Nonviolence as Compliance  —  Rioting broke out on Monday in Baltimore—an angry response to the death of Freddie Gray, a death my native city seems powerless to explain.  Gray did not die mysteriously in some back alley but in the custody of the city's publicly appointed guardians of order.

Gay Marriage Arguments Divide Supreme Court Justices  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices on Tuesday clashed during arguments on whether there is a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.  The session is the last public step before a decision that will resolve one of the great open questions in modern constitutional law.

Iran fires at, boards Marshall Islands cargo ship; U.S. sending defense … Iranian troops boarded a cargo vessel early Tuesday morning after firing shots at the ship, prompting the U.S. to send assets to the ship's defense.  —  The Pentagon said at least five Iranian patrol vessels approached …

First Offshore Wind Farm In The U.S. Kicks Off Construction  —  Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Deepwater Wind project.  —  CREDIT: Drew Grande, Senior Campaign Organizing Representative for Beyond coal in New England  —  Offshore wind is coming to the United States.

2% Inflation Rate Target Is Questioned as Fed Policy Panel Prepares to Meet  —  WASHINGTON — The cardinal rule of central banking, in the United States and in most other advanced industrial nations, is that annual inflation should run around 2 percent.  —  But as the Federal Reserve prepares …

Woman Uncovers Two-Way Mirror in a Bar Bathroom; Owner Says It'll Stay  —  Tonight a reader tipped us off to a video posted by comic Tamale Rocks, who uncovered a two-way mirror in the women's bathroom at Chicago bar Cigars and Stripes.  —  Here's the video, which shows the stall …

Live Blog: Gay Marriage Arguments at Supreme Court Tuesday  —  Washington Wire is one of the oldest standing features in American journalism.  Since the Wire launched on Sept. 20, 1940, the Journal has offered readers an informal look at the capital.  Now online, the Wire provides a succession …

The no-nonsense Vietnam vet who stepped in front of the police line and shamed Baltimore rioters into going home  —  That's how Vietnam veteran Robert Valentine identified himself after he stood up to young rioters in Baltimore and shamed them for how they were behaving in the wake of Freddie Gray's death.

Regulators May Reject Dish Entities' Spectrum Discount Claims  —  FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler told the commission's staff to study the spectrum auction applications of the entities closely  —  The Federal Communications Commission may reject Dish Network Corp. 's attempt to benefit from billions …

GOP's open season on Clinton  —  Democrats are quickly learning the perils of having a de facto presidential nominee in Hillary Clinton.  —  With the controversy around donations to her family's charitable foundation growing, Democrats are bracing for more attacks on the former secretary of State …

To the Media, ‘Black’ Is Too Often Shorthand for ‘Poor’  —  What does poverty look like in America?  —  Judging by how it's portrayed in the media, it looks black.  —  That's the conclusion of a new study by Bas W. van Doorn, a professor of political science at the College of Wooster …

Teen Pleads With School, Students To Stop Bullying Her (Video)  —  1.4 K  —  A Michigan teen posted a heartbreaking video to YouTube, begging her school and fellow students to stop bullying her and allowing the cruel behavior to continue.  —  Dana Hamrick, a 16-year-old student …

White House awakes to ‘national crisis’  —  Baltimore riots show the limits of President Obama's hands-off approach.  —  For President Barack Obama and Congress, one thing was clear amid the smoke in Baltimore: A task force didn't solve the problem.  —  There weren't a lot of firm recommendations …

Rand Paul Calls Hussein's Ouster a ‘Mistake,’ and Qaddafi's a ‘Disaster’  —  Senator Rand Paul visited the headquarters of Torah Umesorah, the National Society for Hebrew Day Schools, in Brooklyn on Monday.Credit: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times  —  For some time, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky …

Baltimore rioting kicked off with rumors of ‘purge’  —  It started Monday morning with word on social media of a “purge” — a reference to a movie in which crime is made legal.  It was to begin at 3 p.m. at Mondawmin Mall, then venture down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Inner Harbor.