Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Evening Edition: Trump rails against scrutiny of donations to veterans' groups

How Paul Ryan thinks about Donald Trump; Clinton's challenge: Become a change agent in a year shaped by voter fury; The District's food scene gets a prestigious boost: Michelin inspection (and stars); D.C.'s commute is about to get a lot worse, and most people are still in denial; Police weigh charges as grief and outrage over gorilla's death grows; Columbia student says she disappeared and remade herself to 'escape' her 'Ivy League life'; Supreme Court turns down inmate’s request to decide constitutionality of death penalty; Justice Department drops second criminal investigation into Navy SEAL who helped kill bin Laden; Televangelist Jan Crouch, 78, dies days after stroke; No, Sanders voters aren't more conservative than Clinton voters; Driver runs over motorcycle in road-rage incident caught on camera; Amber Heard ‘suffered through years of physical and psychological abuse’ by Johnny Depp, lawyers say; How to feed a happy, healthy gut;
 
Evening Edition
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Trump rails against scrutiny of donations to veterans’ groups
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee tussled with reporters amid sharp scrutiny over the delayed distribution of millions of dollars he promised to veterans' organizations.
How Paul Ryan thinks about Donald Trump
Peter Wehner, a former policy aide to President George W. Bush and a personal and ideological compatriot of Ryan's for two decades, spoke about the future of the Trump-Ryan relationship.
 
Clinton's challenge: Become a change agent in a year shaped by voter fury
Attacking Trump may not be enough as Clinton struggles to convince voters she will deliver the change they want in Washington.
 
The District's food scene gets a prestigious boost: Michelin inspection (and stars)
Michelin said it has already deployed its famously anonymous inspectors throughout Washington — news that is sure to strike fear in the hearts of chefs and servers.
 
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D.C.'s commute is about to get a lot worse, and most people are still in denial
The year-long maintenance blitz begins this weekend. But despite a flurry of preparations and the sheer scale of potential impacts, many commuters and employers aren't ready for what's coming.
 
Police weigh charges as grief and outrage over gorilla's death grows
Prosecutors said that officials plan to meet with police investigating how a boy fell into an enclosure at the Cincinnati zoo before the endangered gorilla was shot and killed by rescuers.
 
Columbia student says she disappeared and remade herself to 'escape' her 'Ivy League life'
After searching for two weeks, NYPD officers found Nayla Kidd safe in a Brooklyn apartment. She said the university's pressure-cooker environment led her to become increasingly ambivalent about her schoolwork.
 
Supreme Court turns down inmate’s request to decide constitutionality of death penalty
The Louisiana prisoner drew support from only two justices, Stephen G. Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who both have previously said the court should consider the question.
 
Justice Department drops second criminal investigation into Navy SEAL who helped kill bin Laden
Matt Bissonnette, who wrote a book about the raid that killed the al-Qaeda leader, had been scrutinized for consulting work he did while still on active duty.
 
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Televangelist Jan Crouch, 78, dies days after stroke
In 1973, she helped her husband, Paul Crouch, launch the Trinity Broadcasting Network, now the world's largest Christian television network.
 
No, Sanders voters aren't more conservative than Clinton voters
Two political scientists challenged conventional wisdom when they wrote about their analysis of voter data. We looked at the same survey. This is what we found.
 
Driver runs over motorcycle in road-rage incident caught on camera
In the video, a car is seen swerving into and driving over a motorcycle, knocking a biker and his passenger onto the road. “I thought the guy was trying to kill us, obviously,” the biker said.
 
Amber Heard ‘suffered through years of physical and psychological abuse’ by Johnny Depp, lawyers say
After Depp's friend accused Heard of blackmailing the actor with lies about domestic violence, her legal representatives respond to the "malicious allegations."
 
How to feed a happy, healthy gut
Your intestines are a fragile ecosystem. The right foods will keep them balanced.
 
 
     
 
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