Sunday, May 15, 2016

Sunday's Headlines: Inside the GOP effort to draft a third-party candidate to derail Trump

A cyber-city rises from the desert, embodying Israel's military, commercial ambitions; Navy SEAL instructor pulled from training after sailor's death; North Korea's one-percenters savor life in 'Pyonghattan'; 'Not about bathrooms': Critics decry N.C. law's lesser-known elements;
 
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Inside the GOP effort to draft a third-party candidate to derail Trump
Desperate anti-Trump Republicans are seeking an independent challenger but keep hearing "no." Mitt Romney, the 2012 party nominee, is joining the effort to coax reluctant spoilers with only a few weeks left to launch a viable bid.
A cyber-city rises from the desert, embodying Israel's military, commercial ambitions
The Jewish state, already at the cutting edge of cyber-offense, is building a development that will concentrate its top talent from the military, academia and business to cement its place as a major digital power.
 
Navy SEAL instructor pulled from training after sailor's death
The instructor was removed following the death of Seaman James Derek Lovelace, 21, during a famously grueling underwater course in California.
 
North Korea's one-percenters savor life in 'Pyonghattan'
The country's parallel-universe sister to New York, inhabited by the rich kids of the Democratic People's Republic, shares a love of pricey coffee and high fashion.
 
'Not about bathrooms': Critics decry N.C. law's lesser-known elements
The law also restricts local governments' power to set a minimum-wage standard and limits how people can sue for discrimination. Opponents say those provisions, tucked into a bill with a very different public face, are pernicious attempts to roll back rights.
 
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Conservatives should stop longing for the past and learn a little humility
 
How the psychology of public bathrooms explains the ‘bathroom bills’
 
Better design could solve the debate about gendered bathrooms
 
Five myths on being transgender
 
Donald Trump is following all the rules for a reality TV villain
 
Why Budweiser is the last beer that should call itself ‘America’
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Madeleine LeBeau, actress who sang 'La Marseillaise' in 'Casablanca,' dies at 92
She was the last surviving credited cast member of the classic 1942 film in which she made the best of a small role as the scorned girlfriend of Humphrey Bogart's Rick Blaine.
Nearly half of Americans no longer use the Internet the way they once did
Security concerns have had a chilling effect on basic online activities, such as posting to social networks, buying things from websites or even expressing opinions in forums.
Germany aims to teach refugees from the Mideast about the right way to have sex
The German government has gone live with a website for adult migrants that uses highly graphic diagrams and images to outline everything from first-time intercourse to more advanced sexual acts.
She says she'll fix Russia's rigged elections
Ella Pamfilova says her appointment as head of her country's Central Elections Commission shows that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants fair voting. Skeptics call it nothing more than a "rebranding" of the Kremlin's electoral stranglehold.
Officials: At least 12 dead in Islamic State attack on Iraqi gas plant
Several suicide bombers and militants attacked the facility north of Baghdad and clashed with security forces, an official said, adding that 25 troops were wounded.
FROM BELIEF TO RESENTMENT
As an employer plans to move hundreds of manufacturing jobs from Indiana to Mexico, the decline of the middle class reaches the next American town.
Congressman defends using Japanese slur in describing his anti-Trump views
Republican Peter King, who supports Donald Trump nominally but is refusing to campaign for him, said his use of the word was meant to criticize the candidate's positions as out of line with the "nuance" required to be president.
How a violent offender slipped through the District’s justice system
Antwon Pitt, who benefited from "second-chance" laws, was released after his eighth arrest in four years and now faces trial for rape. His case shows how such laws, combined with lax enforcement by key agencies, can give many chances to violent offenders despite repeated criminal behavior, according to a Post investigation.
A friendship abroad becomes a romance
The newlyweds spent a semester in Madrid before starting a relationship once they returned home.
Training should be helpful, not painful
Mandatory work sessions can bring out the hecklers, but there are several ways to discourage snark and inspire genuine comments.
The simple path to homemade bagels
Can you boil a pot of water? Then you'll be surprised by how easy it is to make outstanding bagels at home.
 
     
 
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