Evening Edition: Mistrial is declared in Cosby sex-assault case; retrial planned

Camille Cosby releases statement: 'How do I describe the counsels for the accusers? Totally unethical.'; Why some skeptics say the case against Cosby is all a conspiracy; Trump's Cuba policy tries to redefine 'good' U.S. tourism; What's widening the political gap between rural and urban America? Culture, a new poll shows.; Trump, with Melania and Barron, makes first visit to Camp David presidential retreat; Japan assists in search for 7 U.S. sailors missing after collision; Trump puts pressure on deputy attorney general, a key figure in Russia probe; After protests over an acquittal verdict in the Castile shooting, activists look for a path forward; Paramedics recount rushing to the congressional baseball team under fire; A teacher's decision to be 'visibly queer' in his photo with Trump; Education Dept. closes transgender student cases as it pushes to scale back civil rights investigations; Trump's contradictory coalition roils elections in Virginia, Georgia; Sleep apnea, which contributed to Carrie Fisher's death, is an underrated problem, doctors say; Pro-Trump protester arrested after rushing stage at controversial 'Julius Caesar' play in Central Park; Physicists create Quantum entanglement, science's 'spookiest' phenomenon; Ted Nugent once said Obama should 'suck on my machine gun.' Now he wants to tone down 'hateful rhetoric.';   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   Mistrial is declared in Cosby sex-assault case; retrial planned The Pennsylvania judge declared the jurors — who deliberated 52 hours — "hopelessly deadlocked" and unable to reach a verdict on three counts of aggravated indecent assault against Bill Cosby. The 79-year-old entertainer's family was not in the courtroom to hear the decision, and he still faces lawsuits filed by some of the 60 women who have accused him of sexual assault, rape or sexual harassment. By Manuel Roig-Franzia  •  Read more » Camille Cosby releases statement: 'How do I describe the counsels for the accusers? Totally unethical.' Social media reaction is muted. By Ellen McCarthy  •  Read more »   Analysis Why some skeptics say the case against Cosby is all a conspiracy According to a decades-old theory, Bill Cosby — who once insisted that structural racism had nothing to do with black life in America — went on trial because he violated the unwritten rules of race and social position by making the establishment uncomfortable with the success he had achieved. By Janell Ross  •  Read more »   Trump's Cuba policy tries to redefine 'good' U.S. tourism The U.S., Trump believes, can tightly regulate American vacations to deprive the Castro government of dollars and redirect the money to the island's growing class of entrepreneurs. But the new rules, critics say, will herd Americans back toward the kind of prepackaged, predictable group tourism that the Cuban government actually prefers — and earns more revenue from. By Nick Miroff  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Rural Divide What's widening the political gap between rural and urban America? Culture, a new poll shows. A Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation survey found rural Americans are apprehensive about the nation's rapidly changing demographics, fear that Christianity is under siege and believe that the government cares more about city dwellers. But the disagreements between rural and urban America ultimately center on fairness: Who wins and who loses in the new American economy? Story by Jose A. DelReal and Scott Clement | Photos by Michael S. Williamson  •  Read more »   Trump, with Melania and Barron, makes first visit to Camp David presidential retreat The president has spent more weekends away from Washington than not, but this time he opted for the destination that his predecessors visited frequently — rather than one of his own properties. By John Wagner  •  Read more »   Japan assists in search for 7 U.S. sailors missing after collision The nations joined in air-and-sea mission off the coast of Japan after a Navy destroyer and a much-larger container ship collided. The USS Fitzgerald reached its home port south of Tokyo after flooding was controlled at sea. By Anna Fifield and Thomas Gibbons-Neff  •  Read more »   Trump puts pressure on deputy attorney general, a key figure in Russia probe The president's tweets raised concerns that Rod J. Rosenstein could be fired by the president, while others say he must recuse himself from supervising the special-counsel investigation that has engulfed the White House. By Sari Horwitz, Devlin Barrett and Lynh Bui  •  Read more »   After protests over an acquittal verdict in the Castile shooting, activists look for a path forward Demonstrators blocked I-94 between the Twin Cities, leading to the arrest of more than a dozen. Advocates for overhauling police practices despaired at the case's outcome but hoped it could spark a broader movement for reform. By Jared Goyette  •  Read more »   Paramedics recount rushing to the congressional baseball team under fire They were just four blocks away when they got the call. As soon as the gunfire subsided, they scrambled to the scene. It wasn't until much later that they learned who the victims were. By Peter Hermann  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   A teacher's decision to be 'visibly queer' in his photo with Trump When Nikos Giannopoulos, Rhode Island's teacher of the year, took his turn in front of the camera with President Trump, he struck a pose some took as an act of defiance. By Avi Selk  •  Read more »   Education Dept. closes transgender student cases as it pushes to scale back civil rights investigations The Trump administration's closure of two long-running cases has troubled civil rights advocates. By Emma Brown  •  Read more »   The Take | Analysis Trump's contradictory coalition roils elections in Virginia, Georgia For the GOP, there's no easy path for candidates who court Trump voters and those in the middle. By Dan Balz  •  Read more »   Sleep apnea, which contributed to Carrie Fisher's death, is an underrated problem, doctors say The disorder — which causes a sufferer to repeatedly stop breathing, sometimes more than 100 times a night — cannot be detected during a routine examination, the National Institutes of Health said. By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.  •  Read more »   Pro-Trump protester arrested after rushing stage at controversial 'Julius Caesar' play in Central Park Laura Loomer, an employee of a far-right website, stormed the stage during the title character's assassination scene. By Amy B Wang  •  Read more »   Physicists create Quantum entanglement, science's 'spookiest' phenomenon The scientists beamed particles from a satellite to two locations on Earth 750 miles apart — and the particles remained mysteriously connected. By Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more »   Ted Nugent once said Obama should 'suck on my machine gun.' Now he wants to tone down 'hateful rhetoric.' After the shooting at a congressional baseball practice, the rocker said he has decided to be "more selective with my rants and in my words." By Herman Wong  •  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. 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