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How A Genealogy Site Led US Cops To Serial Rapist On The Run For 27 Years

World News | Eli Rosenberg, The Washington Post | Saturday September 22, 2018

Authorities in California said they arrested a man they suspect is a serial sexual offender who committed a string of horrific crimes over 15 years, earning the name the "NorCal rapist." They attributed the breakthrough in the case to DNA, drawing parallels to the Golden State Killer case that made headlines earlier this year.

Man Who Filmed Himself Running Over Emus Charged With Animal Cruelty

World News | Siobhan O'Grady, The Washington Post | Saturday September 22, 2018

The video is blurry, but what it depicts is clear enough: A man is speeding down a dirt road in a four-wheel-drive vehicle. The camera seems to be propped up on the dashboard.

US Cop Caught On Tape Making Racist Remarks About Sikh Attorney Resigns

World News | The Washington Post | Saturday September 22, 2018

The sheriff of New Jersey's most populous county resigned Friday following calls for him to step down, after the publication of an audio recording in which he made racist remarks about blacks as well as the state's Sikh attorney.

James Bond: What The Troubled Production Of New 007 Film Says About Hollywood Of Today

Entertainment | Travis M. Andrews, The Washington Post | Friday September 21, 2018

Cary Fukunaga, best known for directing the first season of True Detective, was announced as the movie's director

My Boyfriend Wants Us To Spend Our Work Breaks Together When I Just Want To Do My Job

Andrea Bonior, The Washington Post | Friday September 21, 2018

"I am dating someone new who works in an office near mine, and he thinks we should see each other during the day..."

Antarctica Warming Could Fuel Disastrous Sea-Level Rise, Study Finds

Science | Chris Mooney, The Washington Post | Friday September 21, 2018

Temperatures not much warmer than the planet is experiencing now were sufficient to melt a major part of the East Antarctic ice sheet in Earth's past, scientists reported Wednesday, including during one era about 125,000 years ago when sea levels were as much as 20 to 30 feet higher than they are now

US Cop Reportedly Makes Racist Remarks, Faces Calls To Resign

World News | Eli Rosenberg, The Washington Post | Friday September 21, 2018

NPR affiliate WNYC published comments from a secret taping it said it had obtained of Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino, who is white, making unsavory remarks after the January inauguration of Murphy, a Democrat who succeeded Republican Chris Christie.

Amazon's Alexa Is Coming For Your Microwave, Wall Clock And More

World News | Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Washington Post | Friday September 21, 2018

Will it soon feel normal to say, "Alexa, microwave one bag of popcorn"?

Man Mocked For Shaving On Train Gets Money, Job Offers And Dignity Back

World News | Allison Klein, The Washington Post | Friday September 21, 2018

Anthony Torres, the man who was mocked across the Internet for lathering up and shaving on a New Jersey train, says he has gotten several offers for job interviews - including, perhaps fittingly, from New Jersey Transit.

As Couple's Wedding Was Falling Apart, An Unlikely Person Comes To Rescue

World News | Allison Klein, The Washington Post | Friday September 21, 2018

The 100-person wedding that she and her fiance, Andy Schneck, had been planning for the past year was unraveling.

Woman Kills 3 In US Warehouse Before Shooting Herself Dead

World News | Justin Jouvenal, Rachel Chason, Paul Duggan, The Washington Post | Friday September 21, 2018

Mike Carre's work day had barely begun Thursday at a complex of sprawling warehouses in Maryland when a man he didn't know staggered into his office, bleeding from a bullet hole above his left knee. "There's a shooting at Rite Aid!" the man blurted, before Carre and others helped him into a chair.

This Is What Happens To A Shy Octopus On Ecstasy

Science | Ben Guarino, The Washington Post | Friday September 21, 2018

If you give an octopus MDMA, it will get touchy and want to mingle. What sounds like the premise of a children's book set at Burning Man is, in fact, the conclusion of a study published Thursday in the journal Current Biology. Neuroscientist Gul Dolen, who studies social behavior at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and octopus ex...

Drug Kingpin "El Chapo" Sits In Jail, Daughters Have Barbie Themed Party

World News | Kyle Swenson, The Washington Post | Thursday September 20, 2018

Pink abounds. Pink flowers. Pink balloon arches. Pink couches. Pink triple-decker cakes. Pink cutouts of the number seven. The color's whole spectrum - from cotton-candy to medium-rare steak - is on display.

Replacing Carbs With Wrong Thing Could Shorten Life

Health | Carrie Dennett, The Washington Post | Thursday September 20, 2018

New research suggests that replacing carbohydrates with animal fat and protein, as most low-carb diets do, is linked to a shorter life span.

Kim Jong Un Offers To Dismantle Nuclear Test Site - Only After US Acts

World News | Simon Denyer, Anne Gearan, The Washington Post | Thursday September 20, 2018

The offer by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un came with a caveat. He would permanently dismantle his country's main nuclear site, but only if only if the United States makes concessions first.