AvatarThe Washington PostAvatarAvatarNowThe unprecedented power of Shohei Ohtaniverified_publisherThe Washington Post - Chelsea JanesSEOUL — A few hours before the Los Angeles Dodgers took the field at Gocheok Sky Dome in South Korea, first baseman Freddie Freeman was crouched in front of the team’s dugout, doing fielding drills. No cameramen elbowed for a shot. No reporters jostled to get a view. Freeman — a former MVP, one of …
AvatarThe Washington PostAvatarAvatarNowGOP scrambles to organize early and mail voting despite Trump’s attacksverified_publisherThe Washington Post - By Josh Dawsey and Isaac ArnsdorfIn December, Donald Trump called for the end of mail-in voting in presidential elections. In February, he told Michigan voters that “mail-in voting is totally corrupt.” He later told Fox News host Laura Ingraham that “if you have mail-in balloting, you automatically have fraud.” “The ballots are a …
AvatarThe Washington PostAvatarAvatarNowBiden Title IX rules on trans athletes set for election-year delayverified_publisherThe Washington Post - Laura MecklerThe Biden administration is preparing to finalize sweeping rules in coming weeks governing how sex discrimination is addressed in schools, including new protections for transgender students. But officials plan to put off a companion regulation outlining the rights of trans athletes, according to …
AvatarThe Washington PostAvatarAvatarNowPssssst … How to find 11 of the best speakeasy bars in the D.C. areaverified_publisherThe Washington Post - Fritz HahnAlmost a century ago, Americans rejoiced at the end of Prohibition. Bars could reopen and publicly sell alcohol! No more bootleg “gin” filled with additives that could literally make you go blind! No more police raids and bartenders led away in handcuffs! And yet bargoers have spent much of the past …
AvatarThe Washington PostAvatarAvatarNowHow Ralph Fiennes figured out why Macbeth would killverified_publisherThe Washington Post - Peter MarksLONDON — It was Ralph Fiennes’s mother who introduced him to his destiny. He was 8 or 9, lying atop the bunk bed he shared with his younger brother Magnus, when he asked her to tell him a story. The tale she chose was “Hamlet.” “She started to tell it in her own words, and I was completely hooked,” …
AvatarThe Washington PostAvatarAvatarNowBulletverified_publisherThe Washington Post - Andrew JeongDivers found the bodies of two construction workers who were killed when the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed this week after it was struck by the Dali, a massive container ship, before treacherous conditions made it too dangerous to continue the search. Four more people are presumed …
AvatarCNBCAvatarAvatar1 hour agoQatar Airways CEO: We will soon reveal upgrades to our Business Classverified_publisherCNBCQatar Airways Group CEO, Badr Mohammed Al Meer, tells CNBC's Dan Murphy the carrier will soon reveal new upgrades to its Qsuite Business Class seats …
AvatarCNBCAvatarAvatar1 hour agoQatar Airways CEO is '110%' confident that Boeing makes safe aircraftverified_publisherCNBCIn an exclusive interview, Qatar Airways' Group CEO Badr Mohammed Al Meer talks about delays in aircraft delivery and addresses Boeing's recent …
AvatarCNBCAvatarAvatar1 hour agoQatar Airways CEO: This is a new eraverified_publisherCNBCQatar Airways' new Group CEO, Badr Mohammed Al Meer, reveals to CNBC's Dan Murphy what his vision is for the carrier.
AvatarThe Washington PostAvatarAvatar1 hour agoD.C.-area forecast: Stubborn showers today but sun returns Fridayverified_publisherThe Washington Post - David StreitToday’s daily digit A somewhat subjective rating of the day’s weather, on a scale of 0 to 10. 3/10: Mother Nature is holding a grudge, the cool showers are hard to budge. Express forecast Today: Breezy with showers into the afternoon. Highs: 47 to 53.• Tonight: Clearing skies, remaining breezy. Lows: 33 …
AvatarThe Washington PostAvatarAvatar1 hour agoBeyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ sash could inspire a new fashion frenzyverified_publisherThe Washington Post - Janay KingsberryIt took less than an hour and $10 in supplies for Shannon McClain to make her sash — a strip of white polyester fabric lined with pleated red and blue ribbons. And stamped boldly across the material in big block letters is a pledge of her allegiance: “BEYHIVE.” McClain, 34, has always loved to dress …
AvatarThe Washington PostAvatarAvatar1 hour agoTrump calls his globe-trotting ex-diplomat ‘my envoy.’ Neither is in office.verified_publisherThe Washington Post - By Beth Reinhard, Jon Swaine and Aaron SchafferAfter an anti-corruption crusader unexpectedly won last year’s presidential election in Guatemala, democracy teetered on the edge in the Central American country. Amid law enforcement raids on election offices and threats of violence, the Biden administration worked feverishly to lay the groundwork …