Author: THE WASHINGTON POST
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How poppies, strong and fragile, became a symbol of WWI devastation
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The corn poppy is a pesky weed, a sweet, delicate garden flower and, for the past century, the emblem of the human cost of war. The custom of wearing paper poppies to remember that cost has waned in the United States but remains strong in Britain, the scene of national ceremonies Nov. 11 to mark…
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Mueller says Manafort told ‘discernible lies,’ including about contacts with employee alleged to have Russian intelligence ties
WASHINGTON • Special counsel Robert Mueller III said Friday that Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, told “multiple discernible lies” during interviews with prosecutors, including about his contacts with an employee who is alleged to have ties to Russian intelligence. In a document filed in federal court Friday, Mueller also said Manafort lied…
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Apple: App to detect atrial fibrillation is not for those with atrial fibrillation
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The fine print on Apple’s latest foray into health care carries a seemingly strange caveat: Its new Apple Watch app to detect atrial fibrillation is not intended for people who have atrial fibrillation. The paradox perfectly sums up the deeper questions raised by the introduction of a mass-market monitoring tool for the heart. Apple’s products…
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Senate approves Trump nominee to lead CFPB
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WASHINGTON • The Senate on Thursday confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ushering in business-friendly leadership for a polarizing watchdog agency long detested by Republicans and the banking industry. The chamber voted 50-49, along party lines, for Kathy Kraninger’s nomination. Kraninger will replace the bureau’s acting director, Mick Mulvaney,…
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Justice Department struggling in appeal of AT&T-Time Warner merger
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The Justice Department urged a federal appeals court Thursday to reconsider AT&T’s $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner, arguing that the judge who approved the deal in June misunderstood fundamental economic principles and ignored how AT&T could unfairly extract higher fees from rivals by threatening to black out popular TV channels. The Department of Justice…
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Treasury suggests review of postal rates but not just for Amazon
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A task force commissioned by President Trump to evaluate the Postal Service’s business model is recommending a slew of options to make it more profitable. But it did not go so far as to say the financially strapped Postal Service is losing money to Amazon.com, a company that contracts services from the Postal Service and…
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Tumblr to crack down on nudity on its platform
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Tumblr announced last week that it will ban nearly all nudity from its platform, ending one of social media’s last major refuges for explicit sexual images. Photos, videos and GIFs of genitalia and female nipples, as well as any visual depictions of sex acts, will no longer be allowed on the service as of Dec.…
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Quora discloses data breach affecting 100M users
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The hacking scourge continues. Quora, a widely used question-and-answer website, announced late Monday that a “malicious third party” had compromised the account information of 100 million users. Names, email addresses and encrypted passwords were among the compromised information, Quora chief executive Adam D’Angelo said in a blog post about the security breach, as well as…
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Schumer: Marriott should pay to replace compromised passports
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Sen. Charles Schumer WASHINGTON • Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is calling on Marriott International to cover the $110 cost of replacing passports for consumers impacted by the breach of the hotel giant’s Starwood systems, which compromised the personal information of as many as 500 million guest accounts. Of the bevy of personal data mined by…
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How this emotional George H.W. Bush cartoon went viral — touching even his family
Marshall Ramsey was awakened by his wife late Friday night with the news: President George H.W. Bush had just died. Right away, Ramsey thought back to his idea. When former first lady Barbara Bush died in April, Ramsey — the editorial cartoonist for the Mississippi Clarion Ledger — created a memorial illustration that went viral.…