ‘Mi Gente.’ … It’s possible.” The question remains how to keep the momentum around Latin music growing. For some artists,
Alynda Segarra
the urge is to push for broader, more nuanced representation outside of what’s exploding in the mainstream. Last month, Alynda Segarra of the band Hurray for the Riff Raff hosted and curated Nosotros Festival, a concert that showcased Latin music and activism in New York City. Segarra launched the event last year as a way to broaden the definitions of Latin art and music. “We just need more, and we need more representation that at is very multifaceted,” Segarra a says. “That’s a big thing I wanted d to do with Nosotros Fest: Say, y, ‘Here’s Latinx electronic muusic, here’s funk, here’s hip-hop.’ We have to keep pushing.” ”
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With so much weight resting on Taylor Swift’s new music — partly because “1989” is a tough act to follow, but mostly because it marks the pop darling’s return since her fall from grace after Kim Kardashian carried out the Great Exposé of 2016 — it’s mildly disheartening that her new single, “Look What You Made Me Do,” and its video feel so … obvious? The clip, from “Blank Space” director Joseph Kahn, is a highly produced work, with loads of visuals, costumes and CGI. Each frame serves as a nod to Swift’s previous feuds and personas. She’s telling us she knows people are talking — which is what we sort of assumed she’d do. It just would’ve been more fun to see her go rogue, own up to her schemes and say, “Sorry not sorry.” BRYANNA CAPPADONA (EXPRESS)
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Coldplay’s new song honors Harvey victims
At Coldplay’s concert in Miami on Monday, the band revealed a new country tune written to honor the victims of Hurricane Harvey in Houston. Lead singer Chris Martin, left, said their performance of the song, titled “Houston,” would be a one-time event and would not be played by the group again. Coldplay had postponed a Houston show last Friday for the safety of fans during the hurricane. (EXPRESS)
Reese Witherspoon to guest star on new season of “The Mindy Project”
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MUSIC REVIEW After blasting out five albums in the first nine years of Queens of the Stone Age, Josh Homme has backed off in the last decade in a considered effort to make the band newly relevant to not just his fans but also himself. On “Villains,” only the band’s second album since 2007, Homme splices together rock swagger, dance swing, vocal androgyny and art-band weirdness into songs that can’t be easily pinned down. The renewal project actually began on the Queens’ 2013 album, “… Like Clockwork,” in which Homme explored some of the more vulnerable, personal and disquietingly fragile aspects of his songwriting in collaboration with producer James Lavelle, the mastermind of U.K. electronic innovators Unkle. With “Villains,” Homme enlists another unlikely sidekick from the U.K., Mark Ronson, whose production credits include Amy Winehouse and Bruno Mars. Though Ronson’s presence may alarm Queens fans, the producer leaves an imprint far more subtle than he did on his 2015 hit “Uptown Funk.” Instead, Ronson amplifies some of the less overtly rock elements that already exist in the Queens sound.
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Frontman Josh Homme plays with a variety of sounds on “Villains”.
Cartoon monsters populate “Villains” — t here a re at least four namechecked in “UnReborn Again” alone. But the real monsters are ganging up inside Homme’s imagination — one rave-up is aptly titled “Head Like a Haunted House.” The music aims to loosen their grip. A few tracks work on a more straight-ahead plain: “The Way You Used to Do” busts loose with handclaps and a swinging guitar, the dance floor as sanctuary. “Fortress” reclaims some of the troubled tenderness that Homme explored on previous Queens albums. These songs serve an important purpose by presenting the Queens in a less complicated light, a palate cleanser between the more ambitious tracks.
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The rest is more complex, with surprise-around-every-corner arrangements and Dean Fertita’s extraterrestrial keyboards, yet the stellar rhythm section anchored by drummer Jon Theodore ensures that things still rock. The album winds down with two of its finest moments. “The Evil Has Landed” pits Homme’s Led Zeppelin-like guitar riff against Theodore’s booming cymbal-free drums to create an unlikely dance rocker. “Here we go, get out of the way,” the singer declares. It drops into the underwater drone of “Villains of Circumstance,” in which Homme sounds adrift until he’s swept off in a storm cloud of guitars, strings and demented keyboards. It’s an appropriately off-kilter capper to an album that makes a virtue of its uneasiness.
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The number of viewers who tuned in to watch Sunday’s Season 7 finale of “Game of Thrones,” according to Nielsen, setting a new ratings record for HBO. (An additional 4 million caught the episode on the network’s streaming platforms.) The seven-episode season premiered earlier this year to 10.1 million viewers. (AP) Release date for Leonardo DiCaprio-produced “Robin Hood” gets pushed from spring to Sept. 21, 2018
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A DISGUSTING PUZZLE 42 Garden pest 43 On the calmest side, at sea 44 Firebug’s crime 45 Reddish pigments 47 Attachments to 29-Across or “party” 50 Bestow 52 Powerful Army helicopters 55 Without paddling implements 60 Disgusting Wings song? 62 Place to test reflexes 63 29-Across solo 64 An orderly arrangement 65 Strong desires 66 Chaser of Capone 67 Director Sergio
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51 Smidgens 53 Stylish anagram of “lean” 54 Respectful address to a king 56 Instrument for Orpheus 57 Continental cash 58 Check out, in a grocery store 59 Isle or terrier type 61 “T’aint!” opposite
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