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California's open primaries are a cautionary tale about political change; Aid groups in Congo scramble to limit Ebola as outbreak reaches 'critical point'

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Trump increasingly steps up to pick the economy's winners In a major shift from the long-held GOP approach of leaving decisions to the free market, President Trump is shaping the success — or failure — of everything from U.S. agriculture and manufacturing to the companies that produce the nation's electricity. By Steven Mufson and David J. Lynch  •  Read more » The Take | Analysis California's open primaries are a cautionary tale about political change The state's primary contests allow candidates from all parties to be listed on the same ballot. The top two finishers, regardless of party, advance to the November election. Now Democrats are wringing their hands as bigger-than-normal fields of candidates compete for attention. By Dan Balz  •  Read more »   Aid groups in Congo scramble to limit Ebola as outbreak reaches 'critical point' Dozens of health workers are bringing experience from the West African epidemic. Medical organizations are using every strategy available, including an experimental vaccine cleared by the World Health Organization for "compassionate use." By Max Bearak  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Stanley Cup Finals 'Feels almost unreal': Caps fans are ready to paint the town red For some Washington fans, the team's appearance at this point in the playoffs is exerting a pull so strong that they are making a one-day trip from Atlanta or driving 14 hours from northern Ontario or even flying in from Kolkata, India, to make sure this is really happening. By Jesse Dougherty  •  Read more »   The life of the other Sirhan: What it's like to be the brother of Robert F. Kennedy's assassin There is no wife, there is no career. Sirhan Sirhan's crime has had a 50-year ripple effect on Munir, who keeps mostly to himself while he waits for his brother — who has been denied parole 15 times. By Peter Gilstrap  •  Read more »   The hunt for the Golden State Killer led detectives to a Hobby Lobby parking lot While Joseph DeAngelo shopped inside, detectives swabbed his car door for DNA, according to documents that were unsealed Friday. By TJ Ortenzi  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT The U.S. is trying to find a discreet way to pay for Kim Jong Un's hotel bill during the summit The prideful but cash-poor pariah state requires that a foreign country foot the bill at its preferred lodging: The Fullerton, a magnificent neoclassical hotel near the mouth of the Singapore River. By John Hudson  •  Read more »   WorldViews | Analysis Malaysia has $250 billion of debt. The government is trying to crowdfund its way out. The finance ministry asked all willing citizens to donate to the cause, raising almost $2 million within 24 hours. By Siobhán O'Grady  •  Read more »   Trump sent a retired teacher a letter about gun policy. She fixed the grammar and sent it back. "If I had received this from one of my students," Yvonne Mason said, "I would have handed it back without a grade on it and said, 'I hope you left the real one at home.' " By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.  •  Read more »   A man was shot and killed by police. A Florida jury gave his family $4. After nearly two weeks of trial and 10 hours of deliberation, a jury sided with police in the case of Gregory Hill Jr., who was killed at his home in 2014. "Were they saying that the true value of these children's pain was a dollar?" attorney John Phillips asked. By Kristine Phillips  •  Read more »   Fact Checker | Analysis Did exactly 4,645 people die in Hurricane Maria? Nope. In effect, researchers took one number — 15 deaths identified from a survey of 3,299 households — and extrapolated that to come up with 4,645 deaths across Puerto Rico. By Glenn Kessler  •  Read more »   He's pro-incest, pedophilia and rape. He's also running for Congress. Nathan Larson, 37, who lives with his parents and works intermittently as an accountant, is running as an independent libertarian in Northern Virginia. By Eli Rosenberg  •  Read more »

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