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Brexit backlash PM Johnson says he’ll call new elections after losses in Parliament 12

Uncollected Fines for Metro fare evasion often go unpaid in Virginia 8

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If Bigfoot hadn’t occurred to you as the reason before, he will now! A flyer denying Bigfoot is behind the closure of a bridge in Bradford, Vt., has locals talking. Last week, Dartmouth professor Alexander Chee tweeted a photo of the flyer at the post office. It said the prolonged closure of the bridge over the Waits River was not due to “a ‘Sasquatch’ or Bigfoot, either a single creature or several.” Since then, copies have popped up across town. (AP) ONLY WORKS FOR CUTE ANIMALS

Just try telling your boss you can’t be apart from your BFF the goose The Bucks County, Pa., SPCA has an unusual pair of animals up for adoption, WFMZ reported last week: a miniature horse named Waffles and a goose named Hemingway. The two are longtime friends who can’t be separated. “If you want to adopt Waffles, you have to adopt Hemingway,” said Linda Reider of the SPCA. (EXPRESS) OMENS

A bit late for this turtle to warn us that something terrible is coming A group that monitors sea turtles in Hilton Head Island, S.C., found a two-headed Loggerhead hatchling. Sea Turtle Patrol Hilton Head Island says the turtle was found alive last week and released into the ocean. The group’s leader, marine biologist Amber Kuehn, says a mutation resulted in the twoheaded hatchling, dubbed Squirt and Crush. (AP)

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These K9s offer consolation 5 dogs will help police in Fairfax cope with stress in the line of duty

Five dogs are in training with the Fairfax County Police Department.

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FAIRFAX COUNTY On a recent afternoon, the Fairfax County Police Department’s newest four-legged recruits were practicing opening doors. At the entrance to the county government center, Holmes, a 10-month-old golden retriever, paused before pushing the handicap button. “Holmes, touch!” his handler urged, placing a treat in front of the button. “Touch!” The handlers and instructors held their breath. Finally, Holmes went for the treat and completed his task. “Nice job, Holmes!” his instructor said. “Good boy!” Instead of helping to solve crimes, Holmes and his fellow recruits — Labrador retrievers and golden retrievers — are training to help first responders cope with the stress of the job. According to Blue H.E.L.P., a nonprofit organization that tracks officer suicides, more police officers died last year by suicide than the total number of line-of-duty deaths.

Golden retriever Lennie operates an automatic door as part of his training.

“What people don’t realize is we don’t get called when people are having a good day,” said Christopher Sharp, a second

lieutenant in the major crimes bureau who is helping to train one of the dogs. “We’re always getting called when people are

having their worst day.” Five dogs are being trained with the Fairfax department through a partnership with Fredericksburg, Va.-based First Responder K9. Three of them — Indy, Sully and Lennie — will be given to first responders who suffer from PTSD, depression or have other physical or mental challenges. Holmes and Jack, though, will work in the field. Their job will be to go to potentially traumatic events and provide comfort for first responders at the scene. The dogs are also great ice breakers when officers are in the community, Police Chief Edwin C. Roessler Jr. said., adding that they humanize law enforcement. At the end of their recent training session, the dogs and their handlers were stopped outside by numerous county employees asking to pet the animals. Samantha Hudson, planning and capital projects manager, stopped handler Randy Brooks so she could say hello to Indy, a chocolate Labrador. “You’re making a lot of people’s days,” Hudson said. Brooks smiled. “We’re going to make a lot of people’s lives, too.” LAUREL DEMKOVICH (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Local group rescues dogs from Dorian Arlington-based Lucky Dog Animal Rescue took 21 dogs from a shelter in Florence, S.C., where hundreds of people have evacuated as Hurricane Dorian bears down, and brought the animals to the D.C. area to be adopted. The dogs were evacuated Monday from the county-run shelter in Florence. Most of them will go to foster families and then be adopted at events in the D.C. region. One dog already has been adopted. The group has plans to rescue more dogs from South Carolina this weekend. (TWP)

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Va. Dems get boost from Beto Presidential candidate puts national spotlight on pivotal local races

New mobile app lets students report danger MICHAEL S. WILLIAMSON (THE WASHINGTON POST)

VIRGINIA Virginia Democrat Dan Helmer got a boost in his bid to unseat Del. Tim Hugo over the weekend when presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke appeared with him to whip up voter enthusiasm in a pivotal election this November. O’Rourke traveled throughout the state over the weekend, driving home the message that national Democrats want to flip control of the Virginia legislature in part to build momentum for the race for the White House. “As important as 2020 is, the road to get there runs through 2019,” O’Rourke said at a rally Saturday in Fairfax County. O’Rourke also campaigned with Del. Chris Hurst, D-Montgomery, who is defending his southwestern Virginia seat against Republican Forrest Hite, and with Democrat Amy Laufer in her bid to unseat state Sen. Bryce Reeves, R-Spotsylvania, in a district that runs between Charlottesville and Fredericksburg. All 140 state General Assembly seats are on the ballot in November. Republicans hold a three-seat edge in the House (51 to 48) and a bare majority in the Senate (20 to 19), with one vacant seat in each chamber. Virginia is the only state with an election this fall where control of the state legislature is at stake. Hugo, who is seeking an eighth term, is the sole Republican state

Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke visited Virginia last weekend to boost Democratic state office candidates.

delegate remaining in increasingly blue Northern Virginia. His purple district straddles Fairfax and Prince William counties. He has outraised Helmer by a nearly 2-to-1 margin, with nearly $800,000, much of which has come from the state GOP leadership, according to the nonprofit Virginia Public Access Project. Helmer, who has raised $432,000, has focused primarily on gun issues in the midst a string of mass shootings this year. Hugo’s district is the kind of suburban area where urgent concerns about gun violence could make the difference for voters. O’Rourke, who has increasi ngly be en t a l k i ng about guns on the campaign trail, visited Helmer’s campaign

“Virginia will set the course for the United States of America.” BETO O’ROURKE, a candidate for the Democratic nominee for president, during a visit to a Virginia Democrat’s campaign headquarters, arguing for the upcoming election’s national importance

headquarters Saturday evening, just hours after a gunman killed seven people in O’Rourke’s home state of Texas. “This one is on all of us,” O’Rourke said. “Virginia will set the course for the United

States of America.” A former Army intelligence officer, Helmer has repeatedly attacked Hugo over his support for expanding gun owners’ rights. Hugo, who won his 2017 election by just 106 votes, has walked a fine line on the gun issue. He recently expressed support for a “red flag” bill that would remove guns from some people considered a risk to themselves or others, although advocates for stronger gun laws said the bill is relatively weak. Quentin Kidd, director of Christopher Newport University’s Wason Center for Public Policy, said national attention to the race would probably benefit Helmer. ANTONIO OLIVO (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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If you’re prone to parking illegally, now might be a good time to shape up. Next month, the city’s Department of Public Works will introduce a new enforcement tool — a camera that electronically generates tickets when ticket writers spot violations, according to a Washington City Paper report. The tool will save ticket writers significant time they would have spent physically printing out tickets and placing them on windshields, the City Paper reported. (EXPRESS)

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EDUCATION D.C. officials plan to introduce an app this fall that will let students in violence-prone pockets of the city report suspicious activity, contact law enforcement and share live updates from their commutes to and from school. The administration of Mayor Muriel Bowser, D, announced in August that the city would spend $26,400 to partner with LiveSafe, an Arlington tech company. The move comes in response to students’ pleas to the city to make commutes safer. D.C. officials said it could take two months to gather community feedback about LiveSafe, persuade principals to pilot the app and roll it out to families. One of the major remaining hurdles is determining who will receive students’ concerns. Through LiveSafe, users can chat with officials and send photos or videos. Potential partners include school security and the city’s Office of Unified Communications, where 311 calls are logged. The goal is to test LiveSafe at 20 high schools in seven areas where students experience a disproportionate number of safety-related incidents, including the Anacostia, Minnesota Avenue, Columbia Heights and NoMa-Gallaudet U Metro stations. The city is planning four focus groups for students, parents and potential community partners. LAUREN LUMPKIN (TWP)

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VIRGINIA Attempts by Sens. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and Mark Warner, D-Va., to find out what is happening with the investigation into the November 2017 slaying of Bijan Ghaisar have been met with another refusal by the FBI. The agency has handled the probe of the fatal shooting by two U.S. Park Police officers for 21 months and said again in a letter last week that it cannot discuss ongoing investigations. Ghaisar, 25, was pursued down the George Washington Memorial Parkway on Nov. 17, 2017, after being rear-ended in Alexandria and leaving the scene, police reports show. Ghaisar stopped twice, but Park Police Officers Lucas Vinyard and Alejandro Amaya ran toward his Jeep Grand Cherokee with guns drawn, and Ghaisar drove away both times, a video released by Fairfax County police

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Pedestrian hit and killed over Labor Day weekend A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and killed Monday night in Oxon Hill, Md., the county police said. The death appeared to be the latest in a series of traffic fatalities in the region over the long weekend. At least seven people on motorcycles and one motorist were killed. (TWP) THE DISTRICT

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showed. During a third stop in the Fort Hunt neighborhood of Fairfax, Ghaisar again pulled away as ofGhaisar ficers aimed guns at him. The video shows the officers fired nine times into the Jeep, killing Ghaisar. The Park Police and the FBI have not released any information about the shooting since the day after it happened. A decision on whether to charge Vinyard and Amaya will be made by the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney of D.C. Both declined to comment last week. Vinyard and Amaya remain on administrative duty with pay, the Park Police said. A civil suit against the officers is pending in federal court in Alexandria.

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D, sent a letter last week to Jessie Liu, U.S. Attorney for D.C., asking for details on the city’s hate crime prosecutions, especially involving members of the LGBTQ community. Norton previously wrote to Liu about the issue on July 17 but says she hasn’t yet received a response. (EXPRESS)

Charlottesville nurse launches 2021 bid for Va. lieutenant governor

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When a rider is cited for not paying the fare to board a bus or train in Northern Virginia, the ticket is more likely to be dropped in the courts than paid. Only 278 of the 1,306 fare evasion citations handled by the Arlington, Fairfax and Alexandria general district courts between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2019, were paid, according to court records. In those districts, roughly $38,000 in fare evasion fines have gone unpaid in the past two years. Slightly fewer than half the cases, 619, are listed as past due, some by more than two years. Another 350 were either dropped by the officer who assigned them or dismissed by the court — oftentimes, Arlington County Chief Judge R. Frances O’Brien said, because officers didn’t show up to court hearings for tickets they wrote. The numbers include citations for unpaid fares on Metro and other public transit options like Fairfax Connector. They raise questions about what consequences there are — and should be — for not paying to ride at a time when Metro estimates it loses $36 million annually in unpaid fares across its regional system. Metro police officers in Virginia give out tickets for fare evasion, a civil offense, ranging from $25 to $250. The court is notified when a new

ticket is produced, and a hearing date is set. Offenders are given 30 days to pay the ticket, though they can seek an extension. Money from the fines goes to the local jurisdiction’s general fund. According to a spreadsheet prepared by the Supreme Court of Virginia, a significant proportion of fare evasion tickets from the past two years are going unpaid in the three Virginia courts DC Rider examined. In Arlington, 47% are past due, while 54% in Alexandria and 53% in Fairfax are delinquent. About a fifth of the tickets in Arlington and Alexandria were paid, and a quarter in Fairfax. Many fare evasion tickets in D.C. also go unpaid. DC Rider reported in June that D.C. and Metro collected less than a fifth of the more than $682,000 the city would have collected between October 2017 and May 2019 had all the issued fare evasion fines been paid. Metro spokeswoman Sherri Ly said Metro Transit Police Department officers are responsible only for issuing tickets. What happens afterward is up to jurisdictions. That so many tickets go unpaid will likely frustrate some riders who do pay their fares and at times turn to Twitter to complain about those getting a free ride. Jurisdictions are grappling with how to treat these cases, given that many who don’t pay are likely poor. Unlike in Virginia, fare evasion is a criminal offense in Maryland. Meanwhile, the

SUSAN BIDDLE (THE WASHINGTON POST)

Fare quagmire: Evasion tickets often go unpaid

Close to half of the fare evasion tickets issued in Virginia from July 2017 to June 2019 are unpaid and past due.

D.C. Council in December overrode Mayor Muriel Bowser’s veto to pass a bill that removes a potential jail sentence of up to 10 days for fare evasion, leaving a fine of up to $50 as the only punishment. The bill’s proponents had said that criminalizing fare evasion disproportionately hurts low-income people and minorities, citing a study that found 91% of those receiving citations for fare evasion in D.C. are African American. Virginia’s court records do not include the income or race of people who do not pay their fares or fines. Judge O’Brien declined to speculate about why so many tickets in Virginia go unpaid. Presiding judges for the Fairfax and Alexandria courts were unavailable to comment. Many people who do not pay fares or fines are likely

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UNPAID FINES IN VIRGINIA

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The amount in fare evasion fines issued in Virginia since summer 2017 that has gone unpaid, according to court records. In July, the state implemented a policy that allows people hit with fare evasion fines a one-year reprieve on paying them before the state can suspend their driver’s licenses. (EXPRESS)

struggling to pay rent or feed their children, said Amy L. Woolard, an attorney and policy coordinator for the Legal Aid Justice Center, a statewide advocacy group. Taking strong action against fare evaders, like suspending their driver’s licenses, could “have a snowball effect, and

bring serious consequences for minor offenses,” such as losing a job or being unable to drop off children at day care, Woolard said. Virginia this year softened the driver’s license penalty for failing to pay fare evasion and traffic tickets. The state now has a one-year moratorium on suspending licenses after fines or court fees go unpaid. Critics, including Woolard’s group, had argued the suspensions hurt the poor. But Makan Shirafkan, a McLean, Va., defense attorney who has handled fare evasion cases, predicted that as a result of the new policy, “we’re going to start seeing more and more people not paying this stuff,” he said. Reach Kery Murakami at kery.murakami@washpost.com. Follow him @theDCrider.

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SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. No one likely escaped the flames that tore through a boat packed with scuba divers, with all 34 people sleeping below deck presumed dead during a Labor Day weekend expedition off the Southern California coast, authorities said Tuesday as they called off the search for survivors. Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said no one has been found alive after the fire engulfed the dive boat early Monday. Flames blocked an escape hatch and a stairwell leading to the sleeping area crowded with passengers on a recreational scuba diving trip. Only five crew members sleeping on the top deck were able to escape by jumping into the water and steering a small boat to safety. The fire that engulfed the Conception is believed to have killed all 33 passengers and one crew member who was below deck, the sheriff said. Investigators have not yet determined how the fire erupted. The bodies of 20 victims have been recovered, and divers have seen between four and six others in the sunken wreckage, the sheriff said. Five members of one family

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34 are presumed dead as divers locate bodies in vessel’s wreckage

A woman adds a flower to a memorial for the victims of Monday’s boat fire.

perished. Susana Rosas posted on social media that her three daughters, their father and stepmother were on board. Kristy Finstad, 41, leader of the scuba tour and co-owner of Worldwide Diving Adventures, which chartered the boat, was identified in a Facebook post by her brother. The boat had departed Santa Barbara Harbor on Saturday and the fire broke out about 3 a.m. Monday while it was anchored off Santa Cruz Island. The crew appeared to quickly call for help, then went on a dinghy to a private fishing boat, The Grape Escape, that was anchored near the island’s north shore.

That boat’s owners, Bob and Shirley Hansen, told The New York Times they were asleep when they heard pounding on the side of their 60-foot vessel about 3:30 a.m. and discovered the frightened crew members. “When we looked out, the other boat was totally engulfed in flames, from stem to stern,” Hansen said. “I could see the fire coming through holes on the side of the boat. There were these explosions every few beats. You can’t prepare yourself for that. It was horrendous.” Hansen said two of the crew members went back toward the Conception looking for survivors but found no one. STEFANIE DAZIO (AP)

Former Navy SEAL James Hatch, 52, does not fit the profile of the traditional Yale University freshman. He joined the military out of high school, became a SEAL and spent about 26 years in the Navy before he was wounded in 2009 during a mission to find Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Hatch was admitted to Yale after applying to be an Eli Whitney scholar, a program for nontraditional students who have had their educational careers interrupted. “I was shocked to get accepted,” he said. “But my wife told me I would be silly not to take this opportunity, and she’s right. So I’m going to do my best, get in there and start swinging.” (AP)

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Australia lowers Great Barrier Reef’s outlook

The government agency that manages Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has downgraded its outlook for the corals’ condition from “poor” to “very poor” due to warming oceans. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s condition report, which is updated every five years, finds climate change remains the greatest threat to the reef. The other threats are associated with coastal development, land-based water runoff and human activity such as illegal fishing. (AP) Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin will not run for governor of West Virginia

Walmart to end sales of certain ammunition BUSINESS Walmart will stop selling ammunition for assault-style weapons and no longer allow customers to openly carry firearms, after separate shootings at company stores last month left 24 people dead. The retailer will also complete its exit from the handgun market by ending sales in Alaska. The decision by the nation’s largest retailer reflects a sweeping shift in how American corporations approach gun control, according to analysts. Walmart, which is based in Bentonville, Ark., made its fortune selling low-priced goods in red-state America. But as the country faces one mass shooting after another, executives said it was time to make a stand, even if that meant angering some of its most loyal customers. “[W]e are trying to take constructive steps to reduce the risk that events like these will happen again,” chief executive Doug McMillon said in a memo to employees on Tuesday. “The status quo is unacceptable.” Walmart says it will stop selling ammunition for handguns and short-barrel rifles — including .223 caliber and 5.56 caliber cartridges, which can be used in military-style weapons — once it sells through its current inventory. Those changes are projected to shave Walmart’s market share of ammunition sales from about 20% to as little as 6%, the company said. ABHA BHATTARAI (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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EU supporters demonstrate outside the House of Commons on Tuesday.

Pound continues slide The pound on Tuesday touched its lowest level against the dollar since 1985 (excluding a brief “flash crash” in 2016 that may have been caused by technical glitches), as international investors fret over a political showdown over Brexit this week. The British currency fell as low as $1.1960, down almost a cent on the day, before recovering somewhat to $1.2060. (AP)

intention to stand down. Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the main opposition Labour Party, lambasted the weakened Johnson and accused him of “riding roughshod” over the constitution in order to crash Britain out of the EU without a deal. He said he will not agree to a new election until legislation preventing a “no-deal” exit is in place. GREGORY KATZ AND DANICA KIRKA (AP)

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Berlin zoo celebrates birth of two pandas

A zoo in Berlin is celebrating the arrival of two panda cubs, the first time one of the rare mammals has given birth in Germany. Zoo Berlin said Monday that mother Meng Meng gave birth to a hand-sized pink cub at 6:54 p.m. Saturday. According to the zoo, mothering came naturally to the 6-year-old panda: “She placed the tiny creature gently on her belly and began to warm it lovingly.” An hour later, its twin was born. (AP)

South African police arrest over 100 people amid violence targeting foreign-owned businesses

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FOREIGN AFFAIRS By arming and backing a Saudiled coalition fighting in Yemen, the U.S., Britain and France may be complicit in potential war crimes, the United Nations said in a scathing report Tuesday that called for more accountability from all sides in the war. The wide-ranging report from a team of investigators commissioned by the U.N. Human Rights Council found that all parties to the conflict had perpetrated possible war crimes through airstrikes, shelling, snipers and land mines, as well as arbitrary killings, torture and other abuses. The Saudi-led coalition, which is aligned with Yemen’s internationally recognized government, is accused of intentionally starving Yemenis as a tactic of war and killing thousands of civilians in airstrikes. The coalition’s foes, northern rebels known as Houthis, are accused of planting land mines, shelling cities and deploying child soldiers. The U.N. report also strongly challenges the credibility of the Saudi-led coalition to self-investigate and hold itself accountable for attacks that kill civilians. That assurance, routinely given by the Saudis after every attack, is often cited by Trump administration and British officials to justify the continued military support and arms sales to the coalition.

‘It’s total devastation’ Rescue workers struggle to reach victims after Dorian leaves Bahamas destroyed WEATHER Relief officials reported scenes of utter ruin Tuesday in parts of the Bahamas and rushed to deal with an unfolding humanitarian crisis in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, the most powerful storm on record ever to hit the islands. At least five deaths were reported, with the full scope of the disaster still unknown. The storm’s punishing winds and muddy floodwaters destroyed or severely damaged thousands of homes, crippled hospitals and trapped people in attics. “It’s total devastation. It’s decimated. Apocalyptic. It looks like a bomb went off,” said Lia Head-Rigby, who helps run a local hurricane relief organization and flew over the Bahamas’ hard-hit Abaco Island. “It’s not rebuilding something that was there; we have to start again.” She said her representative on Abaco told her that “there’s a lot more dead” and that the bodies

were being gathered. Emergency authorities, meanwhile, struggled to reach victims amid conditions too dangerous even for rescue workers, and urged people to hang on. “We wanted to go out there, but that’s not a risk we’re capable of taking,” Tammy Mitchell of the Bahamas’ National Emergency Management Agency told ZNS Bahamas radio station. “We don’t want people thinking we’ve forgotten them. … We know what your conditions are. We know if you’re stuck in an attic.” Some of the first post-storm images out of Grand Bahama showed children and elderly people huddled in the shovel of a huge bulldozer as it cut through muddy waters and evacuated them to a safer area. Practically parking over a portion of the Bahamas for a day and a half, Dorian pounded the northern islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama with winds up

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LONDON On a day of humiliating setbacks, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a major defeat in Parliament on Tuesday night as rebellious lawmakers voted to seize control of the Brexit agenda, prompting the embattled prime minister to say he would call for a new general election. The 328 to 301 vote, made possible by fellow Conservatives who turned their back on Johnson’s pleas, cleared the way for his opponents to introduce a bill today that would seek to prevent Britain from leaving the European Union without a deal Oct. 31. It was a momentous day in Britain’s centuries-old Parliament as the legislature rose up to successfully challenge the power of the prime minister and his government over vital Brexit policy. Even if they can force Johnson to seek a delay to that deadline, any extension would have to be approved by each of the other 27 EU nations. The cross-party rebels are determined to prevent a “no-deal” Brexit because of fears it would gravely damage the economy and plunge Britain into a prolonged recession while also leading to possible medicine and food shortages. The vote came hours after

Johnson suffered a key defection from his party, costing him his working majority in Parliament. On a day of high drama and acerbic debate in the House of Commons, lawmakers returned from their summer recess to confront Johnson over his insistence that the U.K. leave the European Union on Oct. 31, even without a withdrawal agreement to cushion the economic blow. Many shouted, “Resign!” and protesters gathered outside Parliament to call for Britain to remain in the EU. A new general election would take Britain’s future directly to the people, in a third general election in four years. It is not clear Johnson would immediately get the two-thirds majority in Parliament needed to call a fresh vote, because opponents are wary he might postpone the election date until after Brexit has taken place. “I don’t want an election but if MPs vote tomorrow to stop the negotiations and to compel another pointless delay of Brexit, potentially for years, then that will be the only way to resolve this,” Johnson said minutes after he lost the vote in Parliament. Earlier Tuesday, two other prominent Conservatives signaled their intention not to seek reelection rather than bend to Johnson’s will. Former Cabinet minister Justine Greening and former Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt also signaled their

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to 185 mph and torrential rain before finally moving into open waters Tuesday on a course for Florida. Its winds were down to a still-dangerous 110 mph. The system was drifting north at 6 mph. Over 2 million people along the coast in Florida, Georgia and North and South Carolina were warned to evacuate. While the threat of a direct hit on Florida had all but evaporated, Dorian was expected to pass dangerously close to Georgia and South

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Carolina — and perhaps strike North Carolina — on Thursday or Friday. Even if landfall does not occur, the system is likely to cause storm surge and severe flooding, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. “Don’t tough it out. Get out,” said U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency official Carlos Castillo. In the Bahamas, Red Cross spokesman Matthew Cochrane said more than 13,000 houses, or about 45% of the homes in Grand Bahama and Abaco, were believed to have been severely damaged or destroyed. U.N. officials said more than 60,000 people on the hard-hit islands will need food, and the Red Cross said some 62,000 will need clean drinking water. “What we are hearing lends credence to the fact that this has been a catastrophic storm and a catastrophic impact,” Cochrane said. The Red Cross authorized a half-million dollars for the first wave of disaster relief, Cochrane said. And U.N. humanitarian teams stood ready to go into the stricken areas to help assess the damage and the country’s needs, U.N. spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said. The U.S. government also sent a disaster response team. Abaco and Grand Bahama islands, with a combined population of about 70,000, are known for their marinas, golf courses and all-inclusive resorts. To the south, the Bahamas’ most populous island, New Providence, which includes the capital city, Nassau, and has over a quarter-million people, suffered little damage. NASA satellite imagery through Monday night showed some places in the Bahamas had gotten as much as 35 inches of rain, said private meteorologist Ryan Maue. “We will confirm what the real situation is on the ground,” Health Minister Duane Sands said. “We are hoping and praying that the loss of life is limited.” R AMON ESPINOSA , DÁNIC A COTO AND MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN (AP)

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The Taliban on Tuesday defended their suicide bombing against an international compound in the Afghan capital that killed at least 16 people and wounded 119, almost all local civilians, just hours after a U.S. envoy said the militant group had reached a deal “in principle” to end America’s longest war. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said, “We understand that peace talks are going on … but they must also understand that we are not weak and if we enter into talks … we enter from a strong position.” He said the attack was a response to raids by U.S. and Afghan forces on civilians across the country. (AP)

A Palestinian student who was denied entry to the U.S. just days before he was scheduled to start classes at Harvard University has been admitted to the country. Ismail Ajjawi was on campus as classes began Tuesday, the university confirmed. Ajjawi was denied entry Aug. 23 after spending eight hours in Boston Logan International Airport. He had been living in Lebanon. The 17-yearold freshman said the denial had to do with politically oriented social media posts by friends. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has said only that the decision to cancel Ajjawi’s visa was based on information discovered during an inspection. (AP)

Defense Secretary Mark Esper agreed Tuesday to free up $3.6 billion from the Pentagon budget for President Trump’s border wall by effectively defunding 127 military construction projects. Esper determined the funds were necessary to support American forces deployed to the border with Mexico under the national emergency that Trump declared in February. The formal determination allows Trump, under an obscure statute in the federal code overseeing the military, to tap funds appropriated for other purposes without signoff from Congress.

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There wasn’t much of a home crowd at Nationals Park behind Stephen Strasburg last month against the Reds.

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Shrinking crowds: Nats are good but fans aren’t coming The Nationals, with a few exceptions, have been a wonder to watch for more than three months now. They are increasingly likely to host the National League wild-card game, though with seven games remaining against the NL East-leading Braves, the division title hasn’t quite been decided. They have a current MVP candidate in third baseman Anthony Rendon, a future MVP candidate in outfielder Juan Soto, and a Hall of Famer in Max Scherzer. What they have right now, too, is a fan base that isn’t reaching for its wallet to push them through this pennant race. With Monday’s crowd of 25,329 — which includes a lot wearing Mets gear — the Nationals are drawing 27,944 fans per game. Only four teams in the National

League — Arizona, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and criminally bad Miami — have fewer people showing up to their games. That’s a 10% drop from last year’s average of 31,230. The Nats are on pace to draw fewer people than in any season since 2011, before they had won a division title or even had a winning year. It’s hard not to be struck by the atmosphere, the empty seats and sections, and ask, “Does it matter to the team?” “I think it always matters, especially in games where you feel like you’re behind, or a night game [followed by a] day game and you’re a little tired, that energy that the fans can bring,” shortstop Trea Turner said Monday. “You saw [Mets fans] over there bringing their energy today. I think that’s awesome.” The crowds at Nationals Park over the remaining 13 home dates won’t determine whether closer Sean Doolittle returns to

form or whether Adam Eaton bounces back from the bruise on the back of his knee that caused him to leave Monday’s game. But it is a way to evaluate the health of a franchise, the relationship between fan base and city. “We’ve had a weird year,” said first baseman Ryan Zimmerman, who has played more home games in front of Washington crowds than anyone in Nats history. He’s right: An 82-80 record in 2018 followed by an offseason in which Bryce Harper departed didn’t exactly send people flooding to the box office over the winter, and a 19-31 start didn’t have them planning late-summer visits to the ballpark in the spring. And with crowds down across the major leagues, the Nationals were prepared for something of an attendance hit this season.

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27,944 The average number of fans per game this season at Nationals Park, a staggering 10% drop from last year’s average of 31,230. The only National League teams with worse attendance are the Diamondbacks, Reds, Pirates and Marlins. (TWP)

What we’re learning, though, is that it’s not as simple as “win and they’ll come.” Not in Washington, at least. There’s an endless list of reasons people don’t show up to a given ballgame, ranging from the weather to their wallet, including the start of school or the start of soccer practice, impacted by inconveniences such as Metro’s shutdown of parts of two lines that extend into Virginia for much of the summer. “D.C.’s a very predictable city,” Zimmerman said Monday. “I could’ve told you no one was going to be here today. For a lot of people, it’s the last day before their kids go back to school. It’s the last holiday of summer. People are going to be on the waterfront or whatever. There’s just other things to do in D.C.” There are other things to do in New York, too. “But the Mets, they have five generations of fans, or four generations of fans, that all grew up with that team,” Zimmerman said. “Maybe their dad’s team won a World Series, and they went because of that. That stuff matters, too.” Which is another reminder that even though baseball has been back in Washington for 15 campaigns, the sport isn’t quite ingrained here. Follow Barry Svrluga on Twitter @barrysvrluga

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YouTube to stream Nats game today You won’t find today’s matinee between the Nationals and Mets on MASN, MLB.TV or any other channel. YouTube will broadcast it exclusively as part of MLB’s 13-game trial package on the platform. Coverage for today’s 1:05 p.m. game, YouTube’s ninth exclusive broadcast this season and the first with the Nationals or Mets, will begin at 12:30 p.m. YouTube games are free on any device, with no login needed. “We’ve tried to make it very, very easy for fans to find the ubiquity of devices that YouTube is available on,” said YouTube’s head of sports partnerships, Tim Katz. Unlike traditional broadcasts, YouTube’s MLB broadcasts don’t have commercials between innings or during pitching changes. Instead, viewers will see live and recorded player interviews, highlights, and other Nats and Mets content. (TWP)

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Hachimura building confidence FIBA WORLD CUP Rui Hachimura believes his game has grown this summer. He knows his confidence has. It has been a hectic and nonexistent offseason for the soonto-be Wizards rookie — drafted No. 9 overall in June, played NBA summer league in July and has been with the Japanese national team since. “It’s been crazy,” Hachimura said. “I got drafted, went to D.C. and we had like a minicamp, then summer league and now the World Cup. It’s been a crazy summer but I’ve been having fun with this experience, this process. I’ve played a lot of games this summer, everywhere. I don’t know how much I grew, but I have more confidence.” Japan’s 89-76 loss to the Czech Republic on Tuesday meant Hachimura and his team cannot advance to the second round and will finish no better than 17th at this 32-team World Cup. Japan is winless in its two FIBA World Cup games — and a game against the U.S. is looming on Thursday — but the 6-foot-9 forward has averaged 18 points so far on 50% shooting. He’s also adding 6.5 rebounds, 3 assists and 1.5 steals per game. Wizards general manager Tommy Sheppard traveled to Asia to watch Hachimura in

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person, going to Japan first for the pre-tourney games and then following the team to China. “He’s going to be a really nice player in the NBA,” Sheppard said. “He’s got a lot — a lot — of upside. He’s got a lot of learning

to do, but he’s got excellent skill and excellent will. ... It just takes time, and we have to develop that.” Hachimura’s talent was on display in the Las Vegas Summer League, where he averaged

19.3 points on 50% shooting in three games. He scored 31 points in Japan’s pre-World Cup win over Germany — a game attended by nearly 20,000 at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan last month — and already has captured his homeland’s attention, as evidenced by the many Japanese fans who made the trip to China. “Rui’s got a lot of talent,” said Nick Fazekas, Japan’s U.S.-born center. “He works hard, but he has a lot of fun.” Basketball is growing in Japan for many reasons. The Tokyo Olympics are less than a year away, and the NBA — in a move that should build Olympic buzz — is sending the Raptors and the Rockets to Japan for a pair of preseason games in October. Those will be the first NBA games in Japan since 2003. And it won’t take much for Hachimura, the West Coast Conference’s player of the year last season at Gonzaga, to become the best Japan-born player in NBA history. He’s already the first Japanese player to be a firstround pick. The only two players from the country to appear in an NBA game are Yuta Tabuse in 2004-05 and Hachimura’s World Cup teammate Yuta Watanabe last season. Combined, Tabuse and Watanabe have 46 points in 19 NBA games, all off the bench. “I’m just excited for the season,” Hachimura said. TIM REYNOLDS (AP)

USA 93, TURKEY 92 (OT)

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Medvedev, Svitolina reach semis at U.S. Open Daniil Medvedev reached the U.S. Open semifinals after beating Stan Wawrinka 7-6 (6), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 on Tuesday afternoon. Medvedev, 23, is the youngest semifinalist at the U.S. Open since Novak Djokovic was also 23 in 2010. In early women’s action, Elina Svitolina beat Johanna Konta 6-4, 6-4. (AP) TRACK & FIELD

Star sprinter Coleman cleared of doping charge Christian Coleman, the reigning American 100-meter champion, has been cleared for this month’s world championships and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He faced a possible two-year ban after the U.S. Anti-Doping Association charged him with missing three drug tests in a one-year span, but the USADA on Monday withdrew its charge against Coleman on a technicality related to how the dates of the violations were recorded. (AP)

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Khris Middleton’s two free throws with 2.1 seconds left in overtime capped a wild finish to a Group E game Tuesday as the U.S. held off Turkey 93-92 at the FIBA World Cup in Shangai. The favored Americans wasted a 15-point first-half lead and needed two free throws from Jayson Tatum with one-tenth of a second left just to get into OT. In the extra session, the U.S. came back from five points down and Turkey went 0-for-4 from the foul line in the last 9 seconds. With the win, the U.S. clinched a spot in the second round. Tatum, left, sprained his left ankle. (AP)

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Sheryl Crow is done with the long game MUSIC Sheryl Crow has a lifetime of stories of hanging out with rock stars, pop stars, athletes, icons and music royalty, but don’t expect her to start revealing any secrets in an autobiography. “I mean, there are certain people that would have to die first in order for me to tell the real story,” Crow says. She laughs, then adds: “That is terrible. I did not say that.” If Crow, 57, is feeling a bit reflective about her lengthy career, it’s because she’s at a turning point, both looking backward at all those musical icons that inspired her and trying to uplift a new generation, especially female rockers. “Threads,” her new collaborative record released Friday, features more than 20 other artists, including Keith Richards, Neil Young, Maren Morris, Stevie

Nicks, Sting and Eric Clapton. Crow says it is her last fulllength album, and she feels “liberated.” The record feels like a starstudded farewell tour, where she reunites with some of the best guitarists still living. Clapton pays tribute to his late friend George Harrison on “Beware of Darkness,” with Crow, Sting and Brandi Carlile trading verses. She reunites with Richards, whom she met when the Rolling Stones asked her to play with them in the 1990s, on a cover of “The Worst,” and Bonnie Raitt’s slide guitar matches up with Mavis Staples’ soulful vocals on “Live Wire.” “Rock is not dead. Guitar playing is still cool,” Crow says. “I was a rock kid. I wanted to be in the Rolling Stones, but I wanted to be Keith.” And it wouldn’t be a Sheryl Crow record if she didn’t use the opportunity to speak her mind about the state of the world. Producer and drummer Steve Jordan suggested bringing Chuck

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Sheryl Crow says she feels “liberated” by the release of “Threads,” her last full-length record. As for what’s next, the singer is “OK with not knowing.”

Keeping good company Drummer Steve Jordan, a producer on Sheryl Crow’s new album, “Threads,” says that he and Crow tried as much as possible to be in the studio with the guest artists during recording, including with Chris Stapleton on “Tell Me When It’s Over,” with Jason Isbell on a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Everything is Broken,” and with Joe Walsh on “Still the Good Ole Days.” K.M.H.

D, one of rap’s politically and socially conscious pioneers, on a song called “Story of Everything,” also featuring Andra Day and Gary Clark Jr., that touches

on the Charleston church shooting, Congress and economic inequality across the country. “This is the story,” Crow says, “of a lot of small towns in America.” Going forward, Crow will still be recording and putting out music and touring, but not be tied to the structure and time demands of an album. And she wants to explore her non-musical interests as well. “The environment to me has always been my main passion,” Crow says. “I want to be more involved with philanthropic work. So we’ll see. I’m at a point where I am OK with not knowing.” KRISTIN M. HALL (AP)

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The percentage of U.S. album sales that went to Taylor Swift’s “Lover” last week, according to Nielsen Music. The record sold 679,000 copies in the week that ended this past Thursday. It previously was announced that “Lover” had already become the best-selling album of 2019, having quickly surpassed the sou soundtrack for the movie “A Star Is Born,” which has sold 447,000 copies this year. (EXPRESS) Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts” tops Billboard Hot 100

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While each of the three previous Bon Iver albums differed radically, “i,i,” physically released Friday, is an amalgamation and a culmination. Justin Vernon has called it the autumnal capstone of a journey through the seasons that began with 2008’s wintry, desolate “For Emma, Forever Ago.” Like that much-loved record, “i,i” focuses on Vernon’s earnest, urgent voice. Like 2011’s self-titled album, many songs contain blossoming orchestration. As on 2016’s “22, A Million,” Vernon manipulates sounds with electronic distortions and Autotune. He seems to seek the perfect sonic details for each song, such as the pulsing synths that cede to a horn fanfare in “Salem,” or the somber sax solo in “Sh’Diah.” Vernon is searching for insight and comfort, and “i,i”’s rich, complex songs offer both. STEVE KLINGE (TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE VIA AP)

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‘Quichotte’ isn’t worth the journey BOOK REVIEW In Miguel de Cervantes’ classic novel, a student tells the knighterrant Don Quixote, “The greater the fame of the writer, the more closely his books are scrutinized.” Such is the mixed blessing of fame for Salman Rushdie, whose new novel, “Quichotte,” is a modern-day reimagining of “Don Quixote.” Rushdie’s “Midnight’s Children” won the 1981 Booker Prize. His fourth novel, “The Satanic Verses,” inspired the Ayatollah

Khomeini of Iran to issue a fatwa in 1989 calling for his assassination. Suddenly, he became the world’s most famous novelist. In short, Rushdie’s books are now more closely scrutinized. That’s a painful process for “Quichotte,” an alternately cerebral and goofy novel released Tuesday. As the book begins, Rushdie’s quixotic hero — a worn-out, delusional pharmaceutical salesman from India — is forced into retirement. No matter. He nurses one great passion: He’s obsessed with an Oprah-like star named

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Adventures ensue ad absurdum. Rushdie’s style once unfurled with elegance, but here it’s become a fire hose of brainy gags

and allusions — clever but frequently tedious. Even as its subplots shamble on, the novel keeps reminding us about the rising conflation of reality and fiction. All this is in service to the deadeningly commonplace observation that “there’s no true anymore that anyone can agree on.” It would be easier to step over these thematic bricks thrown in our path if the novel’s characters offered any emotional substance, but by design they’re just constructs. And so we die-hard fans of Salman Rushdie keep turning the pages, hoping for a reward commensurate to the journey. Dream on. RON CHARLES (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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“You know, this is totally unfair. I read all of the ‘Harry Potter’ books and did not conjure one single evil spirit. Or any kind of spirit for that matter.” @ROBYNELYSE, joking about St. Edward Catholic School’s ban on the “Harry

Potter” series. The Rev. Dan Reehil, a pastor at the Nashville, Tenn., school, sent an email to faculty last week claiming the books contain “actual curses and spells” which “risk conjuring evil spirits.” Parents opposing the ban sent out a letter Monday questioning Reehil’s ability to “discern fact from fiction.”

“Those bubbles in the grease ... ” about the untimely demise of a mouse that found itself in a Bastrop, Texas, Whataburger. Video from the restaurant taken this weekend shows a mouse darting along the counter as a customer volunteers to remove it. During the rescue attempt, the mouse becomes spooked and launches itself into the deep fryer. After the incident went viral, the restaurant closed to be sanitized. It has since reopened.

“Tiger Woods seems way too emotionally invested in what’s going on with Rafa Nadal.” @DANWOLKEN, tweeting about Tiger Woods’ range of emotions while watching Monday’s U.S. Open match between Rafael Nadal and Marin Cilic. Woods at times looked distraught, seemingly cursing when Cilic scored, but he gave Nadal his signature fist pump several times throughout the match, which Nadal won 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.

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“Not the best timing for this article considering Hurricane Dorian. Let’s try something called compassion.” @HUGOARENAS, blasting People

magazine for its Monday article about Kim Kardashian West’s lavish Bahamas vacation last month. The posting came as Hurricane Dorian was stalled over the Bahamas, killing at least five people before it began to approach the U.S.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You may find yourself full of anxiety today over an issue you thought was resolved long ago. A loved one can help sort out these feelings. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You are more than willing to help someone else through a difficult period that begins today. How long is this commitment likely to last? SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You will likely do more than is expected today, but your reasons may not make a lot of sense to those around you. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) An issue arises today that reveals a certain vulnerability of which you have not been aware. You’ll want to remedy this as soon as you can.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Your admiration for someone must not be allowed to distort the truth when you realize that he or she is guilty of some wrongdoing. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You may not know how to make someone else feel better about an issue that you don’t fully understand.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Issues revolving around your sense of self, independence and autonomy may be unavoidable today. A friend offers an answer.

TODAY: Partly-to-mostly sunny skies help deliver the hottest day of the week, with highs near and past 90 in most spots. Watch for late afternoon to evening showers and thunderstorms as well. Humidity aims for moderate-tohigh levels (dew points upper 60s, or low 70s). Evening showers and thunderstorms are a risk.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Trust your instincts today, and let yourself express thought and emotion with unfettered clarity. You can surely get what you want. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Information comes to you today that seems to “change everything,” but upon further examination you’ll realize you are overreacting.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) You may have reason to examine a very important friendship very closely today. Something is going on that you can’t quite fathom. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Take care today that you don’t start mulling over things that cannot serve you well; if you begin to spiral, it’s going to be a long way down.

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1957: Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus uses Arkansas National Guardsmen to prevent nine black students from entering all-white Central High School in Little Rock.

1969: The Food and Drug Administration issues a report calling birth control pills “safe,” despite a slight risk of fatal bloodclotting disorders linked to the pills.

1987: A Soviet court convicts West German pilot Mathias Rust of charges stemming from his daring flight to Moscow’s Red Square, and sentenced him to four years in a labor camp. (Rust was released in August 1988.)

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Let’s hope Kurt kept his ‘Hateful Eight’ wardrobe Actor Wyatt Russell, the son of Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, married longtime girlfriend Meredith Hagner over the weekend, according to E! News. The couple reportedly got married in a Western-themed ceremony at Hawn’s house in Aspen, Colo. “Everyone came in cowboy hats and boots,” a source said. (EXPRESS)

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