Evening Edition: Trump and Clinton look to solidify leads as votes are cast

Trump's comments on KKK draw rebuke from Paul Ryan; Why Trump's support among voters keeps expanding; Sanders still draws big crowds. But is the revolution unraveling?; In secret letter, feds sternly criticized U-Va. for handling of sexual violence; Supreme Court ends challenge to Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan; Redskins will use franchise tag to retain the rights to Kirk Cousins; Defense in Erin Andrews trial says peephole video was good for her career; Bin Laden almost sounds like a presidential candidate in secret letter; FBI, Apple take fight over locked iPhone to Congress; Ivy League football teams vote to quit tackling in practice to prevent injuries; Four white men ordered to pay restitution for killing of black man; Outrage in Alabama after white officer kills unarmed black man; South Dakota governor must decide today whether to restrict transgender students' access to school restrooms; Airbnb nightmare: 7 bedrooms, a swimming pool — and a decomposing body in the garden;   The day's most important stories   Trump and Clinton look to solidify leads as votes are cast Polls opened across the South and in New England, heralding the opening of a day-long contest that was widely expected to secure front-runner status for Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton. By Philip Rucker, John Wagner and Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more » Trump's comments on KKK draw rebuke from Paul Ryan "This party does not prey on people's prejudices," the House speaker said without mentioning the Republican front-runner by name. By Paul Kane  •  Read more »   Why Trump's support among voters keeps expanding The more that GOP elites express alarm over the power of Trump's message, the more a swath of these folks think that he might be just the change agent who's needed. By James Hohmann  •  Read more »   Sanders still draws big crowds. But is the revolution unraveling? Super Tuesday should go a long way toward determining what kind of contender he will be going forward. By John Wagner  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   In secret letter, feds sternly criticized U-Va. for handling of sexual violence The withdrawn letter said the university took a "hands off" approach to fraternities and failed to identify and address a "sexually hostile environment." By Nick Anderson  •  Read more »   Supreme Court ends challenge to Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan The high court's decision could clear the way for the EPA to plan cleanups of other multi-state water bodies, such as the Mississippi River. By Darryl Fears  •  Read more »   Redskins will use franchise tag to retain the rights to Kirk Cousins The non-exclusive tag means Washington can bring its quarterback back, or receive two first-round draft picks if Cousins signs with another team. By Mike Jones  •  Read more »   Defense in Erin Andrews trial says peephole video was good for her career The former ESPN personality testified that she doesn't think she'll ever get over the emotional distress caused by the incident. By Matt Bonesteel  •  Read more »   Bin Laden almost sounds like a presidential candidate in secret letter In a letter apparently written by the late al-Qaeda leader, he denounced the corporate interests supposedly driving politics in the United States. By Ishaan Tharoor  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   FBI, Apple take fight over locked iPhone to Congress The debate takes center stage at a congressional hearing about encryption, privacy and law enforcement. By Mark Berman and Ellen Nakashima  •  Read more »   Ivy League football teams vote to quit tackling in practice to prevent injuries The unanimous decision by coaches must be affirmed by other league officials and university presidents before it becomes official. By Nick Martin  •  Read more »   Four white men ordered to pay restitution for killing of black man The defendants were teenagers in Mississippi in 2011 when they screamed "White power!" and beat James Craig Anderson before running him over with a truck. By Yanan Wang  •  Read more »   Outrage in Alabama after white officer kills unarmed black man Montgomery police promise an impartial investigation, but that has done little to soothe the dead man's family and neighbors who want white police to stay out of their neighborhood. By Michael E. Miller  •  Read more »   South Dakota governor must decide today whether to restrict transgender students' access to school restrooms If the bill becomes law, the state will be in direct conflict with federal civil rights policy, and schools will face the possibility of losing millions of dollars in federal funding. By Emma Brown  •  Read more »   Airbnb nightmare: 7 bedrooms, a swimming pool — and a decomposing body in the garden Police haven't been able to identify the victim found in the garden in a tony Paris suburb, but said an autopsy indicated she'd been dead at least a month. By Peter Holley  •  Read more »           Share Evening Edition:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? 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