Evening Edition: Justices seem skeptical of McDonnell conviction

Dennis Hastert sentenced to 15 months for bank crime related to sexual abuse of teenagers; Cruz picks Fiorina as running mate in bid to shake up 2016 race; As options to stop Trump dwindle, Cruz faces make-or-break moment; Clinton takes on Trump and his ‘woman card’ comment: ‘Deal me in’; Paris terror suspect is ‘a little jerk,’ his lawyer says; The Army's first female infantry officer is a Ranger School graduate; SpaceX says it will fly a spacecraft to Mars as soon as 2018; Why Facebook is delivering great earnings when other big tech companies are not; Milwaukee mother fatally shot by toddler who found gun in car, sheriff's office says; Prosecutors announce largest gang takedown in New York City history; Tuesday's severe weather forecast was grim. It was also overhyped. ; Exploits of German Jew who spied on the Nazis for the U.S. seemed the stuff of movies; Charles Manson says he has undiscovered victims. Police want to know if this teenager is one of them.; The single best joke (or insult) told by every president — from Obama to Washington; The day's most important stories Justices seem skeptical of McDonnell conviction Justices questioned the government case that led to the former Virginia governor's 2014 conviction for actions he took on behalf of a businessman who gave him more than $175,000 in benefits. By Robert Barnes and Laura Vozzella  •  Read more » Dennis Hastert sentenced to 15 months for bank crime related to sexual abuse of teenagers The former U.S. House speaker, said in court that he was "deeply ashamed" and acknowledged that he "mistreated some of the athletes I coached." By Matt Zapotosky  •  Read more » Cruz picks Fiorina as running mate in bid to shake up 2016 race Announcing a running mate is an unusual step that comes as the senator from Texas trails GOP front-runner Donald Trump by a wide margin and faces an increasingly narrow path to the Republican nomination. By Sean Sullivan and Robert Costa  •  Read more » As options to stop Trump dwindle, Cruz faces make-or-break moment For Donald Trump's rivals, all is now a numbers game — including the challenge of making everyone believe that the front-runner can be kept short of the 1,237 delegates needed to win on the first ballot at the convention. By Dan Balz  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT Clinton takes on Trump and his ‘woman card’ comment: ‘Deal me in’ The Clinton campaign responded with an online video showing the Democratic candidate dismissing Trump's comments on her gender. By Jose A. DelReal and Anne Gearan  •  Read more » Paris terror suspect is ‘a little jerk,’ his lawyer says Salah Abdeslam's Belgian attorney said his client's radicalization likely happened online and described him as someone who "thinks he lives in a video game." By Ishaan Tharoor  •  Read more » The Army's first female infantry officer is a Ranger School graduate Capt. Kristen Griest made history last summer by becoming one of the first two women to graduate from the legendarily difficult school. Now she's accomplished another first. By Dan Lamothe  •  Read more » SpaceX says it will fly a spacecraft to Mars as soon as 2018 NASA says it will provide technical assistance on the unmanned mission, which is part of an effort to eventually get humans to the red planet. By Christian Davenport  •  Read more » Why Facebook is delivering great earnings when other big tech companies are not The world's largest social network made $5.38 billion over the first three months of this year, more than the $5.25 billion many analysts were expecting. By Hayley Tsukayama  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT Milwaukee mother fatally shot by toddler who found gun in car, sheriff's office says The woman was shot when a gun slid out from under the front seat of the car she was driving and her 2 1/2-year-old child picked it up, witnesses told officers. By Sarah Larimer  •  Read more » Prosecutors announce largest gang takedown in New York City history Authorities detailed a grim roster of violent crimes allegedly committed by the two gangs, listing murder, racketeering, narcotics and firearms charges in the indictments of 120 people. By Mark Berman  •  Read more » Tuesday's severe weather forecast was grim. It was also overhyped. Weather organizations took what should have been a long-term heads-up on possible severe weather — mostly hail and wind — and morphed it into a tornado outbreak. By Angela Fritz  •  Read more » Exploits of German Jew who spied on the Nazis for the U.S. seemed the stuff of movies Frederick Mayer, who died April 15 at 94, parachuted onto an Alpine glacier, infiltrated enemy lines, posed as a German officer and endured lengthy torture. He did it, he once said, because he had "a hatred of Nazis and a love for America." By Emily Langer  •  Read more » Charles Manson says he has undiscovered victims. Police want to know if this teenager is one of them. The slaying of 19-year-old Reet Jurvetson — known only as "Jane Doe No. 59" for 47 years until this week — had the hallmarks of a Manson Family killing, including 150 stab wounds. By Peter Holley  •  Read more » The single best joke (or insult) told by every president — from Obama to Washington President Obama could find some inspiration from his predecessors ahead of this weekend's White House correspondents' dinner. By Dan Zak  •  Read more » Share Evening Edition:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Headlines. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071