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All-out effort A new report details how Russia used social media to help Trump 10

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Robert Mueller is everywhere.

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Record rainfall Weekend storms make 2018 the region’s wettest year ever 3

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The special counsel investigating the Trump campaign is an enigma: It’s impossible to spend a day in Washington without hearing or reading his name. Yet he’s rarely seen or heard. That’s just how he likes it. 11

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The Italian Air Force aerobatic team Frecce Tricolori performs before the start of the second run of a men’s World Cup Giant Slalom race in Alta Badia, Italy, on Sunday.

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A man who illegally demolished a San Francisco house designed by modernist architect Richard Neutra was ordered this week to rebuild it exactly as it was. Ross Johnston had received permission only to remodel the two-story 1930s house, known among architecture buffs as the Largent House, with a design that would have largely kept the first floor intact. Instead, everything but the garage door and frame of the house was leveled. (AP)

University of Missouri students were stunned when a towering dairy cow appeared on campus Thursday to make a cameo in a photo shoot. Senior animal sciences major Massimo Montalbano, who worked with cattle throughout his undergraduate studies, brought the 3-year-old cow, named Amelia, to campus for his graduation photo shoot. The school says it’s not the first time a student had asked to bring a cow to campus. (AP)

New York’s Port Authority has sought the public’s input on what to do about decorations at the Holland Tunnel, which some have complained are both ugly and a possible trigger for people with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Circular wreaths cover the letters “O” and “U’’ on the entrance sign, while a tree-shaped decoration, which resembles an “A,” covers the letter “N” in “Holland.” Drivers have complained about the apparent typo. (AP)

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It’s official — 2018 is region’s rainiest year

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WEATHER An unprecedented series of drenching rain storms, culminating in this weekend’s soaking, has catapulted 2018 to the wettest year on record in Washington.

This year’s rainfall tally shoves aside the previous top mark, which stood for nearly 130 years.

The steady rain Friday night into Saturday elevated 2018’s total past the previous record of 61.33 inches set in 1889. The National Weather Service announced that the record was surpassed at 6:26 a.m. Saturday.

After that, more than another inch of rain came down, and Saturday eclipsed the previous Dec. 15 rainfall record of 1.38 inches from 1901. Weather records in Washington date back to 1871.

The rain continued to fall on Sunday. As of 1 p.m. Sunday, Washington had picked up 3.5 inches of rain since Friday from the storm.

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A pedestrian walks in the rain in Old Town, Alexandria, on Sunday.

The National Weather Service issued flood warnings for D.C. until 1 p.m. Tuesday, warning of flooding at the Southwest Waterfront, in Georgetown and at Roosevelt Island.

Washington joins Baltimore, which broke its annual rainfall record in November, in notching its wettest year. Dozens of other locations in the Mid-Atlantic, including Wilmington, N.C., Charleston, W.Va, and State College, Pa., have also set yearly rainfall records, with two weeks

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The extreme rainfall in the Mid-Atlantic has stemmed from a weather pattern unleashing a parade of storms through the region since May. Except for brief pauses in the first half of July and this month, it has seldom relented.

The jet stream, which is the high-altitude air current along which storms track, has persistently directed moisture-packed storms through the region.

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City abandons controversial park name The Alexandria City Council decided unanimously Saturday to name a refurbished park at the foot of King Street “Waterfront Park,” even though the council admitted it’s a lackluster and unimaginative moniker.

The park, previously called Fitzgerald Square, sparked a local dispute after some residents objected that founding father Col. John Fitzgerald was one of the town’s largest slave owners. Council member Timothy Lovain said the new name puts the focus on the city. (TWP)

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New York-based ping-pong bar chain Spin is set to open in downtown D.C. on Tuesday, Eater DC reported. The space, at 1332 F St. NW, features a fullservice restaurant and a bar area surrounded by a dozen ping-pong tables, according to Eater. The bar plans to host competitive and social leagues, as well as unlimited ping-pong for $9 on Sundays, starting this Dec. 23. (EXPRESS)

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Architect who designed Navy Memorial dies at 95 William J. Conklin, an architect and urban planner whose design of the Navy Memorial helped set in motion the redevelopment of Washington’s Penn Quarter and who was a principal designer of the early stages of the development of Reston, Va., died Nov. 22 at a retirement center in Mitchellville, Md. He was 95. Conklin studied under Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus School. (TWP)

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Va. economy finally rallies VIRGINIA Go ahead and pop the cork, Virginia. The state’s economy has finally emerged from the shadow of the 2008 Great Recession, according to a new study from economists at Old Dominion University in Norfolk.

But don’t get too carried away.

If Virginia doesn’t become less reliant on federal government spending, today’s good times might be a setup for another fall.

“Overall, 2018 is shaping up to be the best year this decade for Virginia,” said Bob McNab, director of ODU’s Dragas Center for Economic Analysis and Policy and lead author of the annual State of the Commonwealth Report. “But while the day seems to be sunny, economically speaking, we’re looking at the horizon and seeing storm clouds, and most of those storm clouds seem to be associated with the federal government.”

Virginia’s gross domestic product, a measure of all goods and services, has grown for five consecutive quarters since March 2017, the ODU report found. That’s a surge of strength for an economy that had been stubbornly anemic. Once a powerhouse state, Virginia lagged the nation as a whole in economic growth for six years in a row, with some quarters tumbling into contraction.

A big reason the state took so

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State has rebounded after 2008 recession, but storm clouds loom

Virginia’s gross domestic product has grown for five consecutive quarters since March 2017, an Old Dominion University report has found.

long to recover is that government spending was slow to ramp back up. Sequestration — the trick Congress used in 2013 to impose automatic government spending cuts — has hamstrung Virginia’s economy ever since.

Virginia is one of the five mostgovernment-dependent states, with the Pentagon, military

installations, contractors and federal workers making up about 30 percent of its economic activity.

Congress and the Trump administration have been boosting federal and defense spending, though, leading directly to Virginia’s rebound. Total federal awards — contracts awarded to

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COREY STEWART, announcing he would retreat from statewide contests in Virginia after a disastrous loss in November.

Many blamed Stewart’s campaign against Sen. Tim Kaine, D, for the losses suffered by down-ballot Republicans.

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companies or individuals — have risen to $102 billion so far this fiscal year from $88.3 billion in fiscal 2016, the ODU report found.

That’s great for the short term, but the report cautions that mounting federal deficits of more than $1 trillion per year are unsustainable and will inevitably lead to another round of cuts.

Posturing over shutting down the government and the debt ceiling don’t help, either. And federal debt leaves the government less able to respond with stimulus spending when another recession rolls around, McNab said.

“Our perspective is that we are closer to the next recession than farther away from it,” he said.

A few bright spots can point the state in the right direction.

The ODU report is bullish on Virginia’s deal to woo Amazon’s second headquarters to Northern Virginia, which could bring 25,000 new, high-paying jobs for about $500 million in state inducements.

“Where we’ve seen robust economic growth this business cycle has been in the private sector,” McNab said. “Anything that attracts entrepreneurial activity is good.”

The report urges the state to work to spread the prosperity, investing in infrastructure, rural broadband and school improvements.

“Now is not the time to rest on our laurels,” the report says.

“One hill has been climbed and now new hills await.” GREGORY S. SCHNEIDER (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Md. man admits to trying to frame wife as terrorist A Maryland restaurateur has acknowledged he paid a man to both frame his wife as a terrorist and burn down his restaurant.

The Capital Gazette reported that Khalil Ahmad, 51, pleaded guilty last week to stalking his estranged wife. In exchange, cases pending against him were dropped. Ahmad already faced financial ruin, and was worried about a divorce settlement’s financial impact. He discussed having his wife killed, but settled on paying an informant to frame her, with “a ballistic vest, firearm, bottles of alcohol and extremist jihad writings.” He faces five years on the stalking charge. (AP) THE DISTRICT

Police seek gunmen who killed 15-year-old boy Police in D.C. are seeking two masked gunmen they say chased a 15-year-old boy into an apartment stairwell and then shot him to death. D.C. Metro Police Chief Peter Newsham said detectives are reviewing surveillance video in Southeast where the shooting happened Thursday afternoon, WTOP-FM reported. Police say officers responded to the attack and found the teen, identified as Gerald Watson of Southeast, with several gunshot wounds.

He was later pronounced dead.

Newsham called the attack “heartbreaking.” (AP) VIRGINIA

Judges set new policy for cellphones in court Virginia’s Supreme Court says cellphones should be allowed in courthouses, but with some restrictions. The new policy is meant to be a guide for courthouses statewide. Judges would have to allow phones and other electronics. If allowed, the devices would have to be on silent mode. The policy recommends that storage should be provided at the security entrance to buildings. (AP)

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D.C. looks to tighten gun laws Council to vote on rules regulating modifications and weapon seizures THE DISTRICT The D.C. Council on Tuesday could pass new laws restricting the ability of gun owners to modify weapons and require police to seize guns while enforcing protective orders in domestic disputes.

The latter provision — dubbed a “red flag law” — is gaining popularity, with variants implemented in more than a dozen states, including Maryland. The D.C. version would mandate that authorities take firearms out of the hands of suspected abusers more quickly than is permitted

under existing laws. Other proposed laws, if passed, would ban so-called “bump stocks” and increase penalties for extended magazines, accessories that allow guns to fire faster and hold more bullets.

The package — the Firearms Safety Omnibus Amendment Act — unanimously passed the Council during its first hearing on Dec. 4. The final vote is Tuesday.

Council member Charles Allen, D-Ward 6, chairman of the public safety committee, called the package “smart legislation that looks at how we address gun violence.” He said it makes sense to remove, even temporarily, firearms “from someone ex pressi ng they

“Removing guns from [domestic violence] situations makes sense.”

D.C. COUNCIL MEMBER MARY CHEH,

speaking at a hearing on the bill in March. She said the first few days after a temporary restraining order is issued are “the most dangerous period for the victim.”

will do harm to themselves or others.”

The D.C. Public Defender Service opposed the bills at a public hearing in March, saying it was concerned that authorities would have too much latitude

in seizing weapons. It also said the gun accessory restrictions are unnecessary because such items are regulated under existing laws.

Under current law, a judge cannot order firearms seizures until after a temporary restraining order, which is in place 14 days, expires and a more expansive order is put in place — typically after a court hearing at which both sides can present arguments. The new law would require the subject of a temporary restraining order to surrender their firearms. Failure to do so would be considered unlawful possession of the firearms and carry a penalty of two to 10 years in prison. PETER HERMANN

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The number of homicides Baltimore is on track to have in 2018, which would mark the fourth year in a row it has hit that level. A 64-yearold man was fatally shot Saturday night, making him the 298th homicide victim of 2018. The 342 killings last year represented the highest rate of homicides per capita.

The city had fewer than 200 homicides in 2011. (AP)

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ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY | Volunteers help to lay wreaths Saturday on headstones at Arlington during Wreaths Across America Day. Wreaths Across America was started in 1992 at Arlington by Maine businessman Morrill Worcester and has expanded to hundreds of veterans’ cemeteries. This year, volunteers laid around 1.8 million wreaths. On the rainy Saturday, President Trump made a surprise visit to the cemetery.

Probe into inmate’s 2017 suicide faults Md. women’s prison’s treatment of people with disabilities

WALTER REED Navy officials are taking steps to correct deficiencies that wrongly led to reports of an active shooter last month at Walter Reed National Medical Center in Bethesda, two congressmen briefed by officials said Friday.

Maryland Reps. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger and Jamie Raskin released a joint statement after their meeting with Navy officials.

“After a lengthy discussion, we are satisfied that Naval officials share our concerns and are taking proactive steps to correct deficiencies identified during this event,” Ruppersberger and Raskin said.

Messages stating “Exercise Active Shooter” and “Exercise Suspicious Package” were inadvertently sent to nearly 4,000 people on Nov. 27 over an emergency alert system that sends voice call, text and email notifications, the officials said.

That led to an 80-minute active shooter lockdown.

It happened after a service member who hadn’t been properly trained to use the system intended the messages to go to only a small group in preparation for a future drill.

Naval officials said they are re-evaluating who can authorize users of the alert system and who can release messages over the system. They also are updating training requirements and establishing new controls to prevent a test from triggering an actual response. (AP)

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Climate talks yield incremental progress Nations agree on rules to cut emissions, amid calls for more urgency

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The U.S., along with Russia, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, blocked action that would have encouraged a shift away from fossil fuels.

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KATOWICE, POLAND Almost 200 nations, including the world’s top greenhouse gas producers, China and the U.S., have adopted a set of rules meant to breathe life into the 2015 Paris climate accord by setting out how countries should report their emissions and efforts to reduce them.

But negotiators delayed other key decisions until next year — a move that frustrated environmentalists and countries that wanted more ambitious goals in light of scientists’ warnings that the world must shift sharply away from fossil fuels in the coming decade.

“The majority of the rulebook for the Paris agreement has been created, which is something to be thankful for,” said Mohamed Adow, a climate policy expert at Christian Aid. “But the fact countries had to be dragged kicking and screaming to the finish line shows that some nations have not woken up” to the dire consequences of global warming as outlined in a report by the U.N. Panel on Climate Change.

The U.N. panel report concluded that although it’s possible to cap global warming at 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century compared with pre-industrial times, this would

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require a dramatic overhaul of the global economy, including a shift away from fossil fuels.

Alarmed by efforts to include that idea in the final text of the meeting, oil exporters Russia, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the U.S. blocked an endorsement of the report midway through the talks, prompting an uproar.

The final text at the talks omits a previous reference to specific reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, and merely welcomes the “timely completion” of the U.N. report, not its conclusions.

Although each country would likely find some parts of the agreement it did not like, efforts

were made to balance the interests of all parties, said Michal Kurtyka, a senior Polish official who led the talks.

Poor countries secured assurances on financial support to help them reduce emissions, adapt to changes such as rising sea levels and pay for existing damage.

Johan Rockstrom, a scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, called the agreement “a relief.” The Paris deal, he said, “is alive and kicking, despite a rise in populism and nationalism.” His biggest concern, he said, is that in failing to include the 2030 effort, the summit “failed to align ambitions with science.” FRANK JORDANS (AP)

Alarmed by the growing popularity of rap among Russian youth, President Vladimir Putin wants cultural leaders to devise a means of controlling, rather than banning, the popular music. Putin said at a St. Petersburg meeting with cultural advisers Saturday that attempts to ban artists from performing would have an adverse effect and bolster their popularity. Putin is particularly concerned with drug themes in rap, saying, “This is a path to the degradation of the nation.” His comments came amid a crackdown on contemporary music that evoked Soviet-era censorship of the arts. (AP)

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Trump picks Mulvaney as acting chief of staff President Trump on Friday picked budget director Mick Mulvaney to be his acting chief of staff. Trump added that his current chief of staff, John Kelly, will be staying until the end of the year. One senior White House official said there was no time limit on the appointment and that Mulvaney would fill the role of chief of staff indefinitely. (AP) WISCONSIN

Walker signs sweeping lame-duck bill package Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed a sweeping package of Republican legislation Friday that restricts early voting and weakens the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general. Just two hours later, a group run by Democratic former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced it planned legal action to block the limitation on early voting. (AP) POLITICS

Interior Secretary Zinke resigns amid probes Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, facing federal investigations into his travel, political activity and potential conflicts of interest, will be leaving the administration at year’s end, President Trump said Saturday. In his resignation letter, Zinke cited “vicious and politically motivated attacks” against him. (AP)

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The weight in carats of a yellow diamond unearthed in northern Canada in October, the largest diamond ever discovered in North America. Canadian mining company Dominion Diamond Mines announced the find last week. The stone is about the size of a chicken egg, according to Bloomberg News. The previous North American record was held by the Diavik Foxfire — a 187.7-carat gem-quality diamond recovered in the same mine. That stone was displayed at the Smithsonian in 2016 next to the famous Hope Diamond. (THE WASHINGTON POST) Conservative political magazine The Weekly Standard will shut down

A story about the Baltimore Ravens on page 15 of the Dec. 11 edition incorrectly referred to the NFL division in which the Baltimore Ravens play. They are in the AFC North.

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Both sides bracing for shutdown

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Uncertainty abounds as Democrats and Trump dig in over border wall POLITICS The White House and a number of federal agencies have started advanced preparations for a partial government shutdown, as President Trump and congressional Democrats appear unlikely to resolve their fight over a border wall before some government funding lapses at week’s end.

On Sunday, neither side appeared willing to budge from their negotiating positions over funding for Trump’s proposed wall along the border with Mexico.

“We’re going to do whatever is necessary to build the border wall,” White House senior adviser Stephen Miller said in

an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” Pressed on the prospect of a shutdown, Miller said, “If it comes to it, absolutely.”

On NBC’s “Meet The Press,” Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D -N.Y., sounded equally pledged to the Democrats’ position not to provide $5 billion for the wall.

“President Trump should understand — there are not the votes for the wall, in the House or the Senate. He is not going to get the wall in any form,” Schumer vowed.

The ratcheting up of the rhetoric from both sides suggests that finding even a short-term alternative to prevent some of

the government from shutting down Saturday, three days before Christmas, is fading.

GOP congressional leaders are scrambling to find an alternative that could stave off a shutdown.

But White House officials signaled to lawmakers Friday they would probably not support a oneor two-week stopgap measure.

Some congressional Republicans support such a “continuing resolution,” but the White House rejection has dramatically increased the odds of a spending lapse.

Several budget experts believe a partial shutdown, which would impact agencies that manage law enforcement, homeland security, housing and other programs,

could drag on for days, if not weeks. That is in part because Trump believes the final days of the existing Congress are his best chance to extract $5 billion in funds to partially build a wall along the Mexico border. In early January, Democrats take control of the House of Representatives, giving them more control over the process.

The agencies themselves are providing scant information about what they will do if their funding lapses, and with the deadline days away, mass confusion remains about what would actually happen in a partial government shutdown.

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Sri Lanka’s president on Sunday launched a verbal attack on his newly reappointed prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, accusing his leadership of being corrupt and antinational. Maithripala Sirisena swore in Wickremesinghe nearly two months after firing him and setting off a long political stalemate. But after the ceremony, the president made a speech saying he doubted the two could work together. (AP)

Fighting that erupted between Shiite rebels and forces loyal to Yemen’s government left at least 12 people dead and 25 others wounded, officials said Sunday, just two days ahead of the implementation of a cease-fire agreed to last week. The fighting, near the strategic Red Sea port of Hodeida, began Saturday night and continued until Sunday afternoon. (AP)

A newly discovered tomb in Egypt has been determined to be the final resting place of a royal priest who, according to one excavation official, really loved his mom. The well-preserved tomb — uncovered in Saqqara, just west of Cairo — is full of mentions of his mother.

Photos and videos of the more than 4,000-year-old tomb show its exceptional condition. (TWP)

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COURTS A federal judge’s ruling declaring the entire Affordable Care Act invalid came under harsh attack Saturday from legal analysts.

The ruling in Texas came on the eve of the deadline for Americans to sign up for coverage in the federal insurance exchange created by the ACA, more commonly called Obamacare. The judge did not issue any injunction in the case, meaning that in the short term, nothing will change in health care services or insurance while the courts consider the issue.

Once Congress repealed the tax penalty that enforced a mandate that most Americans get health insurance, the whole law became invalid, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor ruled.

The ruling could create major disruptions were it to take effect.

Yale law professor Abbe Gluck said the ruling flouts settled legal doctrine and places key acts of Congress in reverse order.

By ignoring that Congress specifically declined to strike down the ACA in 2017 when it chose to alter only one portion of the bill, Gluck said, the judge decreed that the 2010 Congress, which first passed the law, has more authority than the same legislative body in 2017.

Ted Frank, a lawyer at the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute who is critical of the ACA, called the decision “embarrassingly bad.”

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Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl, R, who took over seat of late Sen. John McCain, to resign at end of 2018

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nation+world Family of Guatemalan 7-year-old demands answers in border case IMMIGRATION Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin received her first pair of shoes several weeks ago, when her father said they would set out together for the United States, thousands of miles from their small indigenous community of San Antonio Secortez in Guatemala.

The 7-year-old was excited about the possibility of a new life in another country, relatives said Saturday. Maybe she would learn to read and write.

Instead, she died in a Texas hospital Dec. 8, two days after being taken into custody by U.S.

Border Patrol agents in a remote stretch of New Mexico desert.

The death has drawn attention to the increasingly perilous routes that Central American migrants traverse to reach the U.S., where some plan to apply for asylum, and to the way migrants are treated once in custody. Jakelin’s family said her father paid a human smuggler to sneak them across the border; asylum wasn’t the plan.

Border Patrol officials on Friday said agents did everything they could to save the girl but that she had no food or water for days. Her father had signed a form indicating she was in good health, they added.

Her family took issue with the form, which was in English. Her

OLIVER DE ROS (AP)

Girl’s death ‘unacceptable’

Claudia Maquin shows a photo of her daughter Jakelin, who died in Border Patrol custody this month.

father communicated with border agents in Spanish but primarily speaks the Mayan Q’eqchi’ language. “It is unacceptable for any government agency to have persons in custody sign

documents in a language that they clearly do not understand,” Jakelin’s parents said in a statement. They also said the girl had been given food and water and appeared to be in good health as she traveled with her father.

Jakelin and her father were among a group of migrants arrested Dec. 6. Hours later, they were placed on a bus to the nearest Border Patrol station, but Jakelin began vomiting and eventually stopped breathing.

Jakelin’s family is urging authorities to conduct an “objective and thorough” investigation and to determine whether officials met standards for the arrest and custody of children. Results of the scheduled autopsy may take weeks. SONIA PEREZ D. (AP)

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Palestinians rally in Gaza to mark Hamas’ anniversary

U.S. GUN DEATHS

The number of gun deaths in the U.S. last year — a record high, according to a CNN analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. The number is an increase of more than 10,000 deaths over the 28,874 recorded in 1999. The 2017 total was the highest number of gun deaths since the CDC began tracking firearms deaths in 1979, CNN reported.

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GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP | Palestinians gather Sunday to mark the 31st anniversary of the founding of the militant group Hamas. Hamas fighters wearing military fatigues paraded with rockets and heavy machine guns during the rally, which was attended by tens of thousands of people. Gaza has been under an Israeli-Egyptian blockade since Hamas took power in 2007.

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Russia’s disinformation campaign used every major social media platform to deliver words, images and videos tailored to voters’ interests to help elect President Trump — and worked even harder to support him while in office, according to a report prepared for the Senate that gives the most sweeping analysis yet of the 2016 election-related effort.

“What is clear is that all of the messaging clearly sought to benefit the Republican Party — and specifically Donald Trump,” says the report, a draft of which was obtained by The Washington Post.

The report is the first to study the millions of posts provided by major technology firms to the Senate Intelligence Committee, led by Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the ranking Democrat.

The data sets used by researchers at Oxford University’s Computational Propaganda Project and Graphika were provided by Facebook, Twitter and Google and covered several years up to mid-2017, when the companies cracked down on the known Russian accounts. The bipartisan Senate panel hasn’t said whether it endorses the findings. It plans to release it and another study publicly this week.

Representatives for Burr and Warner declined to comment.

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In August, members of his team were spotted by the press waiting for a Shake Shack delivery at an Alexandria hotel during Paul Manafort’s trial. “Shake Shack, huh?” joked a reporter.

Peter Carr, Mueller’s spokesman, would not confirm the order.

Even the press has been unwilling to cross Mueller’s invisible line. Salt Lake Tribune reporter Thomas Burr tweeted that he saw Mueller in June: “Gotta love DC. Walk into restaurant, run into the special counsel.”

But Burr declined to say which restaurant.

Some of this is respect for Mueller. Some of it is the fear of unintentionally providing a piece of information that could compromise the Russia investigation. And some of this is just fear for Mueller himself. Given the heated rhetoric surrounding Trump, friends and colleagues are reluctant to say anything that could harm him in any way.

We asked Mueller’s spokesman if he had a comment on ... well, anything.

“We appreciate your reaching out,” replied Carr. “But we’ll decline comment at this time.”

POLITICS With a number of probes moving closer to the Oval Office, President Trump and his attorney unleased a fresh series of attacks Sunday on the investigators, questioning their integrity and categorically ruling out the possibility of a presidential interview with the special counsel.

Trump and Rudy Giuliani used Twitter and television interviews to deliver a series of broadsides against special counsel Robert Mueller and federal prosecutors in New York. Giuliani said he was “disgusted” by the tactics used by Mueller in his probe into Russian election interference, including in securing guilty pleas from the president’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn on a charge of lying to federal investigators.

Trump, Giuliani said, would not submit to an interview by Mueller’s team.

“They’re a joke,” Giuliani told “Fox News Sunday.” “Over my dead body, but, you know, I could be dead.”

The special counsel, who is investigating possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, has continued to request an interview with the president. Last month, the White House sent written answers in response to the special counsel’s questions about possible collusion. The White House has resisted answering questions on possible obstruction of justice.

The special counsel’s near invisibility fuels the public’s intense interest in him

POLITICS Mueller. Mueller. Mueller. Mueller. Mueller. Mueller. Everywhere, at any hour, it’s Mueller time.

Special counsel Robert Mueller is the second-most famous man in Washington. Time Magazine just ranked him No. 3 on its Person of the Year list, after crusading journalists and President Donald Trump. Mueller will go down in history, for better or worse, as one of the pivotal figures of the Trump era.

All this for a man who seldom speaks and is rarely seen. He is omnipresent and absent, inescapable but elusive, the invisible yang to Trump’s gold-plated yin.

Such is the peculiar nature of Washington that a powerful man who shuns the spotlight should become an object of fascination, especially given the specific character of Mueller — an old-school WASP indifferent to entreaties for speeches, interviews and photo ops. More people have seen Robert De Niro playing Mueller on “Saturday Night Live” than have seen the special counsel himself.

“I always joke that Bob Mueller has turned down more interview requests in his career than most people in Washington

ever get in the first place,” says Garrett Graff, author of “The Threat Matrix: Inside Robert Mueller’s FBI and the War on Global Terror” and Mueller’s de facto biographer. “Contrary to every single thing that the president tweets today, Mueller is and always has been probably the most apolitical, nonpartisan person in the city.”

Mueller is content to be known and respected within a very small circle of close friends and colleagues. That’s rare in a town filled with former high school class presidents with enough egos to “float battleships,” as former Sen. Alan Simpson put it.

More than anything, silence has come to define Mueller.

He’s become a meme, a cartoon superhero or supervillain, more powerful with every word he does not say.

“Like all the FBI directors I have known, including myself, Bob is not about to try his case or run his evidence by the court of public opinion,” says William Webster, the only man to head both the FBI and the CIA. “It’s not how Bob Mueller works. It might make for good TV ratings, but it leaves too much open for misunderstanding

Rarely photographed Since Robert Mueller’s June 2017 trip to the Capitol to brief Congress — when Mueller and his team took back hallways and stairwells to avoid the media — there have been only three widely known sightings: a March photo of Mueller standing on a street corner; one in July of Mueller and Donald Trump Jr. both waiting to catch a flight at Gate 35X at Reagan National Airport; and one of Mueller and his wife in September at Georgetown’s Apple store. (TWP)

and, in my opinion, creates a circus atmosphere around critically important cases.”

Leon Panetta, former White House chief of staff and head of the CIA, says there’s another reason for Mueller’s silence: He doesn’t want to give Trump any ammunition that could compromise the case. “He really feels that the integrity of the investigation has to be protected and not allow the president to undermine it.”

By now, it goes without saying that Mueller and his prosecutors run the tightest ship in Washington. No interviews, no leaks, no whispers, no jokes, no nuthin’.

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Redskins keep playoff shot with the help of their fourth QB and a last-gasp field goal

Long snapper Andrew East, left, and holder Tress Way, center, celebrate with Dustin Hopkins after he kicked a 36-yard field goal as time expired.

and at home against Philadelphia on Dec. 30.

It was the first victory of Johnson’s professional career — he had been 0-5 as a starter — and the first for the Redskins since quarterback Alex Smith broke his right leg last month.

Smith was replaced by Colt McCoy, who suffered a broken leg in his second start. Mark

Sanchez started one game but was benched.

Johnson was thrilled to get a chance after bouncing around the league for years.

“I know every opportunity I get could be my last one,” he said.

“It’s the reality of my situation, so I just wanted to leave it all on the field. I owe the game that much because I love it that much.”

TE Vernon Davis leaves in fourth quarter for evaluation of possible concussion

His 6-yard touchdown pass to Jeremy Sprinkle with 5:47 remaining tied the score at 13.

The Redskins got the ball back with an interception on the ensuing possession. Peterson carried five times for 28 yards on the 10-play, 68-yard drive to help get the team close enough for Hopkins to win it.

“Josh made enough plays, and people around him made enough plays to get us the victory,” coach Jay Gruden said.

Peterson finished with 51 on the ground and two receptions for 20 yards.

“What we’re trying to accomplish, we needed this W to get out of this funk by any means necessary,” Peterson said.

The Jaguars (4-10) managed just 192 yards on offense. Cody Kessler was 9-of-17 passing for 57 yards in his third start since replacing Blake Bortles. The Redskins sacked Kessler six times, with two each by Ryan Kerrigan and Jonathan Allen.

(AP/EXPRESS/THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Josh Johnson His work Sunday was respectable by any measure, and very impressive considering he hadn’t started a game since 2011 with Tampa Bay. Johnson, 32, completed 16 of 25 passes for 151 yards with one TD and no interceptions. His longest completion was 33 yards.

Known for his athleticism, he ran nine times for 49 yards, and was sacked just three times. (EXPRESS)

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Ravens running back Gus Edwards scores a touchdown Sunday in a win against Tampa Bay. He ran for 104 yards.

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LAMAR JACKSON RAN FOR 95 YARDS in Baltimore and threw for another 131, picking

apart the Tampa Bay defense and winning his fourth of five starts. The Ravens (8-6) remained a half-game behind Pittsburgh in the AFC North and currently hold the AFC’s second wild-card berth with tiebreakers over the Colts and Titans.

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football instead of 11 on 10,” Bucs coach Dirk Koetter said. The Ravens rushed for 242 yards on 49 attempts. Gus Edwards finished with 104 yards and Kenneth Dixon with 48. Tampa Bay (5-9) was eliminated from playoff contention. (AP)

FINALLY HOME He’s out of the hospital four weeks after suffering a gruesome broken leg in his 10th game with the club.

A post-surgical infection required long treatment. He sent a “thumbs up” message Sunday in a photo his wife posted on Instagram.

He’s pictured in front of a Christmas tree with a Redskins blanket. “HOME...

This last month has been a difficult ride,” Elizabeth Smith wrote. (TWP)

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Derrick Henry had his second straight big game with a career-high 33 carries for 170 yards rushing and two TDs for the 8-6 Titans.

The Tennessee defense shut down the 5-9 Giants on their home field.

Saquon Barkley had only 31 yards on 14 carries for New York. Kevin Byard had a third-quarter interception that stopped a New York drive inside the red zone. And a forced fumble set up Henry’s second touchdown. (AP)

the game with a drive that consumed the final 7:08. “He makes you play 11-on-11

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Dalvin Cook had a career-high 136 yards and two TDs on a season-high 19 carries for Minnesota (7-6-1). The Vikings’ defense hounded Ryan Tannehill for nine sacks and 71 lost yards for the visiting Dolphins (7-7). Miami’s Minkah Fitzpatrick returned an interception 50 yards for a touchdown and Kalen Ballage scored on a 75-yard run to start the second half. But Miami netted minus-27 yards on its next 16 plays. (AP)

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Alive and kicking REDSKINS 16, JAGUARS 13 Josh Johnson’s Madden rating should get a bump after his first NFL start in seven years.

Johnson, who played Madden NFL 19 to learn his new teammates’ names, led Washington on two scoring drives in the fourth quarter to beat the Jaguars 16-13 on Sunday in Jacksonville.

With a lot of help from running back Adrian Peterson, Johnson drove the Redskins (7-7) into field-goal range in the closing minutes and set up Dustin Hopkins’ 36-yard field goal on the final play. Hopkins drilled it, ending Washington’s four-game losing streak and keeping it in the playoff picture.

As unlikely as it might seem given the Redskins’ travails, they are one game behind Dallas (8-6) in the NFC East and a half-game behind Minnesota (7-6-1) in the race for the NFC’s second wildcard berth.

The Redskins will close the regular season at the Tennesse Titans (8-6) at 4:30 p.m. Saturday

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Rookie running back Jaylen Samuels ran for a career-high 142 yards and made a critical third-down reception in the fourth quarter to help the 8-5-1 Steelers hold off the visiting Patriots (9-5) and stay ahead of division rival Baltimore in the playoff race. Ben Roethlisberger threw for 235 yards with two first-half touchdowns and two interceptions, and Pittsburgh’s defense stood its ground after letting two straight fourth-quarter leads slip away, New England was flagged 14 times for 106 penalty yards, (AP)

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The host Bears (10-4) clinched the NFC North for the team’s first playoff appearance since 2010. Green Bay’s loss and Minnesota’s win keeps the Packers (5-8-1) out of the postseason for the second year in a row. The Bears’ Mitchell Trubisky threw for two touchdowns and 235 yards, and Chicago safety Eddie Jackson ended Aaron Rodgers’ NFL-record streak of 402 passes without an interception. But Jackson’s right leg bent awkwardly as he tried to slide on the play. He did not return and is questionable for next week. (AP)

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Marlon Mack rushed for a careerhigh 139 yards and two TDs in Indianapolis as the Colts (8-6) shut out Dallas (8-6) for their seventh win in eight games. Every time the Cowboys got near scoring position, Indy’s defense stymied them. Denico Autry blocked a 44-yard field-goal attempt on Dallas’ first possession, NFL rushing leader Ezekiel Elliott fumbled on fourth-and-1, and George Odum capped the day with an interception deep in Colts territory on fourth down. Andrew Luck threw for 192 yards. (AP)

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Robbie Gould kicked four field goals, including the game winner in overtime to help the 49ers (4-10) win consecutive games for the first time this season. Nick Mullens threw for 275 yards and a touchdown, and Richie James Jr. returned a kick 97 yards for a touchdown. The visiting Seahawks (8-6) missed a chance to clinch a playoff berth despite Russell Wilson’s 237 passing yards and two touchdowns. (AP)

OTHER GAMES Chargers 29, Chiefs 28 (Thursday) Browns 17, Broncos 16 (Saturday) Texans 29, Jets 22 (Saturday) Falcons 40, Cardinals 14 Bills 14, Lions 13 Bengals 30, Raiders 16 Eagles at Rams (late) Saints at Panthers (tonight)

Mets agree to 2-year, $19.5M deal with catcher Wilson Ramos, ending their pursuit of Marlins catcher J.T. Realmuto

Ariza trade fails to tackle issues with core trio ANALYSIS After almost two months of bad basketball, the Wizards made a significant trade to jolt them out of their lusterless state. But in exchanging Austin Rivers and Kelly Oubre Jr. for old friend Trevor Ariza, the Wizards doubled down on their quarreling, underachieving core.

From the Wizards’ view, this trade with Phoenix was about leadership. And defense. But most of all, Ariza comes with championship credentials, having won a title in 2009 with the Lakers, before his first Wizards stint from 2012 to 2014.

Rather than blow up the roster, the Wizards want to salvage the season. At 33, Ariza isn’t as athletic a small forward as he used to be. Still, the Wizards needed a veteran glue guy, and perhaps he can put out a locker room fire or two while he’s here.

But the deal illustrates how hesitant the Wizards are to break up the John Wall-Bradley BealOtto Porter Jr. core.

Everything should be on the table right now. Let the Ariza acquisition be the final stop-thebleeding, win-now decision the franchise makes. If it works, fine.

If it doesn’t, the Wizards have to stop doing surgery on the rest of the roster and address the elephant in the room: Wall, Beal and Porter are making about $70.6 million combined this season for a team that will be either lottery bound or a lastcaboose playoff qualifier. JERRY BREWER (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Ovi’s big week Alex Ovechkin already has had a December to remember, and he has half a dozen games left until New Year’s. The Capitals’ left wing has scored in six straight games since Dec. 4 and has 29 goals in 32 games, nearly a goal per night. His past week alone — with seven goals — would be hard to surpass. Let’s rewind a few days to see what he did. Tuesday: scored three times in a 6-2 home victory over Detroit. Friday: registered another hat trick in a 6-5 shootout victory at Carolina. Saturday: scored the tying goal 13:46 into the second period and had the deciding goal in the fourth round of a shootout in a 4-3 victory over Buffalo at Capital One Arena. The second-period goal extended his point streak to a career-high 14 games. He’ll get a chance to extend that streak when the Capitals — who have won five in a row — return to their home ice at 8 p.m. Wednesday (NBCSN) to face their No. 1 rival, the Penguins. (THE WASHINGTON POST/EXPRESS)

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The Nationals agreed to a one-year, $3 million deal with first baseman Matt Adams, a person familiar with the situation confirmed Saturday. Adams, 30, played 94 games for the Nationals last season before he was traded to St. Louis. He fills a need for Washington: a left-handed bat who can spell Ryan Zimmerman at first base and provide power off the bench. Adams hit a combined 21 home runs for the Nationals and Cardinals last season, and hit 20 in 2017. His batting average dipped to .239 in 2018, but he is a career .266 hitter who has averaged 22 home runs per 162 games. (TWP)

Warriors guard Steph Curry has been doing all he can to walk back his comment that the U.S. moon landing was fake. On Saturday, he had an Instagram Live conversation with retired astronaut Scott Kelly to discuss the space program. Kelly told Curry that the real danger of spreading such falsehoods is that it can lead people to believe things like “climate change not being real or vaccines and 9/11 being a conspiracy theory.” Curry, who has apologized for what he said was a joke, accepted an offer from NASA to visit the lunar lab at Houston’s Johnson Space Center. (TWP)

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1 ‘Timeless’ 8 p.m. Thursday on NBC

Canceled after two seasons this past summer, the sci-fi drama returns for a twohour series finale event as the time-traveling heroes attempt to thwart a shadow society with its sights set on manipulating history.

Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe have a romance that transcends time on Starz’s “Outlander.”

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A timeless love: ‘Outlander’ depicts romance with care There are great reasons to watch Starz’s period romance drama “Outlander,” starting with the sex and sometimes ending with the sex. But for now, I’d like to praise what happens between the show’s main characters when they are clothed.

Okay, that’s only a small lie.

Even the most serious-minded “Outlander” fan is at least partly tuned in/turned on every Sunday night in hopes of seeing more of the enthusiastic lovemaking that propels this epic.

Anyway, this is meant to be a piece about how “Outlander,” now in the middle of a satisfyingly strong fourth season, is the only show around in which a man and a woman — an 18th-century Scottish Highlander named Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) and his time-traveling wife, a 20th-century English doctor named Claire Randall Fraser (Caitriona Balfe) — have found a way to truly communicate. What more could we need from a TV series in 2018 than to see two adults persist against all odds by listening to one another?

Despite a rocky and even

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abusive start to their relationship, Jamie and Claire found the kind of love that benefits from talking, from sharing information as well as their deepest feelings. It’s the one show where two people will actually stop in the middle of the action to check in, emotionally, and bring one another up to speed.

Not that they get a lot of time for that. Each week, Claire and Jamie endure every possible calamity that can befall a white, heterosexual, married couple in the 1770s — at least one life-threatening crisis per episode.

But “Outlander’s” best moments are found in the smaller, more insular scenes in which Jamie and Claire see the world through one another’s perspectives. TV is full of couples who misconstrue, raise volumes, ignore key issues, assign blame, gossip to outside confidants about spousal shortcomings, disappoint in the bedroom and storm out of the

house a lot. The technical term for that is conflict and most writers of relationship stories would be lost without it.

Which is why, the more you watch “Outlander,” the more you see just how intentionally it veers from prestige TV’s frustrating parade of toxic, temperamental couplings — everything from “You’re the Worst” to “The Affair” to “Camping.” Jamie and Claire deal with all sorts of external melodramatic dangers, but together they might as well be gorgeous unicorns. They don’t bicker. They don’t interrupt one another. He doesn’t ramble on about battlefield heroics; she doesn’t start in with monologues about electricity and indoor plumbing.

Their presence within a shared present asks the viewer: When was the last time anyone really heard what you were saying?

‘Marvel’s Runaways’ Friday on Hulu

Set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the series returns for Season 2 with its superpowered teens on the run from their criminal parents as they consider the possibility that there’s a mole among them.

3 ‘Bird Box’ Friday on Netflix

Sandra Bullock, Sarah Paulson and John Malkovich star in this psychological thriller about a mother’s attempt to keep her children safe after a mysterious phenomenon leads most of society to suicide. (EXPRESS)

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BOX OFFICE HAUL

The domestic box office take of “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” this past weekend, swinging the film to the top of the box office, according to studio estimates Sunday. “The Mule” debuted in second place with $17.2 million. (AP) THR: Benicio del Toro to play villain in “Dora the Explorer” live-action film

Singer Nancy Wilson died Thursday at 81

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Roll back the reboots: These dormant shows have little more to say “Frasier” has not left the building.

In fact, the ’90s sitcom about two hoity-toity psychiatrist brothers and their crusty, down-toearth retired cop dad is having a moment.

On Cozi, a TV network dedicated to reruns, the show is its top draw, with 2.3 million viewers a week for its twohour weeknight block. Reruns stream on Amazon, Hulu and Netflix as well.

There are even rumors of a reboot, with star Kelsey Grammer confirming last month that there have been “some

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discussions.” But with the death of actor John Mahoney, who gave the show its heart and soul as Frasier’s father, Martin, that would seem a non-starter.

In fact, the success of Frasier reruns is the best argument for an end to reboots.

Sure, some of them are successful, like “Fuller House” and “Queer Eye.” But many others seem lackluster, like the revivified “Will & Grace” and “Murphy Brown.” The reason these shows came to an end — no more good stories to tell — still holds true. The rebooted characters are stuck in endless loops with nowhere to go, like Grace with her hot mess of a love life and Murphy

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self-righteously tilting at windmills.

So why not luxuriate in reruns from a show’s heyday?

In its 11 seasons, “Frasier” was a gem that busted sitcom formats. The show brilliantly embraced farce in a way few sitcoms have, and the writers dashed off the cleverest lines.

Reflecting on his sporting abilities, Frasier’s brother Niles once said: “The only thing we Crane boys are skilled at catching are sarcastic nuances and the occasional virus.”

So maybe some of the reruns seem familiar. But there also is the thrill of discovering a previously unseen episode (or maybe it’s just that one’s memory is lapsing …).

The only problem with rediscovering “Frasier” is that earworm of a theme song, sung

by Grammer. I now have an insatiable craving for tossed salad and scrambled eggs.

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@JADABIRD, reacting to journalist Shirley Wang’s article about her late father, Lin Wang, and his friendship with former basketball superstar Charles Barkley. After meeting randomly in a hotel bar in 2014, the two developed a genuine friendship: Wang flew to Alabama for the funeral of Barkley’s mother in 2015, and Barkley showed up and spoke at Wang’s funeral in June.

“I have different favorites for different reasons, which makes me extremely adult.” @MJANSSEN, contributing to a heated Twitter debate about stovetop

burners. After a November tweet by @donfrijole picked up steam over the weekend, many Twitter users defended their favorite burner. Others, such as @HiggsyPigsy, took a logical route, noting that the front-right burner is often the largest, hence its popularity.

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“I can’t even wait to cry uncontrollably when I see her in this.” @HADEELHOTHMAN, tweeting after

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Michigan’s Rep.-elect Rashida Tlaib announced that she would wear a thobe, a traditional embroidered Palestinian gown, when she is sworn in to Congress in January. Some fellow Palestinian-American women pledged on Twitter to wear their own thobes on the same day, to show support for Tlaib.

“You know you messed up when Jordan emerges to smack some sense into you.” @WORLDWIDEWOB, joking after Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan smacked guard Malik Monk.

The slap came after Monk ran onto the court prematurely as a teammate was making a shot in the final seconds of the Hornets’ game Wednesday against Detroit, giving the Hornets a technical foul.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Progress is made today in very small increments — but you shouldn’t underestimate where small steps can take you. Personal power increases.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) A situation arises today that pits you against someone who is more prepared than you are. Start slowly.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Despite the fact that the path you are on is taking you uphill, you can make considerable progress.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) The light you see at the end of the tunnel will pull you through several obstacles today. You are able to overcome what has stopped others.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Try to address one problem at a time today, and you’ll be able to solve each in the appropriate way.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) The advice you are getting from friends in similar situations is good, but your unique situation may prevent you from heeding it just now.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) You and a rival may come face to face today; the result of this encounter is sure to surprise you both.

TODAY: As the storm pulls farther away off the New England coastline and high pressure expands across the Midwest, mostly sunny skies develop here, but so do breezy conditions.

Winds blow from the northwest around 10 to 15 mph with gusts as high as 25 to 30 mph. Winds tamp down a bit tonight.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You mustn’t just sit back and react to things that happen to you today; get out there and exert influence and you can make things happen instead.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) There’s an opportunity for you out there somewhere, and it’s very close, in fact. There is much you can do today to prepare for it.

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1967: Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt, 59, disappears while swimming in the ocean off Cheviot Beach in Victoria state; despite an extensive search, his body was never found.

1975: Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme is sentenced in Sacramento, Calif., to life in prison for her attempt on the life of President Gerald R. Ford.

(She was paroled in August 2009.)

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Shakira: My tax slips don’t lie Spanish prosecutors have charged Shakira with tax evasion, alleging she failed to pay more than $16.3 million between 2012 and 2014. The Colombian pop star denied the charges, which were published Friday. Shakira has been accused of listing the Bahamas as her official residence for tax purposes during those years while in fact living in Spain, where taxes are much higher. (AP)

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Police visit Davidson after troubling post New York City police checked on Pete Davidson on Saturday after he wrote an alarming post on Instagram. “I’m doing my best to stay here for you but I actually don’t know how much longer I can last,” he wrote. “Just remember I told you so.” Davidson made a brief appearance on “Saturday Night Live” later that evening. (AP)

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2018’s top sagas get a crossover Kanye West called out Ariana Grande after the pop star posted a tweet mocking the rapper’s feud with Drake.

Following tweets from West claiming Drake needed to apologize for a variety of slights, Grande wrote: “guys, i know there are grown men arguing online rn but miley and i are dropping out beautiful, new songs tonight.” That led West to respond Saturday: “I know Ariana said this to be cool and didn’t mean no harm but I don’t like even slightest level of slight commentary from someone I know loves and respects me.” Grande later apologized for her jab. (EXPRESS)

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