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Students in a home economics class at Carter G. Woodson Middle School in Hopewell, Va., were mistakenly given a quiz last week that asked them what an extramarital affair is, as well as about the terms “boy toy” and “trophy wife.” The teacher got the test from the internet, and the superintendent said it was never a part of the curriculum. One question asked, “What do you call the much younger boyfriend of an older woman?” (AP)

A new Sydney Harbor ferry will be christened Ferry McFerryface, officials said Tuesday, letting it join the ranks of Trainy McTrainface, a Swedish express train, and Horsey McHorseface, a Sydney racehorse. The naming builds on a trend inspired by the suggestion of a former BBC radio host. Sydney officials rejected the first choice in online voting, Boaty McBoatface, since that name had already been used for a British submarine. (AP)

A man in Denmark is suspected of stealing 12 of Copenhagen’s green public benches, which Danes instantly associate with the city. An investigator said the unidentified man confessed to stealing the benches and selling them online. A total of 65 benches have been pilfered since mid-2016. Copenhagen is home to about 3,000 of the green benches, which feature a gray, iron frame with wrought swirls and cost about $1,250 each. (AP)

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Art, activism on a clothesline CULTURE With accusations of sexual harassment and assault coming from all corners of the art and entertainment world, a Washington museum has opened an exhibit that focuses on the causes and potential solutions for the epidemic of violence against women. “El Tendedero/The Clothesline Project” continues through Jan. 5 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. The work of Mexico City-based feminist artist Monica Mayer, the installation asks a series of questions about harassment and violence and invites participants to respond with their own experiences. The pink papers bearing the answers

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become the work. Mayer first created the work in 1978 in Mexico City. She said she asked women where they felt safe in their city, and that query led to a discussion of harassment and assault. The work has been

recreated multiple times since then, with each new installation tailored to the community. “For me, the piece is now the story of the piece,” Mayer said. “It can be education, art, activism.”

Mayer’s interactive piece just opened, and Mayer and museum staff held workshops for community groups in Washington and Baltimore in September. The Washington version asks five questions, including if you have ever experienced sexual harassment or violence, what you have done to prevent it and how you find joy after experiencing it. After only a few days, hundreds of pink papers were pinned to the work, with answers both personal and political. Last Sunday, at a community forum at the museum in conjunction with the exhibition, Mayer encouraged others to continue to speak out and make art that tackles social problems. “What has changed in 40 years?” she asked. “The one thing that’s different now is that I’m not the only one doing it.” PEGGY MCGLONE (THE WASHINGTON POST)

TURKEYS COOKED BY INMATES

The number of donated turkeys that inmates at the Maryland Correctional Institution in Hagerstown prepared and cooked Tuesday ahead of an annual feast. The free feast was started in Baltimore by the late Bea Gaddy, who used her lottery winnings of $250 in 1981 to feed 49 neighbors. The tradition has continued, and about 50,000 people in the city are fed every year with help from inmates who are part of the Maryland Correctional Enterprises meat processing training plant at the prison. The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services has participated in the tradition for nearly 30 years. (AP)

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105-lb. opah a rare catch in Ocean City A Maryland fishing party had a rare catch over the weekend, reeling in an opah off Ocean City, Md. Fisherman Austin Ensor recounted the catch to Fox 5. He said it took him and his friends nearly 90 minutes to reel in the 105.4-pound fish Sunday. The orange-colored opah, also known as a moonfish, is warm-blooded and normally is found only in tropical waters. Ensor said he recognized the fish after seeing pictures of opahs on Instagram. It may be one of the few ever caught in Ocean City. (EXPRESS)

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FAIRFAX COUNTY Maria Reyes snapped her eyes shut as monitors in the Fairfax County courtroom began to flash images of her daughter’s final moments. The MS-13 attackers had taken cellphone video of their attack. The screen showed 15-year-old Damaris A. Reyes Rivas with chubby cheeks, stonewashed jeans and a black T-shirt that read “’Ello Darling.” She looked like a girl ready to go to the mall. But Damaris was in snowdusted woods in Springfield on a January day, surrounded by taunting associates of MS-13. One ominously clicked a cigar cutter, while the girl was told in Spanish that she might lose a finger. They told Damaris they had a rifle and gas. They shouted at her, demanding information about her role in the killing of their clique leader, Christian Sosa Rivas,

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who was set up and killed with machetes, tree limbs and rocks in Prince William County on New Reyes Rivas Year’s Eve. They blamed Damaris for luring him to his death. Then, the screen faded to black. Tears rolled down the cheeks of Maria Reyes. She would have to endure three more chilling videos before a jury returned a verdict of guilty of second-degree murder

Tuesday in the trial of Wilmer A. Sanchez Serrano, 22, one of 10 young people charged in connection with Damaris’ torture and killing. The jury sentenced him to 33 years in prison. A judge will issue a final sentence March 23. The case helped propel the MS13 street gang into a top issue in the recent Virginia governor’s race. Three others pleaded guilty to charges in connection with the case in October as part of deals with prosecutors. JUSTIN JOUVENAL (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Winter blast means a frigid Thanksgiving Thanksgiving week promises to feel more like winter than fall as strong back-to-back cold fronts plow through the eastern United States. In the D.C. area, the first cold wave is predicted to arrive Sunday, with a second, stronger blast potentially coming Thanksgiving eve. Behind the first front, highs may hover in the 40s Sunday and Monday. But in the wake of Wednesday’s front, highs could be even colder. The average high temperature the week of Thanksgiving in Washington is in the mid-50s. (TWP)

A Prince George’s County police officer was found guilty Tuesday of assaulting a homeless woman while on duty last year. George Merkel, a corporal with the department who has been placed on administrative duty, was found guilty of seconddegree assault and official misconduct. Merkel’s use of force left one of the officers on the scene — who had been a member of the squad for only a few months — feeling “shocked.” A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Jan 5. (TWP) BALTIMORE

Officers defend lack of a seat belt for Gray Two Baltimore police officers said a superior’s decision to put a black man in a van in handcuffs and shackles but without a seat belt was reasonable and based on safety concerns because the man was combative and a crowd that gathered was a threat to officers. The Baltimore Sun reports that Edward Nero and Garrett Miller testified Tuesday at a department hearing for Lt. Brian Rice for his role in the transport in 2015 of Freddie Gray, who died of a neck injury suffered in the van. Nero and Miller also said that at that time, they’d never seen an arrestee placed in a seat belt. (AP)

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local Park service is trying to end activities around Washington Monument THE DISTRICT Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, DD.C., and six other local members of the House of Representatives asked the National Park Service in a letter Tuesday to reconsider its proposal to ban recreational activities on the grounds of the Washington Monument. The legislators also asked the park service to reconsider its proposed increase in fees for use

of its ballfields elsewhere on the Mall and in Rock Creek Park. The park service said it wants to close the grounds of the Washington Monument to recreational activities and increase fees for use of its 28 athletic fields. The battered monument grounds were closed earlier this year for turf restoration, and the park service wants that closure to permanently continue after the project is finished next year. There are about a half-dozen fields on monument grounds. The park service wants to raise reservation fees “from the

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previous flat fees based solely on administrative costs of processing (in some cases as little as $7 per season) to an hourly rate that will provide revenue for upkeep and management of the fields,” spokesman Mike Litterst said. The new rate would be $70 per two-hour block — $30 an hour plus a $10 administrative fee, he said. “The Founders and the original planners of [D.C.] always intended the National Mall to be a gathering place for public activity — including … recreational use,” the legislators’ letter said. MICHAEL E. RUANE (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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A grand jury has indicted a food truck operator on charges including involuntary manslaughter following a crash that killed a northern Virginia mother. Tony Dane was driving the Dane’s Great American Hamburger truck Sept. 8 when it crashed into an Audi carrying a family of five near Leesburg. The Audi driver, 39-year-old Erin Kaplan of Ashburn, was killed. Kaplan’s mother and three children were injured. Dane is charged with involuntary manslaughter, driving without a license and reckless driving for operating the food truck, actually a converted school bus, without proper brakes. (AP)

A civil rights group has filed a lawsuit over voter instructions in a Virginia county where a crucial race remains undecided. The NAACP’s suit in Stafford County is trying to stop officials from declaring a winner in a House of Delegates race. The outcome could determine which party controls the chamber in Richmond. The NAACP claims election officials gave “conflicting and misleading instructions” to voters. At the heart of the lawsuit is the race to fill the seat being vacated by Speaker William J. Howell. The Republican candidate, Robert Thomas, is ahead of Democrat Joshua Cole by 86 votes. (AP/THE WASHINGTON POST)

D.C. police have arrested and charged a man with breaking into nine residences this summer and fall in Northeast and Northwest. Police said that in many cases people were home when the burglaries occurred and, in some instances, confronted the suspect, who was armed with a knife. Police on Monday said they had arrested Deaundrey Williams, 23, of Northeast and charged him with nine counts of first-degree burglary. Authorities said the first burglary occurred in June and the last on Oct. 1. At times, police said, residents awoke and confronted the suspect, who fled with property. (TWP)

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Rep. Barbara Comstock’s calm, deliberate tone and the stately Longworth House Office Building hearing room where she spoke belied the depravity of the story she told. The Northern Virginia Republican said a current male member of Congress had a young, female staffer deliver materials to his home. He greeted his employee clad in a towel. “He invited her in,” Comstock said. “At that point, he decided to expose himself.” Comstock doesn’t know her colleague’s name, but trusts the person who gave her the information. This story demonstrated, more than anything else said at the House Administration Committee hearing Tuesday, the critical need for Congress to do what the hearing’s title dictates: “Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Congressional Workplace.” The hearing was called to examine the mechanism Congress uses to deal with sexual abuse. The mechanism is old, rusty and needs an overhaul. “The present system protects

Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., who was victimized as a congressional staffer, testifies Tuesday for a House panel on sexual harassment on Capitol Hill.

the extent of the problem and the effectiveness of reforms; and “reform the broken dispute resolution process.” After the hearing, Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said, “Going forward, the House will adopt a policy of mandatory anti-harassment and antidiscrimination training for all members and staff.” Citing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said between 25 percent and 85 percent of women have suffered sexual

harassment in the workplace. “There is a tectonic shift taking place,” he said, “in women’s unwillingness to put up with what prior generations of women were often forced to accept as ‘business as usual.’ ” That’s true, but an even larger quake is needed among the men who abuse women or are complicit in male supremacist behavior. That wasn’t mentioned at the hearing, but that’s the real problem. Follow Joe Davidson on Twitter @joedavidsonWP

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POLITICS Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday again revised his account of what he knew about the Trump campaign’s dealings with Russians, acknowledging for the first time that he recalled a meeting where a foreign policy adviser mentioned having contacts who could possibly broker a meeting between then-candidate Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Testifying before the House Judiciary Committee, Sessions said he now remembered adviser George Papadopoulos saying in March 2016 that he knew people who might be able to help arrange a Trump-Putin meeting. When Sessions was asked last month whether he thought surrogates from the Trump campaign had communications with the Russians, he said, “I did not, and I’m not aware of anyone else that did, and I don’t believe it happened.” But at Tuesday’s hearing, Sessions said his memory had been refreshed. “I do now recall the March 2016 meeting at Trump hotel that Mr. Papadopoulos attended, but I have no clear recollection of the details of what he said at that meeting,” Sessions told lawmakers. “After reading his account, and to the best of my recollection, I believe that I wanted to make clear to him

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified in a five-hour-plus hearing on Tuesday about meetings with George Papadopoulos and Carter Page.

that he was not authorized to represent the campaign with the Russian government or any other foreign government, for that matter.” Sessions added later: “I remember the pushback. I remember that he suggested an ability to negotiate with Russians or others, and I thought he had no ability, or it would not be appropriate for him to do so.” The five-hour-plus hearing marked the first time Sessions has personally addressed apparent discrepancies that have emerged in recent weeks between what he has said publicly

A 2nd special counsel? The Justice Department on Monday sent a letter to Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., saying Sessions had directed federal prosecutors to explore appointing a second special counsel to probe the Clinton Foundation and the Russian uranium sale. Under questioning from Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Tuesday, Sessions said he would need a “factual basis” to appoint a special counsel and said Jordan’s assertions about how things appeared were “not enough basis” to do so. He later said he “did not mean to suggest that I was taking a side.” (TWP)

and what other Trump advisers have claimed about their Russiarelated dealings. Papadopoulos pleaded guilty in early October to lying to the FBI, admitting he told Trump, Sessions and other campaign officials that he had contacts who could help arrange a meeting between Trump and Putin. Separately, former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page testified before the House Intelligence Committee recently that he had told Sessions of his plans to travel to Moscow. Democrats questioned Sessions about his dealings with both men, noting that their accounts were out of sync with what Sessions had said previously and that his account of Russia-related matters had shifted multiple times. “I hope the attorney general can provide some clarification on this problem in his remarks today,” said Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Mich. The hearing at times grew heated, as Sessions insisted that he had “always told the truth” and bristled at the suggestion that he had ever misled legislators or the public. He said his memory had been refreshed by news accounts and asserted that he still did not recall his conversation with Page — though he added that he was “not able to dispute it.” Page has also said the interaction was brief and forgettable, as he was not traveling to Moscow for the campaign. MATT ZAPOTOSKY AND SARI HORWITZ (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Heart patients have worried that they may die suddenly from having sex, but a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology suggests they probably won’t. Researchers who examined data on more than 4,500 sudden cardiac arrests in Portland, Ore., from 2002 to 2015 found that less than 1 percent of people who experienced it were having, or just had, sex. The data is the first of its kind on the issue. (TWP)

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GOP puts repeal of ACA mandate into its tax bill POLITICS Senate Republican leaders are altering their tax bill to include a repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, a major change as they now try to accomplish two of their top domestic priorities in a single piece of legislation. Party leaders said Tuesday their tax bill will include a provision that would repeal the individual mandate, a part of the health care law that creates penalties for Americans who don’t have health insurance. Up until Tuesday, Republicans had resisted making the change, worried that injecting health care politics would imperil the tax bill. But many of their members have supported adding the repeal, a move President Trump has pushed repeatedly as well. Repealing the mandate would free up more than $300 billion in government funding over the next decade, but it would also eventually lead to 13 million fewer people having health insurance, according to projections from the Congressional Budget Office. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., above, said repealing the individual mandate will allow them to further cut taxes for middle-income families. But the change could unnerve less conservative Republican senators, who voted against previous Senate efforts to repeal large parts of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. MIKE D EBONIS AND DAMIAN PALETTA (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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President Donald Trump’s oldest son released a series of private Twitter exchanges between himself and WikiLeaks during and after the 2016 election, including pleas from the website to publicize its leaks. Donald Trump Jr.’s release of the messages on Twitter came hours after The Atlantic first reported them Monday. In the exchanges — some of them around the time that the website was releasing the emails stolen from Democrat Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman — WikiLeaks praises the elder Trump’s positive comments about WikiLeaks and asks Trump Jr. to release his father’s tax returns to the site. (AP)

Zimbabwe was on edge Tuesday as armored personnel carriers were seen outside the capital a day after the army’s commander threatened to “step in” to calm political tensions over the president’s firing of his deputy, and the ruling party accused the commander of “treasonable conduct.” The AP saw three armored personnel carriers with several soldiers in a convoy on a road heading toward an army barracks just outside the capital, Harare. The timing heightened unease in the country that for the first time is seeing an open rift between the military and 93-yearold President Robert Mugabe. (AP)

Tampa, Fla., police blockaded a neighborhood and searched with a SWAT team and dogs for a possible serial killer Tuesday after a fourth person was shot dead for no apparent reason. Residents of the Seminole Heights neighborhood reported hearing shots just before 5 a.m. Tuesday. Officers quickly moved in and found the body of Ronald Felton, 60, who had been walking across the street when a gunman came up behind him and fired, interim Police Chief Brian Dugan said. After the earlier shootings, police increased patrols in the neighborhood and released surveillance videos of a hooded suspect. (AP)

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Texting while learning Educators are grappling with what to do about phones in elementary, middle schools Is social media driving increase in teen suicide?

their social glue, and research has shown that cellphone use does not reduce the quantity of face-toface time, said Scott W. Campbell, a University of Michigan professor. Kids tend to view socializing in person and through devices as “one hybrid space,” he said. Larry Rosen, a professor at California State University at Dominguez Hills, says research has shown that heavy users of cellphones feel anxious when they can’t check their phones — and that interferes with learning. Others noted a 2015 high school study that found that exam performance improved after a cellphone ban was imposed, with the greatest gains for disadvantaged and underachieving students. “It’s just another source of entertainment for when you’re at lunch,” said Kendall Johnson, an eighth-grader at Farquhar Middle School in Olney, Md. Even a day a week would be a start, she said. DONNA ST. GEORGE

HEALTH An increase in suicide rates among U.S. teenagers occurred at the same time social media use surged, and a new analysis suggests there may be a link. The study, published Tuesday in the journal Clinical Psychological Science, pointed out that suicide rates for teens rose from 2010 to 2015 after declining for nearly two decades, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers looked at CDC suicide reports from 2009-15 and the results of two surveys given to U.S. high school students to measure attitudes, behaviors and interests. About half a million teens were involved. The study found, for example, that teenagers’ use of electronic devices including smartphones for at least five hours daily more than doubled, from 8 percent in 2009 to 19 percent in 2015. These teens were 70 percent more likely to have suicidal thoughts or actions than those who reported an hour of daily use, the study said. “We need to stop thinking of smartphones as harmless,” said study author Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University who studies generational trends. “There’s a tendency to say, ‘Oh, teens are just communicating with their friends.’ Monitoring kids’ use of smartphones and social media is important, and so is setting reasonable limits.”

(THE WASHINGTON POST)

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EDUCATION It’s been a long time since mobile phones arrived in schools, but educators are still grappling with what to do about them. Should they be allowed in elementary schools? Should middle schoolers be able to use them at lunch? What has become a more settled matter for high school students is sparking questions and controversy in lower grades, at least a decade after mobile phones became an inescapable part of the cultural landscape. The debate has emerged in Maryland’s biggest school system — Montgomery County — where some of the rules have been relaxed in recent months. It used to be that students through fifth grade could carry cellphones only with special permission. But over the years, an increasing number of parents wanted their elementary-age children to take phones to school, often believing kids would be safer with the device at the ready. As the Maryland district recently moved to do away with the old rule, other parents objected — shocked that children as young as 6 or 7 would be permitted to bring smartphones to school. One father recalled his child’s school banning fidget spinners. Why allow cellphones? “A phone would be more of a distraction,” said Art Bennett, who has three children in Montgomery schools. “Unless there’s a demonstrated need, I don’t see why there ought to be phones in elementary school at all.” The change in district rules, which took effect this fall, also allows middle school students to use cellphones during lunch if principals give the OK — an idea that has conjured images of children bent over phones in the cafeteria and left parents, already

Westland Middle School in Bethesda lets students use cellphones one day per week and only at lunch.

worried about their children’s time spent on screens, dismayed. While there is little national data on how school systems handle such issues, it appears that approaches vary widely. Some schools ban smartphones, while others allow them in hallways or during lunch periods, or incorporate them into instruction. “Nobody really knows what to do,” said Elizabeth Englander, a professor at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts. “Everybody’s trying out different things and seeing how they work.” She said that a survey of thirdgraders in five states found that 40 percent had a cellphone in 2017, twice as many as in 2013. Among those who had a phone, more than 80 percent said they brought them to school daily. In Montgomery, school system officials say they are changing with the times, in an increasingly digital world where more parents buy their children phones and more children keep them close.

Rules in the DMV In the D.C. area, cellphone rules vary by school. In Fairfax County, some middle schools allow phones during lunch, and some don’t. In Prince George’s, they are allowed with principal approval. In the District, public schools develop policies at the school level. At least one middle school — Hart — gives phones back to students at lunch. (TWP)

But some parents voice concern that the change will mean more devices in elementary school. They say students need face-to-face contact to develop social skills, expand friendships and learn to navigate situations. Angie Melton, of Kensington, Md., said two of her kids reported silence at lunch when their middle school allowed phones for a week. “They get in their virtual worlds, and I want them in the real world,” she said. Students see technology as

Official: Taliban kill 27 police in security post attacks in three cities in Afghanistan

Russia drafts bill that would allow government to register international media as foreign agents

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nation+world SARPOL-E-ZAHAB, IRAN Iranian President Hassan Rouhani launched an investigation Tuesday into why government housing built by his predecessor collapsed while other homes withstood a powerful earthquake near the border with Iraq that killed more than 530 people. I n t he Ku rd ish tow n of Sarpol-e-Zahab, which was reconstructed in the decades since the 1980s war with Iraq, the outer walls of apartment complexes tumbled away in the magnitude 7.3 earthquake Sunday night. The housing was built as a

part of the Mehr, or “kindness,” project of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Some now-homeless survivors wept outside, while others angrily showed journalists the destruction done by the quake. “Other buildings near our apartment are not damaged as much because they were built privately,” said Ferdows Shahbazi, 42, who lived in one of the Mehr buildings. She sarcastically added: “This is ‘kindness’ as the name suggests very well!” The quake badly damaged the

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A rescue worker and his sniffing dog inspect building debris Tuesday in Sarpol-e-Zahab, Iran.

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Sarpol-e-Zahab hospital, forcing the army to set up field clinics. The quake also reportedly killed an unspecified number of soldiers in an army garrison. Aside from the 530 people killed in Iran, 7,817 were injured, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. Health Minister Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi warned that the death toll probably would rise. “My feeling is that number … will increase since victims were buried in many villages that their exact statistics will be announced in coming days,” he said. NASSER KARIMI AND MOHAMMAD NASIRI (AP)

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It’s time for the Redskins to put their season on Kirk Cousins’ shoulders. Coach Jay Gruden should consider permanently dropping him back in the shotgun formation. Running the ball has gotten the Redskins nowhere. Measly 2-yard runs and failed attempts on third-andshort have become the norm. Washington may not have a back run for 500 yards this season. That hasn’t happened since Clinton Portis led the team with 494 yards in 2009. Washington hasn’t had a 1,000-yard rusher

since Alfred Morris ran for 1,074 yards in 2014. Starting running back Rob Kelley was placed on injured reserve Tuesday with an MCL sprain and an ankle injury. Washington also signed Byron Marshall off the Eagles’ practice squad, but he’ll fit in behind rookie Samaje Perine and Chris Thompson. Perine is a shortyardage back who’s averaging 3.2 yards per carry. Thompson’s 4.6-yard average seems lofty, but the Redskins can’t risk playing him every down. The Redskins may need to use next year’s first-round pick on a running back, even if this draft class seems devoid

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of a candidate who will make sense to take with a mid-round choice, where the team will likely be selecting. The Redskins are paying Cousins like a franchise quarterback, so they should spend the final seven games deciding whether he’s worth the $28 million or more it will take to sign him for next season. At 4-5, Washington is a long shot to make the playoffs anyway. The Redskins might as well develop young receivers Josh Doctson, Ryan Grant and Maurice Harris by increasing their targets. Despite Gruden’s insistence that Perine will improve with more playing time, there’s little evidence he’ll learn to gain yards after contact. Guard Brandon Scherff and tackle Morgan Moses both pull well and block defenders at the second level, but Redskins runners have struggled to take advantage. Now that the entire starting offensive line is healthy enough to play together again,

Cousins should have more time to throw. That is, if he can ignore the “trash” at his feet — pass rushers reaching for his legs — that he referenced in a very Robert Griffin III-like shot at the line after losing to Minnesota on Sunday. Gruden has committed to the run more this season than his first three years. Washington has only 81 more pass attempts than running plays this season — just nine more per game. Gruden will insist the passing game can only succeed if the threat of running keeps linebackers close, but opponents no longer fear Washington’s runners. They’re defending short passes instead. Gruden needs to play to his offense’s strength. Continue to use Thompson as more of a receiver and go with four wideouts. Running the ball is worthless until he has a worthy running back.

MLB Network will reveal this year’s Cy Young Award winners tonight at 6, and the Nationals boast two of the three finalists in the National League. Here’s the case for each ace. (EXPRESS)

3 Clayton Kershaw 18-4, 2.31 ERA, 0.95 WHIP

The Dodgers’ left-hander won the award in 2011, 2013 and 2014 . This year he tied for the most wins in baseball and had the lowest ERA in the NL.

2 Stephen Strasburg 15-4, 2.52 ERA, 1.02 WHIP

FanGraphs put his Fielder Independent Pitching (FIP) score at an NL-best 2.72. His best Cy Young finish had been a tie for ninth in 2014.

1 Max Scherzer 16-6, 2.51 ERA, 0.90 WHIP

Already a Cy Young winner in the NL (2016) and AL (2013), he led the NL in strikeouts (268) and would be the first repeat winner since Kershaw.

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The Redskins’ regular-season record against the Saints in the Superdome, where Washington (4-5) will play New Orleans (7-2) at 1 p.m. Sunday. The Redskins have won four straight in New Orleans dating back to 1994, with their most recent win coming in the NFL debut of Robert Griffin III, left, in 2012. The Redskins opened as 7.5-point underdogs in the Caesars Palace sports book. (THE WASHINGTON POST)

Washington Post: Nats to pay manager Dave Martinez $2.8M over three years with $1.2M option for fourth

AL Cy Young finalists: C. Kluber (CLE), C. Sale (BOS), L. Severino (NYY)

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UCLA to decide discipline for players Freshmen return to U.S. after being detained in Chinese shoplifting case COLLEGE BASKETBALL Three UCLA basketball players detained in China on suspicion of shoplifting have been allowed to return home, where they may be disciplined by the school as a result of the international scandal. Freshmen LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Hill and Cody Riley were on a plane back to Los Angeles that was due to land Tuesday after a 12-hour flight from Shanghai.

LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Hill and Cody Riley were accused of stealing sunglasses.

Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said the matter “has been resolved to the satisfaction of the Chinese authorities.” Scott thanked President Trump, the White House and the State Department for their efforts in resolving the incident. Trump said Tuesday he had a long

Men’s hoops: Maryland hosts Butler tonight (8:30, FS1)

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returned to UCLA on Saturday. A person with knowledge of the Pac-12’s decision said any discipline for the trio would be up to UCLA. Chancellor Gene Block said the school is weighing its options and that the case will be reviewed confidentially by the athletic department and the office of student conduct. “I want to be clear that we take e seriously any violations of the e law,” Block said in a statement. t. There was no word on the playyers’ status for the team’s home e opener tonight against Central al Arkansas. BETH HARRIS (AP)

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Taylor Swift really just wants to fit in MUSIC REVIEW Music enters our airspace in mysterious ways. In 2017, a new Taylor Swift album arrives like a life sentence. So let’s take a deep breath, because at this point, Swift’s level of hyper-fame has torqued our expectations of what pop is supposed to do: When a song looms so large in our lives, it no longer has the responsibility to reflect how we live. Maybe that’s why people’s brains start to melt whenever Swift keeps mum on the burning social media issue of the hour, or when she refuses to say whom she voted for, or when she fails to publicly disavow all of those white supremacists who seem to think she’s neato. From behind the vacuum seal of her personal world, she doesn’t have to care about ours. And that’s the craziest thing about Swift’s sixth album, “Reputation” — it sounds so similar to everything else on the radio right now. Taylor Swift just wants to fit in. (She also wants to be the best at fitting in.) As bleak of a goal as that might be, tah-dah, she aces it. “Reputation” contains 15 meticulously constructed ditties about living in the romantic simmer of your late

20s, where the melodies are easy to listen to and the lyrics are even easier to understand. Few of these songs move in unexpected directions — save for “Look What You Made Me Do,” a haphazard lead single about her ancient beef with Kanye West during which she declares that “the old Taylor” is “dead.” She’s not, though. She’s still playing her trademark Who-am-I-singingabout? games, perhaps to compensate for the fact that her music carries no broader mysteries. If there’s any courage in making pop as unoriginal as this, it’s that your victories will always belong to someone else while the failures fall square on you. Across “Reputation,” Swift reminds us of this every time she pouts through a refrain like Lana Del Rey, or sasses a random syllable like Shania Twain, or reaches for a punk-soul blue note like Hayley Williams — and not so much whenever she tries to rap like Fergie (“Look What You Made Me Do”), or like Drake (“End Game”), or like Travis Scott (“So It Goes . . .”). There are hits and there are misses. As for her lyrics, this album shows how deeply Swift cares about words on an individual

Miguel

Miguel evokes some Prince “1999” themes with this video, telling us to ease our fears when the world is on the brink of a dystopian hell by just dancing our faces off. In it, he and his friends drive up to a desert area where rockets are being shot into the sky, and Miguel just lets loose. It’s all intercut with clips of protests and riots and war, as if incarnating Prince’s lyric: “I don’t wanna die, I’d rather dance my life away.” BRYANNA CAPPADONA (EXPRESS)

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New Taylor, new tour Taylor Swift announced Monday the first dates of her “Reputation” stadium tour, kicking off May 8 in Glendale, Ariz. She’ll make a local stop July 10 at FedEx Field in Hyattsville, Md. Tickets go on sale to the general public Dec. 13. Presale tickets will be made available to those who register in Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan program before the Nov. 28 cutoff date. (EXPRESS)

basis. There’s that eyebrowarching “cool” during “Gorgeous.” And that hiccuping “first” during “Getaway Car.” And the hissing “crush” during the bridge of “King of My Heart.” Rather than lean into her plain, handsome, highly relatable voice,

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she continues to toil over every word, dousing many of them with spritzes of unnecessary pizazz. Which means the best song on “Reputation” is the one that probably required the least amount of effort. It’s called “New Year’s Day,” and it’s a modest ballad about that gust of clarity that seems to arrive the morning after. One could argue that we’ve just been visited by the ghost of the “old Taylor.” But I also wonder if we’re hearing the next Taylor. The one who understands the boundaries of her voice and the depth of her gifts. The one who won’t try to impress anybody else by trying to sound like everybody else. The one who knows that the most important member in her huge audience is herself. CHRIS RICHARDS (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Idols are breeding idols on ‘Best.Cover.Ever.’ STREAMING Ludacris is hoping the new music competition series he’s hosting on YouTube will take an aspiring artist and sling them directly to superstardom. The “Money Maker” rapper will serve as host of “Best.Cover. Ever,” which pairs budding musicians with established acts — including Demi Lovato, Katy Perry, Keith Urban, Jason Derulo, Charlie Puth, the Backstreet Boys, Flo Rida, Nicky Jam, DNCE and Bebe Rexha — for a shot at performing a duet on the online giant. The 10-episode series debuts Monday. During each 30-minute episode, the music superstars pick two artists who best covered one of their songs from hundreds of video submissions and invite them to Los Angeles for a chance to sing with their idol. “There are a lot of tears involved,” Ludacris says. “I think some of the best moments are the ones where you don’t realize how hard people have been working and how hard they’ve been struggling to make ends meet to continue on with their dreams.” “Best.Cover.Ever.” kicked off this summer with calls for covers by the 10 musical acts.

“There are a lot of tears involved,” says Ludacris, the host of “Best.Cover.Ever.”

Fans were asked to submit their videos of such songs as Lovato’s “Confident,” Perry’s “Firework,” Urban’s “Somewhere in My Car” and DNCE’s “Toothbrush.” It’s an opportunity Ludacris says he would have adored when he was starting out. “I remember when I was a kid, I always loved LL Cool J,” he says. “It would have been a dream come true if I could have sung ‘I’m Bad’ or one of his songs with him and get noticed.” Ludacris sees “Best.Cover. Ever.” as the perfect platform to give these aspiring artists “that little boost that they need.” “A lot of these kids are

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struggling and they’re working so hard to build a fan base,” he says. “This is not only an opportunity to live out one of their dreams with their favorite artists, but to continue to try to catapult them to superstardom.” The online series is the second Ludacris has hosted; he is also host of MTV’s “Fear Factor” revival, which has been booked for a second season. “I’m just crossing a lot of things off of the bucket list,” he says. “There are certain things that I’ve always wanted to do and I just love taking advantage of all aspects of entertainment.” MARK KENNEDY (AP)

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‘Are You Afraid of the Dark?’ film is coming Gary Dauberman, left, the screenwriter behind this year’s horror hits “It” and “Annabelle: Creation,” will pen and produce a movie adaptation of “Are You Afraid of the Dark?,” the kids’ horror series that aired on Nickelodeon in the 1990s. Dauberman told The Hollywood Reporter that he plans to “honor the darker, scarier tone of the show.” (EXPRESS) Zendaya to produce and star in “A White Lie,” a film adaptation of Karin Tanabe’s “The Gilded Years”

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“It’s not just that the Amazon costumes in ‘Justice League’ are skimpy and over-sexualized — they’re also tacky as hell.” @THBROGAN, tweeting about the leather bikinis the Amazon women wear in some scenes in “Justice League,” compared to their outfits in “Wonder Woman.” @melsil called it “a fantastic example of the difference between the male and female gaze,” because “Justice League” was directed by Zack Snyder, while “Wonder Woman” was directed by Patty Jenkins.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You’ll want to steer clear of anyone who is eager to pass the blame today, lest you be caught in a situation that is no good for anyone. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You’ll have the chance to review one or two recent decisions today. Look at what you’ve done carefully. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) It’s important you remain on an even keel throughout the day. Don’t let rough seas toss you this way and that. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You can solve a tricky problem by looking at it from an unusual point of view. Upside down appears right-side up. TUESDAY’S SOLUTION

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) You mustn’t let someone else’s behavior keep you from doing what you know is right. He or she will stay grounded, while you are able to soar. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You’ll have the chance to speak up for someone who is unable to do so. Do your best to remain objective at all times.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) An old friend reminds you of what was important not so long ago, and you’ll wonder why certain things have changed. Do you want to go back?

TODAY: Another day like Monday and Tuesday with mixed to cloudy skies in the morning and sunshine breaking out in the afternoon. Highs are in the range of 50 to 55 as winds remain light and mostly from the north again. Cloudier and a bit warmer tonight with lows in the middle 30s to middle 40s.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) You can regain what was lost some time ago. Figure out what works for you, but don’t insist anyone follow your lead. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) The freedom you are after you can enjoy today — but only after you release someone else from any restrictions you might have imposed.

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

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You’ll prove yourself up to the task someone throws at you today — but that doesn’t mean you’ll want to tackle it again.

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1864: During the Civil War, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman begin their “March to the Sea” from Atlanta; the campaign ends with the capture of Savannah on Dec. 21.

1939: President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington.

1959: Four members of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kan., are found murdered in their home. (Ex-convicts Richard Hickock and Perry Smith are later convicted of the killings and hanged in a case made famous by the Truman Capote book “In Cold Blood.”)

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Lady dating prince quits her day job Meghan Markle is set to leave the cast of “Suits” at the end of the current season, along with co-star Patrick J. Adams, Deadline reported. Markle and Adams have starred on the legal drama on USA since its premiere in 2011. Their characters are set to marry, which could set up their exit from the show. Markle’s star has risen in the past year since her relationship with Britain’s Prince Harry was made public. (EXPRESS) p

In an interview with People magazine, Jordin Sparks and model Dana Isaiah announced they are married and expecting their first child. “We’re both really excited,” Sparks said. “He’s been like, ‘I want to shout it from the mountaintops!’ We’re really proud to be married to each other and to be celebrating this.” The couple married in July, and are set to welcome a baby late next spring. Isaiah and Sparks met earlier this year after their parents set them up on a group text chat to discuss Isaiah’s planned move to Los Angeles. “A couple days after we had actually met, I was like in my head, ‘That’s going to be my husband!’ ” Sparks said. (EXPRESS)

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Shakira is postponing her European tour until 2018 after suffering a vocal cord hemorrhage. The pop star took to Twitter on Tuesday to apologize to her fans, saying she must stop singing to recover. “I’ve never been faced with a situation like this,” she wrote in both English and Spanish. She says she can’t wait to be back onstage and “hear your voices singing along with mine.” (AP)

Keegan-Michael Key and producer/director Elisa Pugliese are engaged, the actor’s rep confirmed to E! News. The site also noted that the couple have made red carpet appearances this year for the Emmy Awards, the Tony Awards and a tea party event for the BAFTAs. This will be Key’s second marriage: He divorced ex-wife Cynthia Blaise in 2015. Pugliese was an executive producer on the 2016 film “Better Off Single.” (EXPRESS)

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