Dear Executive Committee and NAACP Members,  —  It is a true honor to serve in the racial and social justice movement here in Spokane and across the nation.  Many issues face us now that drive at the theme of urgency.  Police brutality, biased curriculum in schools, economic disenfranchisement …

Mitt: Hillary smiles with her mouth, but her eyes say 'Where's my latte?'  —  Mitt Romney took on Hillary Clinton's campaign launch speech, calling it “jarring” in some respects from what the former secretary of state has said in the past.  Clinton's mouth often belies her eyes, he said.

Hillary Clinton campaign denies access to DailyMail.com political editor as Monday's pool reporter in New Hampshire  — The Clinton campaign denied access to David Martosko of DailyMail.com in New Hampshire this morning  — Clinton press aide Nick Merrill offered varied and contradictory reasons …

Papal Draft Blames Most Global Warming on Human Activity  —  Draft of encyclical calls reducing carbon emissions an ‘urgent’ matter  —  ROME—Pope Francis calls global warming a major threat to life on the planet, says it is due mainly to human activity and describes the need to reduce …

The facts vs. David Brooks: Startling inaccuracies raise questions about his latest book  —  Factual discrepancies in the NYT columnist's new book raise some alarming questions about his research & methods  —  For at least the past four years David Brooks, the New York Times columnist …

Prince puts on private show at White House  —  Prince played two shows in Washington, DC, on Sunday, but he also gave a private VIP performance at the White House on Saturday night to celebrate African-American Music Appreciation Month.  —  Spies exclusively told Page Six that the …

GAME OF THRONES STAR ON HER BRUTAL WALK OF SHAME  —  'I don't think anyone deserves that treatment'  —  Warning: This story discusses a sequence from the Game of Thrones season 5 finale...  Even on the sunny Game of Thrones set, surrounded by a friendly production team and tourist-trap bars …

The sun has not exploded  —  OnlineAthens.com, the website of the Athens Banner-Herald, was the victim of an online miscue early Monday when an unauthorized updated news item atop the site announced “the sun just exploded.”  —  The item was taken off the site and the Banner-Herald is investigating.

LastPass Security Notice  —  We want to notify our community that on Friday, our team discovered and blocked suspicious activity on our network.  In our investigation, we have found no evidence that encrypted user vault data was taken, nor that LastPass user accounts were accessed.

Scott Brown goes from Senate to cycle assembly  —  Scott Brown's work at Gus' Bike Shop on his ‘bucket list’

DeMaio calls on CNN to correct sexual harassment ‘smear’  —  Former congressional candidate Carl DeMaio is calling on CNN to correct its reporting after an ex-staffer admitted to obstruction of justice in a case regarding sexual harassment charges against the San Diego Republican.

121 Illegal Aliens Avoid Deportation, Now Charged With Murder  —  Between 2010 and 2014, a group of 121 illegal aliens were held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and scheduled for deportation.  Despite being scheduled for deportation, they were never removed from the country and have now been charged with murder.

Bride rages as Waldorf cancels reception after shooting  —  Anna Goldshmidt was not told of the shooting as she got married to Elan Stratiyevsky.  —  She got married at the Waldorf-Astoria not knowing that two of her guests had just been wounded by gunfire, but the real shocker came later …

A Thirsty Colorado Battles Over the Destiny of Its Raindrops  —  DENVER — When Jason Story bought an old soy sauce barrel to collect the rain dripping from his downspout, he figured he had found an environmentally friendly way to water his garden's beets and spinach.

Scalia slips, refers to Justice ‘Goldberg’  —  The Supreme Court erupted in laughter Monday morning when Justice Antonin Scalia goofed and referred to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg by the wrong name.  —  While delivering the decision in the immigration case Kerry v. Din on Monday …

Clayton Kelly gets 5 years, but will be released after 2 1/2  —  CANTON - A judge on Monday sentenced Clayton Kelly to 2 1/2 years in jail and 2 1/2 probation for photographing Sen. Thad Cochran's late wife in her nursing home bed.  —  Kelly, 29, an aspiring political blogger …

Donald Trump will declare $9 billion in assets as he reveals 2016 plans  —  Businessman and TV personality Donald Trump is a possible Republican contender for the White House in 2016.  Here's his take on Obamacare, building a border wall, and more, in his own words.  (Julie Percha/The Washington Post)