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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

Jeb Bush makes it official: ‘I will run to win’  —  Bush vows to run hard in every state and argues that he brings a deeply conservative record to the race.  —  Getty  —  MIAMI — Jeb Bush has become the third member of his family to seek the White House, announcing his long-awaited intentions …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

Montco man gets 20 to 40 years for ricin-laced card  —  The plot began as a sinister bid for revenge, prosecutors said, a failed murder attempt by a spurned lover worthy of a made-for-TV movie.  —  But in the months since Nicholas Helman placed a ricin-laced birthday card in the mailbox …

Arlington Cracks Down on Salty Language  —  Watch your mouth or pay a $250 fine.  —  Uttering some of the more expressive words in the English language will cost you up to $250 if you say them in Arlington, now that county officials have upped their fines on public uses of profanity.