A 2015 Arkansas murder case that had raised privacy questions surrounding “always-on” electronic home devices took a step forward last week after Amazon agreed to release recordings from the murder defendant’s Amazon Echo as possible evidence. The Seattle-based e-commerce company had refused to comply with police warrants requesting the data in December and sought to quash a search warrant in February, court records showed.
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What to Watch: TV chat with Hank Stuever
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Philadelphia ends practice of billing parents for the time their children spend in detention
Contra Costa county in California had tried to collect nearly $10,000 from Mariana Cuevas for her son’s imprisonment. The city of Philadelphia announced Friday that it will stop billing parents for the cost of their children’s incarceration, just hours after a front-page Marshall Project story in The Washington Post highlighted the practice in the city and across the nation.
Debate prompts Garfield creator to clarify cat’s gender
In this Nov. 27, 2008, file photo, the Garfield the Cat helium balloon appears to be peering at a Chicago Transit Authority worker on the elevated tracks inside Chicago’s famed Loop during the Thanksgiving Day Parade in Chicago. Garfield creator Jim Davis sought to quell a controversy over the cat’s gender by telling The Washington Post on Feb. 28, 2017, that the cat is male.
5Donald Trumpa s latest attack on the media is very, very dangerous
President Trump said the media in many cases “doesn’t want to report on” terrorism, speaking to senior U.S. military commanders and coalition representatives on Feb. 6 at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. President Trump has said lots of negative things about the media since he began running for the White House in June 2015.
5Donald Trumpa s latest attack on the media is very, very dangerous
President Trump said the media in many cases “doesn’t want to report on” terrorism, speaking to senior U.S. military commanders and coalition representatives on Feb. 6 at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. President Trump has said lots of negative things about the media since he began running for the White House in June 2015.
Sorest winner of all time cannot stop whining
At a White House reception Monday night to discuss his 2017 agenda, Trump devoted the first 10 minutes to rehashing the 2016 campaign. The commander in chief told a bipartisan group of congressional leaders that between 3 million and 5 million illegal votes caused him to lose the popular vote.
Baking With Dorie Greenspan
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Sean Spicer held a press conference. He didna t take questions. Or tell the whole truth.
During a briefing, White House press secretary Sean Spicer accused members of the press on Saturday of “deliberately false” inaugural coverage. White House press secretary Sean Spicer held a press briefing Saturday night .
4Watch President Trump and the first lady have their first dance to Frank Sinatraa s a My Waya
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump shared their inauguration dance to “My Way” by Frank Sinatra. They were joined on stage by Vice President Pence, Karen Pence and other members of the first family.
The White House went ghost on Obamaa s last night. Herea s what it looked like.
The lights didn’t quite go out at the White House on Thursday night, but the compound at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. took on a ghostly quality as most of President Obama’s staff moved out. Desks were emptied.
Dr. Gridlock
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Act Four Live: Pop culture with Alyssa Rosenberg
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Schumer pitches a accountability Congressa in first speech as Senate minority leader
Members of Congress and others arrive at St. Peter’s on Capitol Hill for an interfaith service on Tuesday, the first day of the 115th Congress. Since the Democrats’ surprise defeat on Nov. 8, the party’s base has watched nervously for any hints of compromise with President-elect Donald Trump.
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Ask Aaron: The week in politics
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No longer a Mayberry,a a small Ohio city fights an epidemic of self-destruction
TOWN AMERICA: Since the turn of this century, death rates have risen for whites in midlife, particularly women. In this series , The Washington Post is exploring this trend and the forces driving it.
ComPost Live with Alexandra Petri
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Chatological Humor: Monthly with Moron
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Free Range on Food
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Ask Tom: Rants, raves and questions on the DC dining scene
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Texas sheriff found dead in home amid investigation into possible training violations
Erath County Sheriff Tommy Bryant, center, with District Attorney Alan Nash, left, and Chief Deputy Jason Shaw during a news conference in 2013. A Texas sheriff was found dead inside his home this week, just days after news surfaced that he was under investigation by a state agency, according to a local media report.
Drone video captures killer whales eating a shark alive
Shortly after Monterey Bay Whale Watch took about a dozen hopeful whale-watchers out to sea last Tuesday, the group received a call from another boat. “Hey, we got a pod of orcas and here are the coordinates,” Slater Moore, a photographer who works with the Northern California company, recalled the other party telling them.
Marine Corps withheld suicide investigation results that suggested drug use among Marines
The results of an investigation into the suicide of a Marine that suggested his unit might have a “drug problem” and highlighted a hostile work environment were withheld from the Marine’s family for an “unacceptably long time” spanning months, according to documents and letters obtained by The Washington Post. Cpl. Jonathan M. Gee, 22, hanged himself early Aug. 29, 2015, at the Marine Corps’ Henderson Hall, near the Pentagon, after a night of partying, the investigation found.