Evening Edition: The District is about to declare its independence — from Congress

Democratic Party, Clinton and Sanders campaigns to sue Arizona over voting rights; How Bob Boilen of 'All Songs Considered' went from Tiny Desk to tastemaker; 'Bathroom law' puts North Carolina governor in crossfire of GOP civil war; Microsoft sues over law banning tech firms from telling customers about data requests; Canadian prime minister introduces assisted suicide legislation; Mortgage rates hit lows not seen in nearly three years; His mom publicly compared him to killer Adam Lanza. Now the teen is opening up about his bipolar disorder.; The difference between how intelligent and less-intelligent people lie; Judge tells breast-feeding mother, 'Ma'am, you need to cover up'; Ask an octopus expert: How did Inky escape?;   The day's most important stories   Astrid Riecken / For The Washington Post The District is about to declare its independence — from Congress For the first time since the Founding Fathers carved out the nation's capital from swampland, D.C. will not ask the federal government for permission to spend its money. By Aaron C. Davis  •  Read more » Democratic Party, Clinton and Sanders campaigns to sue Arizona over voting rights During the presidential primary there last month, many Arizona voters waited as long as five hours to cast their ballots. By Sari Horwitz  •  Read more »   How Bob Boilen of 'All Songs Considered' went from Tiny Desk to tastemaker The host of the NPR concert series is on a never-ending quest for music that "needs a champion." And when he ducks into clubs to see bands nobody has heard of, it's as if millions of people are tagging along. By Marcus J. Moore  •  Read more »   'Bathroom law' puts North Carolina governor in crossfire of GOP civil war While the legislation rolling back local government protections for LGBT people could energize evangelicals, Republican Gov. Pat McCrory was caught off guard by the backlash from another pillar of his party: corporate America. By James Hohmann  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Microsoft sues over law banning tech firms from telling customers about data requests In the past 18 months, federal courts have issued almost 2,600 orders preventing Microsoft from alerting customers that their data has been obtained in criminal probes, the company said. By Ellen Nakashima  •  Read more »   Canadian prime minister introduces assisted suicide legislation The law proposed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would apply only to Canadians and permanent residents and would not allow for so-called "suicide tourism." By Elahe Izadi and Sarah Larimer  •  Read more »   Mortgage rates hit lows not seen in nearly three years The 30-year fixed-rate average slipped to 3.58 percent with an average 0.5 point, its lowest level since May 2013, according to the latest data released by Freddie Mac. By Kathy Orton  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   His mom publicly compared him to killer Adam Lanza. Now the teen is opening up about his bipolar disorder. In the viral "I am Adam Lanza's Mother" blog post, he was the raging son his mom feared. By Colby Itkowitz  •  Read more »   The difference between how intelligent and less-intelligent people lie Researchers set up an experiment to test what kinds of lies people would tell in a certain situation. By Jeff Guo  •  Read more »   Judge tells breast-feeding mother, 'Ma'am, you need to cover up' "For you not to realize that is ridiculous," a district court judge in North Carolina said. Under state law, mothers are allowed to breast-feed their children in public. By Sarah Larimer  •  Read more »   Ask an octopus expert: How did Inky escape? Jennifer Mather, a Canadian professor who has studied octopus behavior, explains how Inky could have made his great escape from a New Zealand aquarium. The Washington Post  •  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