Sunday, 29 May 2016

Sunday's Headlines: Support for ISIS in Fallujah poses risk to Iraqi forces in key urban fight

ISIS fighters appear to be trying to sell their sex slaves online; In campaign chaos, Trump shows his management style; Judge bashed by candidate orders release of internal Trump University records;
 
Today's Headlines
The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors
 
 
Top Stories
Khalid Mohammed / AP
Support for ISIS in Fallujah poses risk to Iraqi forces in key urban fight
While he is certain they will recapture the city from the Islamic State, the U.S. commander in Iraq said locals' support for the militants may make for a more difficult battle than Iraqi leaders are predicting. "We really haven't fought a battle like this."
ISIS fighters appear to be trying to sell their sex slaves online
"To all the bros thinking about buying a slave, this one is $8,000," reads one of Facebook postings, which underscore the women's increasingly perilous existence as the terrorist group comes under heightened pressure in Iraq and Syria.
 
In campaign chaos, Trump shows his management style
The public has seen glimpses of the polarizing techniques that the GOP candidate honed over decades in business and would carry into the White House. He is attempting to bend the nature of a presidential campaign to his unpredictable and outsize personality, eschewing the strategist-heavy mode of most candidates.
 
Judge bashed by candidate orders release of internal Trump University records
The order, which includes "playbooks" on how to market high-priced real estate courses, came the same day that Donald Trump railed against the judge and questioned whether his Hispanic heritage made him biased.
 
ADVERTISEMENT
 
Opinions
 
How I mourned my sister through the books she left behind
 
Trump is a pragmatist. That's the problem.
 
Why was Peter Thiel angry at Gawker for writing that he's gay?
 
Five myths about the Stanley Cup
 
Dogs that change the lives of children with disabilities
 
Revisiting Hiroshima, through these books, reports and places
ADVERTISEMENT
 
More News
 
Tropical Storm Bonnie drenches S.C. coast, to menace the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic through Memorial Day
In the D.C. region, moisture streaming out ahead of the system brings a chance of showers starting about midday Sunday, with a period of heavy rain likely Sunday night into early Memorial Day.
Cassandra Q. Butts, Obama law school classmate and adviser, dies at 50
A former deputy White House counsel, Butts was described as one of the "Sisterhood" of female advisers especially close to the president and first lady.
Klay Thompson's 41 points help Warriors force Game 7
Golden State's sharpshooter made 11 of 18 three-pointers and Stephon Curry added 29 points in the defending champs' 108-101 win at Oklahoma City.
‘An affront to the memory of people who fought': Looters dig up a Civil War battlefield
An eastern portion of Virginia's Petersburg National Battlefield was targeted, but the marked graves were said to be undisturbed.
U.N.: 700 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean shipwrecks
The U.N. refugee agency said more than 700 migrants were in three shipwrecks south of Italy in the past few days as they tried desperately to reach Europe in smuggling boats that aren't seaworthy.
Dozens of men took part in the gang rape of a Brazilian teen. Then a video surfaced online.
Police issued arrest warrants for four men, and hundreds of Brazilians in Rio de Janeiro and other cities have protested violence against women.
The man who seduced the 7th Fleet
He tempted his targets with the high life: whiskey, cigars, prostitutes and cash. His moles fed him bundles of military secrets and law enforcement files. All so he could rip off the Navy on an industrial scale for years and years. Now, the depth of the corruption is being exposed as the investigation reaches into the highest ranks of the Navy.
The secret life of Kim Jong Un's aunt, who has lived in the U.S. since 1998
Since defecting from North Korea, the former royal has been living an anonymous life here in the United States with her husband and three children.
13, right now: Growing up in the age of likes, 'lol's and longing
Teenager Katherine Pommerening offers an in-depth look at what it's like to grow up in an era when learning, flirting and hanging out all happen on screens.
Endangered tigers under threat in Indian forest that inspired 'The Jungle Book'
Despite global population gains for the big cats, they remain vulnerable to poachers and development, and a reserve shudders over six deaths.
Sanders is ignoring Clinton. It might be the nicest thing he can do for her.
Bernie Sanders made clear his belief that the roughly 3,000 people at his Bakersfield, Calif., rally should not vote for Donald Trump under any circumstances.
The top 5 contenders to be Trump's running mate this fall
With the question of whether Trump will win out of the way, we can move on to trying to figure out who he will pick as his running mate.
How to choose a sunscreen for kids
It's time to wear fewer layers, which means it's time to rethink how to protect their delicate skin.
Surprise fees at the car-rental counter
Misleading price quotes are a full-fledged epidemic in the car-rental industry.
The rules of the low-paying summer job
Explaining the "youth minimum wage" exception and other "YouthRules" from the Labor Department.
 
     
 
©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071
 
 
 

No comments:

Post a Comment