People soak up the sun in Beach Haven Hurricane Sandy unleashed its greatest wrath upon New Jersey s Monmouth and Ocean counties where Beach Haven is located.


A street vendor sells the country s national flag and masks of Gen Abdel Fatah alSissi as voters line up outside a polling station in Giza Egypt.


Marcus Mills and Alice Bonner are training as docents for the National Museum of African American History and Culture Bonner said the institution which opens Sept 24 will become a house of healing for the country.


One of two Sumatran tiger cubs creeps out onto fall leaves during their public debut at the National Zoo in Washington.


Eldridge Cleaver third from left and Bobby Seale fourth from left in a photo that became a Black Panther poster.


Defense attorney Barry Scheck center crossexamines prosecution witness William Bodziak as from left Hank Goldberg Marcia Clark Robert Shapiro and Christopher Darden look on during the OJ Simpson doublemurder trial in Los Angeles.


A mountain lion shot from a tree in Montana stands in Speck s living room in Harrisonburg Va.


Robin Gorsline left prepares dinner with his partner Jonathan Lebolt at their home in Richmond Gorsline is president of People of Faith for Equality in Virginia As a samesex couple in Virginia they must file state taxes separately although federal law allows them to file jointly.


The James Meredith statue is seen on the University of Mississippi campus in 2014.


Metropolitan Transit Authority workers lay down plywood over subway grates at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal to prevent flooding in New York New York City officials discussed plans for evacuations and subway closings to deal with Hurricane Sandy as Gov Andrew M Cuomo.


The State Dining Room redecoration was completed this week with new chairs carpet and curtains installed in the room.


Michigan governor asks for federal aid in water crisis.


Ann Romney might fill in for Robin Roberts on Good Morning America.


Chiwetel Ejiofor left and Michael Fassbender in a scene from 12 Years A Slave.


Busboy Juan Romero right aids Sen Robert F Kennedy shown lying on the kitchen floor of the Ambassador Hotel moments after being fatally shot by assassin Sirhan Sirhan.


Cleveland Justice Department announce policing settlement.


EQUITY director Meera Menon on set 2016.


Head of the Bayit Yehudi party Naftali Bennett center celebrates at his party s headquarters in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv.


Vaughn Perry positions a redbud tree in a hole he dug with his son Zander in Glenncrest Urban forestry experts say that working with neighbors is becoming even more important to preserving the tree canopy.


Because of the bee swarm troopers have not been able to get close to the tractortrailer to determine who owns it where it came from and where it was going.


Secretary of State John Kerry right shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at an international conference in Paris to determine a response to the growing threat posed by the Islamic State.


A new NSA data center sits beyond a housing subdivision in Bluffdale Utah The center a large data farm that is set to open this fall will be the largest of several interconnected NSA data centers spread throughout the country.


MYTH Stress makes people more vulnerable to illness When psychology professors analyzed more than 300 studies on stress and immune system functioning they did nt find any evidence that stress makes otherwise healthy people susceptible to illness Dana Becker writes in Five myths about stress In fact they concluded that the immune system is extremely flexible and can handle even fairly large amounts of stress without going out of whack Here elderly Chinese women take a dip in a frozen river in Shenyang northeastern China where winter swimming is believed to relieve stress.


Cody Billotte loads his partially submerged car to go to work as Hurricane Sandy approaches.


Ben Carson and his wife Candy Carson wave to supporters after the candidate spoke at a rally in Phoenix.


Martin Baron Ali Rezaian speak on the oneyear anniversary of Jason Rezaian s detainment in Iran.


An American flag is posted on a fence in front of a dry unplanted field on August 8 2014 in Lodi California.


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Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrance Williams hauls in a 51 yard bomb against Washington Redskins cornerback David Amerson and free safety EJ Biggers.


The cheese case at Centrolina Osteria and Market in CityCenterDC can provide you with some excellent picnic food.


Gaza hospitals strained as casualty numbers rise.


Sexual assault case against Cosby will go to trial.


An artist paints a picture while standing on a barricade in Kiev.


Marilee Shapiro Asher holds the wax model for casting for her piece Guard Dog Big She has been a working artist all her life and remains active.


Ammie McKnight watches the water level in the front yard of her Orange Street home in Georgetown.


A Muslim girl holds a balloon before Eid alFitr prayers in Bucharest Romania.


Dominique Strong of Flint Mich holds a sign during a Feb 3 city council meeting which introduced the topic of whether Flint residents should have to pay for their water bills Strong is from one of the areas most affected by the city s crisis relating to lead in water Not one person thought about the children or us as humans Strong said.


The couple mixed different textile patterns on the bed The lamps came from a thrift shop.


Ankita Vadiala 13 of Manassas Va reacts as she correctly spells improvisatrice.


Baltimore Archbishop William Lori left acknowledges parishioners after a liturgy in Baltimore in June.


US Border Patrol agents escort illegal immigrants after taking them into custody near Falfurrias Tex.


The convention with a resolution thanking everyone.


Demonstrators protest outside of the courthouse in response to the mistrial in the case of Officer William Porter one of six Baltimore cpolice officers charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray.


Marijuanainfused cookies called Medibles are displayed at the Cannabis Crown 2010 expo April 18 2010 in Aspen Colorado With the legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington pets now have easier access to their owners marijuanalaced cookies brownies candies and butters and are reportedly getting high.


Eric Nordstrom testifies before the panel Nordstrom was posted in Libya from September 2011 to July 2012 and remains a State Department employee.


A Muslim cleric leads the afternoon prayers in Mumbai India on June 7.


Image courtesy of Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti.


Pennsylvania Avenue was closed down between the White House and near Lafayette Park Security was heightened in the DC metropolitan area after the Boston explosions.


Hudson Ahimbisibwe was 5 months old when his father killed him police say.


From left Devin Goins Victoria Flores and Daniel Paterson all from Chattanooga Occupy protest on the west lawn of the Capitol.


At least 34 passengers got a free ride on this No 37 bus.


The Emmywinning CNN commentator worked for decades for NPR and PBS NewsHour She was one of two African American students to enroll in the University of Georgia graduating in 1963.


Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco answers reporters questions during Super Bowl XLVII Media Day in New Orleans Flacco drew criticism for using the word retarded to describe the NFL s plans to host next season s Super Bowl in New Jersey.


Cowboys running back Felix Jones dives into the end zone for a fourthquarter touchdown as Redskins cornerback DeAngelo Hall watches A twopoint conversion made the score 3521 Washington.


Sen Roberts says Orman ran a campaign he should be proud of.


Palestinian boys look at the body of 4yearold Palestinian girl Yasmeen alMotawaq who hospital officials said was killed in an Israeli air strike during her funeral at a mosque in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip.


US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.


A woman takes a drink of melted ice from the spout of a water vendor s cooler in Harlem.


One day Americans visiting the National Archives in Washington may be able to view only digital copies of government documents on computer screens.


Groundhog Club Inner Circle member Dan McGinley entertains the crowd before the prediction.


A screen grab from Facebook shows a page that has been set up by the family of Mahdi Hashi one of the defendants to campaign for his release.


The house is part of historic Cooke s Row four double houses designed by Morris Starkweather and built in 1868 for Henry Cooke and his 12 children.


Relatives hug one another and weep on a clearing after the deadly fire at the poultryprocessing plant in northeastern China s Jilin province.


This photo allegedly shows Dolezal s wedding Back row from left according to Lawrence Dolezal Ruthanne Dolezal Kevin Moore Rachel Dolezal Lawrence Dolezal and Lawrence Dolezal s parents Peggy and Herman Front row The Dolezals adopted children Ezra Izaiah Esther and Zach.


Tom Gossin left Rachel Reinert and Mike Gossin of the musical group Gloriana.


Simona Halep shakes hands with Maria Sharapova after their women s final Sharapova is 201 the past three years at Roland Garros.


Local residents carry Russian flags and shout slogans rallying over the streets of the Crimean capital Simferopol.


The planned development Scout on the Circle.


Bien Do 75 had three fishing boats and a house in Biloxi Miss paid off but he had to start over after they were destroyed by Katrina He now lives in public housing.


Confirmed weekly Ebola cases reported from Sierra Leone.


Elizabeth Noguchi gains her footing on top of a tall obstacle.


Actress and advocate Eva Longoria is helping spearhead efforts to support progressive candidates and increase the number of Latinas who seek political office as part of the Latino Victory Project.


President Obama and Michelle Obama head to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in September 2013.


Cartoon by South China Morning Post s veteran political cartoonist Harry Harrison January 2016 Reproduced with permission of South China Morning Post.


Tiffany Jolliff with lawyer Deepa Goraya from the the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs filed a lawsuit Thursday in federal district court in the Eastern District of Virginia against Uber alleging violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Virginians with Disabilities Act.


Akhter s wedding sari is wrapped at a beauty parlor on the day of her wedding.


Police patrol a pedestrian zone after the shooting.


Bei Bei climbs his first tree with some help from mom.


Dolci Gelati founder and owner Gianluigi Dellaccio shows off some of his tasty creations.


An orca eats fish at the Marineland animal exhibition park in Antibes France in December Marineland Antibes is one of the biggest aquariums in the world and receives more than 12 million visitors per year.


ProIraqi graffiti covers the Islamic State flag on a building that militants had used as a sharia court in the area of Suleiman Beg and Amerli.


815millionyearold air bubbles in a sample of halite or rock salt.


A bedouin guard stands outside a pumping station near Arish in northern Sinai.


Volunteer Dwayne Jones pats down the earth around a newly planted tomato seedling at the veterans center Volunteers also planted lettuce.


A worker operates a furnace at a steel plant in Hefei Anhui province in this 2013 photo.


US House Speaker John Boehner a Republican from Ohio speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington DC US on Thursday Feb 6 2014 Photographer Pete MarovichBloomberg.


Former University of Maryland University College president Susan Aldridge She resigned last week but offered no specific reason for stepping from the nation s largest public online college with more than 90000 students studying globally.


Rescue workers carry the body of the Rev Mychal Judge chaplain of the New York City Fire Department from the rubble of the South Tower of the World Trade Center in New York Judge was the first officially recorded fatality of the New York attacks.


Warriors guard Stephen Curry scores over New Pelicans guard Tyreke Evans and forward Anthony Davis during the final seconds of the fourth quarter.


Chinese policemen watch from the wall as Michelle Obama and her daughters visit the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall in Beijing.


Vera Bazarova of Russia competes in the pairs short program figure skating.


Washington s right fielder Jayson Werth leads off with a double in the first inning.


Gregory Bourdy of France plays a shot from a bunker on the 16th hole during the first round of Olympic golf.


Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton answers questions after announcing her college affordability plan at a high school in Exeter NH She has been under scrutiny over her use of a private email system while secretary of state.


The stone mansion has a terrace with fountains a swimming pool and whirlpool tub.


The sitin phase of the civil rights movement began on these four seats of a Woolworth in North Carolina in 1960 when four black collegians refused to leave the segregated restaurant It spread throughout the South four years later Congress approved the Civil Rights Act Read Courage at the lunch counter.


View Photo Gallery Our campaign team documents the 2012 presidential race using the iPhone app Instagram and the hashtag 2012Unfiltered.


Salvadoran women attend a news conference at the Monument to Memory and Truth in San Salvador after the Supreme Court declared an amnesty law unconstitutional.


Charles grabs the items he needs and leaves his unit.


A Daytona Beach Police Department vehicle burns after it was targeted by an unknown assailant on Sunday morning.


Manchin and Toomey unveil bipartisan gun deal.


A man walks past flood damage on Hudson Street in Hoboken NJ.


Hillary Clinton Happy Mother s Day Campaign 2016.


Worshippers gather to pray in a hotel parking lot across the street from the Emanuel AME Church following a shooting Wednesday June 17 2015 in Charleston SC.


A statue of an iron worker in Chisholm Minn Booms and busts are part of the circle of life in Minnesota s Iron Range but never before has the change started half a world away.


Christopher Chin blows vapor from an ecigarette at Gone With the Smoke Vapor Lounge on May 5 in San Francisco.


Oilstained pelicans sit on a dredging hose in Barataria Bay near Port Sulphur La.


President Obama visits the Martin Luther King Memorial with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi after a White House meeting on the USIndia strategic partnership.


Clinton calls Benghazi her biggest regret.


Hundreds gather to see Brazilian music stars at the free event dubbed the Alternative Olympic Opening Ceremonies.


Navy SEAL trainees in the BUDS program exchange their dive gear for completely blackened masks to simulate night during a session at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado in 2011.


Iraqi men meet daily at the local Alraffedean Cafe house after work where the conversation always centers on life as it was back home June 11 2014 Detroit Mich.


In 2006 Lott started a boutique lobbying firm with a former Senate colleague John Breaux a Louisiana Democrat who as a member of the House once memorably declared that his vote could not be bought but could be rented After a member of the House leadership called him a cheap whore Breaux protested saying he was not cheap.


A Red Line train arrives at the Farragut North station.


A Metrorail train operator drives from East Falls Church as trains singletrack in Falls Church Va.


Secretary of State John Kerry testifies at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on July 23 to review the Iran nuclear agreement.


Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Sen Bernie Sanders.


Jordan LarsonBurbach of the United States plays a shot during the women s preliminary pool B match against the Netherlands.


Turkey launches USbacked offensive in Syria.


Charles and Camilla visit the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial.


European model shows vigorous storm off the MidAtlantic on Sunday.


Pulque is the fermented and alcoholic juice of the maguey cactus and these days most clients prefer their pulque served with an infusion of fruit celery mango strawberry or peanuts so its tastes like a smoothie with a kick.


Two women raise their fists in solidarity during a rally at the University of Missouri calling for the resignation of system president Tim Wolfe.


Supporters of Henrique Capriles hung a poster with his picture of the Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate at their home in the Petare slum of Caracas Venezuela s government mobilized behind Hugo Chavez s image Saturday as the opposition complained that campaign rules were being ignored on the eve of a vote to choose a successor to the late leader.


Buddhist monks pray for victims of the 1945 atomic bombing in front of the cenotaph at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima Japan.


David Beckham here playing for England in 2006 was nt the greatest soccer player ever but he was the face of the game.


From right to left thenDemocratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.


President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive at Palam Air Force Station in New Delhi India.


Kate the Duchess of Cambridge waves to the crowd after a ceremony at Quebec City Hall as the Royal couple continue their Royal Tour of Canada Sunday July 3 2011 in Quebec City Canada.


First lady Michelle Obama greets Tabitha Jones of Port Huron Mich and her baby Keegan Jones 10months during a book signing of her book The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Garden Across America in Washington Tuesday June 12 2012.


A large sinkhole believed to have been caused by an underground water main break forced the evacuations of four homes in Amboy NJ.


This publicity image released by Warner Bros Pictures shows John Goodman left Alan Arkin center and actordirector Ben Affleck in a scene from Argo.


The Dismemberment Plan returns to the 930 Club on Friday.


Some argue that Metro should display realtime service information signs such as this one outside of stations.


Kevin Bushrod Sr sits at his dining room table and talks about his son Kevin in Manassas Va.


Residents in the Hliang Thaya area outside Rangoon home to many factory workers sign a petition to allow changes to the constitution Political activity is more open than it was five years ago but the military retains a strong grip on power.


Hogan faces news cameras outside St Peter Claver.


Another group of illegal immigrants is detained near the USMexico line by Border Patrol agents.


The US Naval Academy in Annapolis is investigating allegations that three members of its football team sexually assaulted a female midshipman at an offcampus house last year.


Brian Kelley Luke Bryan and Tyler Hubbard three of the most popular bros in country music at the Billboard Music Awards.


Chelsea Hughes shows her marriage license which she and her partner Melissa Beckham left received at the Lafayette Parish Courthouse in Lafayette La on June 29 the Monday following the Supreme Court decision legalizing samesex marriages across the country.


Wayne Shorter at Art Blakey s The Big Beat session of March 6 1960.


Russian President Vladimir Putin heads the Cabinet meeting in the NovoOgaryovo residence outside Moscow Russia Wednesday July 30 2014 The meeting focused on measures to encourage Russian companies to pull their assets back from offshores The United States and the European Union on Tuesday announced a raft of new sanctions against Russian companies and banks over Moscow s support for separatists in Ukraine.


At a gas station in Athens on Monday a sign read Credit cards not accepted.


A girl in the village of Bumberet in the Kalash Valley In June a twoday riot erupted after Kalash villagers said a 15yearold girl was tricked into converting to Islam.


2013 s supermoon rising over the Jefferson Memorial.


Maryland Congressional District 8 Democratic primary candidate Kathleen Matthews with her husband Chris Matthews host of Hardball with Chris Matthews on MSNBC.


Police officers search a property near the Clinton Correctional Facility.


A homeless man sleeps next to his shelter by the Tiber river in Rome on March 14.


A car antenna topper catches the accumulating snow on Wednesday in Frederick.


CityCenterDC described as immaculately designed glass boxes.


National Guard troops arrive ahead of the grand jury announcement.


The 14yearold decided that he wanted a minimalist place to sleep in so the bed with Pendleton s Glacier National Park blanket is the focal point Windowsills hold his collection of fossils and other natural objects.


Yemeni mourners in military fatigues sit on a car loaded with the coffin of a victim of last week s multiple suicide bombings that targeted Shiite Houthi mosques in Sanaa.


Mateen s wife Noor Zahi Salman with police outside the couple s home in Fort Pierce Fla.


A man from the Russian empire Portraits from Ellis Island Augustus Sherman.


Nearly finished cobblestones lie on a worktable at the Stolpersteine manufacturing studio in Berlin.


Chris Bergan looks at his class photo with Aubrey Lewis and Michael Perman.


Joint Base Pearl HarborHickam Army personnel wait dockside to board the USS Lake Erie Upon completion of its seatrials after construction the USS Lake Erie transferred to the Pacific Fleet and was commissioned on July 24 1993 as the 24th Ticonderogaclass guided missile cruiser in its homeport of Pearl Harbor Hawaii.


A checkpoint leading to the US Embassy compound in the Yemeni capital Saana.


Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk center reacts after surviving a vote of no confidence Tuesday.


Volunteers help voters identify their polling stations during the final day of the first round of parliamentary elections in Fayoum Egypt on Monday.


First lady Michelle Obama laughs as President Obama speaks.


Clinton left is escorted to meet with Singapore s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Singapore Clinton was on a 10day tour of the Asia Pacific region through Australia Singapore Thailand Burma and Cambodia.


What happened at the Nevada Democratic convention.


Here roses stocks and sweet peas help to guide the eye through the composition.


James Murdoch chairman and chief executive of News Corp for Europe and Asia is driven away from the offices of News International in London News International announced Thursday it would shut down the News of the World The 168yearold weekly newspaper published publish its last edition Sunday.


Duff McKagan left performs with Alice Cooper Johnny Depp and Joe Perry of Hollywood Vampires.


Gen Sekouba Konate center pleaded guilty to bulk cash smuggling and false statements in federal court in Alexandria Tuesday.


Which popular energy drink is the tastiest.


US Olympic boxer Claressa Shields wrestles with teammate Ginny Fuchs as the two joke around at the gym last month.


Espita Mezcaleria will host a Dia de los Muertos celebration next week.


The audience listens to Trump speak at Iowa Central Community College The stop comes on the heels of the Republican debate in Milwaukee.


Australia s Foreign Minister Bob Carr second from left addresses a news conference following the Comprehensive NuclearTestBan Treaty meeting at the United Nations Standing with him is from left Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal and Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa.


A few bodypainted attendees take a break at the festival.


A Johnson County Sheriff s Department crime scene investigator uses a metal detector to examine the shooting scene at the Jewish Community Center campus in Overland Park Kan Police arrested Frazier Glenn Cross in an elementary school parking lot and later charged him with the crime.


Sanders supporters hold up signs while cheering during a rally in Santa Monica.


Army Pfc Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade Md in this file photo from June 25 2012 Manning is expected to testify in court for the first time as early as Wednesday.


Cabernet Franc grapes hang for their vines at the Philip Carter Winery at Stillhouse Vineyards in Virginia.


Chinese demonstrators hold flags as they walk outside the Japanese Embassy in The Hague during a protest over uninhabited but disputed islands in the East China Sea.


We asked a phonetics expert to analyze cats meows.


Oakleaf hydrangea leaves darken to maroon in their own time.


Pope Francis arrives at Kampala s cathedral.


A man weaves a fishing net in his shelter.


People and a man wearing a Tshirt of French association against homophobia SOS Homophobie holding the peace rainbow flag gather for a vigil near the Beaubourg art center in downtown Paris on June 12 2016.


Art Blakey at his A Night In Tunisia session of Aug 7 1960.


Newlyborn babies sleep at a hospital in Jammu India India is now home to 17 percent of all people in the world as its population climbed to 121 billion in 2011 though growth actually slowed for the first time in 90 years.


A collection of Mark Rothko works is located atop tower one.


The painting called The Princess shows a crowned young woman in a flowing yellow and blue royal robe looking into an ornate mirror on the wall.


It has a kind of sentimentality to it for me but I no longer feel as connected to it as I did back then.


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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan left inspect a military honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the presidential palace in Ankara.


Scherzer center is mobbed by his teammates.


Say hello to the Ebola virus which is peeling off an infected cell.


The work of Julian Zigerli is presented at Milan Fashion Week.


Jason Rezaian the Tehran correspondent for The Washington Post and his wife Yeganeh Salehi an Iranian journalist are shown in Tehran in September 2013.


Relatives of Palestinians who medics said were killed in the shelling at a UNrun school sheltering Palestinian refugees mourn outside a hospital morgue in the northern Gaza Strip.


Johnson right a ruggedly handsome character actor best remembered as the Professor on the sitcom Gilligan s Island and was its last surviving male cast member died Jan 16 at his home in Bainbridge Island Wash He was 89 READ Russell Johnson dies at 89.


Hamas members carry the body of Hamas militant leader Ahmed Jabari during his funeral in Gaza City Thousands of people gathered in the Gaza Strip for the funeral of Jabari the commander of the military wing of the Palestinian movement that rules the Gaza Strip His casket was being taken to the alOmari mosque in Gaza City for a prayer service before burial Highranking Hamas members were not expected to attend the funeral for safety reasons.


Migrant workers lead a sheep in the village of Krasnaya Polyana a venue for the Sochi 2014 winter Olympics.


Trump Donald Trump s Monopolyinspired board game The GOP frontrunner s face is on the currency.


Some of Timberland s new looks are displayed at company headquarters in Stratham NH.


Seeger sings in a oneman benefit concert in Berkeley Calif at the Berkeley Community Theatre The soldout concert was a benefit for the San Francisco Folk Music Center the Woodie Guthrie Foundation and Seeger s folk music magazine Sing Out.


Prince George s County State s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks said the idea for the training came after a judge mentioned that people coming before her were rescinding protective orders after making plans to speak with their pastors.


Ricky Barnes hits out of the greenside bunker on the 14th hole.


A miner bikes home after a shift in the Lonmin mine northwest of Johannesburg last year The city is divided on whether bike lanes are a frivolous outlay benefiting affluent whites or a potentially enormous benefit for poor black communities.


Barbie dolls on display at a retail store in Manhattan last week.


Ida Sievers a few months before she was diagnosed last year with leukemia She and her husband receive a health insurance subsidy to help them afford coverage.


Singer Lady Gaga taking photographs in London on Friday.


A citrus gardenthemed arrangement uses fruit as its base.


The Smithsonian Institutions s National Museum of African American History and Culture sits on a site near the Washington Monument.


Michelle Obama on the campaign trail for Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia Sept 28 A president ca nt just pop off she tells audiences.


John and Nancy Oliphant of Ashburn Va have been married 55 years They have a nightly ritual.


Driver Danny Dorsey gets a load of sand ready as he waits for a dump truck to get into place in Rockville.


Andrew Mullen positions the Benthic Underwater Microscope to study corals.


From Spoiler On the Campaign Trail With Jill Stein by Sarah Glidden.


Iggy Azalea performs during the 2014 American Music Awards.


Renderings of the proposed WalMart in Aspen Hill that has now been scrapped by the retail giant.


Afghan security forces carry an injured man after a suicide attack on the Indian consulate in the city of Jalalabad east of Kabul Afghanistan on Mar 2.


A conductor stands beside a new highspeed train at Turpan station during a test run in China s western Xinjiang region in June China sees the train the first of its kind in Xinjiang as part of its plan to revitalize the Silk Road trading route.


A Syrian refugee lays cinder blocks for a communal kitchen in the Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq Jordan.


Wholegrain cereal can provide good carbohydrates before a workout.


Bicyclists pedestrians and motorists intersect at North Lynn Street the Custis Trail and Lee Highway near the Key bridge in Rosslyn.


Terri Ware and her 14monthold daughter Micah WareBrody play at their home in Greenbelt Md Ware was able to stay there thanks to a 1 billion HUD program to keep unemployed homeowners in their houses.


Body bags containing victims of Typhoon Haiyan lie on the ground at a collection point near Tacloban About 10000 people are feared dead in the city of 220000.


Kennedy Center honorees latenight TV host David Letterman left and actor Dustin Hoffman smile during the Kennedy Center Honors reception.


A demonstrator challenges a police officer outside parliament in Reykjavik Iceland in 2009.


Gertrude Stein at the National Portrait Gallery.


A woman is tattooed for free after randomly selecting a design by spinning the Wheel of Pain at the Dirty Boogie Rockabilly Festival in Hong Kong.


Former US Sen John Warner right waves to the Virginia House of Delegates as he and Del Lacey Putney IBedford leave the well of the House chamber earlier this year.


Trump being Trump in second round of GOP debates.


View Photo Gallery Maldives Vice President Hassan takes oath as president after protests oust Mohamed Nasheed.


The pope attends an ecumenical and interreligious meeting in Nairobi.


Hagel a former senator from Nebraska who is regarded as a moderate Republican was confirmed as secretary of defense on Feb 26 Hagel s opposition to President Bush s war policies earned him a reputation as a rebel Republican and Senate Republicans initially blocked Hagel s nomination as secretary of defense on Feb 14 It was the first time a national security nominee had ever faced a filibuster.


In an announcement on April 9 2014 University of Massachusetts guard Derrick Gordon said he is gay becoming the first openly gay player in Division I men s basketball.


A UN convoy drives by destroyed houses after Hurricane Matthew hit Jeremie Haiti.


Indian Muslims offer prayers during Eid alAdha at the Vasi Ullah mosque in Allahabad India on Oct 6 2014 Some Muslim families in India say they fear pressure to convert to Hinduism under the Modi regime.


Rescue personnel move the remains of victims from the ship onto a boat on the Yangtze near Jianli in China s Hubei province.


Watch Marco Rubio deny he s running for his Senate seat again and again.


Labor Party leader Ed Miliband gives a speech in Leeds England.


Former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks Dec 14 2013 in New York.


Dan Martin left president of Seattle Pacific University speaks at a prayer service at the First Free Methodist Church in Seattle.


A tilted garbage dumpster is seen next to evidence markers near the site of an explosion.


The bonein ribeye from Mastro s Steakhouse opening soon in Penn Quarter.


A supporter of Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich waits for his arrival outside Centro de la Familia evangelical church in Orlando.


Roy Wheeler 81 crosses a patchy putting green on the golf course at the Armed Forces Retirement Home He is unhappy with the condition of the course.


Image from social media of new brochures being distributed to tourists in Qatar.


A displaced Syrian operates a makeshift barbershop in the Azaz camp north of Aleppo According to Syrian activists the number of people in the Azaz camp has grown by 3000 in the last weeks because of heavier shelling by government forces.


The Coach SS17 collection is modeled in New York.


The family visits around the only furniture in the living area of the duplex they share with DC Mayor Muriel E Bowser.


Nationals center fielder Bryce Harper slides into third after tagging up on a shallow pop fly to right field by Ryan Zimmerman in the seventh inning.


House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi left looks at empty chairs prior to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu s speech to a joint meeting of Congress.


Stephen A Smith says of Bayless his daily foil on First Take I think he s insane and he knows that with half the things that come out of his mouth particularly Tim Tebow.


Five middle distance runners from South Sudan are part of the 10member Olympic tefugee team From left to right Paulo Amotun Lokoro Rose Nathike Lokonyen Yiech Pur Biel Anjelina Nada Lohalith and James Nyang Chiengjiek pose for a photograph after a training session at their camp in Ngong township near Kenya s capital Nairobi in June.


Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo and Kerry applaud a performance by singer James Taylor at City Hall in Paris.


Police officers take part in a candlelight vigil at Dallas City Hall on July 11 after five of their own were killed during a shooting in the Texas city.


Lots and lots of people watch President Obama being sworn in.


My husband drove around there one day and realized it had the parks trees and open space we love along with nice rowhouses Ellis says about moving to Petworth Plus we re foodies and we re excited to try all the new restaurants in that neighborhood.


IDF video claims to show mosque with tunnel weapons.


US Trade Representative Ron Kirk speaking in Singapore last year.


Sodastream CEO Daniel Birbaum in a company factory in Israel.


The concrete portion of the bridge is missing after it fell onto Metro tracks Wednesday in Prince George s County.


American military trainers show Iraqi soldiers how to work in a formation It was a collapse in the Iraqi army s leadership that triggered the evaporation of four divisions in June.


Britain s opposition Labor Party leader Ed Miliband gives a speech on the economy in London on Tuesday.


Vice President Biden stands with Maj Gen Jeffrey S Buchanan commanding general of the US Army Military District of Washington after placing a memorial wreath during the Veterans Day observance at the Tomb of the Unknowns.


This image taken from an amateur video shot in March 2011 shows protesters in Daraa defacing a giant poster of Syrian President Bashar alAssad.


French President Francois Hollande left followed by French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve center and head of the French national police intervention group JeanMichel Fauvergue right arrive in SaintEtienneduRouvray.


A US District Court judge for the Northern District of Illinois Zagel was nominated by Reagan in 1987 after a career as a prosecutor and a stint as director of the Illinois State Police.


The Farmers Market at Reston Town Center every Thursday afternoon Reston Va Photo by Jeffrey PorterFor The Washington Post.


Fauntroy looks gaunt in this 2015 photograph taken in the United Arab Emirates.


The Calbuco volcano near Puerto Varas Chile erupted for the first time in more than 42 years billowing a huge ash cloud over a sparsely populated mountainous area.


Hayley Lack a high school senior in California.


Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks to a crowd in Boston on Saturday More surprising than his popularity among urban liberals is his appeal among the rural working class.


Registered Republicans are nt happy with House Speaker John Boehner.


The Fourth of July Take Action flag poster that Google urges readers to check out and share.


Barefoot Arizona man resisting arrest for suspected DUI gets pinned down on hot asphalt.


People assist a teenage girl at the scene of a shark attack off Oak Island NC Betty Wallace mayor of the seaside town bordered to the south by the Atlantic Ocean said that hours after the girl suffered severe injuries a teenage boy was severely hurt by a shark.


An exhibit on the inauguration of President Obama.


Marianne Gingrich wife of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich looks up as she sits next to her attorney John Mayoue during a divorce hearing in Marietta Ga Nov 11 1999.


Despite GPS monitoring device murder suspects eludes DC Police.


Ledecky bottom right warms up during the halftime break of the ISL championships Ledecky spends about 20 hours a week in the pool splitting time between commitments to the Nation s Capital Swim Club and her high school team.


Demonstrators march against amnesty for undocumented workers on July 15 in Washington.


Kelli Stack of the United States and Lina Wester of Sweden prepare to face off in the first period of their women s ice hockey semifinal The US defeated Sweden 61.


Hillary Clinton stops at polling places in Manchester NH.


Jeff Weaver campaign manager for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.


Sudanese President Omar alBashir center seen during the family photograph taken at the AU Summit in Sandton Johannesburg South Africa on June 14.


Prodemocracy protesters stage a rally on a occupied road in Mong Kok.


There are so many food choices in Paris that it s easy to get distracted from visiting the city s tourist sights.


Ebola s catastrophic effect on the body.


Image courtesy of Vital Statistics on Congress.


Missile hits United Arab Emirates vessel.


Romney hugs a supporter during a rally held at Van Dyck Park in Fairfax.


Hillary Clinton attends a rally with Sen Bernie Sanders.


Where freshwater systems are overused or exhausted desalination from the sea offers nearunlimited water but at the expense of considerable use of energy mostly from fossil fuels to drive evaporation or reverse osmosis systems write the authors The report cites forward osmosis or solarthermal geothermal installations as potential emerging technologies that could lead to more efficient water purification In this December 2012 photograph a student walks past a sculpture made of empty water bottles in Burlington Vt.


Police released this sketch of a man they believe was involved in an attempted assault on a jogger on the W OD trail.


Army APC s spray tear gas to disperse demonstrators on the October 6th Bridge near Tahrir Square.


Ice crystals glisten in the sunlight on a bridge over Falls Lake in Wake Forest NC.


Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally Thursday in Sparks Nev without lobbing his usual withering attacks at his Republican rivals.


Joe the chimp seems more interested in the photographer than in Jimmy Stewart s checkers instruction on the set of You Got ta Stay Happy Ms Fontaine is Joe s patient partner.


David Letterman with assistant Stephanie Birkitt talks to Mario Andretti before the start of the 2007 Indianapolis 500.


Police release 911 call reporting unaccompanied freerange children.


Jessica Barrett of the Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department climbs across rocks on Olmsted Island downstream from Great Falls one of the steepest fall lines on the East Coast.


The thunderstorm begins to mature while passing mainly just to the northeast of DC See image larger.


Russia s resistance to UN resolution calling for Assad s ouster is about prestige and contracts Here Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is seen with Syrian President Bashar alAssad in 2008.


Singer Usher Raymond left and actress Kerry Washington with thenSen Barack Obama at a rally on the campus of South Carolina State University in Orangeburg SC on Jan 22 2008.


Spectators take a moment to observe and photograph a large sinkhole on 14th Street NW in Washington on Wednesday.


Hurricane Sandy approaches the Washington DC area on Monday afternoon In Langley Park Maryland Langley Park Plaza was busy with shoppers going to CVS and other stores Megan McKay 33 of Langley Park tries to control her umbrella in the wind.


Possible 2012 presidential hopeful Republican businessman Herman Cain speaks during a dinner sponsored by Americans for Prosperity Friday April 29 2011 in Manchester NH.


A worker sweeps up broken glass at the United Way of Central Carolinas in Charlotte.


Military police officers at the central bus station in San Pedro Sula during an antiextortion operation Police said that gang members have been extorting the shops and taxis who operate at the station.


Bill and Anne McDonald of Sterling Va have been married 68 years Their key is trust.


OSCE spokesperson MH17 crash scene looks like a war zone.


William Mapother left played Marine Sgt Jason Thomas one of the men who helped rescue two Port Authority police officers from the rubble of the World Trade Center in the movie World Trade Center.


State Department Russia failed to live up to its own commitments.


Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton left shakes hands with Albanian House Speaker Josefina Topalli after speaking to the Albanian Parliament in Tirana Albania Clinton is expected to urge opposing political sides in Albania to work together to push through reforms demanded the European Union as a condition of the Balkan country s admission.


In this Dec 20 2014 file photo Elian Gonzalez is seen at a ceremony at the National Assembly in Havana.


The Sleep Number remote customized for Bob Dylan.


The system can also produce tiny lattices making lightweight but strong materials.


Egyptian Omar AbdelRahman speaks during a news conference in this still image taken from February 1993 video footage on Jan 18 2013.


Alex Culbertson shows transactions via the Venmo app on his smartphone in Boston.


US military video shows Islamic state with armored personnel carrier.


I had started to feel like a person in one of those stories where someone has been committed to a mental hospital by mistake Rachel Miller recalled Doctor after doctor waved off her perception of normal sounds as deafening Furthermore when Miller scratched her ear she would go blind for a second and lose her balance Read the case.


The county s Historic Preservation Commission decided the 50yearold Wheaton Youth Center is an example of Asianinfluenced modernist design with its vaulted roof and massive exposed wood beams and has recommended that it should be preserved or that elements should be incorporated into a redesign.


Ronda Rousey receives medical treatment after being defeated by Holly Holm.


Archivist and Curator Geraldine M Rohling at the National Shrine of Immaculate Conception on Oct 26 2011 in Washington DC.


Kira left and Lisa right perform at Mayak.


The pope s airplane heads to Mexico upon departure from Jose Marti International Airport.


This July 20 1969 file photo shows Buzz Aldrin walking on the surface of the moon near the leg of the Lunar Module Eagle.


Catherine arrives to present the Art Fund Museum of the Year 2016 prize at a dinner hosted at the Natural History Museum in London.


Indian Bollywood actor Salman Khan waves to fans at his residence in Mumbai on July 18 2015.


A ball rolls on a spinning roulette at Casino Venus a mock casino operated by Japan Casino School and Bright Inc to provide the gambling experience in Tokyo Japan on Wednesday Dec 7 2011 Photographer Tomohiro OhsumiBloomberg.


Cubans enthusiastic about reopening of US embassy.


A cold front blows in from west to east through Prince George s County Maryland as seen from a plane en route to DCA.


The repaired gate at the hospital in Kunduz Doctors Without Borders followed up with a 220 am phone call to the International Committee of the Red Cross and calls at 232 am to a Defense Department official in Washington and a UN liaison in Afghanistan the report said.


North Korean soldiers ride motorcycles in the parade.


Maryland Coach Mark Turgeon and his son Will head to their seats to watch a Big Ten tournament game between Nebraska and Wisconsin the Terps would face the winner the next night.


Marchers react to some supportive honking as they walk in Towson The 100mile march was being sponsored by several immigrant and labor advocacy groups.


Relatives take photos of the students on the stage.


In this Nov 16 2012 file photo President Obama accompanied by House Speaker John Boehner.


A woman cuts rabbit meat at a maquis a small African restaurant in Ivory Coast on April 8 2014.


In 2004 Tomlin starred with Dustin Hoffman in David O Russell s I Heart Huckabees Videos of her angrily confronting Russell on the set later went viral making her an early Web sensation A guy in China did five rap mixes to that it was just awful for a while I was so glad when Christian Bale came along Of the episode itself she recalls that when she was filming Huckabees she was also appearing in the revival of Search at the Ahmanson Theater in downtown Los Angeles I would shoot till 5 and then they would drive me to the theater so I was a little bit tired But I m not alibiing myself in any way whatsoever I m quick on the trigger.


Kim Jong Un s maternal aunt and her husband known in North Korea as Ko Yong Suk and Ri Gang pose for a portrait in New York s Times Square on April 23 They have been living in the United States since 1998 and run a drycleaning store.


Fighter jets fly over Target Field during opening ceremonies for the AllStar Game.


Police and security officers look at a wrecked passenger car at a train depot in Padron Spain after it was taken there from the scene of the train accident Investigators have taken possession of the black boxes from the Spanish train that hurtled along a curve and derailed killing nearly 80 people a court official said Friday.


Police officers stand guard before an annual report of Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk at parliament in Kiev on Feb 16.


A Palestinian man and his son walk in the dust after what witnesses said was an Israeli airstrike on government offices in Gaza City.


Alexey Stukalskiy of Russia in action during the host country s roundrobin match against Britain.


Lt Gov Bill Bolling takes Ford Focus Electric pace car for a spin at Richmond International Raceway.


Phil Robertson the duck commander is seen holds the 1 millionth duck call assembled for 2013 at company s warehouse in West Monroe La The A E channel said Robertson is off the show indefinitely after condemning gay people as sinners in a magazine interview In a statement Wednesday A E said it was extremely disappointed to read Robertson s comments in GQ magazine.


Former president George W Bush right talks to his father former president George HW Bush during the opening ceremony of the George W Bush Presidential Center on April 25 2013 in Dallas.


Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky holds a news conference on the day after the GOP gained enough seats to control the Senate in next year s Congress and make McConnell majority leader.


Kenneth Kesselus the Mayor of Bastrop The middle class is getting squeezed and they ve got to take it out on somebody and Obama is a great target.


Floribeth Mora a Costa Rican woman whose inoperable brain aneurysm purportedly disappeared after she prayed to John Paul II grabs a relic of Pope John Paul II during a solemn ceremony in St Peter s Square.


Arjen Robben of the Netherlands dribbles towards Spain s Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos before scoring his team s fifth goal.


Secret Service Director Julia Pierson testifies before the House Oversight Committee Tuesday Sept 30 2014.


Melissa Young wears a shirt bearing a photo of her granddaughter Relisha Rudd at the celebration of the girls11th birthday.


Protesters attacked and looted this elementary school in Monrovia Liberia that was being used as a temporary isolation unit for Ebola patients.


Hundreds of advocates for marijuana legalization rallied and smoked pot outside the White House in April.


Why Jeb Bush was never going to be president.


President Obama reads to children from the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll.


This 2011 file photo from the website of Advanced Periodontics in Hamden Conn shows former employee Miriam Carey.


Montgomery County firefighters work on a fire Thursday at North Creek Apartments A spokesman said authorities believe the blaze started from unattended incense in a bedroom.


Beats by Dr Dre Dancing Bears See the video.


A man yells at people leaving the Baltimore courthouse after Nero was acquitted of all charges.


Graffiti outside the Athens Academy supports immigrants Since Golden Dawn s rise to office in the June 2012 elections immigrant communities across Greece are reporting what they describe as a reign of terror.


John Edwards after the second day of jury deliberations at the federal courthouse in Greensboro North Carolina May 21 2012 Edwards is charged with accepting excessive campaign funds to conceal his extramarital affair while he ran for president.


A US Park Ranger and Atlanta police vehicle sit in front of Ebenezer Baptist Church where Confederate flags were found on the premises on July 30 2015 in Atlanta.


Mamie Gummer as Nancy Crozier in The Good Wife.


With a sign behind spelling out JOB Delaney McGannonBilder 18 months from Bloomfield Colo waits with her mother at the rally in Denver.


Japanese economy is seeing signs of revival under Shinzo Abe who took office in December pledging not only to recharge Japan s economy but also to change the way Japan thinks about itself.


Overcome with emotion 8yearold MakeAWish child Janiya Penny reacts just after meeting the president as he welcomes her family to the Oval Office says White House photographer Pete Souza.


American Pharoah jockey Victor Espinoza warms up prior to the race.


Freshly killed turkeys are dunked into hot water to loosen their feathers before they are plucked.


Ukraine s Oleg Verniaiev reacts after seeing the score for his final round that placed him in the silver medal category on Aug 10 during the artistic gymnastics men s individual allaround final at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.


Pope Francis kisses a baby upon his arrival at the Venustiano Carranza stadium in Morelia.


Wine apps such as Delectable let you share opinions.


Members of the Asbury United Methodist Church are unhappy about the prospect of a streetcar line running along K Street NW fearing disruption to church services.


A driver navigates past a utility pole on Kemp Mill Drive in Silver Spring after the effects of Hurricane Sandy hit the area.


Oscar de la Renta appears on the runway at the Oscar de la Renta spring 2007 fashion show during Olympus Fashion Week in the Tent in Bryant Park in New York.


Fairfax County police officer Adam D Torres left at his sentencing June 24 2016 Torres pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for fatally shooting an unarmed man.


Demonstrators who gathered to share the Gospel argue with officers about having poles in their signs.


A scene from the 2011 State of the Union address.


A member of a breakaway faction of the Taliban guards a gathering in the Shindand district of Herat province in Afghanistan on May 27 2016.


A man sits near a checkpoint along a road from Aleppo to Khanaser.


The variety America is a strong scarlet red and bred to stand up in the garden.


Workers hoist tools up a new tower in the windturbine park.


A Syrian man stands amid debris following an air strike on a vegetable market in Maaret alNuman on April 19.


Tracy Rookard walks out the door of her home which was declared uninhabitable by the county after the landslide.


Introducing Equipay Reparations one meal at a time.


Tumblr founder David Karp who sold his site to Yahoo in 2013.


Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav better known as Duch greeting judges in the courtroom in Phnom Penh.


Gary Williams saltues the fans at a rally at Cole Field House before the Terrapins traveled to the 2001 Final Four.


Actress Danielle Brooks poses as she arrives at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles California September 20 2015.


Martin Sheen as President Josiah Bartlet left and Rob Lowe as Sam Seaborn on NBC s The West Wing.


Once known for its dolls with rich American history the new dolls face problems like too much schoolwork and how to save the arts budget at a school No more tales of slavery or World War II By Alexandra Petri.


Does Obama have options In Ukraine not many.


Members of Iraq s elite counterterrorism force celebrate on Monday Dec 28 at the heavily damaged government complex in Ramadi after they recaptured it from the Islamic State group.


To all America s Got Talent auditioners Fireworks and pyrotechnics not allowed.


The six most distant known objects in the solar system with orbits exclusively beyond Neptune.


Maryland Gov Martin OMalley signs into law a plan for electricity ratepayers to subsidize what could be among the nation s first offshore wind farms in the Atlantic Ocean The measure was one of 152 bills the governor signed into law Tuesday a day after winning approval for many of his priorities in the 90day legislative session that ended Monday.


The twin comets will pass safely by Earth.


Suzy Prucka and Michael Heyes both of Baltimore pose for pictures along with other partygoers in front of the backdrop of the main stage before the Inaugural Gala.


Yanis Iliopoulos and son Alexandros discuss the referendum at home.


Kerry picks up a wreath to lay at the site of last week s shooting at the headquarters of the French satirical publication Charlie Hebdo as he paid homage to all the victims with stops throughout Paris.


Leslie Bynum 68 with her son Raphael Bynum who is pressing authorities to find his mother and Sister Kimberly Bynum 38.


US goalkeeper Tim Howard puts the ball into play against Azerbaijan.


John A Sanchez and his wife Debra Sanchez walk towards the gazebo in the Plaza in Santa Fe NM where he would be sworn in as lieutenant governor on Jan 1 2011.


Actress Ruth Wilson wears a Prada column with turquoise chiffon trim.


Egyptians carry an injured protester during clashes with antiriot police in Cairo Hundreds of antigovernment protesters returned to Cairo s central Tahrir Square chanting slogans against Hosni Mubarak just hours after the Egyptian president fired his cabinet but refused to step down.


France s President Francois Hollande listens to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan as he speaks to journalists following a meeting Monday at the Elysee Palace in Paris.


Apple CEO Tim Cook discusses the iPad during the Sept 9 event Photo by Beck DiefenbachReuters.


Staff members of a local private television station Watan look at the damage caused after Israeli troops raided this and another Palestinian television station in the West Bank city of Ramallah overnight seizing computers and broadcasting equipment.


Pilgrims react as they attend a mass led by Pope Francis near Tacloban airport An emotional pope comforted survivors of Typhoon Haiyan.


Washington Spirit midfielder Christine Nairn grew up in Annapolis and was a threetime Washington Post AllMet player at Spalding High School.


Costa Rican Joel Campbell takes off an inspired celebration of his goal.


Customs and Border Patrol unveiled the Mobile Passport Control app in Atlanta in 2014.


President Barack Obama awards journalist Tom Brokaw the Presidential Medal of Freedom Monday Nov 24 2014 during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington.


Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton shake hands after their first presidential debate at Hofstra University in New York on Monday.


A worker at a games company laughs as she poses with posters depicting a royal baby.


Currie s extra fancy market peonies are cut to a 24inch stem but peony blooms can look just as dramatic floating in a bowl This is a way to salvage stormdamaged stalks.


Maria Bremberg reads March 21 to three of her four children Lucy from left Paul and Anne on the steps of the family home in Alexandria.


Prayer rugs are rolled out for the first Muslim prayer service at Washington National Cathedral held Friday.


Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Fayetteville NC on March 9 2016 Trump was interrupted repeatedly by demonstrators during his rally.


Alex Ovechkin celebrates his 51st goal of the season against the Montreal Canadiens making him the Capitals alltime leading goalscorer.


Canary linen and canvas blazer with a chiffon long sleeved button down blazer and linen canvas highwaisted flare skirt Clothing by Cushnie et Ochs from their 2012 Spring season collection.


We expect compliance If not will take appropriate action FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said Monday.


I am concerned that when these countries engage in provocations of one kind or another over these various islands that it raises the possibility that a misjudgment on one side or the other could result in violence and could result in conflict Defense Secretary Leon E Panetta said of the brewing political crisis over uninhabitated islands between China and Japan in the East China Sea.


Two men help and an injured protester as residents clash with Muslim Brotherhood members and Morsi supporters outside Cairo University.


This map of the world decorates a wall Just outside a 4th floor conference room at Uber s new DC headquarters on Rhode Island Avenue NW.


EL Konigsburg an author who twice won one of the top honors for children s literature died April 19 at Inova Fairfax Hospital She was 83 She won the John Newbery Medal in 1997 for her book The View from Saturday and in 1968 for From the MixedUp Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler READ EL Konigsburg author of From the Mixedup Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler and other children s classics dies at 83.


Pancake payoff US ambassador makes good on World Cup vs Belgium bet.


Anthony Gooden was hospitalized for five weeks undergoing treatment for burns The photo on the right shows him before the alleged attack.


People take photos with US soldiers in Bialystok Poland last year.


Afghan soldiers warm themselves by a fire on the morning of a major operation in Zabul province.


The Imperial Astronomical Observatory is a pretelescopic structure built during the Ming dynasty and expanded during the Qing dynasty It was once a research center for some of China s most important scholars The intricate bronze instrument is an example of the long technological heritage of China.


In Little Havana s Domino Park residents play its namesake game.


Chefs Jonathan Krinn and Jason Maddens lead a meeting at Clarity.


Helen Trimble of Brooklyn embraces Stern during a news conference in New York in 1994 Earlier a man had called into Stern s show and said he was going to jump off the George Washington Bridge Trimble who had happened to be driving on the bridge jumped out of her car and tackled him with a bear hug until police arrived.


Three people were trapped in a car in the 7800 block of Caroll Avenue.


Sarengaowa 59 tearfully talks about the loss of her grassland to a gold mine In the background is another Mongol herder Aodengfu50.


Obama announces free community college plan.


Youths play with a ball during a break at Pyongyang International Football School.


Health workers move the body of a fellow health worker who they believe passed away from the Ebola virus at one of the largest hospitals in Monrovia Liberia.


This bucolic meadow is next door to the Long Hollow Baptist Church where Beth Cox and her family attend services The Southern Baptist church draws 7000 people on Sundays and church literature describes marriage as the uniting of one man and one woman.


Precious Moore a fifthgrader at Martin Luther King Elementary in Southeast Washington plays with Chuck Brown during a Reading Is Fundamental event in honor of Black History Month in 2010.


A churchgoer cries during a service at the Potter s House Church in Dallas.


Who will win the 2016 presidential election This professor has predicted correctly for 32 years.


Antigovernment protesters who were wounded during Tuesday night s deadly clashes with riot police rest in Kiev s Mykhaylo Gold Dome cathedral which was turned into a hospital.


Arlington County police investigate the case of a woman found dead in her home in Arlington on April 17 2015 The body of Bonnie Black was found after her two children ages 3 and 5 were seen wandering in the yard in their pajamas.


This spear gun wrapped in packing tape was discovered in a carryon bag at the Newark NJ airport.


Family members grieve as members of an Ebola burial team prepare to remove Nama Fambule s body.


Sky and water glows red on the Fourth of July in DC.


Shiite tribal fighters raise weapons and chant slogans against the alQaedainspired Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in the Sadr City area of Baghdad Government leaders have urged Iraqis to help battle insurgents who have captured large swaths of territory north of the capital The poster depicts Shiite spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali alSistani.


A crowd gathers near the scene where Michael Brown was shot.


United States s Tori Bowie crosses the finish line The US women s 4x100 relay team won gold with a time of 4101 seconds.


Sen Henry L Marsh III speaks with Sen R Creigh Deeds before a meeting of the Virginia Senate Finance Committee in June 2008 Although thenAttorney General Robert F McDonnell and thenDel Brian J Moran resigned their elected positions to campaign for governor Deeds still held his Senate seat.


Roast Chicken in Pomegranate and Date Molasses.


Romney addresses the crowd during a rally in Dayton Ohio with Sens Rand Paul.


France s Marion Bartoli celebrates beating Belgium s Kirsten Flipkens 61 62 She will return to the Wimbledon finals for the first time since 2007.


The site of the explosion near the Erawan Shrine is washed.


Virginia law restricts how bars such as Clarendon Grill in Arlington can promote their drink specials in windows chalkboards on the street online menus and social media accounts.


Sweet Briar College which is slated to close.


Snowboarders wait in the fog during the delayed start for the men s snowboard cross qualification round.


This file photo shows the door on a Chipotle Mexican Grill in Robinson Township Pa.


William M Kunstler at microphone and Berrigan right speak to the media after Berrigan and eight other Catholics were sentenced to between two and three and a half years in prison after the Catonsville Nine trial in Baltimore The nine Catholics had burned Selective Service files to show their opposition to the Vietnam War.


Republican vice president candidate Indiana Gov Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis participate in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday Sept 13 2016 following a meeting at the Republican National Headquarters.


Researchers must descend about 60 feet on ladders from the entrance of the cave to the bottom.


Steph Curry wearing shoes with the actual Under Armour logo.


Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr.


State Hillary Clinton s emails will be reviewed under FOA standards.


Pink Concussions member Brittni Souder has her photo taken with former US soccer goalie Briana Scurry after Scurry testified before a congressional task force about women with traumatic brain injuries.


Pediatrician Danielle Cruz at the Professor Fernando Figueira Institute of Medicine reviews a scan for calcium deposits in the brain of 3 monthold Isabella Vitoria da Silva Honoro who was born with microcephaly.


Palestinian women react during the funeral of Yasser AlAttal 22 a militant from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in Khan Younis.


People walk through the houses destroyed in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in Coney Island s Sea Gate community in New York.


Hillary Rodham second from left in the back poses with the Maine South High School s It s Academic team in 1965 This was the 60s said a classmate before the 60s got crazy.


Timelapse Uncovering burial of Ice Age infants.


The Corcoran Gallery of Art hosted Richard Avedon s Portraits of Power exhibit from Sept 13 2008 through Jan 25 2009 The exhibit pulled together more than 200 of Avedon s political portraits of the elite power players from the United States.


DC Mayor Muriel E Bowser joins in the celebrations as the city celebrates Chuck Brown Day for the first time Gogo music is our music she shouted into a microphone I want to thank you for remembering Chuck and celebrating Chuck.


Elite mens marathoners including Levy Matebo fourth from left and Markos Geneti front right run in the 117th Boston Marathon in Wellesley Mass.


Helen Mirren and Charles Dance in Pascali s Island.


Julio Cesar Salamanca Pineda of El Salvador competes in the 62 kg weightlifting class.


Ted Cruz speaks during a campaign event at Iowa Lake Community College January 29 2016 in Emmetsburg Iowa.


Chef allegedly kills cooks girlfriend before committing suicide.


Forty years after a landmark law passed New York state has more than 400 vineyards including Rooftop Reds in Brooklyn.


Barbara Comstock makes a victory speech after winning Virginia s 10th district seat for the US House in Ashburn Virginia November 4 2014.


Schlafly the Republican National Coalition for Life chairwoman waves her hat as she leads her group to the Republican platform hearing in San Diego.


Shannon Page monitors her grandmother The MedCottage purchased by Viola s family measures about 12 by 24 feet or about the size of a master bedroom.


Spending by outside groups in the 2012 election.


The toilet plays music and has lights that go on automatically.


2M is less than a mile from Union Station and just over a mile from the Capitol but it faces competition from multiple buildings nearby.


Two and a Half Men cast members from left John Cryer Angus T Jones and Sheen are photographed after winning the Favorite Television Comedy award at the 33rd Annual People s Choice Awards in Los Angeles.


A member of the search team looks out over the Java Sea near Pangkalan Bun Kalimantan.


Matthew McConaughey in a scene from Magic Mike.


Police officers investigate the end of an 82foot tunnel that was dug under the walls of a maximumsecurity prison in the Georgian capital by 12 highprofile detainees who escaped in 2000.


Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman swings for a solo home run in the fifth inning.


Sanders is hugged after he announced the Employ Young Americans Now Act.


North Carolina State s Ralston Turner reacts after the Wolfpack fell to Saint Louis 8380 in overtime.


Commuters ride the Silver Line past the McLean station on the new line s first day of operation.


Organizer Adam Siple is ahead of his H Street Runners inspired by their club motto Faster than the Streetcar who participate in a fun run along the H StreetBenning Road Streetcar Line in Washington on March 5 2016.


Annual delay for each auto commuter 48 hours.


Figure 2 Surface weather map for Friday morning depicting fronts and regions of weather Green shaded area denotes heavy showers.


This fourbedroom threebathroom house in Warrenton listed for 117 million is located on 35 acres and has a columned front porch and brick entryway where family members and guests can take in views of the countryside The real estate agent says the house is ideal for equestrians looking for space for their horses to roam.


The Chindi Colorblock Pillow Cover in Poppy is handloomed with recycled cotton in India giving this pillow color texture and a story.


Dallas wide receiver Dez Bryant scores a touchdown.


Vice Presidentelect Sen Joe Biden DDel left stands with his son Hunter during a reenactment of the Senate oath ceremony Tuesday Jan 6 2009 in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington.


I say this to all of you clearly and unequivocally I did nt break the law Gray said responding to the federal allegations.


NEW YORK NY SEPTEMBER 06 A model walks the runway at the Ralph Rucci fashion show during MercedesBenz Fashion Week Spring 2015 on September 6 2014 in New York City.


Members of a Maidan selfdefense battalion take part in weapons training at a Ukrainian Interior Ministry base near Kiev.


Two of Eastman Kodak s most successful cameras.


Moemen Abu Ras looks at the engine of a Mercedes in the lot of his car business in Gaza City He opened this dealership months ago importing cars from Germany via Israel and selling them in the Gaza Strip.


The injured man is carried to an ambulance.


Anwar alAwlaki a USborn Muslim cleric of Yemeni descent was killed Sept 30 2011 by a US drone strike in Yemen.


April Ross of the US celebrates after she and Kerri Walsh Jennings won the bronze medal in beach volleyball.


Emergency personnel clean blood from the scene.


Staff members prepare for the next patient at the center.


Jordan Spieth uses his putter to high five some young fans as he walks to the 17th tee.


Dr Habibullah Aini is the last doctor remaining at the Kabul Urgent and Primary care clinic once a model for Afghanistan s public health sector After US funds evaporated the government was unable or unwilling to support it.


Del Campo s chicken salad arepa with avocado and red onions.


The latest and most detailed image of Pluto sent back to Earth This was captured by New Horizons at about 4 pm EDT on July 13 about 16 hours before the moment of closest approach The spacecraft was 476000 miles from the surface.


This feature has a strange appearance as if the crater has feet with toes sticking out of two sides First there was a highly oblique impact event with the bolide.


Chris Matthia with his wife Lindsay and 11monthold son Christopher pose for a photograph Jan 18 in Mt Airy Md Matthai was fired from his job with the Social Security Administration when he notified them that he was being deployed to Afghanistan His son was born while he was deployed.


Demonstrators in front of the Russian Embassy stand on flipped cars as a man tears down the Russian flag.


Robert Patton head of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.


Kristen Coffey of Gaithersburg Md relaxes with Midnight on her lap underneath the house rules at Washington s first cat cafe Crumbs Whiskers.


Parallel slalom snowboard gold medalist Vic Wild of Russia.


Scientists might be able to forecast earthquakes and volcanic eruptions soon.


Indian female voters wave their ID cards as they stand in a line at a polling station during the fifth phase of the Indian general elections in Bhopal India.


Paul Manafort left answers a question from a reporter.


According to the Web site of Combos snacks only eight of 50 cities surveyed were less manly in its October 2011 study That was down 33 spots after coming in 9th the year before Why The District lagged in manly lifestyle and concentration of manly retail stores.


Members of congregation worship through song at the Victory in Christ temple in Rio de Janeiro.


The police chief in Herat has tried to counter the criticism against government inaction against kidnappers by plastering billboards with photos of himself returning kidnapped children to their parents Here a police billboard in downtown Herat reads The rescue and handover of Sayed Arshad a twoandahalf yearold baby from the claws of kidnappers to his family.


Restaurant owner Oui Suthamtewakul right and Michael Ritrovato speak about Alexis who worked for Suthamtewakul in Fort Worth.


Margot Stilley stars as Lisa and Kieran OBrien as Matt in Michael Winterbottom s 2004 film 9 Songs which features nonsimulated sex acts.


George Zimmerman appears for a bond hearing at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center in Sanford Florida June 29 2012.


A Freedom Industries worker places a boom in the Elk River near Charleston at the site of a chemical leak in that has fouled the drinking water in five West Virginia counties.


A colony of Italian worker bees congregates outside its hive near Columbia Falls Maine.


Hitchcock was pregnant with Hudson when they met Biden.


People listen to a discussion about unrest in the town of Ferguson at Christ the King United Church of Christ in Florissant Mo.


Map showing when a sounding rocket may be visible across the MidAtlantic after launch expected Wednesday night in 7 to 9 pm window.


Aviatrix Nancy Harkness Love director of the Women s Auxiliary Ferry Squadron and Col Robert H Baker commanding officer inspect the first contingent of women pilots in the WAFS at the New Castle Army Air Base Del on Sept 22 1942.


Celebrants holding banners with images of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II take part in a procession in Quito Ecuador to mark the canonization of the two popes in Rome on Sunday.


Five years of budget cuts by Congress have left the IRS so cashstrapped that Commissioner John Koskinen does nt bother sugarcoating the state of customer service It s abysmal he said.


Members of the Ukrainian ultranationalist Right Sector political party peer through a door and window of the Kiev City Prosecutors office.


Brazil s Oscar left and Chile s Marcelo Diaz vie for the ball.


A mourner leans on the casket of Damian Meins after his funeral service in Riverside Calif.


It s irresponsible to seek a deep permanent tax cut when the government is deeply in the red And Romney would exacerbate the situation by spending extravagantly on defense even as the last of the Bushera wars ends See full article.


Male modelFix blogger Aaron Blake shows off his Loop T Get yours.


Health workers spray each other with disinfectant chemicals after they handled a suspected Ebola case in Monrovia Liberia.


Goodluck Jonathan losing in Nigerian polls.


People in Midway Tenn say that once the WalMart store opened in nearby Greeneville momandpop operations such as the Midway General Store did nt stand a chance Recent statistics show that 24 percent of the residents of Midway live in poverty.


Neil Perry left Kimberly Perry and Reid Perry of the Band Perry.


From left USA Swimming team director Frank Busch USOC CEO Scott Blackmun USA Swimming Exectuive Director Chuck Wielgus IOC President Thomas Bach.


A 3D printer that creates cheap housing in hours.


The Supreme Court turned away several cases on controversial issues Monday Besides the photographer s case it declined to hear challenges to lethal execution methods and the NSA s phone data collection.


Hussain Etwi 80 and an Iraqi sheikh sits in the mudhif The village s rules are particularly striking in a country where talking politics through a thick cloud of cigarette smoke could be considered a national pastime.


Villanova fans swarm streets to celebrate buzzerbeating win.


Thomas S Foley a former congressman who served as speaker of the House from 1989 to 1995 died Oct 18 according to House Democratic aides Foley was a Washington state lawmaker who became the first speaker since the Civil War who failed to win reelection in his home district He later served as ambassador to Japan under President Bill Clinton He was 84 READ Thomas S Foley former House speaker dies at 84.


A man writes a condolence message in Duesseldorf airport on Tuesday.


Rohingya are escorted by Burmese police in a truck after being allowed to shop at the refugee camp s market.


Bob Clayton clears his long driveway with a snowblower in Middletown Md.


Metro riders scared off by fires delays.


Man tries to find Pokemon in the center of small Tokyo street.


A real live woman pushes a wheelbarrow past scarecrows.


Sen Tim Kaine left and Gov Mike Pence shake hands as they arrive for the debate.


A man walks by a polling station in an old firehouse in London.


This is how scientists tracked down a radio flash 6 billion light years away.


Ukrainian marines carry a machine gun inside the Ukrainian marine base in the city of Feodosia Crimea The Russian Defense Ministry said the Russian flag was flying over 189 military facilities in Crimea It did nt specify whether any Ukrainian military operations there remained under Ukrainian control.


A demonstrator wearing a Confederateflagstyle shirt with holes and burn marks holds South Carolina s state flag.


Virginians look over some of the many maps VDOT brought to Oakton High School to show details of the I66 HOT lanes plan.


Two people cheer at the Pride parade in Dublin.


Demonstrators march through the streets of St Louis.


Dwayne Ferebee works on the plumbing in a new medical building in Norfolk Va.


A Metro Silver Line train makes it way to Washington passing another Metro train on a lower rail.


Michelle Obama carries a bag of toys donated by Executive Office staffers into a Toys for Tots event at Joint Base AnacostiaBolling on Dec 16 Toys for Tots distributes toys to underprivileged children.


This image shows mammoth vertebrae in ice in Yukon Territory Canada.


David Simon and Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity were tossing vulgarities at each other on social media.


Pope Francis blesses faithful as he leaves at end of a special audience with members of the UCIIM Catholic union of Italian secondary school teachers in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican Saturday March 14 2015.


Michelle Obama jumps rope with Chinese schoolchildren during her visit to an ancient city wall with her daughters and her mother in Xian When the young women asked Obama to join in the double dutch she demurred I ve already done my jumping and I m not going to break a leg she said.


A Malian soldier stands guard outside the Radisson Blu two days after a deadly attack claimed by the alMourabitoun group an alQaeda affiliate led by notorious oneeyed Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar.


He made you want to be better Bob Woodward said of Bradlee who not only had been his editor and mentor but a longtime friend.


Sarah Palin chose an eyecatching silver spangled cardigan for her public endorsement of Donald Trump.


Police officers control the situation as relatives and friends of those on the flight grieve at a hotel near St Petersburg s Pulkovo airport.


Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood during the 2014 CMAs.


President Obama walks with Sasha left and Malia toward Marine One for their departure from the White House as they headed to Hawaii for a twoweek vacation.


Syrians walk past a crater caused by an explosion at Saadallah alJabri Square in Aleppo.


Walgreens recently opened a flagship store in Chinatown Now it is urging a veto of a new living wage bill.


CHARLOTTESVILLE VA FEB 9 George Huguely V is escorted to Charlottesville Circuit Court.


Mongolian herders tend their sheep near the Datang coaltogas plant The herders have protested against the air and soil pollution caused by the plant.


Melvin Gatlin Jr walks to the back door of his father s house in Valdosta Ga beneath a pine tree that crashed onto the roof.


A woman prays during a pilgrimage to Calvaire Miracle Mount in Ganthier Haiti to mark Good Friday.


People wait in line to enter a campaign rally with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Dordt College on Jan 23 2016 in Sioux Center Iowa.


Tight end Logan Paulsen leaps high for a pass.


A fountain across from Union Station in the District.


A Syrian refugee holding a baby in a life tube swims towards the shore after their dinghy deflated about 100 yards from the Greek island of Lesbos.


Jay Chmilewski a transportation engineer from the District and Veronika Zhiteneva of Maryland check out the new streetcar the morning after it was placed on the rails I love it said Chmilewski I ve been watching them build the tracks for the last four years and now that it s finally here it s beautiful.


Teddy the Bully Bar is one of twenty restaurants that will now let you pay with OpenTable.


Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright waves while taking the stage.


Vladimir Bukalo rolls away from Capital Bikeshare location at Dupont Circle.


A group of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators hold a banner near Oakland City Hall.


Pop the sweet pinkish variety of gooseberries straight in your mouth or enjoy them with a dusting of confectioners sugar and a splash of cream.


US District Court Judge Mark Fuller left waits with attorney Jeff Brickman for his case to be called in Fulton County Court on Sept 5 to face charges of misdemeanor battery in Atlanta.


The aftermath of this Minn police shooting was live streamed on Facebook Here s what you need to know.


NFL s Brady to appeal Deflategate ruling again.


Lupita Nyong o arrives at the 71st annual Golden Globe Awards She was nominated for best supporting actress for her role in 12 Years a Slave The crimson Ralph Lauren gown and cape landed her on many bestdressed lists.


SC activists urge removal of Confederate flag.


The vast majority of bureaumanaged land is west of the Mississippi but the bureau also supervises places such as the Jupiter Inlet Outstanding Natural Area The virtual island of sand pine forest and oak scrub surrounds the historic Jupiter Lighthouse on Florida s Atlantic coast and hosts a breeding population of scrub jays a threatened species.


Enriqueta Estrada Ruiz finishes making some protective headgear at the factory.


Hank the Cat from Springfield is ready for the US Senate What s a cat got ta do to get a litter box up in this cloak roam.


Faithful wait in the rain under umbrellas at St Peter s Square at the Vatican.


Putting out the blaze that destroyed this barn was particularly challenging because there were no hydrants in the area said Pete Piringer spokesman for the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service.


Young men at 38th Street and 7th Avenue New York City Russell Lee November 1936.


Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins is sacked for a nineyard loss in the second quarter.


A cattle handling area at a new luxury terminal at New York s John F Kennedy International Airport.


Bishops and Cardinals attend a morning session of a twoweek synod on family issues at the Vatican.


Pope Francis s full address to Congress.


Cofounders and pilots of Solar Impulse Bertrand Picard center and Andre Borschberg left chat with director of the Smithsonian s National Air and Space Museum Gen JR Dailey in June 2013.


The lighting is intense around the paving crew but parts of the orange cone zone are nt as bright at midnight.


What we know about the disappearance of Va firefighter Nicole Mittendorff.


We knew it could be a usable space not just a place for piling all our junk Ron Slimp says.


An Afghan security vehicle advances toward Kunduz.


Snow clings to trees branches as snow falls in Blacksburg.


Tammy Darvish at work in 2009 After joining her father s company in 1984 she fell in love with the car business and learned every aspect of it.


Katie Francis left and Emma Cardini work near the top of the cathedral s northwest tower The cathedral is 301 feet tall.


Montgomery County homicide victim Keyonna Blakeney.


5 tips before donating money to charity.


Rubio Obama would nt comment on Iran s Green Revolution.


Cernan at Churchill Road Elementary School.


A police officer stands guard as people are evacuated from Brussels airport after explosions rocked the facility in Brussels Belgium Tuesday March 22 2016.


Patricia Bailey says a prayer at a memorial outside Emanuel AME Church.


Masa Kibuishi left stands by his wife June as she breaks down while speaking about her daughter Julie Kibuishi in Superior Court Sept 23 in Santa Ana Calif.


The Greenbrier swimming pool in 1900 in White Sulphur Springs WVa.


Equations not quite erased on the blackboard in a community college classroom.


Straight Outta Compton director F Gary Gray.


John MacKinnon is the group supervisor of immigration and customs enforcement with Homeland Security Investigations He and the Operation Holitna team are being awarded the Homeland Security and Law Enforcement medal for their pioneering work in tracking down child pornographers which has led to more than 50 arrests and 160 victims rescued since 2010.


The Democrats two biggest House districts are AZ1 and NM3.


President Obama announces nominations to the DC Circuit.


View Photo Gallery WONKBLOG Health care spending grew more slowly in the past two years than it has in over five decades Even with health care costs growth slowing the US still devotes 18 percent of its economy to the sector more than most other industrialized countries These charts explain how that happened what drives up health care costs and whether they ll continue to slow in years to come.


Mississippi woman pleads guilty to terrorism charges.


Average years between accidents 129 Likelihood of collision compared to national average 22 percent 2013 ranking 17th PHOTO Traffic flows in the freezing rain in Kansas City Kansas in 2007.


Prosecutor Fogle admitted to child pornography sex charges.


Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump visits the Manchester Police Department during a shift change on Feb 4 in Manchester NH.


Emergency responders attempt to secure a portion of downtown Ottawa near Parliament Hill after a shooting.


Service members and their families gathered in a special area near the stage before the concert.


Turkish soldiers guard the border with a tank as Syrians flee across the border near Sanliurfa Turkey.


A new gun store plans to open in the Lyon Park neighborhood in Arlington County and some neighbors object.


An FBI official has said there are indications that the couple responsible for the attacks Syed Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik had visited the park at Seccombe Lake on the day of the shooting.


The ceiling medallion in the dining room was made from parts of the old oak flooring.


Slow adaptation in the face of rapid warming leads to the collapse of Atlantic cod in the Gulf ofMaine.


Syrian refugees sleep on the street as they wait for buses in the town of Madamado on the Greek island of Lesbos.


Maryland State Police patrol the Mall in Columbia after a fatal shooting Howard County Police Chief Bill McMahon said that three people were killed at an upper level store at the shopping mall in Columbia and that authorities are still working to unravel details of the shooting as well as to determine the identities of the victims He said a motive for the shootings still is unclear.


Police Chief David Brown speaks at the prayer vigil.


A graduate at the 2014 commencement for the University of Maryland at College Park.


Meteors light up the night sky above a turbine at a wind park near Kavarna about 300 miles from the Bulgarian capital of Sofia.


Victor Espinoza celebrates atop American Pharoah in the winner s circle.


Kurds in Turkey celebrate and wave the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government s flag as pesh merga fighters cross through the TurkishIraqi border.


Lilly King of the US competes in the 100m breaststroke semifinal.


Nurse charged with killing eight patients in Canadian retirement homes.


Don Walker a human osteologist with the Museum of London poses with the skull of one of the skeletons found by construction workers under central London s Charterhouse Square on Wednesday March 26 2014 Twentyfive skeletons were uncovered last year during work on Crossrail a new rail line that s boring 13 miles.


Pope Francis in Quito Ecuador with the country s President Rafael Correa on July 5.


Footage from a Las Vegas police department body camera demonstration is projected on Nov 12 The camera is the same type now being used by about 200 street officers in Las Vegas.


The chart shows the highlights of SafeTrack Surge No 4 from July 12 to 18.


Port Arthur Tex is the end of the line for oil that would travel through the proposed Keystone XL pipeline The neighborhoods surrounding the downtown area of Port Arthur have a few views that do nt include the oil facilities looming as a backdrop Downtown Port Arthur is almost a ghost town It is ironic because nearby refineries are booming and oil prices are high.


Sen Marco Rubio speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference.


President Obama speaks at the White House The polls were wrong in 2012 about the size of his win over Mitt Romney.


AntiOccupy Central protesters stand behind a police cordon on Nathan Road in Hong Kong s Mong Kok shopping district demanding that the tents set up by prodemocracy demonstrators be dismantled.


Alfredo R Prieto serial killer convicted in three murders suspected in six others.


Paul an English geologist now living in Norway 2014.


People wait in line outside Milk Bar and Momofuku CityCenterDC two of the most anticipated restaurant openings this year.


How you know him If you follow autoracing or you might recognize him from headlines about how he almost died while training for the Indy 500 last year surviving a horrific crash.


Chris Brown arrived at the DC Superior Court in Washington on June 25 for an earlier hearing in his case Brown is scheduled to appear in a DC court Tuesday for what would be a third attempt at a plea deal to resolve an assault case from October 2013.


Have you given any thought to what you re doing to do with your life after the Super Bowl.


In an episode of Switched at Birth students at Carlton School for the Deaf protest to keep their school open.


Police respond to a carjacking Wednesday that took place in Southwest Washington that led to a short police chase ending in Southeast with a gunman fatally shot by police and officer grazed by a bullet.


Snowplow driver Tyrell Day uses a shovel to break up hunks of salt in the back of his truck in Laurel Md.


The memorial service for the five officers at the Morton H Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas.


Glass around the penalty box shatters as Austrian forward Andreas Nodl checks Norwegian defenseman Jonas Holos.


Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel left and actress Hayden Panettiere attend the ABC News Yahoo News and Univision preWhite House correspondents dinner cocktail reception.


Forces loyal to Assad rush through the streets of the Karm alGabal neighborhood in Aleppo Syria after clashes with Free Syrian Army fighters.


Henry Cavill stars as Superman in Man of Steel a bombastic reboot of the franchise.


Northern lights seen from Ellensburg Washington November 4 2015.


Ann Harris holds out a calendar for Sen Marco Rubio.


A Yemeni deminer examines the scene of an airstrike allegedly carried out by the Saudiled coalition on a nearby Houthi controlled missile depot in Sanaa Yemen.


Riley Curry left and her sister Ryan look up at a wax figure of their father Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry after its unveiling by Madame Tussauds.


Dominique a Bulldog puppy poses for pictures in New York City.


Near whiteout conditions at the US Capitol as employees try to clear snow from capitol stairs and walkways in Washington DC.


People listen to the speakers during the ceremony.


US President Barack Obama shakes hands before he speaks at a campaign event at Mansfield Central Park in Mansfield Ohio August 1 2012 REUTERSLarry Downing.


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greeted supporters at the party s election headquarters in Tel Aviv on March 18.


IranianKurdish female fighters take position during a battle with the Islamic State in Bashiqa.


The Justice Department seizes AP phone records.


A woman reacts after Ukrainian national guardsmen open fire on a crowd in Krasnoarmeysk about 20 miles from the regional capital Donetsk.


David Creekmore right with his daughters Emma and Lilly in Iceland in 2013.


Potential Republican 2016 presidential candidate Lindsey Graham smiles after leaving the CBS This Morning studios in Manhattan on May 18 2015.


Roger Ailes chairman of the Fox News Channel speaks at the 2012 Ailes Apprentice Class graduation ceremony at the network s studio in New York.


Singersongwriter James Taylor will be among five recipients of the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors for 2016.


Novak Djokovic serves the ball during the final of the French Open Djokovic won the first set and looked to be in control of nearly every point but the heat on court started to take its toll on the secondseeded Serb.


Alec DouglasHome served as prime minister for a year starting in October 1963.


Indira Gandhi is escorted by President Lyndon B Johnson from the White House to the nearby Blair House the government guest house for visiting dignitaries in Washington Coming from a family that ruled India for three generations Rahul Gandhi has to prove that he can maintain the charisma of his grandmother Indira Gandhi an ironwilled woman who became the prime minister of India in 1966.


An investigator works at the scene of the plane crash.


Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov Rick Perry makes a campaign stop at the Iowa 80 Group in Walcott Iowa Tuesday Aug 16 2011.


Democratic attack ad is totally false Truth Teller.


Ron Crabtree 66 holds a copy of the Visalia Times newspaper with the headline Well Failures Mount handed to him by neighbor Allan Hutchins.


Letterman returns a tennis ball to Andre Agassi Though he now rarely ventures outside the Ed Sullivan Theater during tapings Letterman previously made heavy use of public space outside the theater.


Angler Nick Anderson center hooked a 143pound blue catfish in Buggs Island Lake along the VirginiaNorth Carolina border in 2011 smashing the state record by 30 pounds.


Ryan Zimmerman walks out to his new position left field in his first game back after breaking his thumb on April 12.


Caroline Kennedy walks to a lectern to make remarks upon her arrival in Narita Japan.


Interim DC Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson goes before the DC Council Thursday for a hearing expected to lead to her confirmation.


ITALY Carabinieri pose in front of St Peter s Basilica as a Carabinieri helicopter flies overhead in Rome.


Former Penn State University president Graham Spanier public servant.


An Egyptian man cleans his hands outside the charred remains of the Rabaah alAdawiya mosque.


Clinton on the campaign trail in New Hampshire with her husband in February 1992 wearing her thensignature headband.


Vice President Biden shakes hands with Republican vicepresidential nominee Paul Ryan at the start of the vicepresidential debate in Danville Ky.


Howard Bailey and Devin Rockne dump molten metal into a mold They wear aluminumcoated fire suits as they work with the 2500degree liquefied iron.


Cruz speaks to the media during a campaign event at the Grand Wayne Convention Center in Fort Wayne Ind.


Serena Williams points to the crowd while holding her Australian Open champion s trophy.


McSally speaks during a fundraiser at the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Phoenix.


Sunil Gulati president of the US Soccer Federation with Carli Lloyd 10 of the United States after winning the Golden Ball trophy in the FIFA Women s World Cup Canada 2015 against Japan.


Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson.


Policemen clash with protesters near a parliament building in Bujumbura during a protest against President Pierre Nkurunziza s decision to run for a third term.


Police stop and question professor Dorothy Bland.


Jason Brown of the United States loses his balance as he competes in the men s free skate during the team figure skating competition.


Taking its lumps Gas grilling inspires rants worthy of international war criminals.


Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during an interview in Sochi Russia on Tuesday.


Mercury lower left crosses in front of the sun as seen from Salgotarjan Hungary.


Emanuel AME Church is one of the nation s oldest black churches.


Actress Aisling Franciosi attends the Jimmy s Hall premiere.


Casey Speer 18 left a student at Georgetown University dances with friends during the concert.


Claire Votaw is the director of the State Department s Project Services Office She is working to consolidate and share IT services across the embassies and roughly 40 different federal agencies that operate abroad.


Vassilis Karakitsos president of the union of shipyard workers is arrested during clashes with riot police in the courtyard of the defense ministry in Athens Protesting shipyard workers stormed the defense ministry complex demanding back pay they said they were owed About 250 workers from the Hellenic Skaramangas shipyard forced their way into the complex by pulling up a shutter and stood in the ministry s grounds chanting We want solutions not layoffs.


Actress Allison Williams goes girly in Armani Prive.


James Brady is greeted by ABC national correspondent Ann Compton during his visit to the White House briefing room which is named after Brady.


A worker with the Pebble Mine project testdrills in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska near the village of Iliamma in this July 13 2007 file photo.


ThenSen John F Kennedy speaks to a group of students at the University of Michigan during a campaign stop on Oct 14 1960 when he proposed the US Peace Corps.


Latham was one of three House members to announce their retirement on one afternoon in December preceded that same day by Wolf and Jim Matheson.


Crowds gather near the Brandenburg Gate before festivities commemorating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.


Shepherds sell sheep to farmers in Arsal Lebanon.


Eric Valor primarily uses an eyetracking device to communicate with his mother Joan.


Mayor Muriel Bowser participated in the Girls on the RunDC 5K held Sunday December 6 2015 at Anacostia Park in Southeast Washington.


Patton Oswalt accepts the award for outstanding writing for a variety series.


President Obama walks outside with tour guide Natasha Clark during his unannounced visit to the Bob Marley Museum.


A banner stretches above protesters in Cairo.


A man walks an unplowed street on Beacon Hill in Boston on Feb 15 during Winter Storm Neptune.


This twobedroom threebathroom rowhouse at 209 14th St NE on Capitol Hill is for sale at 769555.


Freddie Jacobson reacts as he misses a birdie putt on the 18th green.


Athletes from Canada enjoy the ceremonies.


Sara 9 lives in an informal settlement in Bekaa Valley Sara photographed four children staring at her through the net of their makeshift shelter.


Ukrainian mothers pray in front of a police line at a barricade in Kiev Ukraine.


NBA basketball players from left Detroit Pistons Andre Drummond Portland Trail Blazers Damian Lillard and New Orleans Pelicans Anthony Davis mingle onstage before the NBA draft lottery in New York.


Av Uber representative registers people on his smartphone.


Oldgrowth trees in the offtrail area of the Opal Creek Wilderness east of Salem Ore.


An archived screenshot of Fat People Hate.