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The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/3RZJL4GYEAI6TLDDGALHCFKD7Y.jpg&amp;w=606&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/3RZJL4GYEAI6TLDDGALHCFKD7Y.jpg&amp;w=90&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/3RZJL4GYEAI6TLDDGALHCFKD7Y.jpg&amp;w=606&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/3RZJL4GYEAI6TLDDGALHCFKD7Y.jpg&amp;w=1024&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/police-rock-star-ric-ocasek-found-dead-in-nyc-apartment/2019/09/15/9137c088-d820-11e9-a1a5-162b8a9c9ca2_story.html]]></guid> <wp:arc_uuid><![CDATA[SE34BCGYEAI6TINFCYVYVHE4UI]]></wp:arc_uuid></item> <item> <title><![CDATA[William F. Buckley Jr. vs. James Baldwin: A racial showdown on the American dream ]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/09/15/william-f-buckley-jr-vs-james-baldwin-racial-showdown-american-dream/]]></link> <pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2019 07:00:34 EDT</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Gillian Brockell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A new book sheds light on a historic evening in 1965, when black author James Baldwin crushed white conservative William F. 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Police say they’ve charged a man with arson.]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/a-117-year-old-synagogue-burned-to-the-ground-police-say-theyve-arrested-a-man-for-arson/2019/09/15/1dfacb37-cbd1-41d1-b4e1-b1d1fd6a8e8c_story.html]]></link> <pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2019 12:59:46 EDT</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Deanna Paul]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Adas Israel Congregation was the oldest modern orthodox synagogue in northern Minnesota.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/15/SocialIssues-Religion-Immigration/Images/RKWL2WWWQAI6TCJEDW35VR4X7M.jpg?t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_90w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/15/SocialIssues-Religion-Immigration/Images/RKWL2WWWQAI6TCJEDW35VR4X7M.jpg?t=20170517" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/15/SocialIssues-Religion-Immigration/Images/RKWL2WWWQAI6TCJEDW35VR4X7M.jpg?t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1024w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/15/SocialIssues-Religion-Immigration/Images/RKWL2WWWQAI6TCJEDW35VR4X7M.jpg?t=20170517" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/a-117-year-old-synagogue-burned-to-the-ground-police-say-theyve-arrested-a-man-for-arson/2019/09/15/1dfacb37-cbd1-41d1-b4e1-b1d1fd6a8e8c_story.html]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Jean Edward Smith, biographer who reassessed presidential reputations, dies at 86]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jean-edward-smith-biographer-who-reassessed-presidential-history-dies-at-86/2019/09/14/fe7d1f68-d716-11e9-9610-fb56c5522e1c_story.html]]></link> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2019 20:55:19 EDT</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Schudel]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[His acclaimed books offered fresh evaluations of Grant, FDR, Eisenhower and George W. 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EDT</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marisa Iati]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Indiana previously had suspended Ulrich George Klopfer's medical license for failing to exercise reasonable care and for violating notice and documentation requirements.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/14/National-Enterprise/Images/2019-09-14T204051Z_3_OVAWMXOM7_RTRMADC_0_USA-INDIANA.jpg?t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_90w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/14/National-Enterprise/Images/2019-09-14T204051Z_3_OVAWMXOM7_RTRMADC_0_USA-INDIANA.jpg?t=20170517" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/14/National-Enterprise/Images/2019-09-14T204051Z_3_OVAWMXOM7_RTRMADC_0_USA-INDIANA.jpg?t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:content 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<title><![CDATA[Osama bin Laden’s son, once the probable heir to al-Qaeda leadership, killed in U.S. operation, Trump confirms]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/hamza-bin-laden-the-once-possible-heir-to-al-qaeda-was-killed-in-us-operation-trump-says/2019/09/14/70f2b9c5-b0d5-4e65-a457-d3b0e52fe3e0_story.html]]></link> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2019 14:23:14 EDT</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Horton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The White House confirmed Hamza bin Laden’s death on Saturday, but U.S. officials for months have telegraphed the possibility of his killing at the hands of U.S. forces.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/14/National-Security/Images/AT7N2UWW6YI6TCJEDW35VR4X7M.jpg?t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_90w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/14/National-Security/Images/AT7N2UWW6YI6TCJEDW35VR4X7M.jpg?t=20170517" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/14/National-Security/Images/AT7N2UWW6YI6TCJEDW35VR4X7M.jpg?t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1024w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/14/National-Security/Images/AT7N2UWW6YI6TCJEDW35VR4X7M.jpg?t=20170517" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/hamza-bin-laden-the-once-possible-heir-to-al-qaeda-was-killed-in-us-operation-trump-says/2019/09/14/70f2b9c5-b0d5-4e65-a457-d3b0e52fe3e0_story.html]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[N.Y. attorney general exposes $1 billion in wire transfers by Sackler family]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ny-attorney-general-exposes-1-billion-in-wire-transfers-by-sackler-family/2019/09/14/3703451d-359d-4cdb-bc93-dd6cadcaaae2_story.html]]></link> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2019 10:35:06 EDT</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Deanna Paul]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The family, which owns opioid giant Purdue Pharma, is defending the offshore transfers, calling them “perfectly legal and appropriate in every respect."]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/14/National-Economy/Images/AO6FCCGVVAI6TCJEDW35VR4X7M.jpg?t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_90w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/14/National-Economy/Images/AO6FCCGVVAI6TCJEDW35VR4X7M.jpg?t=20170517" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" 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Why does no one know their names?]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/they-were-once-americas-cruelest-richest-slave-traders-why-does-no-one-know-their-names/2019/09/14/889b5c23-863c-4607-bdfc-7ae3b1bcec94_story.html]]></link> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2019 07:00:13 EDT</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah Natanson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Isaac Franklin and John Armfield amassed a fortune worth several billions in today’s dollars, making the ruthless partners among the wealthiest people in 19th-century America.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/14/Local/Images/FJHFD3CXA4I6TKUDKBHQQ27V2Y.jpg?t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_90w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/14/Local/Images/FJHFD3CXA4I6TKUDKBHQQ27V2Y.jpg?t=20170517" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/14/Local/Images/FJHFD3CXA4I6TKUDKBHQQ27V2Y.jpg?t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1024w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/14/Local/Images/FJHFD3CXA4I6TKUDKBHQQ27V2Y.jpg?t=20170517" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/they-were-once-americas-cruelest-richest-slave-traders-why-does-no-one-know-their-names/2019/09/14/889b5c23-863c-4607-bdfc-7ae3b1bcec94_story.html]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Police union says new Park Police chief arranged for criminal cases to be dropped]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/true-crime/police-union-says-new-park-police-chief-arranged-for-criminal-cases-to-be-dropped/2019/09/13/044a3b31-c7ca-474b-93f8-ac71e0f1d4e9_story.html]]></link> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 20:08:10 EDT</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Jackman]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A Fraternal Order of Police official said that when Presidio Trust employees were arrested, their CEO called the Park Police official, who told federal prosecutors to drop the charges.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/14/Local/Images/HKRM3BE6F4I6RI65FIMZD4DV2U.jpg?t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_90w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/14/Local/Images/HKRM3BE6F4I6RI65FIMZD4DV2U.jpg?t=20170517" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/14/Local/Images/HKRM3BE6F4I6RI65FIMZD4DV2U.jpg?t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1024w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/14/Local/Images/HKRM3BE6F4I6RI65FIMZD4DV2U.jpg?t=20170517" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/true-crime/police-union-says-new-park-police-chief-arranged-for-criminal-cases-to-be-dropped/2019/09/13/044a3b31-c7ca-474b-93f8-ac71e0f1d4e9_story.html]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Former White House official Neomi Rao formally sworn in as newest federal appeals court judge in D.C.]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/ex-white-house-official-neomi-rao-formally-sworn-in-as-newest-federal-appeals-court-judge-in-dc/2019/09/13/daf25b28-d598-11e9-86ac-0f250cc91758_story.html]]></link> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 20:05:30 EDT</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ann E. Marimow]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Friday ceremony featured two Supreme Court justices.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/14/Local/Images/JUDGERAO008.jpg?t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_90w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/14/Local/Images/JUDGERAO008.jpg?t=20170517" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/14/Local/Images/JUDGERAO008.jpg?t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1024w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/14/Local/Images/JUDGERAO008.jpg?t=20170517" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/ex-white-house-official-neomi-rao-formally-sworn-in-as-newest-federal-appeals-court-judge-in-dc/2019/09/13/daf25b28-d598-11e9-86ac-0f250cc91758_story.html]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Why the N.Y. City Council made the ‘painful’ decision to repeal its ban on conversion therapy]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/why-nycs-council-made-the-painful-decision-to-repeal-its-ban-on-conversion-therapy/2019/09/13/46bd9edd-da7f-40f6-99f2-e5185d2edc2a_story.html]]></link> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 19:47:20 EDT</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marisa Iati]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The council is trying to prevent a lawsuit from a conservative Christian organization from reaching the Supreme Court and creating new precedent.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/13/SocialIssues-Religion-Immigration/Images/AXITBQU3KAI6TA7DIX663DUNFY.jpg?t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_90w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/13/SocialIssues-Religion-Immigration/Images/AXITBQU3KAI6TA7DIX663DUNFY.jpg?t=20170517" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/13/SocialIssues-Religion-Immigration/Images/AXITBQU3KAI6TA7DIX663DUNFY.jpg?t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1024w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/13/SocialIssues-Religion-Immigration/Images/AXITBQU3KAI6TA7DIX663DUNFY.jpg?t=20170517" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/why-nycs-council-made-the-painful-decision-to-repeal-its-ban-on-conversion-therapy/2019/09/13/46bd9edd-da7f-40f6-99f2-e5185d2edc2a_story.html]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[3 trainers accused of using cayenne pepper to get show dogs to perform. Now they face animal cruelty charges.]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/animals/3-trainers-are-accused-of-using-cayenne-pepper-to-get-show-dogs-to-perform-now-they-face-animal-cruelty-charges/2019/09/13/6b8e19c9-1b89-4975-a02d-22d1a0d32afb_story.html]]></link> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 19:22:59 EDT</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lateshia Beachum]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The trainers were tasked with getting the dogs to react as if they had eaten a cayenne pepper for a scene in the cable series "Manhunt: Lone Wolf," according to court documents.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/13/Health-Environment-Science/Images/DM3GQWWWNMI6TCJEDW35VR4X7M.jpg?t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" 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known]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/harvard-and-mit-leaders-acknowledge-deeper-ties-to-jeffrey-epstein-than-previously-known/2019/09/13/e1e9f31a-d641-11e9-86ac-0f250cc91758_story.html]]></link> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 19:17:45 EDT</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Susan Svrluga]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[At MIT, senior officials sought to ensure donations remained anonymous.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/12/Editorial-Opinion/Images/Jeffrey_Epstein-Universities_44665.jpg-69569-8587.jpg?t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_90w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/12/Editorial-Opinion/Images/Jeffrey_Epstein-Universities_44665.jpg-69569-8587.jpg?t=20170517" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" 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<link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/trump-administration-chooses-most-expansive-approach-to-oil-gas-exploration-in-alaska-wildlife-refuge/2019/09/12/cfac63cc-d597-11e9-9610-fb56c5522e1c_story.html]]></link> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 18:52:00 EDT</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Mufson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Environmental groups are aghast, while the oil industry and Alaskan officials welcome the move.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/12/Health-Environment-Science/Images/Arctic_Refuge_5_Things-0093c.jpg?t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_90w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/09/12/Health-Environment-Science/Images/Arctic_Refuge_5_Things-0093c.jpg?t=20170517" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" 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