FILE In this June 6 2011 file photo Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen Rick Santorum holds his daughter Isabella in Somerset.


Big Bang at the KCollection concert Of all the mainstream acts they re doing the most to push boundaries of what is considered Kpop a music journalist says The group has been pretty active in trying out all sorts of different stuff.


Jude Elsanousi 4 and her brother Anas 5 play with goats and sheep at the Halal Farm in Dumfries as their father Mohamed follows behind The animals will be slaughtered in honor of Eid alAdha the Festival of the Sacrifice.


President Obama with Vice President Biden at his side speaks at a news conference in the White House Rose Garden Obama said he had decided the United States should take military action against Syrian government targets in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack but that he would seek a congressional vote for any use of military force.


Greg ODell president of chief executive of Events DC presents plans for the Wizards practice venue in Congress Heights Oct 26.


Vladimir Putin and Sergei Lavrov listen as Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the UN on Monday.


Bourbon Street Fireball a new roller coaster at Six Flags America will open in 2015.


This is President Obama taking a swing He is not a swing voter.


Fireworks are set off during a protest demanding better social services near the Maracana stadium in Rio.


In addition to sumptuous hospitality and fine dining the renovated hotel will feature a rooftop lounge pictured here with views of the Potomac River and a spaandfitness facility with a pool.


A member of the Dallas Police Choir passes portraits of the five fallen officers before a memorial service at the city s Morton H Meyerson Symphony Center.


A Palestinian boy watches as his family drives past the rubble of the toppled minaret of the Abu Jihad Al Wazer mosque which was destroyed by an Israeli strike in Gaza City.


Republican senators proposed restrictions on President Obama s ability to transfer terrorism suspects out of Guantanamo Bay Cuba for the remainder of his term.


The NIST4 watt balance The instrument recently took its first full measurements of Planck s constant an important step toward redefining the kilogram.


Jed Graham calls this the deficit chart that should embarrass deficit hawks Here s a pretty important fact that virtually everyone in Washington seems oblivious to The federal deficit has never fallen as fast as it s falling now without a coincident recession he writes for Investor s Business Daily This is true whether or not the sequester goes into effect.


Cars plow through high water along River Road in Bethesda Md.


Wei Jingsheng China s most famous political dissident flew to the United States in 1997 after being released on medical parole from a 14year jail term.


A simple toy from my childhood makes for a cool picture in space Tweeted from space by Reid Wiseman astro_reid on June 1.


The House just got a little bit more hempfriendly.


The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments for and against elements of the healthcare reform law next week.


There is some evidence antibacterial chemicals may pose health risks.


Obama makes State of the Union history with 3 words.


Erica Miller of TriState Bird Rescue and Research treats an oilcovered northern gannet.


President Obama center speaks during an International Civil Society event with Tsakhia Elbegdorj president of Mongolia left and Jan Eliasson deputy secretarygeneral of the United Nations on Monday in New York.


Google s Legalize Love campaign is nt about gay marriage at all says a spokesperson.


A Palestinian man walks past graffiti that reads in Hebrew We do not remain silent in face of stone throwing in the neighborhood of Beit Hanina Price tag is the term given to extremist hate crimes which target Arabs.


Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to guests at a campaign rally at Gerald W Kirn Middle School on Jan 31 in Council Bluffs Iowa.


In this May 14 2014 file photo Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton smiles before speaking at the World Bank in Washington DC BRENDAN SMIALOWSKIAFPGetty Images.


Kelly reveals little about himself when talking to the media.


Per Holmberg stands in front of the mysterious Rok runestone.


Mohammed Helal his wife Marwa and daughter Inar ride a bus from the Kanjize Camp to the border of Horgos.


The J Edgar Hoover FBI Building in Washington DC on Dec 3 The FBI may move to another building.


Jonathan Pryce and his daughter Phoebe Pryce as Shylock and Jessica in The Merchant of Venice.


View Photo Gallery More than 12 million homes and businesses across Maryland and Virginia lost power Friday night as one of the most powerful and punishing storms in months swept across the Washington region.


President Bill Clinton campaigns for his wife in Saginaw Mich on Monday.


A view from the outside of Evermay which was the most expensive DC home in 2011.


Eli Gotay left Melissa Cruz middle and Mark Polanco middle right take a break from visiting a friend in the hospital who was a victim of the Pulse shooting.


Hillary and Bill Clinton hold their grandchild Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky last year at a hospital in New York.


A Liberian Red Cross worker prepares bags of rice at a food distribution station in Monrovia s West Point slum.


Scientists hope to have a disabled teenager kick off the 2014 World Cup in Brazil using a mechanical exoskeleton controlled by the teen s brain.


A Palestinian jumps over fire during a militarystyle graduation ceremony after being trained at one of the Hamasrun Liberation Camps in Gaza City.


President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greet Mitt Romney and his family after the final presidential debate at Lynn University in Boca Raton Fla.


Memorable quotes from the third Republican presidential debate.


Police help a man from at the shooting at the Carmike Hickory 8 theater in Antioch Tenn.


An Indian army band performs during the parade.


Baltimore protesters smash cars face off with police.


First president gets first library finally.


Jeff Bezos chief executive officer of Amazoncom Inc is embroiled in a battle with book publisher Hachette over ebook pricing.


An man holds his son inside a United Nations Mission in South Sudan.


Junior a black market marijuana dealer prepares a pound of pot for sale in Denver Heavy taxation and purchasing limits have pushed recreational buyers to the black market.


You ll have reason to celebrate with these easy latenight snack foods for tonight s NCAA men s basketball final.


An antiMorsi protester shout slogans during a protest in Tahrir Square in Cairo.


Boehner helped negotiate a deal to avoid a government shutdown working with Democrats and absolutists in his own ranks.


Gray greets wellwishers after giving his first state of the city address at Eastern Senior High School in the District.


Supporters of the peace agreement between the government and leftist FARC rebels rally in Bogota Colombia on Oct 12.


A young woman sews a sweater on the factory floor at Syntex Knitwear in Dhaka Bangladesh Company officers say they strictly enforce firesafety regulations and an 18andolder age requirement.


Andre Morman and his daughter Jhaniyika Morman 6 and Eric Prince and his daughter Kayla Lewis 11 salsa dance with each other during the Date with Dad event.


Mike Crowe left argues with an immigrant rights supporter at an antireform protest in front of the US Capitol building on April 10 2013 in Washington DC.


Three outbuildings including the orangery left were added by the current owner.


Bill Butcher owner of Port City Brewing Company pushes his son Key 8 on a cart through the brewery s darkened facility on Monday.


Liu left and France s thenfirst lady Carla BruniSarkozy right are seen during arrival ceremonies at Orly Airport in Paris.


Workers begin to count ballots for South Thanet at Winter Gardens as polls close in Margate England.


Hymes at Baja Bean in Staunton Va the day before her release from Western State Hospital.


Iraqis light candles on July 6 2016 at the site of a suicidebombing attack that took in Baghdad s Karrada neighborhood on July 3.


David Lemieux audiovisual archivist for the Grateful Dead holds up a piece of 16mm motion picture film while working in the vault at the Dead s warehouse in Novato Calif on Aug 7 2000 Despite the band s breakup after Garcia s death in 1995 Grateful Dead Productions runs a multimilliondollar business from the warehouse in paraphernalia and other merchandise The Dead s most recognizable emblem the Steal Your Face icon is on the wall.


Marjorie Enya right and Brazilian rugby player Isadora Cerullo smile after Enya popped the question at the women s rugby medals ceremony on Monday.


A man looks downhill at the settlement of Shyra damaged by recent wildfires in the Khakassia region.


A woman holds a folding fan near a decoration in Beijing.


Back issues of the magazine are seen at the publication s offices in Middleburg.


Riders wait aboard one of the cars on the train that struck a 39yearold McLean man at Clarendon Station Tuesday.


Ibtihaj Muhammad of the United States reacts during the women s sabre team semifinal against Sofya Velikaya of Russia.


Rita Palomarez left and Linda Rodriguez pray during an election watch party attended by opponents of the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance.


Kharkar celebrates after learning that she made the finals of the spelling bee.


Emergency responders work outside the airport.


People listen as US Secretary of State John F Kerry addresses the Civil Society Forum during the summit.


Former Florida governor Jeb Bush on board his Jeb Can Fix It campaign bus in Manchester NH on Wednesday.


In this undated file photo a Russian S300 antiaircraft missile system is on display at an undisclosed location in Russia The Kremlin says Russia has lifted its ban on the delivery of a sophisticated air defense missile system to Iran.


View Photo Gallery Joe Paterno opens up about the sexabuse scandal that put an end to his 61year coaching career at Penn State.


An image from natboardophorg shows the organization s mission statement.


Free Syrian Army fighters fire at enemy positions during heavy clashes with government forces in the Salaheddine district of Aleppo Syria Activists say Syrian rebels have captured an oil pumping station in the north central province of Raqqa about 160 km east of Aleppo after days of fighting.


The sun sets over Palo Duro Canyon State Park Artist Georgia OKeeffe famously called the area a burning seething cauldron filled with dramatic light and color.


David Thorpe and Dan Savage in Do I Sound Gay Image courtesy of Sundance Selects.


A screenshot from Tumblr s new trending dashboard Cool today Stephen Colbert gay Obama deer Taylor Swift.


Coast Guard seizes over six tons of cocaine at sea.


A vigil for slain Officer Garrett Swasey outside the campus police office on the campus of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.


Ravens wide receiver Breshad Perriman catches a pass in the end zone but stepped out of bounds.


In this Feb 25 2014 photo longtime activist Grace Lee Boggs speaks to a crowd gathered for the Environmental Grantmakers Association conference in Detroit Boggs known as an international activist for justice has died at her Detroit home She was 100.


Jackson talks to constituents following a town hall meeting on healthcare reform at the Sheldon Heights Church of Christ in Chicago The congressman spoke for about an hour before inviting his father to address the standingroomonly crowd.


Tiger shrimp at the Maine Avenue Fish Market The photo was taken with an iPhone 6 Plus and the basic filter from the CrossProcess app was used.


Portraits hang from the wall of an abandoned and damaged house in Namie.


President Obama speaks to senior White House aides on Jan 21 2009 about the importance of making his administration transparent It has nt worked out that way.


Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver AJ Green catches a pass which he ran in for a touchdown on the first play of the game as the Bengals take on the Washington Redskins in the Skins homeopener at FedEx Field.


The Steelers Mike Tomlin and other NFL coaches now have interesting decisions to make about extra points vs twopoint conversions.


A sample of Cladosporium species one of the fungi diagnosed in the fungal meningitis outbreak that swept through the country in 2012.


Matey eats candy straight from the wrapper while wearing an obnoxiously large hat two things people at theaters can be found guilty of doing.


Soldiers who took part in building the workers hostel of the Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang Textile Mill applaud during a photo session with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.


This District food icon has been a Nationals Park standby since the ballpark opened and the main draw naturally is its plump halfsmoke the Michael Morse to the standard ballpark hot dog s Steve Lombardozzi It s slathered in cheese onions and chili for 750 Remember to ask for extra napkins.


Michael G Carroll the US Agency for International Development s acting inspector general withdrew his nomination to be the permanent inspector general.


Univision anchor Jorge Ramos left on set in Miami in 2013 with news chief Isaac Lee who says the network is planning for a future that is young digital and diverse.


A woman covers her mouth after going in to view the bodies of the alleged attackers having been encouraged to do so by security guards at the hospital mortuary in Garissa Later authorities displayed their bodies on the bed of a truck.


From left Teyonah Parris as Dawn Chambers in Mad Men.


A still from the Putin video notice the.


Kanye West performs Jesus Walks at the 47th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles A single from his debut album The College Dropout Jesus Walks received the Grammy for best rap song The College Dropout received the award for best rap album.


This 3100squarefoot house on Suitland Road in Southeast Washington is priced at 499900.


Afghan security forces keep watch in Kabul after Taliban insurgents stormed a compound used by Afghanistan s intelligence agency on Tuesday the day talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government took place in Pakistan.


Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin in 2013 when he admitted to sending sexually explicit text messages again.


Soldiers stand guard by an armored vehicle in front of the presidential palace in Cairo.


Supporters of Egypt s ousted president gather in front of the Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo.


Bety Martinez from Peru celebrates immigration reform outside the White House following President Obama s speech on Nov 20.


Schreiner with William Patrick Riley in Arena Stage s production of Eugene ONeill s Ah Wilderness in March.


The skeletons are well preserved at four distinct levels Most animals were bellyup suggesting death at sea or shortly after washing ashore said Nick Pyenson curator of fossil marine mammals at the Smithsonian s National Museum of Natural History.


For months after the slaying of intern Chandra Levy in 2001 the congressman.


Why Apple is refusing to comply with the FBI.


Italy s Our Sea policy opens door for migrants.


Armstrong is considered the most important figure in jazz history He was known for his buoyant stage presence but Leonard caught him in a contemplative mood backstage at the Olympia Theatre in Paris in 1960.


An illustration of existing and future domain names.


SRAM designed its office to be as bike friendly as possible There s even an indoor track for bicycles to ride on.


Passengers cheer as man removed from flight.


Police investigate a shooting Wednesday in Franklin Square.


Ankita Vadiala 13 of Manassas Va reacts after earning a spot in the semifinals.


Faylyn Harrison 17 a boarder who lives in Culpeper Va gets a hug from another student before going into her French class.


Diamond Reynolds center her sister Ariel Doty foreground and other family members and friends ride a shuttle bus to the Minnesota State Fair on Aug 26.


A wild plant grows inside a deserted insulation factory that closed in the 1980s near the town of Xanthi in Thrace region Greece April 25 2015.


Players stop outside the Huge Cafe in downtown Atlanta in search of digital monsters.


Annie Davis and Ronisha Carter listen to Andria Swanson center as she talks about the need for more funding and better services for child care outside the DC Child Care Services office.


The word painted over the European Union flag reads No.


Workers set up folding chairs in preparation for the inaugural ceremony at the Capitol.


After the Sept 11 2001 attacks the United States launched a war in Afghanistan attacking alQaeda forces and the Taliban which was hosting alQaeda s leadership in the country After removing the Taliban from power the United States and its allies took control of several parts of the country and have since been fighting the insurgents Two months after the USled attack the UN Security Council authorized the establishment of the International Security Assistance Force to oversee security and train Afghan forces.


A police officer collects evidence at the site of the explosion near the shrine.


Veterans discuss what voting means to them.


1882 series Gold Certificate bill featuring Andrew Jackson.


Residents sit inside a bomb shelter during shelling in Donetsk Ukraine More than 1100 people have been killed in the fighting in Ukraine since midApril according to the United Nations in a civil conflict that has dragged ties between Russia and the West to their lowest since the Cold War.


Trump supporter jazzed by first caucus experience despite result.


District police officers make an arrest in September in the Park View neighborhood in Northwest Washington.


Texas A M University Fearless on Every Front ads in Metro Center.


Memorials are posted beside updated casualty reports on the wall of a Peshawar hospital.


Britain s Queen Elizabeth II toasts with French President Francois Hollande at a state dinner at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on June 6 2014 following the international DDay commemoration ceremonies in Normandy marking the 70th anniversary of the World War II Allied landings in Normandy ERIC FEFERBERGAFPGetty Images.


President Ronald Reagan poses while asking and answering questions during a debate with Democratic challenger Walter Mondale Sunday Oct 8 1984 Louisville Kentucky.


Trump predicts easy wins as Kasich Rubio fight on.


Former House Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.


Lineisy Montero far right stars in the fall 2015 Prada campaign photographed by Steven Meisel.


Renita ClaytonSmith cousin of Carlos Clayton who was fatally shot Sept 10 in the parking lot of a strip mall in Landover Hills visits the site of his murder on Sept 16.


Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis at podium joined State Police Col Timothy Alben second from right and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick right for a news conference following the arrest of suspected marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.


A large crowd came to Washington s Metropolitan AME Church s vigil for the victims of the shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.


Clockwise from top Idris Elba in Beasts of No Nation.


Julian Ramirez 27 is a single father who works at the local casino on the Standing Rock reservation Shortly after the birth of his son Elijah his partner left them Long hair is a matter of pride and Julian says Elijah will not be allowed to cut it until he turns 13.


Louisa Lee center with her twins Allen Luk and Yvonne Luk both 16 came to Westfield Montgomery Mall to cool off and recharge their laptops in Bethesda.


A worker walks past a board with a portrait of jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Kiev on June 1 2012 The French government will boycott the European soccer championships to be held in Ukraine in protest at the treatment of the imprisoned Tymoshenko the French sports minister said.


Halim Abdelmalek prays inside his house I am scared he said We are no longer in a state of law here We are in a state of profiling We are all suspects now.


A member of the Afghan security forces keeps watch during an operation against Taliban militants in the Zakhil Khoman area of Kunduz province Afghanistan on Sept 27.


Gloria Vanderbilt and her mother Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt in 1935.


Nightlife in Paris is rebounding but it is still slower than before the terrorist attacks this month.


Because of the navigational challenges posed by such a large space Facebook installed Wayfinder touchscreens that employees can use to find any desk.


Pope Francis greets a child at the United Nations.


SpaceX has announced it will drop its suit against the US Air Force Founder Elon Musk shown at a May 29 event had complained about the military s bidding process on a recent contract.


Turkish army officers warn people to evacuate a hilltop where they were watching the Syrian town of Kobane near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the TurkishSyrian border.


For the President this was one of the most poignant moments of his first term He was visiting wounded warriors in the intensive care unit at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan He had just presented a Purple Heart to Sgt Chase Haag who had been injured by an IED just hours before Sgt Haag was covered with a blanket and it was difficult to see how badly he was injured He was also seemingly unconscious or perhaps just asleep The President whispered in his ear so not to wake him Just then there was a rustling under the blanket and Sgt Haag eyes still closed reached his hand out to shake hands with the President I ll never forget that moment someone else in the room later told me.


Such a result suggests that performance goals may be inadequate and that some examiners are abusing overtime the watchdog s report says.


Police guard the entrance at the Harare magistrate s court where Evan Mawarire is due to appear Wednesday on charges of inciting public violence.


Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump gestures during a campaign rally in Tampa on June 11.


Isabel Zaring grabs June Goodman s feet and smiles at her as Norah Rabiah 33 brings her daughter around a circle of fourthgrade students at Maury Elementary School.


California delegates hold up competing signs.


President Barack Obama shakes hands with Billy Mills as he presents the 1964 Olympic gold medalist with the Presidential Citizens medal on Friday.


Behavioral economics show that men tend to take more financial risks and hold losing stocks longer.


Butterfly fish swim near the Johnston Atoll one of seven islands strung along the equator in the central Pacific Ocean.


Minnesota lawmaker has confidence in security at mall.


Nominated 7 times Despite starring turns in Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf and Equus Burton never received an Academy Award from his first nomination in 1953 to his last in 1978.


A Red Crescent aid worker inspects scattered medical supplies after an airstrike on a medical depot in the rebelheld Tariq alBab neighborhood of Aleppo Syria on April 30.


Clem Schultz recounts the tornado that took his wife s life and destroyed their Fairdale Ill home His dog Missy went missing for two days after the storm.


Les Abend a veteran commercial pilot told CNN that it appeared that the fire had begun in an engine area.


Trump promises flowers to woman who fainted at rally.


Linda Ellerbee host of Nick News Barbara NitkeNickelodeon.


National Park Service workers prod bison to load them onto a trailer at Yellowstone National Park for shipment to slaughter.


A man rides a bicycle through a sandstorm in Homs Syria.


A protester holds up a sign at the World War II Memorial which reopened Wednesday for veterans only.


A fighter from the Tawhid Brigade which operates under the Free Syrian Army fires an antitank missile in Aleppo.


A Syrian man runs for cover during heavy fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces in Aleppo.


Rebel fighters celebrate capturing of the town of Dabiq in the northern Syrian town of Marea on Oct 16.


US Commerce Secretary John Bryson is only the latest man to hold the job to suffer bad luck.


The president dropped by Taylor Gourmet s 14th Street NW store on May 16 Among the topoftheticket sandwiches on Taylor s menu is the one named for Philadelphia s Pattison Avenue featuring roast pork broccoli rabe and sharp provolone cheese on a classic Italian sesame seed sub roll.


An expectant crowd in Pyongyang waiting for an armwrestling contest on Sept 4 2014.


Mirjana Puhar was killed in a triple homicide in Charlotte.


Rebuking conservative groups who oppose a bipartisan budget compromise on Dec 12 2013.


From left Usher Rihanna Nicki Minaj Madonna deadmau5 Kanye West Jay Z and J Cole onstage at the Tidal launch event on March 30 2015 in New York City.


From left Evan Kleiman 27 of Centreville Adam Miller 26 of Arlington Karen Schaefer 28 of Arlington Elizabeth Malouf 28 of Fairfax and Johanna Folk 24 of Centreville enjoy an evening at Arlington Rooftop Bar Grill.


Daniel Aaron Harvard professor emeritus in his office in 1985.


Anup Kumar sells toddy on the streets of Bihar The largely poor northern state has one of the toughest prohibition laws setting off panic among people.


Colin Lawrence of Washington dresses as Captain America and joins others as the Washington DC Snowball Fight Association battles in Meridian Park.


A delegate supporting Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks over documents at the Colorado Republican state convention in Colorado Springs on Saturday.


People watch the Independence Day parade along Constitution Avenue.


A man carries a boy who fell ill after eating a free school lunch to a hospital in Patna the eastern Indian state of Bihar.


President Obama speaks with British Prime Minister David Cameron at the closing plenary session of the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit at the Washington Convention Center in Washington DC on April 1.


Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary and OliverZac Barker as Master George Crawley.


In America arugues Vivek Wadhwa dissent is rewarded and it s what gives America its innovation edge.


In Asheville NC in 1988 Photos of vintage signs for momandpop businesses that predated interstate chains are part of an exhibition at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn Mich.


New Jersey Gov Chris Christie campaigns in Ashland NH on Wednesday.


GOP hopeful John Kasich poses with Taylor Smith and his daughter Avery 3 at the town hall meeting in Savage Md.


With a painting of George Washington behind him Chinese President Xi Jinping joins President Obama in speaking to reporters at the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands Xi who took office in March immediately assumed control of China s presidency the military and the Communist Party Obama Vice President Biden and his foreign policy advisers have been cultivating Xi for two years and say they are encouraged by what they see in him so far.


Street outreach volunteer Lynette Pina 24 of the District marches carrying the name of someone who died as a result of homelessness.


Art Walker then 74 was injured in a 2015 road rage incident in Montgomery County.


A US marshal instructs Department of Homeland Security officers outside the courthouse in Boston.


Abdul Samir was convicted and sentenced to death for kidnapping and murder Abdul Samir was a family bodyguard who relatives say the boy called Uncle.


Carlin Springs Elementary School principal Corina Coronel watches over recess in Arlington.


New Jersey parents are angry after a homework assignment asked students to write about their reaction to contracting herpes from a one night stand.


Syrians clear the rubble of a house that was destroyed in a government airstrike Saturday in Kal Jubrin on the outskirts of Aleppo.


Virginia delegate Jack Salm 17 left takes a selfie with former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.


Maram Lahham stands next to her mother Fatima in a garden in Darayya Syria on June 3 2016.


Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally Saturday Oct 15 2016 in Portsmouth NH.


Taylor Hicks reacts after being announced the winner of American Idol as runnerup Katherine McPhee looks on in Los Angeles.


The United States was 546 seconds away from a gold medal in women s hockey on Feb 20 when Team Canada scored to tie the game and force overtime The Canadians went on to win in the extra period sending the US to their third silver medal in the past four Olympics.


Ken Stabler who led the Oakland Raiders to a Super Bowl victory and was the NFL s Most Valuable Player in 1974 died at 69 Stabler was a fourtime Pro Bowl selection with the Raiders leading the franchise to consistent success during the 1970s Read Former Oakland Raiders QB Stabler dead at 69.


Gabriel Horchler leaves his home in Cheverly Md for the first part of his commute He will bike to Bladensburg Waterfront Park.


Grilled Pound Cake With RumScented Grilled Pineapple.


Joseph Fair an American virologist is working as a consultant at the World Health Organization headquarters in Sierra Leone.


WASHINGTON DC JULY 21 Kevin Martin becomes emotional while talking to reporters after leaving DC Superior courthouse after being exonerated for a crime he did nt commit.


Germany s Dancefloor Destruction Crew performs during the breakdance battle against Bigga Boo of Azerbaijan at the IDO HipHop Breakdance and Electric Boogie World Dance Championships 2012 in Bochum Germany Approximately 4000 contestant from 35 nations are participating in the 5day event which is divided into dance styles and age groups.


President Obama highlighted growing gaps between the rich and poor ahead of his first meeting on Thursday with Pope Francis an event that was expected to focus on the fight against poverty and skirt moral controversies over abortion and gay rights.


Sara Ryan and her daughter Maggie Ryan 7 monthsold in their Washington DC apartment.


The World s Fair Cake alternates layers of chocolate cake with layers of flavored dyed whipped cream.


The former Kate Middleton now Duchess of Cambridge smiles as ticker tape falls.


Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain pauses while speaking at the Congressional Health Caucus Thought Leaders Series Wednesday Nov 2 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington.


A reporter takes a selfie at the Red Lake County line.


Police on motorcycles patrol the perimeter of the Celtic Manor Resort as world leaders gather for the NATO Summit in Newport Wales.


From left GE Aviation chief executive David Joyce Boeing chief executive James McNerney President Obama Copa Airlines Chairman Stanley Motta and Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela chat after the executives signed a 66 billion deal for Boeing 737 aircraft.


Members of the Book Club gather inside LivingSocial s 918 F Street NW building on Feb 2 2012 The venue will close in April as LivingSocial stops producing its own events.


Former Alaska Gov and GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin delivers the keynote address to activists from America s political right at the Conservative Political Action Conference.


Jamie Stachowski learned to cook from demanding chefs and has made a similar reputation for himself over the years.


British Airways new Airbus A380 arrives at a hanger after landing at Heathrow airport in London.


A man runs with toro encuetado a structure resembling a bull and covered in exploding firecrackers as part of celebrations in honor of the Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Managua Nicaragua s patron saint is the Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception whose feast day is Saturday.


At Rundlett Middle School in Concord NH former secretary of state Madeleine Albright and Sen Cory Booker.


Sanders poses for a photo at the Santa Monica Pier.


The US Capitol would nt survive a nuclear attack in downtown DC a FEMA study found.


At the iPhone 5 launch on Tuesday Tim Cook Apple s new CEO may want to quiet the comparisons between him and Steve Jobs.


Islamic StateKurdish fighting leaves several dead.


Airstrikes in Kobane as Iraqi fighters arrive.


Shoppers are evacuated from the area after the fatal shooting at the mall.


United Nations peacekeepers from Rwanda wait for orders at the UN Mission in South Sudan.


Graphic courtesy of the Pew Research Center.


A young Afghan boy covers his face in a shoal as he comes to greet soldiers in Daman district Kandahar.


Bridetobe Regina Washington right found her wedding dress at the 2008 Running of the Brides.


Redskins defensive back Chase Minnifield can not disrupt the pass reception by wide receiver Ryan Grant.


Masked proRussian activists guard a barricade at the regional administration building they had seized in Donetsk eastern Ukraine.


The FBI released this surveillance photo of a woman they believe robbed the SunTrust Bank branch at 1340 Good Hope Road SE on Monday.


People celebrate the departure of Burkina Faso s president Blaise Compaore in the capital city of Ouagadougou Gen Honore Traore the head of the country s armed forces is now in power.


The Muslim Brotherhood s main office was attacked on Dec 6.


Anarchists burn flags near Wells Fargo Center.


Two dogs lie very still and listen to the trainer.


Housemates claim suspect admitted to Fredericksburg killing.


Trump supporters wait in line outside LaddPeebles Stadium hours before the rally.


Thomas Homan executive associate director of enforcement and removal operations for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.


Miners inspect a piece of debris from the Malaysia Airlines plane that was found in a field in Grabovka Ukraine.


Univision s Jorge Ramos tossed out of Trump news conference.


A mug shot of Mohamed Abdihamid Farah Jury selection in the trial of Farah and two other men began May 9 in Minneapolis.


Mixed reactions to Brexit from Brits overseas.


In collaboration with Burt Rutan Paul G Allen led the team that completed the first manned private spaceflight on SpaceShipOne which won the Ansari XPRIZE in 2004 From left to right Brian Binnie test pilot for SpaceShipOne Paul G Allen and Burt Rutan.


A statue of the Rev Martin Luther King Jr stands across the street from the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Ala A bomb planted in the church by Ku Klux Klan members in 1963 killed four black girls.


Evelyn with the son of her domestic partner in Long Island City NY I met my partner when I d only been home for a few days She has three kids and me not having kids I became close to the kids and that was an extra.


Boehner right becomes emotional as Pope Francis appears on the speaker s balcony on Capitol Hill.


Oh just kick us It s April Fools time again.


From left Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton.


People run from the mall after the shooting.


Bishop Glen A Staples speaks during the Temple of Praise service Barry died early Sunday at United Medical Center from hypertensive cardiovascular disease with kidney disease and diabetes contributing.


After two men were killed by members of the Khost Protection Force during a night raid a couple of hundred men from the same village protested against the deaths in a procession on the outskirts of Khost city on Nov 7.


Police said the suspects are Michael DeAndre Ford and his brothers Malik and Elijah Ford One of them is allegedly seen in a vehicle mirror.


A man waits as a Ukrainian soldier checks his documents at a checkpoint near Pervomaysk.


Nationals catcher Kurt Suzuki and closing pitcher Drew Storen celebrate the Nationals 41 win over the Dodgers Storen struck out all three batters in the top of the ninth inning.


For plates and dishes rise above paper and try the melamine Trellis Collection from Pier 1 Imports in a greenandcream pattern.


An officer controls the traffic flow onto the Washington Navy Yard complex.


The fourmile segment unveiled Monday is a key link in the regional trail system.


It s nine degrees inside Ice the winter wonderland at National Harbor that s carved from two million pounds of ice The Shrekthemed show is ticketed but it s free to swing by the Gaylord National hotel for its rocking nightly tree lighting fountain show and a brief flurry of indoor snow Go Nov 30 through Dec1 when the Harbor Holiday Festival brings a holiday market wine tastings and Santa to the neighborhood.


Robert Ethan Saylor is shown in an undated family photo.


ThenRep Jim DeMint speaks to supporters June 8 2004 in Greenville SC.


Justice Sonia Sotomayor at the funeral Mass in Washington.


Third woman graduates from US Army Ranger school.


Jade Leonard 9 drinks his lowfat chocolate milk after all the other kids on the stop had finished their lunch Chocolate milk is the most popular item on the bus but it is only served twice a week.


Indiana Gov Mike Pence speaks during the annual Grant County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner in April.


Sports radio host Grant Paulsen s expression reveals his mood as the Nats go down to defeat again.


Cylvia Hayes fiancee of Oregon Gov John Kitzhaber at a news conference in Portland Ore on Oct 9 2014 Hayes admitted that she violated the law when she married an immigrant seeking to retain residency in the United States.


A Grateful Dead fan wears a mask in the parking lot before the show.


Royals enthusiasts await the arrival of the British monarchs at St James s Palace.


A South African governmentissued photo shows Obama and Zuma at the news conference.


Hamam Bississo dances with a relative in the swimming pool of the chalet his family is renting for a day in Al Zaweida south of Gaza City.


Nigel Farage center the leader of the UK Independence Party.


Outfielder Ben Revere acquired in a trade with Toronto during the offseason warms up before batting practice.


A man kisses his companion during a demonstration for the legalisation of gay marriage and LGBT parenting in Paris on Dec 16 2012 As President Francois Hollande s government prepares to vote gay marriage into law thousands of mayors across France have risen up to voice their opposition.


A Confederate flag was on display on the steps of the South Carolina Statehouse after the lowering of the Confederate flag from the dome of the Statehouse on July 1 2000 in Columbia SC.


Black Lives Matter activist live streams his own arrest during Baton Rouge protest.


Obama salutes as he steps off Marine One after landing at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in 2013.


The series is so consistently brilliant at what it is doing that it has entered the realm of permanence in the list of great TV shows of the early 21st century Read the review.


The control vehicle of an overburden conveyor bridge works at the Vattenfall mine Lignite supplied 256 percent of Germany s electricity in 2012 up from 227 percent in 2010.


Earnest explains why military Ebola guidelines differ from civilians.


Michelle Obama greets students from the East Durham Children s Initiative upon arrival at RaleighDurham Airport in Morrisville NC.


Noluyanda Mqutwana strikes a pose in 2000 outside her small family house in Khayelitsha the biggest black township outside Cape Town South Africa Noluyanda was one of about 200 underprivileged children in a program called Dance for All The township has struggled with high unemployment crime and high levels of HIVAIDS.


Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Harry M Reid.


Trash piles up near the Iwo Jima Memorial on July 10.


Emergency officials work near the scene of an explosion in New York s Central Park on July 3 An explosive device wounded 18yearold Connor Golden forcing the amputation of his leg below the knee.


Harold C Noel a lieutenant in the 464 bomb group 777 squadron talks with Petty Officer Kevin Smith left after a ceremony at the National World War II Memorial.


House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer.


Anthony DeNicola returns Deer 10 to Van Dyck Park in Fairfax City after it had been sterilized and tagged.


Ukrainian soldiers detain a man center suspected of spying for proRussian militants at a checkpoint near Debaltseve in Ukraine s Donetsk region Ukraine s crisis entered dangerous new territory with Kiev claiming its forces destroyed a Russian military convoy while the United States warned Moscow over its provocative efforts at destabilisation.


Youth from the Solidarity Party of Afghanistan protest at the site where a mob beat Farkhunda to death and set her on fire.


Tayler Hill stands with her 14monthold son Maurice at Reagan National Airport I knew she d figure out a way to make it work said Hill s mother Monique Hill.


President Obama s approval rating fell to 41 percent down from 46 percent through the first three months of the year and the lowest of his presidency in Washington PostABC News polls.


Guzman is escorted to a helicopter by Mexican security forces in Mexico City The drug lord s capture shows the world that we do nt have agreements with anyone said Tomas Zeron the head of criminal investigations in the Mexican attorney general s office The investigation was very good and very wellcoordinated over many days and this was the result.


India s tea producers are benefiting from the growing popularity of the drink in the United States.


A militia fighter guards the burnedout home of Mir Alam on Tuesday Several buildings on his property were destroyed using what were believed to be IEDs.


Larry Hogan second from the right is shown before a debate last month A complaint about his organization Change Maryland was filed by two GOP rivals David Craig and Ronald George seated to the left of Hogan.


Trump on Flint It s a very difficult time for Michigan s governor.


People relax beside the pool at the luxurious Epic Sana hotel located beside the de Beers building a 13story highrise in the capital.


Spectators on the Mall watch the fireworks show.


Supporters reach to greet Trump The real estate mogul said that as president he would grab jobs back from overseas and give more opportunity to Hispanics who live in the United States legally.


A picture of Syria s President Bashar alAssad is seen on the ground at the army base at Hawa village north Aleppo Free Syrian Army fighters were in control of the Syrian Army base at Hawa village on Saturday.


The City of Conversation at Arena Stage is set in the lost world of Georgetown dinner parties and focuses on a character based on the legendary hostesses of the past.


Timelapse captures eclipse over Faroe Islands.


Yes it s true Even Times Square s Naked Cowboy has Yelp reviews Yelper Adrienne A wrote He s gregarious and convivial as you would expect anyone willing to stand near nekkid in the street to be The famous cowboy aka Robert Burck lassos in 3 12 stars out of 5.


A drawing made by talibes on a wall of a daara in Dakar on May 19 2015 Many of the children do nt know where they come from or who their parents are.


As built the transit center has a useful life of about 12 years rather than the 50 years specified by the county s contract with the builders independent consultants said.


Top Hector RetamalAgence FrancePresse bottom Juan BarretoAgence FrancePresse via Getty Images.


Tens of thousands of performers at an evening patriotic program in Pyongyang The event included a dance torch parade and fireworks.


A woman kisses her Boxer which has cropped ears during a dog exhibition in Kyrgyzstan s capital Bishkek.


The Blue Room furniture was purchased during the administration of President James Monroe.


Unseeded Italian Roberta Vinci fought back in the second set and broke Williams in the third gaining confidence along the way.


People attend a candlelight vigil to pay homage to the people who were killed in an attack on the cafe in Dhaka.


Speech and recreation therapists Jess Danforth and Dana Mills watch as TC approaches a jumping spot at Long Lake Provincial Park near Halifax Nova Scotia.


Dora Beltran s teenage son has not been sentenced to jail by a judge but he has been locked in juvenile detention facilities in three states as his mother fights to bring him home in a dispute about the role of the federal government in child custody matters.


John Herbers works with United Press International equipment in February of 1962.


Vice President Biden seen in May at the White House has been weighing whether to enter the presidential race.


Gabby Douglas broke out in the London Games she won gold medals in the individual allaround and with the team as part of the Fierce Five She was named the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year in 2012.


Ukraine releases video of purported Russian tank in Novoazovsk.


Steven Doss 9 right in fake beard and his brother Mike Doss 18 both of Jacksonville Ill watch as people gather for the Pickett s Charge 150th anniversary march.


Meldonium is available overthecounter in Russia and in other Eastern European nations.


Bernard Hopkins Boxing s ageless wonder.


This would be a foul in today s NBA but not in the 90s.


A civilian removes the rubble in front of a damaged shop Thursday after an airstrike in the rebel held alSaleheen neighborhood of Aleppo Syria.


Charlie Hebdo editor thanks Schwarzenegger Clooney.


Members of Iraqi government forces celebrate on a tank with a seized Islamic State flag after they retook an area in the village of Mamoura near Hit on April 2.


Health care workers often ca nt stay in their protective suits for more than a half hour Justin Li s company is looking to extend that timeframe.


A SWAT team arrives at the scene of the shooting.


President Barack Obama pauses while speaking in the briefing room of the White House in Washington Thursday April 17 2014.


A young Syrian refugee sits by a pile of donated provisions at the border crossing.


Kerry Washington right stands with cast member Taran Killam during a promotional shoot for Saturday Night Live.


Why Katie Ledecky s stroke is so hard to execute.


Motorcycles sit in the parking lot of the Twin Peaks restaurant About 170 gang members are charged with engaging in organized crime Charges of capital murder are expected.


Grateful Dead fans gather in the parking lot before the show.


At a Wednesday news conference Gray brushed off lameduck concerns and said he would press forward with controversial changes to firefighter deployments.


Hong Kong protesters stand their ground.


Mayor Muriel Bowser poses for a photo with supporters after delivering the 2016 State of the District address.


View Photo Gallery A look at the congresswoman from Minnesota now seeking the GOP presidential nomination.


Clinton holds up a get out the vote card as she endorses McAuliffe for governor At left is Dorothy McAuliffe the candidate s wife.


Republican National Committee communications director Sean Spicer and costume maker Jonn Schenz after wearing the costume at a White House Easter Egg Roll during the Bush II administration.


Maha Ahmed center of Sudanese decent says the oath during her US citizenship at Mount Vernon.


Please reject the slander that says a black child with a book is trying to act white Obama told the crowd In short be an example of excellence for the next generation.


Tiger Woods is one of many athletes featured at the museum.


American comes down the final stretch ahead of the field.


The director of Silver Linings Playbook Russell speaks during the 24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala in California.


Houthis shout antiSaudi slogans during a rally protesting airstrikes carried out by a Saudiled coalition against rebels in Sanaa.


Cyclists outside of Rijksmuseum cross on their signal while drivers wait at a red light June 4 in Amsterdam Clinton YatesThe Washington Post.


Rep Renee L Ellmers listens during a debate for North Carolina s 2nd Congressional District Republican candidates at WRAL studio in Raleigh NC on May 19.


Full graphic See where each Senate Republican stands on Merrick Garland.


Sunnis carry the coffin of a victim said to have been killed in artillery fire by the Iraqi army in Fallujah Many residents in Fallujah oppose both the alQaeda fighters and the Iraqi government.


A man receiving medical treatment rests in the basement of a hospital in Donetsk.


Water main break floods Bethesda roadway.


Saul Romero center of AK American Detail heads to the next car he ll clean at Brown s Fairfax Nissan.


Robert and Maureen McDonnell are followed by family and supporters as they leave federal court in Richmond The McDonnells entered not guilty pleas Friday to charges that they engaged in conspiracy and fraud trading on his office to provide assistance to a businessman in exchange for luxury gifts and loans.


The governor of Maryland used his perch as chairman of the Democratic Governors Association to boost his profile among reporters donors and activists Working for OMalley is his record governing perhaps the nation s most liberal state a top consulting team and his own political acumen Minuses The sense that he may be a poor man s Cuomo and that he is nt a proven national commodity.


A US Army soldier blows a bubble with his chewing gum during a mission near Command Outpost Pain Kalay in Maiwand district Kandahar province.


French chef Cedric Maupillier runs the kitchen at Mintwood Place the muchlauded Adams Morgan restaurant.


In 1969 researchers experimented with a broad mirror to give drivers a better view of the road But this style only works on a convertible.


The exterior of the 2016 DC Design House at 2509 Foxhall Rd NW.


Texas Gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis speaks to supporters about her campaign at the Liebbe Firm in Tyler Texas Saturday July 2 2014.


A member of the Ukrainian armed forces assists local residents onto a bus to flee the military conflict in Debaltseve eastern Ukraine in February 2015.


Entertainers in cartoon character costumes perform a dance in front of a 119meterlong and 29meterhigh snow sculpture.


From left students DeAndre Hill Kashawna Mattocks Khalil Bridges and Desmond Heggie gather information during the career fair Read the story Coming of age in a city coming apart.


In this undated photo debris washes up on the beach on Montague Island Alaska.


Life support engineer Mike Todd of the US and pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria celebrate after Baumgartner successfully completed the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell New Mexico in this October 14 2012 handout photo.


Vice President Biden left greets Environmental Protection Agency workers with muffins as they return to the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building in Washington.


Detectors are detached from a functioning prototype of Julie BrefcyznskiLewis PETscanner helmet It awaits replacement parts at the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center.


Shiite fighters clash with militants at Udhaim dam north of Baghdad.


Demonstrator Catherine Nicole Struck of Frederick Md holds a Vote Love rainbow sign.


Michael Bayard owner of Capital City Hydroponics is pictured near a growing supply display in the store The colored light is from the growing lamps on display.


Terry McAuliffe answers questions during a joint forum on energy issues at George Mason University School of Law Auditorium in Arlington Va.


Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton at the White House in the mid1990 s.


Urban InstituteRobert Wood Johnson Foundation.


Heidi Blickenstaff left and Emma Hunton as the bodyswitching mother and daughter in Freaky Friday.


It s one of the hardest things in life choosing your own name said Cailyn Jenner seen at the GLAAD Media Awards in May.


The caption Crude makers of beautiful goods making the famous inlaid pearl work Damascus Syria.


Michelle Monaghan Adam Sandler Josh Gad and Peter Dinklage in Pixels.


Two Americans contract Ebola in Liberia.


Kimberly and Ryan Kelliher ride their scooters on a piece of boardwalk that was washed along Beach 91st Street in the Rockaways section of the Queens borough of New York.


The first lady sits between Justine Greening left Britain s international development secretary and returned Peace Corps volunteer Bina Contreras during a Let Girls Learn meeting at Mulberry School for Girls.


Iraqis fleeing violence in the Nineveh province wait in their vehicles at a Kurdish checkpoint in Aski Kalak Iraq.


A child in her house in Barlovento waits for lunch boiled yams.


President Obama speaks at the Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington DC on Tuesday July 1 2014.


Charles Gladden lies on the couch with two of his children Charles and Chanelle.


A reconstruction of the oldest ornithuromorph Archaeornithura meemannae a specialized wading bird from the Early Cretaceous of China.


Larry Warren buys Powerball tickets from cashier Alma Villaseno at a gas station in Dallas.


Donald Trump s many arguments at the GOP debate.


A Red Line passenger walks to the NoMa station after getting off a shuttle bus to finish his trip For the past two years Metro has routinely been doing similar shutdowns and running buses for riders without any major incidents as part of its 5 billion reconstruction effort.


Demonstrators protest at the South Carolina statehouse calling for the Confederate flag to remain on the capitol s grounds.


Native American protesters say the pipeline will endanger sacred sites and water supplies.


A weeknight walkthrough of Jackson Square an iconic location in New Orleans in the summer.


Belgium special forces officers prepare to enter a house in the MolenbeekSaintJean area of Brussels several days after a series of deadly attacks on Paris.


Making serious bank The Federal Reserve in Washington.


Actress Patricia Arquette called for wage and gender equality in her acceptance speech.


FIFA s Jack Warner Blatter caused my demise.


Priests begin Mass as relatives of passengers on EgyptAir s downed flight pray during a funeral service at St Peter and St Paul Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo.


Yes Rasika West End s signature palak chaat is on the Restaurant Week menu.


Police take cover after two officers were shot while standing guard in front of the Ferguson police station.


Sen Barbara Mikulski who is retiring at the end of this term at a Maryland Democratic Party reception for her on Oct 26 in Baltimore.


Joffren Polanco stands beside his almost empty fridge in Caracas Venezuela.


The plane caught fire after coming to rest on the ground Initial reports indicated that the planes approach was normal and their was no communication from the pilot to suggest anything was amiss.


Guests take photographs of the Powerwall system after Elon Musk CEO of Tesla unveiled a suit of batteries for homes businesses and utilities at Tesla Design Studio April 30 2015 in Hawthorne Calif.


The Washington College campus in Chestertown Md.


Custom pink cleat timed to October s Breast Cancer Awareness Month.


Bushby stops to film a row of flowers along Georgia s State Route 124 east of Atlanta.


President Obama speaks at Boston s historic Faneuil Hall.


A Gap store at the Ayala Center Cebu shopping mall in Cebu Philippines.


State Sen Joni Ernst is the only woman running in a crowded primary race for an open Senate seat in Iowa The primary is June 3.


Flowers were placed outside Barry s home.


Ed Schneider promotes whole plant cooking with his dish of turnips served with their own greens.


Selena Gomez leads the pack of Rihanna soundalikes this summer.


A bereaved father grieves for his dead sons at the Zynhom morgue in Cairo.


Jewell former chief executive of outdoors equipment company Recreational Equipment Inc was confirmed by the Senate on April 10 as Ken Salazar s replacement as secretary of the Interior Obama s choice of Jewell who began her career as an engineer for Mobil Oil and worked as a commercial banker represents an unconventional choice for a post usually reserved for career politicians from the West.


Obama announces three new national monuments.


A video frame from Anapa Today shows proKremlin activists throwing milk at Russian opposition leader Alexei Navally center right at an airport in southern Russia on May 17.


Sales associates gather for a WalMart cheer as the retail giant prepares to open a new WalMart store at First and H streets NW.


John Kasich talks to reporters after the CNN Republican presidential debate on Tuesday in Las Vegas.


Steven Hotze president of Conservative Republicans of Texas speaks outside the Supreme Court last month The Texas bill will be a rallying cry across the country for those who do not want to redefine marriage he said recently.


Sharon Bialek attends a news conference to accuse Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain of sexual harassment on November 7 2011 in New York City.


The Fox Theater in Inglewood Ca which opened as movie house in 1949 and served as a main site for Hollywood Premieres during the 1950s with stars such as Marilyn Monroe and the Three Stooges Closed in 1984 Yves Marchand Romain Meffre.


Clinton speaks at an event to launch The Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce ShortLived Climate Pollutants initiative in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the State Department in Washington.


A Pakistani police commando takes part in a security drill at a school in Peshawar Pakistan on Jan 28.


A police officer corrals photographers in front of a residence believed to belong to Andreas Lubitz s parents in Montabaur Germany Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin said Lubitz had no known links with terrorism.


With their hands raised residents gather at a police line as the neighborhood is locked down following skirmishes in Ferguson Mo.


Iran s president s plane parked at Joint Base Andrews.


Carolyn Edwards 16 and her father Dan Edwards talk with Woodrow Wilson High School Principal Pete Cahall center at a counterprotest outside the school Cahall 50 came out as gay to his students in an emotional moment during a school Pride Day event last week.


A leopard walks with its head stuck in a vessel in Rajsamand district of Rajasthan state India Sept 30.


In this Dec 20 2011 file photo Gov Haley Barbour urges the next administration and lawmakers to curb spending and streamline state services as he presents his Fiscal Year 2013 Executive Budget Recommendation in Jackson Miss.


Flora Medina 83 exercises during a circulo de abuelos or circle of grandparents in Villalon Park located in Havana s Vedado neighborhood.


Marchesa debuted its SS17 collection at Moynihan Station during New York Fashion Week.


An FBI image of one of the suspects shown walking through the crowd in Boston before the explosions at the Boston Marathon on April 15.


Comedian Kathy Griffin arrives at the funeral held at New York s Temple EmanuEl.


Angelina Jolie Rape not an inevitable part of war.


Ambulances carry bodies of the foreigners from the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka.


Pakistani army chief Raheel Sharif speaks with a student at the Army Public School.


Scene inside Howard s new Interdisciplinary Research Building.


Gardeners love succulents for their sculptural qualities their flowerlike rosettes and novel colors They can be combined in containers to form minigardens.


Battered trumpet from sunken warship provides link to World War II tragedy.


Parallel parking is no longer part of the driving test in Maryland.


Shown in this composite of Sandy s structure are.


American scientist David Safronetz hands over a bucket containing blood samples from suspected Ebola patients at a new mobile laboratory for testing near Monrovia.


The rotunda of the US Capitol is seen Friday evening Feb 18 2011.


Microsoft says it will release a patch on Oct 14 for the vulnerability that the Russian hackers group has exploited.


Inmates Reggie Della left and Ricky McNew work on their projects with instructor Sheila Rovelstad.


In this April 5 2014 file photo people walk past the Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City On Tuesday Mormon leaders made a national appeal for what they called a balanced approach in the clash between gay rights and religious freedom promising to support some housing and job protections for gays if they back some exemptions for religious objectors to samesex marriage.


Members of the medical team who treated Teresa Romero attend a news conference in Madrid Hospital doctors said Romero 44 received various treatments including blood plasma from an Ebola survivor.


Nineteenyearold Eber Umanzor is suspected of driving the car linked to the shooting.


Satellite image of the President s Day Storm of 1979.


Lou MilioneJustice and Law Enforcement Medal.


Senior Airman Goodie J Goodman left Tech Sgt Matthew J Greiner and Senior Airman Dustin H Temple stand after their valor awards were distributed in May at Pope Airfield in North Carolina Temple received the rare Air Force Cross while Greiner and Goodman received Silver Stars for their roles in fighting off a brutal ambush in Afghanistan in September 2014.


Dmitry Muratov editorinchief of the Novaya Gazeta newapaper in Moscow on Jan 26 2009.


Holly Faris a nationally touring Rivers impersonator since the late 80s said it was like when my own mother died when she found out Rivers passed away.


Hillary Clinton greets supporters during a rally Wednesday in Lake Worth Fla.


The Old Dominion Boat Club marina in Alexandria.


A royal supporter and an onlooker laugh as they stand opposite the Lindo Wing of London s St Mary s Hospital where Catherine is expected to give birth.


People hold banners flags and balloons outside the Supreme Court.


Police stand by the CVS store that was set on fire in the riots that erupted in Baltimore in April following the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody.


Music fans and service members wait for the concert to begin.


Lizzy Myers enjoys an ice cream cone The 5yearold who does not know that she has a genetic disease that will eventually take her vision looks forward to giving Pope Francis a hug.


A Philippine air force officer carries a child who had been evacuated from Tacloban.


Quitman Henry service operation manager for Metro guides commuters at the Rossyln Metro station to buses after service on the Orange Blue and Silver lines were suspended.


Terry Jude Symansky who died in 1991 is the man whose identity was stolen by Richard Hoagland police say.


DC Police Chief Cathy L Lanier and Sgt Johnnie Walter introduce the department s first bloodhound Sam who is trained to track human scents Walter is Sam s handler.


Jackson speaks to the crowd a the meetandgreet in Loudoun County And though some Republicans most notably Republican gubernatorial nominee Ken Cuccinelli have tried to distance themselves from Jackson s remarks he has gained support among the rank and file.


Rainbow Flag designer Gilbert Baker as Busty Ross Thursday June 24 1999 at the corner of Market and Castro Streets in San Francisco Baker dressed in his highly updated dragqueen version of Ms Ross colonial Americana attire announced the First Annual Drag March to take place Friday June 25 1999 one of the many events celebrating Gay Pride Month is San Francisco.


Vice President Biden who lost his eldest son to cancer last year is leading the White House s effort to speed cancer research.


Lidiya Goryushko shows off two calves in a small pen behind her house in July Now she has hidden all of her cows at home and is worried about what will happen to them as war draws near.


The Boston Red Sox stand during a tribute to Boston Marathon bombing victims.


Network entrance poll results conducted by Edison Media Research Graphic The Washington Post.


Protestors march through Chinatown en route to the Justice department after a rally in response to the suicide of transgender Ohio teenager Leelah Alcorn on Jan 10 2015 in Washington DC.


Chloe Riffle 7 watches as she is surrounded by water in the Ocean View section of Norfolk Va Storm system Hermine spun away from the US East Coast removing the threat of heavy rain but maintaining enough power to churn dangerous waves and currents.


Supporters of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez stand at a barricade during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro s government in a middleclass neighborhood in Caracas Venezuela.


A Somalian refugee child stands outside his home on the edge of the Ifo refugee camp in Kenya on July 22 2011.


Judge Anisa Rasooli pictured in her office in Kabul was nine parliamentary votes short of becoming the nation s first female Supreme Court justice.


Books and magazines from different points in Trump s life are displayed.


President Obama prepares to take the stage at BankUnited Center at the University of Miami in Coral Gables Fla.


LIBYA TRIPOLI August 28 2011 125648 Remains of a body at Abu Salim Hospital FROM THE BOOK LIBYAN SUGAR.


A health worker disinfects a corpse after a man died in a classroom now used as an Ebola isolation ward in Monrovia Liberia The Ebola epidemic has killed more than 1000 people in West Africa.


Freezing rain coats the branches and leaves of a tree in Prince Frederick Md.


LEFT Pitt then 17 years old is pictured in a mug shot from 2011 when he was arrested and charged with battery and aggravated assault for slamming a chair against a boy s head in a livein treatment facility in Georgia RIGHT Pitt now 21 is shown in his most recent mug shot from an arrest in Prince George s County in October 2015 According to court documents members of a task force approached Pitt outside a gas station after they had traced a stolen cellphone from a woman allegedly raped by Pitt.


Workers clear snow from an entrance of a building in Washington.


Supporters try to get a look at Hillary Clinton at a polling station in Chappaqua.


A Putnam County Fla deputy holds 3yearold Lilly Abigail Baumann.


North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives field guidance during a visit to the Songdowon International Children s Camp in this undated photo released by North Korea s Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang on July 6 2014.


Google Map of reported 62 magnitude seismic activity at exactly midnight local time.


Supporters for the legalization of marijuana celebrate at the Measure 91 party at Holocene night club in Portland Ore.


Dried beans are weighed at a food distribution point for internally displaced south Sudanese people by the World Food Program in the town of Yambio Sudan Thousands of south Sudanese have been displaced by violence stemming from the Lord s Resistance Army.


President Obama is flanked by his daughters Sasha and Malia right and Cole Cooper left and National Turkey Federation Chairman Gary Cooper.


United Nations General Assembly President Vuk Jeremic of Serbia addresses 67th UN General Assembly.


Firefighters inspect the wreckage of a passenger bus.


Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said this week that people should accept court rulings that legalize samesex marriage and show respect for gays in committed relationships while reiterating his longheld belief that marriage is a sacrament.


Cast member Jane Fonda signs autographs next to actor Michael Caine after a news conference for the film Youth.


US Supreme Court justices Samuel Alito Jr left Sonia Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas listen to a question from law professor Kate Stith during a conversation at Yale University on Saturday.


This Feb 3 2012 file photo shows the current Federal Bureau of Investigation.


Hugh Ickrath the leader of the group of neighbors who bought the property unlocks the house s front door He had spent years trying to wrest control of the home from various banks that held the mortgage.


40 dead cubs found in Thailand s Tiger Temple.


A woman wearing a Tshirt in favor of staying in the EU reacts to the result of the referendum in London.


Struthers chats with neighbor Nick Miller 30 on the roof of the apartment building.


The jean jacket shown off here in Brooklyn circa 1983 in an image from the Fresh Dressed documentary was graffiti art s first canvas.


A pedestrian was killed after a vehicle struck him and crashed into a business Monday morning in Hyattsville.


In order to survive we had to become global and we had to become a technology leader says Lanse Crane former chief executive and sixthgeneration family member.


A view of the Russian navy Frigate Pytlivyy docked in the port of Sevastopol where a Ukrainian naval base is located.


We asked board game enthusiasts to play Trump The Game.


Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin carrying the Olympic torch is followed by Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata and US astronaut Rick Mastracchio as they head to the launchpad.


A rendering of Eatsa s upcoming location on K Street NW in Washington.


Faraj alAli 43 who was left blind and suffering from kidney failure after being imprisoned by the Syrian regime in 2011 sits with his daughters Bushra 11 and Ayesha 6 in their tent in a refugee settlement in AlMinya Lebanon His wife Fitnah alAli says the family s aid was cut off after she sold food vouchers to pay for his medical care.


Caitlin Jorae catches an infield fly for the out.


Students in the Nairobi stadium sing during the former US president s visit After leaving the White House Bill Clinton founded the Clinton Global Initiative intending to create a new model for philanthropy.


Actress Christine Baranski wears Zac Posen.


Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman are just two of the Mormons in highprofile leadership positions chronicled by a piece in Bloomberg BusinessWeek.


Supporters of US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump REUTERSErin Siegal.


A 2005 photo of Trump family from left to right Vanessa Haydon Donald Trump Jr Donald Trump wife Melania Maryanne Trump Barry Elizabeth Trump Grau and husband James Grau.


The Bowie home has an elevator a gym a theater a morning room a sunroom an intercom system as well as 3000squarefeet of finished space in the basement.


Everett Dutschke stands in the steet near his home in Tupelo Miss and waits for the FBI to arrive and search his home in connection with the sending of poisoned letters to President Barack Obama and others April 23 2013.


Chairs are set up in front of the US Capitol for President Obama s inauguration.


A watch stopping at 815 which is the time of the explosion time of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima displayed at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum on July 30.


Students at a high school in Seoul read a notice with information about an upcoming SAT exam in November 2012.


The ground floor and what used to be the entrance hall are completely destroyed The bare concrete pillars hold up the rest of the hotel.


FILE This file photo shows bottles of the sedative midazolam at a hospital pharmacy in Oklahoma City.


A brown pelican on Raccoon Island a barrier island in Terrebonne Parish La tries to shake off oil.


Eric Pickersgill poses for a selfportrait with his wife Angie In his project Removed Pickersgill captures his subjects in their daily lives with their digital devices removed from the frame.


Tourists visit two of Puerto Rico s most famous landmarks Fort San Felipe del Morro fortress and Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis cemetery Mosquitoes thrive in wet conditions such as cemeteries.


Gov Terry McAuliffe left proposed allowing the state to hire compounding pharmacies to make lethalinjection drugs which have become scarce amid public pressure on US pharmaceutical companies and a European export ban.


Staff from the North East Ambulance Service and the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle take part in a national exercise to test Britain s readiness for an Ebola outbreak.


Upon completion One World Trade Center will be New York s tallest skyscraper topping out at a symbolic 1776 feet with 3 million square feet of office space.


Sunrise at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.


Boys play next to strong waves in a coastal village as strong winds from Typhoon Haiyan battered the town of Bayog south of Manila Haiyan the strongest typhoon in the world this year and possibly the most powerful ever to hit land bore down on the northern tip of Cebu province a popular tourist destination with the secondlargest city in the Philippines after lashing the islands of Leyte and Samar with 170mph wind gusts and 15 to 19foot waves.


A garden with a swimming pool is inundated by the waters of the Elbe River on June 10 during floods near Magdeburg Germany Tens of thousands of Germans Hungarians and Czechs were evacuated from homes as soldiers and volunteers raced to build floodwalls to hold back rising waters The region s worst floods in a decade had killed at least 21 people as of June 10.


Debra Landa looks at the cell phone her teenage son Sam Landa uses to order an Uber car to his weekly ballet class with the Washington Ballet in Northwest Washington from his home in Alexandria.


The sun rises over the Tidal Basin and Jefferson Memorial in early January 2010 Not until January 11 will the sun begin to rise earlier in Washington.


NAM model simulation of storm at 2 am Monday morning.


Annual delay for each auto commuter 59 hours.


Jaguars Reservoir part of Cantareira System that supplies half of SAp Paulo.


Migrants watch the pope s Mass in Mexico from a levee along the banks of the Rio Grande in El Paso.


Clinton visits a get out the vote brunch sponsored by the MiamiDade Young Democrats in Miami.


A late model unidentified vehicle with rear number and tire damage sits parked in the snow in Detroit.


A bison in the barn at the National Zoo.


Lawyer Violetta Volkova center defending members of the feminist punk rock group accompanies Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny second right to a court room to watch the trial in Moscow Volkova s clients face a maximum seven years in prison The sentence is to be pronounced later Friday.


WASHINGTON DC FEBRUARY 17 People participate in a snowball fight at Meridian Hill Park on February 17 2015 in Washington DC The Washington DC region gets its biggest snowfall of the year.


Royala Bell chops up ribs to cook for dinner in her home in Hooper Bay The Bells order meat in bulk over the phone from Mailbox Groceries in Anchorage because they say it is too expensive in the grocery store in the village The family gets food stamps and Bell receives 357 a month in disability assistance because of a head injury she got as a child.


The digital age has nt fully arrived in health care just yet.


A partially eaten apple danish and sunflower seed shells are spotted near the loading dock of the building that houses The Washington Post.


An undated file photograph of a man described as Abdelhamid Abaaoud that was published in the Islamic State s online magazine Dabiq and posted on a social media website.


Hassan Rouhani center and Kim Yong Nam right a top North Korean leader who visited Tehran to attend Rouhani s swearingin ceremony arrive for a meeting at the Iranian president s office.


Jesse A Olivieri of Ashland Pa is seen on CCTV security video being arrested after being shot by a US Secret Service agent while carrying a gun outside the White House in May 2016.


Jones one of Leonard s closest friends began his career as a bigband trumpeter before becoming a celebrated arranger and musical impresario He later helped engineer the success of Michael Jackson.


Help party hosts serve up a big batch of holiday cheer or get them ready for hydrating next summer s barbecue guests with this sevenquart glass vessel It features a quirky cork stopper and beaker shape 4995.


Toronto Raptors ambassador Drake attends a game against the Golden State Warriors in Toronto on Dec 5.


A collage of inkjet prints titled Beijing s 2008 Olympic Stadium.


MYTH The minimum wage covers everyone There are minimumwage exceptions for fulltime students and the disabled writes Betsey Stevenson former chief economist for the Labor Department Those younger than 20 can be paid a subminimum wage of 425 for up to 90 days while these inexperienced workers learn the ropes And workers who receive more than 30 per month in tips are required to be paid only 213 per hour Here employees earning the minimum wage work at a pizza shop in Woonsocket RI.


Psittacosaurus frolics in the Bristol Botanic Garden.


Surrounded by media members McDonnell leaves the courthouse in Richmond after being found guilty of corruption charges.


The Sheer truth about SNL s latest hire.


Chadian soldiers patrol the streets of Gao in northern Mali.


Police block access to Ellicott City after overnight flooding.


Workers tend to equipment used to pump water from Padera Lake as water pours over a temporary dam in Midlothian Tex.


Image of the Austin skyline courtesy of Flickr user Kumar Appaiah under a Creative Commons license.


Warren calls on House to strike repeal of DoddFrank provision in funding bill.


High Priestess Ino Menegaki lights the Olympic flame at the Temple of Hera during the Lighting Ceremony of the Olympic Flame at Ancient Olympia on May 10 in Olympia Greece.


African Americans hold a prayer meeting at the train station in Meridian Miss around the casket bearing the body of Medgar Evers The body was driven from Jackson to Meridian and placed on a train bound for Washington so that it could be buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington.


CNN political analyst David Gregory feels conflicted because he grew up a Dodgers fan but loves the Nats.


A policeman blocks traffic at the exit near the mall.


Iraqis look at the damage following the attack.


Mark Andersen and his archives on DC punk.


In 1995 file photo thenPresident Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton meet in the Oval Office with a delegation from Tamarac Fla.


Ebonie Johnson Cooper and Meico Whitlock both 30 take a selfie while attending the Millennial Week DC opening reception at the Pepco Edison Place Gallery on Monday in Washington.


Jessica Stearns writes on the Courage Wall while her dog Basra gives it a sniff Stearns wrote I wish I had the courage to Go for it.


Fisherman from the Shuluk tribe sit in a handmade boat on the Nile in Malakal the capital of South Sudan s Upper Nile state in September 2012.


More than 100 volunteers fail to save beached whale shark.


Dr Marci Bowers on why people want gender reassignment surgery.


Former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling second from left leaves the Alexandria federal courthouse after he was convicted of leaking classified details of an operation to thwart Iran s nuclear ambitions to a New York Times reporter.


George Allen with his family by his side concedes defeat to Timothy M Kaine.


President Obama meets Tuesday in the Oval Office with from left Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.


Police stand near a CVS that was set on fire as firefighters arrive to fight the blaze during a protest over the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore on April 27.


President Obama is slated to meet with Ferguson activists Monday.


Designer Shayne Oliver and model Binx Walton.


In this file photo from 2012 a math teacher asks students questions during the opening of the BASIS DC charter school a brand that has been called one of the most challenging schools in the country.


Jose da Costa in a cave near Guitar Lake Last year local university students formed an SOS on rocks to protest the damage they argued Guitar Lake will suffer once mining and the daily explosions involved begin in earnest If it survives it will lose all its context said da Costa who participated You wo nt have all this life.


Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at the former Old Post Office Pavilion soon to be a Trump International Hotel.


Jay Gruden 46 spent three seasons as the Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator The Bengals made the playoff in all three seasons but did not win a playoff game.


Erdem Gunduz center stands in a silent protest at Taksim Square in Istanbul Gunduz has staged an eighthour silent vigil at the scene of violent clashes between police and antigovernment protesters in recent weeks inspiring hundreds of others to follow his lead Gunduz said he wanted to take a stand against police stopping demonstrations near the square Dogan news agency reported.


Police are searching in the Fox Lake Ill area after an officer was shot this week.


A painting of Neuschwanstein Castle a watercolor signed A Hitler is displayed on June 11 in the Weidler auction house in Nuremberg Germany.


A volunteer distributes hot tea in Kiev s Independence Square.


Clinton Foundation fundraising particularly from foreign governments came up repeatedly at Hillary Rodham Clinton s confirmation hearings for secretary of state.


Message exchanges and the section of a train are seen on a cellphone of a young woman who appeared to record her suicide on Periscope.


A Jewish woman and a Muslim woman pose on an Israeli beach wearing modest swimwear produced by an Israeli company.


Washington Post journalist Walter Pincus speaks about Bradlee his former boss of 20 years and a dear friend.


A wellformed wall cloud and tornado near College Park Maryland September 24 2001 The tornado remained on the ground for 175 miles as it moved northnortheast through College Park Beltsville and Laurel Maryland Source Washington Weather.


Police mobilize in a parking lot after two officers were shot.


Hayley Rees 6 demonstrates sidesaddle technique on a pony named Scarlett Hayley and her grandmother came to the races hoping to encourage other girls to try sidesaddle racing.


Caroline Kennedy with first lady and Democratic Senate candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton at a New York Women for Hillary event in New York in 2000 one of several campaign events with Clinton.


Ted Cruz to Senate Democrats Do not shut down DHS.


Many US taxpayers rely on outside help to file their taxes every year But there is very little regulation of the industry.


Smoke rises from a poultryprocessing plant in Jilin province s Mishazi township that erupted in fire early Monday The blaze thought to be sparked by three explosions trapped workers inside the facility killing at least 119 people and injuring several dozen reports and officials said.


Demonstrators in Miami show support for members of the Cuban Five Cuban intelligence officers arrested in 1998 and imprisoned in the United States for conspiracy to commit espionage and other crimes Two of the five had been released in recent years the remaining three are being released as part of the US move toward normalization of relations with Cuba.


Flowers lay in front of the culture club where one person was killed on Feb 14.


Jonathan Caldwell 13 of Hendersonville Tenn raises his hands after misspelling his word during the semifinals which disqualified him from entering the finals.


A composite showing how representations of Jesus ethnicity have changed over time.


Abbott announced his campaign on Sunday.


The vice president speaks about reducing domesticviolence homicides.


Clinton Dallas shootings a vicious appalling attack.


DC Fire Chief Kenneth B Ellerbe is seen at the Wilson Building in Washington on March 28 Data obtained by the Post raise questions about the fire department s arson clearance rate.


Wet and winterweary pedestrians make their way along L Street NW.


Demonstrators march through downtown Chicago calling for the resignation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Dec 10.


Becky Stap of Stap Family Dairy Farm in Pine Bush NY sprays water on Lulu at the Orange County 4H Showcase at Bergin Farm in Slate Hill NY.


A nun watches newly elected Pope Francis appear on the central balcony of St Peter s Basilica Francis the 266th pontiff will lead the world s 12 billion Catholics.


Laborers load coal onto trucks at a depot on the outskirts of Jammu India India s opposition lawmakers have been demanding that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh resign after an audit found the government lost huge sums of money by selling coal fields without competitive bidding.


Theoretical physicist Ronald Mallett pours dry ice into a ring laser in this arranged photograph taken in a University of Connecticut laboratory March 23.


Indian Prairie ranch manager Tom Gingerich works with a Texas longhorn raised without antibiotics.


Ryan Lochte will learn his punishment soon.


Matrix codirector Lana Wachowski talks about coming out as trans woman.


Actors Allen Leech left and Darren Criss.


Stephen Curry receives the15 NBA Most Valuable Player award Said his father Dell At his height whose highest NBA honor was the Sixth Man Award I was never MVP status We had nt been to that level before.


A nun of Sisters of St Francis of Perpetual Adoration holds a rosary and prays as she waits for the beginning of the Mass.


Jeremy Stamper called his wife s inability to remember their wedding heartbreaking.


Conservative pundit Glenn Beck prepares to take the stage.


Charlton Heston as Moses in The Ten Commandments.


Veronika Mora director of a nonprofit agency is working on her laptop with a Norwegian flag in her office in Budapest Hungary on Feb 10.


Sasheer Zamata left made her debut on Jan 18 2014.


Probability of more than 4 of snow Tuesday.


A young Manning is fascinated by an image of an engine on the television screen.


Senator Barb paved way for Senate women.


A July 4 session of ZGoGo which adopts a Zumbalike workout to gogo DC s quintessential musical genre The affordable classes typically draw 100 students.


Jockey Victor Espinoza left and trainer Bob Baffert center celebrate with the Triple Crown trophy after winning the Belmont Stakes.


Sydney Lucas who plays a young Alison Bechdel and other cast members of Fun Home a musical based on Bechdel s memoir rehearse at the Meminger Auditorium.


A pair of tundra swans take flight from a pond at the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge near Wenona NC The refuge is a winter haven for about 100000 migratory waterfowl.


David Rubenstein a businessman and philanthropist visits the US Marine Corps War Memorial on Wednesday in Arlington.


Joan Rivers of E Television kneels to welcome back the red carpet before the start of the 53rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards.


Slim s Diner in Petworth is a more modern take on a traditional institution.


Amazon founder Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post newspaper from longtime owners the Graham family for 250 million.


School searches for missing SAT tests in Virginia.


Capitals mascot Slapshot cranks up the crowd in the third period.


Kelvin Cook sits near his television shortly after getting cable installed at his apartment in Concord NC He was given the opportunity to live on his own as part of a 2012 settlement between the Justice Department and the state of North Carolina which agreed to move at least 3000 people with serious mental illnesses into independent living by 2020.


A refugee cries as she sits on an overcrowded bus near Athens on Sept 8.


John Kerry and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond in Hiroshima last month.


On a chilly wet and snowy morning Karim Elamin homeless and a father of two smokes and drinks a cup of coffee on the steps leading to Miriam s Kitchen which serves the homeless and needy community in the District.


Demonstrators hold signs for Justice as they walk along Michigan Avenue.


A police officer holds a gun to provide cover for customers escaping the mall.


Len Judaken s unfinished home in Cheviot Hills Friday next to a neighbor s property.


Police officers and forensics investigators stand behind a police cordon.


May we interest you in a delicious glass of icecold schadenfreude.


A undated photo released by the Boston police shows Dzhokar Tsarnaev The Tsarnaev family moved to the United States in the early 2000s The family including the brothers suspected of being the Boston Marathon bombers settled in Cambridge Mass.


Former president Jimmy Carter campaigns for his grandson Jason Carter.


Linnea Torstensson of Sweden reacts during a handball prelim.


Mayor Vincent Gray speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill on May 29.


TC does physical therapy in the hallway with Cindy Woodman at Dalhousie University in Halifax Nova Scotia on May 29.


A hand stencil found in one of the caves considered an example of early art.


Marines stand at attention at the transfer case of one of the four Americans killed in an attack this week in Benghazi Libya The ceremony was attended by family members of the four State Department personnel and military officials.


Former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton center arrives prior to testifying on Capitol Hill before the House Select Committee on Benghazi Clinton faces scrutiny over her response to the Sept 11 2012 attack on the US diplomatic compound in Benghazi Libya and her use of a private email server while serving as secretary of state.


People cross the street in front of a plastic surgery hospital in Seoul.


Fans cheer as a Mongolian wrestler wins a match.


Obama in Hawaii with Malia and Sasha Are there some people missing.


Germany s Thomas Mueller center in action against Ghana s Jonathan Mensah left and goalkeeper Fatawu Dauda right.


Sheldon Adelson is seated before Romney delivers a speech in Jerusalem on July 29.


These pangolin scales seized by the Hong Kong Agriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department were found by quarantine detector dogs.


A technician works on the mummy of Otzi in the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano Italy.


Against a dramatic backdrop at Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park activist Amanda Blackhorse stands firm in her battle against what some deem to be the racially derogatory name of the team.


Ted Nugent at the 2011 National Rifle Association s convention in Pittsburgh.


Terrapins guard Varun Ram is lifted by forward Jonathan Graham after pressuring Valparaiso as time ran out.


Palestinians clash with police hours after fatal car attack.


Actress Julia LouisDreyfus pats actor Kevin Spacey on the back.


Randall Park center as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in The Interview.


Sadhus or Hindu holy men hold national flags and celebrate India s Republic Day at the Sangam the confluence of the Ganges Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers during the Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad India Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh festival which is one of the world s largest religious gatherings that lasts 55 days and falls every 12 years.


Cinemagoers arrive for afternoon matinees at Wanda International Cinemas in Beijing on April 23 2009.


First lady Michelle Obama waves to the gallery prior to the State of the Union Address on Jan 25 2011.


Gary Willliams exhorts his players in a game against Georgia State in the second round of the 2001 NCAA tournament when Maryland made the first of consecutive trips to the Final Four.


Steel fermentation vessels are seen at the Guinness brewery in Dublin in 2014 The brewery is the world s largest maker of stout beer and the largest brewing tanks can hold up to 750000 pints each.


Rosetta mission poster showing the deployment of the Philae lander to comet 67PChuryumovGerasimenko.


Kyle Taylor works on a experiment involving the transfer of DNA into agrobacteria in the company s primary lab in San Francisco The first seed packets expected to be mailed in May will be the largest release of a synthetically engineered organism to the general public.


Gonzalo Jara of Chile shoots and hits the post to miss the decisive penalty against goalkeeper Julio Cesar of Brazil.


Residential and commercial buildings dot the skyline in this elevated view of Taipei Taiwan on June 25 2011.


Richard Buchanan a retired rear admiral from the US Navy is greeted by cheers from flagwaving Fort Belvoir Elementary School students.


Brie Larson accepts the award for best actress for the drama Room.


Gov John Kitzhaber s resignation takes effect Wednesday.


Manziel runs the 40yard dash at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis on Feb 23 2014.


The congregation at St Peter Claver raises their joined hands before Communion as Baltimore Archbishop William Lori celebrates Mass.


Lonesome Rhodes is given to reciting his TV show ratings in response to unrelated questions.


A painting by George W Bush of his dog Barney courtesy of the Bush family.


Members of Congress and their aides walk through a basement tunnel at Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov 18.


Baton Rouge police search for a shooting suspect near Hammond Aire Plaza.


Pennsylvania state troopers in riot gear stand in Baltimore.


Ohio State junior guard Lenzelle Smith Jr.


A boy covers his face with a strip of cloth reading Only the Messenger of Allah during a protest against the US outside the home of Yemeni President AbdRabbu Mansour Hadi in Sanaa The demonstration was against an antiIslamic video.


Bush speaks during the Politics and Eggs gathering.


At the Lycee Nord Alexis a school in Jeremie the capital city of the GrandAnse department several hundred people are sleeping on the concrete floors of a building with no running water and no bathroom and where food comes infrequently Nordia St Jules 30 holds her infant son as children pour into the room she sleeps in with other families.


Young wild horses play while grazing on the Huffaker Hills in Reno Nev.


A woman holds a banner during a protest in Nicosia By taxing all deposits even those covered by government deposit insurance the Cypriot bailout plan slaps at an important presumption of modern banking that small accounts in publicly insured institutions are safe.


Ebb and Outland depart a parentteacher conference as Malique hurdles a rail.


Army Sgt LaShonda Bickford 32 of OFallon Mo plays in City Centre Park in nearby St Peters Mo with her 6yearold son Justin Years ago the single mother purchased furniture from USA Discounters With the interest and fees Bickford now owes USA Discounters more than 20000.


President Obama has renominated acting Medicare administrator Marilyn Tavenner to head the agency.


Comfort Koon and the Community Worship Team singing Sunday at a memorial service for Ebola victims in Brooklyn Center Minn.


The father of Elor Azaria who is charged with manslaughter for shooting a wounded Palestinian assailant kisses his head in a military court in March.


Washington Redskins cornerback Al LouisJean left and others stretch during practice at the team s NFL football training facility at Redskins Park Thursday Jan 7 2016 in Ashburn Va The Washington Redskins will play the Green Bay Packers in a wildcard game on Sunday.


Incoming American University freshman Hailey Crowell 18 picks out dorm supplies with her dad Stuart Crowell Sunday at the Container Store in Tenleytown.


Terrapins guard Shatori WalkerKimbrough takes the offbalance shot over Tigers guard Vanessa Smith in the first half.


Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak shakes hands with Ukraine s Energy Minister Yuri Prodan right after gas talks between the European Union Russia and Ukraine at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels October 30 2014.


The former interim director of Dover Air Force base says superiors in military directed that the ashes be mixed with medical waste and handed over to a contractor for disposal.


Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei greets Hamas premier Ismail Haniya during a meeting in Tehran in February Hamas the militant Islamist group that rules Gaza has distanced itself from Syria raising questions about its ties to Iran.


Why do nt more women run for office Three powerful women weigh in.


This chimichurri snakehead dish was among those served at the benefit dinner.


An antiOccupy protester is restrained by policemen after he broke through a line trying to charge prodemocracy protesters in Hong Kong s Mong Kok district.


American League infielder Alexei Ramirez right dives back to the bag as Aramis Ramirez attempts to apply a pickoff tag in the fifth inning.


Protesters in Hong Kong mock the city s Chief Executive Leung Chunying and demand his resignation.


The Beatles make a windswept arrival at New York s John F Kennedy Airport as they step off the plane that brought them from London One of the most tumultuous welcomes in pop history will be recreated next month when British officials and a tribute band reenact the historic 1964 landing in a bid to spark interest in Beatlesrelated tourism to Britain.


Ashtarak where a compound for Syrian Armenians called New Aleppo will be built It is intended for middle and upper class members as the advance payment to rent a space is 5000.


Health workers take a swab sample from a chicken in Hunan province China.


Water Polo Head Coach Elvis Fatovic of Australia talks to his players.


Waxman one of the most prolific lawmakers of the modern era announced on Jan 30 that he will retire at the end of this congressional session Among the legislation Waxman helped craft were laws to make infant formula safer and more nutritious.


Players coaches and staff of the US women s field hockey team chat during a lunch break.


At Cops Doughnuts doughnuts run 69 cents for an oldfashioned cake style and a small cup of coffee is 129 Pictured the Blue Goose doughnut named after the Michigan State Police cruisers.


Afghan soldiers react after hearing gunfire during their operation in Hassankhel.


Fire causes 1 million worth of damage to Bethesda apartment on Dudley Lane.


A file picture dated 14 September 2013 shows the 8848 m.


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Chancellery on Wednesday in Berlin.


Cecilia Marshall 88 the widow of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall is pictured in the home where they both lived with their two sons in Falls Church Va.


French gendarmes and mountain rescue teams fan out in La Seyne les Alpes.


Hillary Clinton speaks at a church in Oakland on June 5.


Smoked Trout Green Apple and Gouda Sandwich.


Geneva ReedVeal mother of Sandra Bland second from left and fellow members of Mothers of The Movement address the convention.


Egyptian relatives of Amr Saad a 20yearold protester known as Christi who died of wounds sustained during clashes last Friday near the presidential palace grieve during a funeral procession in Tahrir Square in Cairo More than 60 people have died in recent protests across Egypt that began Jan 24 the eve of the second anniversary of the start of the uprising that toppled Mubarak.


A wounded man is brought into the alShifa hospital in Gaza City following an Israeli airstrike.


Temperatures today in northwest Canada and Alaska.


Igor Sechin chief executive of statecontrolled Russian oil company Rosneft was named by the US government as one of the individuals targeted by sanctions against Russia.


Stadium workers draw the chalk lines on the field using a tin can and a stick before the game at Victoria de Giron Stadium in Matanzas.


Remains found in search for Hannah Graham.


Doctors Without Borders assured the US military its hospital in northern Afghanistan was not under Taliban threat just days before the deadly airstrike the organization said.


A marine protected area in Papua New Guinea.


East Germans flood West Berlin department stores on the first day the Berlin Wall came down and allowed them to travel into West Berlin.


In this July 20 2012 photo the father of a Ciudad Juarezborn boy suffering from a massive tumor who US Homeland Security identified only as Jose examines his shoulder in New Mexico.


Jason Moran will serve up a multimedia interpretation of The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall at the Kennedy Center.


We might not see Cam Newton again until Week 6.


Syrians gather in the Marjeh square in Damascus Syria.