Evening Edition: Special counsel indicts Russians in 2016 election interference

FBI says it failed to act on tip about Florida school shooting suspect ; 'Red flag laws' in five states allow guns to be seized before violence can occur

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   Special counsel indicts Russians in 2016 election interference Thirteen people are accused of working for a Russian propaganda organization and posing as Americans to support candidate Donald Trump and attack his political opponent, Hillary Clinton. The indictment says some suspects came to the United States to gather information for the effort while others promoted campaign events to sow division. By Sari Horwitz, Devlin Barrett and Craig Timberg  •  Read more » FBI says it failed to act on tip about Florida school shooting suspect A person close to Nikolas Cruz contacted the bureau's tip line on Jan. 5 to report Cruz's erratic behavior, disturbing social media posts, gun ownership and a possible desire to conduct a school shooting, the FBI said in a statement. Florida Gov. Rick Scott called the FBI's inaction "unacceptable" and called on its director, Christopher A. Wray, to resign. By Mark Berman and Matt Zapotosky  •  Read more »   'Red flag laws' in five states allow guns to be seized before violence can occur Nearly 20 other states have proposed bills to let police and families ask a judge to block someone's access to firearms. By Lenny Bernstein  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Students emerge as new critics for lack of action on guns: 'This stuff happens and we don't know why' In the familiar aftermath of the nation's latest mass shooting, something new stood out: This time, the kids who survived the rampage in Parkland, Fla., were demanding to know why the adults who run the country had not done more to prevent it. By Elise Viebeck  •  Read more »   The stories of those who died in Parkland A soccer captain. A basketball player. A dancer. A new citizen. And a hero. They were among the 17 people killed in Florida. Read more »   Graphic | Analysis The terrible numbers that grow with each mass shooting Our interactive analysis compiles the details on the places, victims, weapons and shooters of the 150 shootings in which four or more people were killed by a lone shooter (two shooters in a few cases). The attacks date back to 1966. By Bonnie Berkowitz, Denise Lu and Chris Alcantara  •  Read more »   Five crucial minutes inside Douglas High where lives were lost and saved The high school had an armed police officer on campus and students had practiced how to deal with an active shooter. But a gunman walked purposefully into the school, and nothing stopped him, police said. By Kevin Sullivan, Samantha Schmidt and David A. Fahrenthold  •  Read more »   Kelly makes changes to White House security clearance process after abuse allegations against top aide The White House has struggled over the past week to explain how the security clearance process worked in the case of a top aide accused of domestic abuse. By Robert Costa  •  Read more »   German defense minister slams Trump's military-heavy approach to security The tough criticism, made to an audience of the world's security elite, including an unsmiling Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, was a European riposte to President Trump's ongoing push for Europe to spend more on defense. By Michael Birnbaum and Griff Witte  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT The Fix | Analysis The latest alleged Trump affair coverup is a damningly familiar tale Former Playboy model Karen McDougal's account in the New Yorker is strikingly similar to Stormy Daniels's. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   Thirty-six minutes after the gold medal was won, the Olympics happened The sun had started to go. The cold had started to get mean. The medals had been clinched. Yet, somehow, after the stands had gone from full to half full to a third full, this match of 116 contestants still had resilient men out there in the woods. It still had another show. By Chuck Culpepper  •  Read more »   N. Korea denounces 'Trump group' for bringing up Otto Warmbier The story of the U.S. student who spent 17 months in custody, most of it in a coma, is not one North Korea wants to hear again. By Anna Fifield  •  Read more »   Olympian Chloe Kim sends 'hangry' tweet. Companies rush in with free food. Ben & Jerry's, Oreo and Roy Rogers showered Chloe Kim with public offers via social media — hoping to drum up business, of course. By Abha Bhattarai  •  Read more »   Curling fan etiquette 101: Babies, yes. Music, no. Mumbling, yes. Chanting, no. One stone knocking out another is not necessarily cheer-worthy, plus other helpful bits of wisdom. By Chuck Culpepper  •  Read more »   Daisuke Nakazawa is opening a sushi restaurant in a Trump hotel. And he's not apologizing. Meet the four-star chef who wants to change the way Americans eat fish. By Richard Morgan  •  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 Evening Edition or because it is included in your subscription. 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. ©2018 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071