A curator held the pistol in the palm of her hand, the steel and brass engravings along the wooden handle muted under the dim lighting of Ford’s Theatre’s Center for Education and Leadership.
A mere eight ounces, it had been stored in a box among layers of tissue paper. Now the weapon used to assassinate a president was being readied for display to commemorate an event that both shattered and united a nationdivided by civil war. Read More...
PARIS — The match couldn’t happen until armed guards escorted the Israelis to the grounds.
Not until Police Nationale patted down every spectator before they entered Parc des Princes stadium. Not until cops on horses patrolled the perimeter and even more on motorbikes honked cyclists out of their way. Certainly not until the gendarmerie — several clutching weapons that seemed more appropriate for battlefields than the boulevards of Paris — made it clear that this meeting between Israel and Mali would not be a normal Olympic soccer match. Read More...
Explore More WASHINGTON — The Nets broke up the Big 3, ending the James Harden experiment and trading him Thursday to the 76ers in a Ben Simmons blockbuster.
Brooklyn dealt an aging former MVP who clearly wanted out, and got not only Simmons — a three-time All-Star who’s been sitting out to force a move — but also Seth Curry, Andre Drummond, an unprotected 2022 first-round pick and protected 2027 first. Read More...