The Washington PostNowLive updates: Former first lady Rosalynn Carter’s funeral now underway in Georgiaverified_publisherThe Washington Post - By Timothy Bella, Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Danielle PaquetteFormer first lady Rosalynn Carter will be laid to rest after her funeral Wednesday in Plains, Ga., where she and her husband, former president Jimmy Carter, lived most of their lives. Rosalynn Carter, who died this month at the age of 96, will be buried at the home she and her husband have shared …
The Washington Post5 hours agoIn Miami, they get down from the car and make a party. ¿Por qué?verified_publisherThe Washington Post - By Raquel Coronell UribeWhen Martha Valdés started traveling outside of her native Miami years ago, she noticed a pattern. In Nashville, in Las Vegas, in New York, when she uttered what she considered simple, common phrases, she would receive quizzical looks. “I was like, what in the world? What are they hearing?” Valdés …
The Washington Post7 hours agoDamaged sheet music was discovered at Auschwitz. A composer got to work.verified_publisherThe Washington Post - By María PaúlWith the wave of a conductor’s baton, a heartbreaking melody began to resound inside a concert hall in London — a song composed by a prisoner in a Nazi death camp that, until Monday, had not been played in public. “Futile Regrets,” as the composition was titled, unfolded like the pages of a tragic …
The Washington Post15 hours agoAlex Murdaugh’s victims face him after he admits to stealing millionsverified_publisherThe Washington Post - By Ben BraschAlex Murdaugh pleaded guilty Tuesday for financial crimes that were key to a jury’s finding in March that he killed his wife and son, a murder case that captivated the nation and rocked a small coastal community in South Carolina. Tuesday’s plea deal includes a sentence of 27 years in prison, …
The Washington Post16 hours agoMelania Trump joins first ladies at Rosalynn Carter memorialverified_publisherThe Washington Post - By Mary JordanAs five first ladies gathered Tuesday at an Atlanta church before a service to honor the life of Rosalynn Carter, one stood out in the crowd. Former first lady Melania Trump wore light gray in a sea of mostly dark dresses and jackets — a visual reminder for many of her distinction in the crowd of …
The Washington Post19 hours agoCharlie Munger, dry-witted sidekick to Warren Buffett, dies at 99verified_publisherThe Washington Post - By Paul GladerCharlie Munger, a champion of common-sense investing who forever altered the finance world as the top adviser and dry-witted sidekick to Warren Buffett, the most successful financier in history, died Nov. 28 at a hospital in California. He was 99. His death was announced by Berkshire Hathaway, the …