Thursday, June 9, 2016

Evening Edition:

Obama endorses Clinton as Sanders suggests he'll exit race; A desperate woman's email from Iraq reveals the high toll of Obama's low-cost wars; Navy admiral to plead guilty in 'Fat Leonard' corruption scandal; Brock Turner is likely to serve only three months of six-month sentence for Stanford sex assault; American ISIS fighter who 'found it hard' returns to face criminal charges; Israelis defiant a day after Palestinian attack in the heart of carefree Tel Aviv; 40 essential restaurant dishes in D.C.; ESPN's 'O.J.: Made in America' is a towering achievement; Expelled basketball captain sues Yale, saying alleged ‘sexual misconduct’ was consensual; We narrowed Trump's VP possibilities. Now you make the pick.; The rant that could derail Trump — and the GOP rush to get him back on track; PowerPost: What would it take for Ryan to withdraw his endorsement of Trump?; Investigation shows the real reason the Army denied a soldier the Medal of Honor; How racial gerrymandering deprives black people of political power;
 
Evening Edition
The day's most important stories
 
 
Obama endorses Clinton as Sanders suggests he'll exit race
After meeting with the president, Bernie Sanders said he will stay in the race through D.C.'s primary and looks forward to working with Hillary Clinton to beat Donald Trump. Obama later said of Clinton, "I don't think there's ever been someone so qualified to hold this office." Sen. Elizabeth Warren will offer her own endorsement later Thursday, a person close to Warren confirmed.
 
A desperate woman's email from Iraq reveals the high toll of Obama's low-cost wars
As one deadly bombing shows, even the most surgical of strikes can result in unintended consequences.
 
Navy admiral to plead guilty in 'Fat Leonard' corruption scandal
Rear Adm. Robert Gilbeau will plead guilty to lying to federal investigators, his attorney said, which would make him the highest-ranking officer so far to be convicted in the case.
 
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Brock Turner is likely to serve only three months of six-month sentence for Stanford sex assault
The former Stanford student whose sentence for sexual assault set off a national debate is scheduled to be released from jail on Sept. 2, according to the Santa Clara County Department of Corrections.
 
American ISIS fighter who 'found it hard' returns to face criminal charges
Mohamad Khweis will be charged in federal district court in Alexandria with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, according to U.S. officials familiar with the case.
 
Israelis defiant a day after Palestinian attack in the heart of carefree Tel Aviv
A steady stream of Israelis visited Tel Aviv's upscale Sarona Market on Thursday, where two Palestinian gunmen killed four Israelis and seriously wounded many just a day earlier.
 
40 essential restaurant dishes in D.C.
What was the single most memorable dish you ate in the past year? That's the question we asked chefs and other culinary cognoscenti in compiling our fifth annual list of the most essential eats in and around the nation's capital.
 
ESPN's 'O.J.: Made in America' is a towering achievement
After all the media coverage, the documentaries and the miniseries, this story has at last been perfectly captured and perfectly told.
 
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Expelled basketball captain sues Yale, saying alleged ‘sexual misconduct’ was consensual
A former student who was expelled shortly before graduation is suing the university and asking to be reinstated, claiming breach of contract and violation of his rights because he was deprived of his Ivy League degree and branded a sex assailant.
 
We narrowed Trump's VP possibilities. Now you make the pick.
These 35 people represent our best estimation of candidates to complete the Republican ticket.
 
The rant that could derail Trump — and the GOP rush to get him back on track
How an 11-minute racial rant led to the worst crisis of the Republican's presidential bid.
 
PowerPost: What would it take for Ryan to withdraw his endorsement of Trump?
Big picture, House Speaker Paul Ryan knows he's between a rock and a hard place. He gets that the optics of calling Trump out one day and then urging Republicans to support him the next day are horrible.
 
Investigation shows the real reason the Army denied a soldier the Medal of Honor
The report provides a unique glimpse into something else: just how subjective decisions surrounding awards for valor can be.
 
How racial gerrymandering deprives black people of political power
Majority-minority districts, by concentrating the minority vote in certain districts, have the consequence of diluting their influence elsewhere.
 
 
     
 
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