An African woman and her children were kicked off a United Airlines flight after a fellow passenger complained that she had a “pungent” odor, according to a racial discrimination lawsuit filed against the company. The incident involving the passenger, a white male, happened two years ago, when Queen Obioma, a Nigerian citizen, and her two children were boarding a flight from Houston to San Francisco. The family had flown from Lagos, Nigeria, and were on the second leg of a three-flight journey to Ontario, Canada. Obioma saw that the other passenger had sat in her assigned seat in the business-class cabin, according to the lawsuit, which was filed Friday in federal court in Houston. The passenger refused to move, so a flight crew member, instead, asked Obioma to sit elsewhere in business class. Subscribe to the Post Most newsletter: Today’s most popular stories on The Washington Post Later, before takeoff, Obioma went to use the bathroom. On her way back to her seat, the same passenger was standing in the aisle and blocking her from getting to her seat, the lawsuit says. She said “excuse me” three times, but was ignored. After several minutes, Obioma managed to squeeze her way to her seat. But just after she sat down, a crew member told Obioma to go outside the aircraft, where another employee told her that she will be removed from the flight. The lawsuit says the pilot had personally requested that she be removed because the male passenger, who was not identified, had complained that her smell was “pungent,” and he was not comfortable flying with her. “At that point Ms. Obioma was lost, confused and disoriented. Her mind went blank and she was utterly befuddled,” according to the complaint. Obioma explained that she was taking her children to school in Canada for the first time, and that they had appointments they could not miss. Despite her situation, crew members refused to let Obioma back onto the aircraft and removed the entire family from the flight. “Ms. Obioma watched her minor children marched out of the aircraft like criminals, confused and perplexed … She sobbed uncontrollably for a long time,” the complaint says, adding that the children, who were seated in the economy cabin, were humiliated. United Airlines’s media office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Saturday. In a statement to the Houston Chronicle, a spokesman said the company has not been served with the lawsuit and is unable to comment because of the pending litigation. The lawsuit alleges that United Airlines discriminated against Obioma and her children during the incident on March 4, 2016 at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston because they were black. It also accuses crew members of singling out Obioma, not because she was being disruptive, but because a white man — who refused to sit in his own assigned seat — did not want to share a plane with her. The mother and her children waited for five hours before they could get on another flight and missed their scheduled appointments. Obioma also incurred more expenses, the lawsuit says. The lawsuit is just the latest black eye for United when it comes to customer service issues. In April 2017, a viral video showed Chicago airport security officers forcibly dragging a passenger from a flight. The removal of David Dao, who was seen with a bloodied mouth in the video, resulted in the firing of two airport security officers and suspension of two others. Dao reached an undisclosed settlement with United a few weeks after the incident, according to the Associated Press. Last month, one of the fired security officers, James Long, sued United and the city of Chicago, claiming he wasn’t properly trained to deal with the situation and that he had been defamed, CBS reported. Then in July, a passenger had to hold her 2-year-old son in her lap for four hours because the airline had sold his seat to a standby passenger. And in March, a passenger’s 10-month-old puppy suffocated to death after a flight attendant forced the owner to place it in an overhead compartment.

She approves! Queen Elizabeth II has given her Instrument of Consent, which is her formal approval for Prince Harry to wed Meghan Markle, just one week ahead of their May 19 nuptials. Buckingham Palace shared an image of the handwritten document on Saturday, May 12. “NOW KNOW YE that We have consented and do by these Presents signify Our Consent to the contracting of Matrimony between Our Most Dearly Beloved Grandson Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales, K.C.V.O., and Rachel Meghan Markle,” the Queen, 92, wrote. The Instrument of Consent was drafted by the Crown Office and is sealed with the Great Seal of the Realm, and the Queen’s signature, “Elizabeth R,” is featured at the top right of the document. The coronet for Prince Harry, 33, is on the lower left side and the Commonwealth symbol can be found on the lower right side of the document. The design to the right of the text also includes a rose, which is the national flower of the United States. Next to the rose, there are two golden poppies, the flower of California, where Markle, 36, was born. The document will be presented to the pair after the wedding. The written approvals are part of the Royal Marriages Act of 1772, which legally requires all of King George II’s direct descendants to receive the monarch’s consent in marriage or the union is considered to be invalid. The Parliament act reads: “A person who (when the person marries) is one of the six persons next in line of succession to the crown must obtain the consent of Her Majesty before marrying.” Harry falls under this category since he is sixth in line for the throne, behind his father Prince Charles, brother Prince William, nephew Prince George, niece, Princess Charlotte, and newborn nephew Prince Louis. The Queen previously gave her consent for her grandson to marry Markle after a meeting at Buckingham Palace in March. “I declare my consent to a contract of matrimony between my most dearly beloved grandson Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales and Rachel Meghan Markle, which I consent I am causing to be signified under the Great Seal and to be entered in the books of the Privy Council,” the Queen said in a statement at the time. The royal and the Suits alum announced that they were engaged in November 2017 and will be tying the knot at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle next weekend.

Jon Bon Jovi has splashed out on a mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, for $10 million. A Florida corporation tied to the singer via his Nashville-based business manager purchased the home on North Ocean Boulevard on March 5, according to property records. Mr. Bon Jovi, 56, bought the two-story Mediterranean-style villa from the family of the late local businessman Gene Goldfarb, records show. More: Jon Bon Jovi’s Former NYC Penthouse Hits Market for $38 Million The “Living on a Prayer” singer often spends time in South Florida and has friends in the area, according to the Palm Beach Daily News, which first reported the sale. By chance, the celebrity homeowner’s eponymous band just put out his 13th studio album, titled “This House Is Not for Sale.” The beige stucco and red tile-roofed home was built in 1985 and spans more than 6,800 square feet, according to a former listing in the Palm Beach multiple listing service. The home has ocean views, four bedrooms, five-and-a-half bathrooms and an elevator. The 0.36-acre lot also includes a pool and spa, according to Palm Beach County appraisal records. The home includes Spanish-style architectural details like colorful tile and columns flanking the front door and a bell tower-like steeple with arched cutouts at the center of the home, images from Google Maps show. Two brokers reportedly involved in the deal, Lawrence Moens and Christian Angle, did not immediately return request for comment. Mr. Bon Jovi’s business manager, Charles Sussman, did not immediately return request for comment.

Dustin Byfuglien scored about a minute after the puck dropped and Winnipeg built a three-goal lead early in the first period and went on to beat Vegas 4-2 on Saturday night in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals. While the Jets played at home less than 48 hours after advancing past top-seeded Nashville on the road, the Golden Knights were off for nearly a week after eliminating San Jose in the second round. "We didn't have much of a rest," Byfuglien said. "We're still in game mode." Patrik Laine and Joel Armia had goals 46 seconds apart to put the Jets up 3-0. Mark Scheifele gave Winnipeg a 4-1 lead midway on a power play through the second period with his 12th goal this postseason. Brayden McNabb scored midway through the first and William Karlsson had a power-play goal late in the second period to pull Vegas within two, but the expansion team couldn't get closer. "We were chasing the game all night," Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant said. Winnipeg's Connor Hellebuyck made 18 saves. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 22 shots for the Golden Knights, whose Stanley Cup-winning goalie has given up at least three goals for the fifth time in six games. "He's the best goalie in the playoffs as far as I'm concerned," Gallant said. Fleury and the Golden Knights will have to be at, or near, their best when the Jets host Game 2 on Monday night before the series shifts to Las Vegas. "Next game, no excuses," Golden Knights center Jonathan Marchessault said. "Everybody needs to come and be ready to play our best game of the playoffs. "We're going to show what kind of team we are." Winnipeg, which is making its deepest playoff run in franchise history, started strong and fast. Vegas, meanwhile, didn't appear anything like the team that took the league by storm in its record-breaking inaugural season. The Jets' fast, deep and talented team had 114 points this season and trailed only the Predators' league-high total by three points. Their success has carried over into the postseason, winning all three Game 1s and avoiding trailing a series. The hard-charging, smooth-passing Jets put the Pacific Division champions on their heels right from the start and didn't relent. "We did take advantage of being game ready," Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice said. White-clad, towel-twirling raucous fans in the arena -- and packed on surrounding streets -- were fired up before the game started. And, they were given plenty of opportunities to celebrate in the opening minutes. Byfuglien's slap shot 1:05 into the game off a drop pass from Scheifele put Winnipeg up 1-0. That ignited the party-like atmosphere in a relatively cozy arena with just 16,345 seats and a low ceiling. "That was huge for us," Jets center Paul Stastny said. "Early in the game, too. And then all of the sudden it gave life to everyone, everyone on the bench, the crowd." Fleury had no shot to stop Laine's one-timer from the left circle off Wheeler's cross-ice pass on a power play at the 6:49 mark of the first. Armia had a goal waved off less than a minute later only to have it restored by a challenge, which overturned the goaltender interference call on the ice. "Sometimes getting your legs a little bit under you takes a few minutes here and they took advantage of it," Fleury said. After the flurry of goals early, the Jets were able to play conservatively to cut down on Vegas' comeback chances. "We were getting the puck deep," Scheifele said. "We weren't fooling around with it in the neutral zone." The Golden Knights pulled Fleury to add an extra skater late in the game, but had to put him back on the ice because there was a faceoff near him. They sent him to the bench again and had some chances to pull within one, but the shot-blocking Jets didn't let the puck get to Hellebuyck much. NOTES: The last time two teams were in the NHL conference finals for the first time was 2003 when Anaheim swept Minnesota. ... Scheifele has four more goals than any player still in the postseason. ... Fleury, a former Pittsburgh Penguin, has four shutouts this postseason and has allowed four goals in three game

Krispy Kreme is more closely associated with its fresh doughnuts than anything else, so it came as something of a surprise to learn that it’s been named 2018’s Brand of the Year for the coffee shop category in the well-respected Harris Poll’s 30th annual EquiTrend study, topping more coffee-oriented competitors Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts. Several other food and drink categories were included in the poll: burger restaurant (Five Guys Burgers and Fries), casual dining restaurant (a tie between The Cheesecake Factory and Texas Roadhouse), ice cream and fro-yo shop (Ben & Jerry’s), Mexican restaurant (Taco Bell), pizza chain (Blaze Pizza), and sandwich shop (a tie between Panera and Subway). It was a bit (but not too much) of a surprise to see Taco Bell overtake Chipotle, and to see the comparatively small Blaze Pizza claim a spot above the big players like Domino’s and Pizza Hut. This movement towards trusting the smaller brands more than the big ones represents a larger trend among consumers on the whole. “This is actually a time when being ‘big’ is code for being the establishment,” CEO John Gerzema said in a release. “As private label and the popularity of craft products rises, brands are now differentiated on their values, personal connection and their ability to build community.” The annual study, which includes more than 3,000 brands across 300 categories ranging from life insurance and luxury automotive to mid-market hotel and TV network, asked more than 77,000 consumers to rate randomly selected brands for familiarity, quality, and purchase consideration. These polls, like our recent ranking of America’s 35 favorite pizza chains, can sometimes yield surprising results!

PARIS (AP) — A knife-wielding assailant killed a 29-year-old man and injured four others in a lively neighborhood near Paris' famed Opera Garnier before he was killed by police Saturday night. The Islamic State group claimed the attacker as one of its "soldiers." Counterterrorism authorities took charge of the investigation, and President Emmanuel Macron vowed that France would not bow to extremists despite being the target of multiple deadly attacks in recent years. Paris police officers evacuated people from some buildings in the Right Bank neighborhood after the attack, which happened on rue Monsigny at about 9 p.m. (1900 GMT.) Bar patrons and opera-goers described surprise and confusion in the immediate area. Beyond the police cordon, however, crowds still filled nearby cafes and the city's night life resumed its normal pace soon after the attack. The unidentified attacker targeted five people and then fled, according to Paris police and a witness. A 29-year-old man was killed, and four others were injured. When police officers arrived minutes later, he threatened them and was shot to death, according to police union official Yvan Assioma. Authorities are working to identify the assailant and anyone who might have helped him, Interior Minister Gerard Collomb told reporters Sunday. Prosecutor Francois Molins said counterterrorism authorities are leading the investigation on potential charges of murder and attempted murder in connection with terrorist motives. "At this stage, based on the one hand on the account of witnesses who said the attacker cried 'Allahu akbar' (God is great in Arabic) while attacking passersby with a knife, and given the modus operandi, we have turned this over to the counterterrorist section of the Paris prosecutor's office," Molins told reporters from the scene. The Islamic State group's Aamaq news agency said in a statement early Sunday that the assailant carried out the attack in response to the group's calls for supporters to target members of the U.S.-led military coalition squeezing the extremists out of Iraq and Syria. The Aamaq statement did not provide evidence for its claim or details on the assailant's identity. France's military has been active in the coalition since 2014, and Islamic State adherents have killed more than 200 people in France in recent years, including the 130 who died in the coordinated November 2015 attacks in Paris. President Emmanuel Macron tweeted his praise for police who "neutralized the terrorist" and said "France is once again paying the price of blood but will not cede an inch to enemies of freedom." Saturday's attack occurred near many bars and theaters, as well as the opera. France's BFM television interviewed an unnamed witness in a restaurant who said a young woman was at the entrance when "a man arrived and attacked her with a knife." A friend came to her aid and the attacker left, "hitting on all the doors, all the shops," the witness told BFM. He turned onto another street, and everyone scattered, the witness said. "I was having a drink with friends and we heard a boom," a witness named Gloria, who had been in a nearby bar, recounted on Saturday night. She said she went outside to see what happened and "I saw a guy lying on the ground." Another witness described leaving the opera house and being told to go back inside because of the attack. The interior minister said the lives of the four injured people are no longer in danger. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said it took police less than nine minutes to subdue the attacker from the moment they were alerted. "This speed, calm and effectiveness allowed them to avoid ... a much heavier toll," he told reporters. French police have been criticized in the past for failing to prevent attacks. Paris authorities called for calm and understanding. "Whatever the motivations of this odious act, let us remain united and standing," deputy mayor Bruno Julliard tweeted.

Free-agent running back Adrian Peterson is interested in returning to the Saints. Saints coach Sean Payton hasn’t ruled out a reunion. “This gets back to the notion that we had any argument in Minnesota [during a Week One game against the Vikings],” Payton told reporters on Saturday when asked about the possibility of signing Peterson given the four-game suspension imposed on Mark Ingram. “There was none. I think a ton of him, and that would be the part where if all of sudden we decided, ‘Hey, we’re going to look at additional players that are on the street,’ his name, there will be a few others. We have him on a board right now, who’s available. Veteran running backs stacked on a board graded, but he’s a tough player, warrior, and a great worker and we had a good relationship.” Peterson signed with the Saints last year, before the Saints drafted Alvin Kamara. Once the regular season began, Peterson became frustrated with his lack of playing time and touches. Eventually, the Saints traded Peterson to the Cardinals. This year, having Peterson makes sense for the first quarter of the season. When Ingram returns, however, the Saints could be right back where they were in 2017, with three tailbacks, a franchise quarterback, and only one football.

With the No. 5 overall pick in this year's NFL Draft, the Denver Broncos selected North Carolina State pass-rusher Bradley Chubb. Considered the top edge defender in the draft, Chubb has worlds of potential. Best case scenario, he turns into something like DeMarcus Ware, who tore up opposing offensive linemen for 12 years as he racked up 138.5 sacks. Of course, the Broncos know Ware very well. He played his final three seasons in Denver after spending his first nine in Dallas with the Cowboys, and Ware helped the Broncos win their most recent Super Bowl. If they get their way, he'll also be helping mold Chubb into the best player he can be. According to a report from Mike Klis of 9 News in Denver, the Broncos have reached out to Ware (among others) to come to OTAs and training camp and help out with some pass-rushing instruction. "The plan is for Ware and others to be in a few days during organized team activities and a couple days during training camp," Klis wrote. "As Ware has already served as a player-coach of sorts for active Bronco pass rushers Von Miller, Shane Ray and Shaquil Barrett, there is little doubt his pet project would be Chubb, providing his consultant-type role is finalized with the club." There are few better teachers for a team to turn to than one of the best pass-rushers of his generation, and there's no doubt the young Broncos edge rushers would benefit from some hands-on tutelage from Ware. There was already speculation earlier this offseason that Ware might serve a similar role with the Cowboys, so it will be interesting to see if he chooses instruction with one team over the other, or if he just does both.

On Yaji Mountain in southern China, they are checking in the sows a thousand head per floor in high-rise "hog hotels". Privately owned agricultural company Guangxi Yangxiang Co Ltd is running two seven-floor sow breeding operations, and is putting up four more, including one with as many as 13 floors that will be the world's tallest building of its kind. Hog farms of two or three floors have been tried in Europe. Some are still operating, others have been abandoned, but few new ones have been built in recent years, because of management difficulties and public resistance to large, intensive farms. Now, as China pushes ahead with industrialization of the world's largest hog herd, part of a 30-year effort to modernize its farm sector and create wealth in rural areas, companies are experimenting with high-rise housing for pigs despite the costs. The "hotels" show how far some breeders are willing to go as China overhauls its farming model. "There are big advantages to a high-rise building," said Xu Jiajing, manager of Yangxiang's mountain-top farm. "It saves energy and resources. The land area is not that much but you can raise a lot of pigs." Companies like Yangxiang are pumping more money into the buildings - about 30 percent more than on single-story modern farms - even as hog prices in China hold at an eight-year low. For some, the investments are too risky. Besides low prices that have smaller operations culling sows or re-thinking expansion plans, there is worry about diseases spreading through such intensive operations. But success for high-rise pig farms in China could have implications across densely populated, land-scarce Asia, as well as for equipment suppliers. "We see an increasing demand for two- or three-level buildings," said Peter van Issum, managing director of Microfan, a Dutch supplier that designed Yangxiang's ventilation system. Microfan also supplied a three-storey breeding operation, Daedeok JongDon GGP Farm, in South Korea. "The higher ones are still an exception, but the future might change rapidly," van Issum said. HIGH-RISE HOGS Yaji Mountain seems an unlikely location for a huge breeding farm. Up a narrow road, away from villages, massive concrete pig buildings overlook a valley of dense forest that Yangxiang plans to develop as a tourist attraction. The site, however, is relatively close to Guigang, a city with a river port and waterway connections to the Pearl River Delta, one of the world's most densely populated regions. While Beijing is encouraging more livestock production in China's grain basket in the northeast, many worry that farms there will struggle to get fresh pork safely to big cities thousands of miles away. That has helped push some farm investments to southern provinces like Guangxi and Fujian, where land is hilly but much closer to many of China's biggest cities. Yangxiang will house 30,000 sows on its 11-hectare site by year-end, producing as many as 840,000 piglets annually. That will likely make it the biggest, most-intensive breeding farm globally. A more typical large breeding farm in northern China would have 8,000 sows on around 13 hectares. In Fujian province, Shenzhen Jinxinnong Technology Co Ltd also plans to invest 150 million yuan ($24 million) in two five-story sow farms in Nanping. Two other companies are building high-rise hog farms in Fujian as well, according to an equipment firm involved in the projects. Thai livestock-to-retail conglomerate CP Foods is also building four six-story pig units with local firm Zhejiang Huatong Meat Products Co in Yiwu, a Chinese city near the large populations around Shanghai. HIGH-TECH COMPLEXITY Yangxiang spent 16,000 yuan per sow on its new farm, about 500 million yuan total, not including the cost of the pigs. Building upwards means higher costs and greater complexity, such as for piping feed into buildings, said Xue Shiwei, vice chief operations officer at Pipestone Livestock Technology Consultancy, a Chinese unit of a U.S. farm management company. "It would save on land but increase the complexity of the structure, and costs for concrete or steel would be higher," he said. Health concerns also raise costs, because the risk of rampant disease - an ever-present problem in China's livestock sector - is higher with more animals under one roof. Even two-story farms in Europe have sparked worries that pigs will receive less care, said Irene Camerlink, an animal welfare expert at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna who has worked with Chinese farms. Any outbreak of disease could lead to extensive culling, she said. Farm manager Xu said Yangxiang reduces the risk of disease by managing each floor separately, with staff working on the same floor every day. New sows are introduced to a building on the top floor, and are then moved by elevator to an assigned level, where they remain. The ventilation system is designed to prevent air from circulating between floors or to other buildings. Air enters through ground channels and passes through ventilation ducts on each level. The ducts are connected to a central exhaust on the roof, with powerful extraction fans pulling the air through filters and pushing it out of 15-meter high chimneys. A waste treatment plant is still under construction on Yaji Mountain to handle the site's manure. After treatment, the liquid will be sprayed on the surrounding forest, and solids sold to nearby farms as organic fertilizer. The project's additional equipment - much of it imported - to reduce disease, environmental impact and labor costs, significantly increased Yangxiang's spending, the company said. But after testing other models, Yangxiang concluded the multi-story building was best. Others are less convinced. "We need time to see if this model is do-able," said Xue of the farm management firm, adding that he would not encourage clients to opt for "hog hotels". "There will be many new, competing ideas (about how to raise pigs in China)," Xue said, including high-rise farms. Eventually, "a suitable model will emerge."

Suicide bombers attacked three churches in Indonesia's second-largest city of Surabaya on Sunday, killing at least six people and wounding more than 35 others, police said. Indonesia is the world's largest Muslim-majority country and has seen a recent resurgence in homegrown militancy. Police told media the attacks were carried out by "suicide bombers" and warned the toll could rise further. East Java police spokesman Frans Barung Mangera said explosions took place in three churches and 35 people had been taken to hospital. "There is one location where we can't enter yet," Mangera told reporters near the scene of one of the bombings. Television footage showed one church engulfed in fire, with thick, black smoke billowing up. Media reports said a woman with a younger child and a teenager had just entered one church and was being questioned by security when the bomb exploded. Television images showed toppled motorcycles and debris scattered around the entrance of one church and police cordoning off areas as crowds gathered. Authorities were also investigating whether there was an explosion at a fourth church. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks. The bombings come days after Islamist militant prisoners killed five members of an elite counter-terrorism force during a 36-hour standoff at a high security jail on the outskirts of the capital, Jakarta. Indonesia has had some major successes tackling militancy inspired by al Qaeda's attacks on the United States in 2001. But there has been a resurgence of Islamist activity in recent years, some of it linked to the rise of Islamic State. The most serious incident was in January 2016 when four suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a shopping area in central Jakarta. Churches have also been targeted previously, including near-simultaneous attacks on churches there at Christmas in 2000 that killed about 20 people. Police ordered the temporary closure of all churches in Surabaya on Sunday, and a large food festival in the city was cancelled.

The Property Brothers star married Scott Brothers Global creative director Linda Phan in a whimsical outdoor ceremony on Saturday in Italy. The couple said their vows in front of 300 guests, including family and friends who flew in from the United States, Canada, Latin America and Scotland. “We are still floating on clouds… today couldn’t have been more magical,” the couple exclusively tells PEOPLE. “Surrounded by so many loved ones in such a beautiful place was unreal. We are very, very lucky. Friends, family, amazing food, blue skies and being even more in love than ever before — what more could we ask for?” Designed by Oany Ravelo, the destination wedding festivities kicked off on May 9 with bachelor and bachelorette excursions including a bicycle tour and cooking classes. They then hosted an Apulian style welcome party on May 11, complete with artisan booths including cheese and pasta making. For the big day, Phan’s ceremony and reception dresses were designed by Claire Pettibone, while Scott, 40, and his groomsmen wore kilts by Claymore Imports. Scott later changed into a custom tuxedo for the reception by GotStyle. The couple exchanged custom wedding bands by Devil’s Workshop and Florist Vincenzo Dascanio created the flower arrangements for the ceremony. “He’s a mastermind,” says Phan, 31, of the arrangements. For their first dance, the newlyweds surprised guests with a choreographed number by Scott’s Dancing with the Stars partner, Emma Slater, and her husband, Sasha Farber. The wedding party included Scott’s brothers, Jonathan and J.D., who served as the best men, while Linda opted to go sans maid of honor, but had 10 bridesmaids. Scott gifted his groomsmen with personalized gift sets by Swanky Badger and Linda gave her wedding party PJ sets and scarves by Cloroom and Wayu Shigra Bucket Bags from ME to WE, hand-woven by artisan partners in Ecuador. In lieu of a registry, the couple partnered with the non-profit ME to WE to tie their wedding with their passion for the charity’s mission to provide access to clean water to people in need around the world. The couple’s buttercream frosting cake, which will be featured on an episode of Cake Hunters (airing June 25, at 8:30 p.m. on Food Network), was made with four flavors inside including vanilla with goat cheese and strawberry balsamic, organic red velvet, carrot and chocolate hazelnut. While the pair is keeping their honeymoon destination a secret, they can’t wait for the next chapter of their lives. “I’m most looking forward to spending more time together,” says Scott. “We’ve been working so hard for so long, I’m looking forward to making plans to settle down and just enjoy doing nothing once in a while.” Property Brothers: Linda & Drew Say I Do premieres June 2 at 9/8c on TLC.

Pakistani authorities have reportedly prevented an American diplomat involved in a deadly car accident from leaving Pakistan after a U.S. military plane arrived specifically to fly him out of the country. Pakistan's The Nation and The Express Tribune reported Saturday that Col. Joseph Hall, the U.S. Embassy's military attaché in Pakistan, was prevented from leaving the country while U.S. officials were informed he could not leave until the accident was adjudicated. An Islamabad court has ruled that Hall's diplomatic immunity does not protect him in the case of the April 7 accident, in which Hall's vehicle struck a 22-year-old motorcycle driver, killing him. "The government can't overlook the court orders into the matter," a source told the Tribune. A U.S. Air Force C130 had landed at Pakistan's Nur Khan air base to bring Hall back to the United States, but was forced to leave without him, according to local reports. Tensions between the U.S. and Pakistan have been rising over the fatal accident, which infuriated many Pakistanis and has resulted in the two countries restricting the movement of each other's remaining diplomats, Reuters reported. A spokeswoman for the State Department confirmed the travel restrictions on Pakistani and American diplomats to the news service, but would not comment on Hall's situation. "We are in regular communication with our Pakistani counterparts. We do not discuss details of diplomatic conversations," the spokeswoman said.

With scientists warning that a steam-driven volcanic eruption could occur virtually without warning, the Hawaii National Guard is prepared to use ground convoys and even helicopters if necessary to pluck hundreds of residents from an isolated southeast corner of Hawaii's Big Island. The Big Island, also known as the island of Hawaii, has a population of around 190,000 people and is located about 200 miles southeast of Oahu, the most populous island and site of the state capital, Honolulu. The volcano activity on the Big Island is not affecting Oahu. The danger comes from the lava level that is dropping inside the volcano. If it falls below the water table, water will pour onto the lava, generating steam that will likely explode from the summit in a shower or rocks, ash and sulfur dioxide gases. Hawaii Civil Defense officials says boulders as big as refrigerators could be tossed a half mile, and ash plumes could soar as high as 20,000, spread over a 12-mile area. “We’ve got all the warning signs we need,” said Steve Brantley, the deputy scientist-in-charge for the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory HVO, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports. “There may not be any additional warning before the magma actually starts moving up to the surface." "If you are in your car, keep the windows closed," the alert said. "Ash fallout may cause poor driving conditions, due to limited visibility and slippery driving conditions. Drive with extreme caution, or pull over and park." The biggest threat is to residents of the Lower Puna area, a southeast corner of the island, which could get cut off from evacuation routes if fissures cut Route 132. On Saturday, a new fissure opened up in the vicinity of a geothermal energy plant, according to the USGS. The volcano observatory reports the fissure — the 16th to appear since last week — opened east of the Puna Geothermal Venture plant, but no significant lava flow has been reported so far. Plant workers this week removed 50,000 gallons of pentane stored at the site as a precaution. Civil Defense officials said Lower Puna residents in the towns of Kapoho and Kalapana should stay alert for possible volcanic eruption and gas emissions, and “be prepared to evacuate immediately,” The Hawaii National Guard is prepared, with only 90-minutes notice, to rescue some 2,000 people by ground convoy in troop-carrying vehicles and, if necessary, in Blackhawk or Chinook helicopters. "We can move 226 people in one convoy. So we could move 226 at once with about an hour and a half notice, and we would drop them off somewhere. The vehicles could come back, and we would just do that round-robin." Lt. Col. Shawn Tsuha tells KHON-TV. Kilauea erupted last week, sending 2,200-degree lava bursting through cracks into people’s backyards in the Leilani Estates neighborhood that destroyed 36 structures, including 26 homes. As the magma shifted underground, a magnitude-6.9 earthquake also rocked the Big Island. President Trump on Friday declared a major disaster on the Big Island. The move will make federal financial assistance available to state and local governments as they repair roads, public parks, schools and water pipes damaged by the eruption.

MONTREAL — The mystery has haunted Canadians for more than a decade: One by one, human feet clad in running shoes have floated ashore on British Columbia’s southern coast with gruesome regularity. Last weekend, foot No. 14 was discovered by a man strolling on a beach on Gabriola Island, a sleepy and picturesque enclave, population 4,000, that is known for its captivating sandstone and close-knit artistic community. Sign Up For the Morning Briefing Newsletter This time, the foot, squeezed between a pile of logs, wore what appeared to be a hiking boot, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The 13 feet found previously along the coast since 2007 were in running shoes — Adidas, Reebok and other brands. Each time, the questions arose: Why are the feet ending up in Canada? Where did they come from? And where are the other parts? The discoveries have fanned speculation, rational or not, that the unattached feet could be the work of a tsunami, a human trafficker, a Mafia hit man, a deranged foot fetishist or a serial killer who had spread body parts out to sea. Others have theorized that the floating appendages could belong to people falling off a ship or killed in a plane crash. British Columbia, Canada’s westernmost province, known for its imposing mountains, exhilarating ski runs and delectable seafood, has grown used to also being known as the destination for what some newspapers have called “the floating feet.” But coroners have taken pains to dampen conspiracy theories and tame overactive imaginations. Barb McLintock, a former coroner at British Columbia’s Coroners Service, once called it “the myth of the famous feet.” In 2016, after a hiker found a foot in a sock and running shoe at Botanical Beach, on Vancouver Island, Ms. McLintock told the Canadian news media that the feet were the work of neither “strange serial killers” amputating victims nor “funny little aliens” scattering the feet along the coastline. Andy Watson, a spokesman for the Coroners Service, said this week that foul play had been ruled out in all the previous cases. Coroners have attributed the disembodied feet to suicide or accident — someone slipping and falling into the sea, for example, or a swimmer being swept into the ocean by a huge wave. Nine of the feet have been identified, two of them from the same person, according to the Coroners Service. Most of the feet were men’s. In at least three cases, the shoes were size 12. Not all the remains belonged to Canadians. In the latest case, Mr. Watson said, investigators would use DNA to try to identify its owner. Despite the official conclusions, the washed-up feet still grip imaginations because of the murkiness of the discoveries and the likelihood that many of the deaths were not witnessed. The phenomenon has spurred several hoaxes in which pranksters have stuffed animals’ feet into shoes to fool officials. One person used chicken bones. Mr. Watson noted that the disarticulated feet had most likely separated naturally in the sea, where the footwear had helped preserve them. Because shoes are buoyant and currents are strong, he said, the remains could have washed in from as far north as Alaska. In 2012, a foot found in a lake in Port Moody, northeast of Vancouver, was linked to a man whose boat had overturned while he was fishing in the area 25 years earlier. In December last year, a Rottweiler discovered a lower left leg and foot with a white ankle sock in a black running shoe on Vancouver’s coast. A few months later, using DNA technology, investigators matched the remains to a 79-year-old Washington State man. Still, even then, questions remained. The man’s family told the police he had vanished months before after leaving home without his medication

Actress Kirsten Dunst and Actor Jessie Plemons have a new baby to share and you can call him Ennis. According to the birth certificate which was obtained by The Blast, Ennis Howard Plemons came into the world on May 3rd at 8:16 AM at Providence St. John's in Santa Monica, Calif. As of now, it's unsure as to where the name comes from, however if you do a Google search, the name could mean "Island." Most recently the "Cat's Meow" star and "Breaking Bad" actor were spotted picking up groceries in Studio City, Calif., only a day before their bundle of joy was born - Dunst glowing and ready to deliver. Dunst, who has been historically private about most things in her life, has also been private about the pregnancy, as has Plemons. Dunst only revealed that she was indeed expecting just a few months ago when she did a fashion piece for Rodarte's new compaign.

The future of the Democratic Party has been booking late night TV gigs, waking up for morning drive-time radio and showing up at watering holes in rural counties to try out new material. Before the start of a 2020 Democratic presidential campaign, at least 25 candidates — mayors, governors, entrepreneurs, members of the House and Senate — have hit the road to workshop their vision, experiment with catchphrases and test policy ideas that could keep President Trump from winning a second term. Subscribe to the Post Most newsletter: Today’s most popular stories on The Washington Post Many deny that their actions have anything to do with a coming presidential run, but they unmistakably play off the chords of campaigns past, seeking a way to break through a political maw that has been focused more on the latest actions of the president and the coming midterm elections. “I don’t want to speak to Democrats only,” says Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), who recently appeared on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live to riff on the Founding Fathers’ vision of patriotism and love. “I’m talking to us as Americans, about how this is a moral moment.” In front of policy conferences and campaign rallies for congressional candidates, former vice president Joe Biden has been updating his own paeons to the middle class, repeating his thematic refrain that “America is all about possibilities.” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has broadened her calls for people to “fight back,” and Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) has demanded that “we must speak truth.” “This is like taking the play to Topeka and New Haven to see what works before you even get to Broadway,” said David Axelrod, a former strategist for President Barack Obama who hosts would-be candidates for public forums at the University of Chicago. “The season hasn’t opened.” At stake in the rehearsals is nothing less than the future of the Democratic Party, which has yet to congeal around a positive vision. Party leaders privately talk about the next two years as a potential pivot point for what it means to be a Democrat, like the tumultuous 1968 Democratic convention or the business-friendly realignment that followed President Bill Clinton’s nomination in 1992. “The Democratic trajectory right now is more uncertain than it has been since I started in politics in the 80s,” said Simon Rosenberg, a longtime Democratic strategist at NDN, a think tank. “And I think no one has a leg up.” The questions are big ones — of style and policy — that can only be answered in the story told by the candidate who eventually captures the party’s imagination. Some promote a vision of a youthful future, while others speak of their own wizened experience. Some use the language of the private sector, while others have begun to promote guaranteeing public sector jobs for all unemployed Americans. Some speak of class as the defining American divide, while others focus first on racial and gender inequality. Some are brawlers ready to take on Trump, while others pose as healers to call the country back to better angels. They have begun to grapple with the sense that Trump’s presence has erased all of the old rules, even for Democrats, and that the party should consider looking outside the standard roster of governors and senators — perhaps to a businesswoman-entertainer like Oprah Winfrey, who has so far resisted calls for her to run, or a mayor. “My theory of this election is you are going to basically have a swing back,” said Julián Castro, the former mayor of San Antonio and secretary of Housing and Urban Development, who has been traveling the country talking about “expanding opportunity.” “People are going to look for someone who can unite the country instead of divide it, someone they can trust.” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who will speak Sunday at a graduation in the first primary state of New Hampshire, has focused on another theme, the wisdom that can be brought to Washington from those working outside the dysfunctional city. “At this moment you have leadership in D.C. that defines itself by dividing us and subtracting us,” he says. “In local communities we still are decent people who are about the politics of addition and multiplication.” Starbucks executive chairman Howard Schultz, a businessman who has long considered a presidential run, has recently started a personal office as he pulls back from day-to-day control of the company. His public speeches drift far afield from the coffee business. “This is not a time for isolationism, for nationalism,” he said Thursday at the Atlantic Council. “This is not a time to build walls. This is a time to build bridges.” The potential candidates preach both national and party unity, decrying the “false choices” between appealing to white Midwestern voters and the more diverse and urban Democratic base. But in the next breath, they sometimes demonstrate how many different routes there are to reach that goal of restitching the Democratic coalition ripped apart by Trump. “The economy doesn’t have a good answer for people who haven’t gone to college, and it hasn’t had an answer for a long time,” explains Center for American Progress president Neera Tanden, who will host at least 10 potential candidates Tuesday for a policy conference. “Trump proved a wrong answer beats no answer.” Late last month, Harris stopped by the the Breakfast Club, one of the biggest morning shows in urban radio, to discuss the importance of blacks voting in the recent victory of Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.). “The math is that a white Democrat won in the south because of black women,” she said, simplifying a close election that was turned by many different factors. A couple weeks earlier, Montana Gov. Steven Bullock (D) traveled the back roads of Iowa, boasting that 20 percent of his voters in 2016 also marked Trump on the same ballot. “I show up, as simple as that is,” he said in an interview. “I don’t have the luxury of going places where people think exactly like me.” Mayors and governors have been talking up their own liberal records of innovation in the states, aiming to contrast their competence to the dysfunction of Washington. “We have demonstrated that a policy ecosystem of progressive economic development works,” said Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D), who has been traveling the country as chair of the Democratic Governors Association. “We have blown up the Republican trickle down message of Donald Trump.” Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., who is working on a book due out next year, has anchored his pitch in a broad vision of Democrats as “the party of everyday life” — a good job, health care and education included. “We’ve got to realize that a lot of this has to do with style,” he said. “That should be fairly obvious — we have a president who doesn’t even have an ideology, only a style.” Others like Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper have begun to speak about the failures of past administrations, as the party struggles to identify an economic message in an age of low unemployment, strong market performance and continued kitchen table insecurity. “I think we also have to not be afraid to look back with an honest eye,” he said, of the effects of global trade. “What happened in the 1990s with outsourcing was really government malpractice. As a country, we didn’t deliver for our citizens.” Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), who hails from Youngstown, has argued for a focus on the economic threat of China, while cautioning against new government programs that displace the private sector. “We can be hostile to monopolies, oligarchies and concentrations of wealth,” he said. “But we can’t be hostile to capitalism.” After the 2016 election, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced that he had been “humiliated” that the Democratic Party could not appeal to the white working class “where I came from.” Since then, he has tried to focus more on healing the rifts that emerged between him and minority communities. It has been a sometimes rocky road, as when he awkwardly described Obama as a “charismatic individual” during a speech in Mississippi on the anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. Sanders says he has been learning since the last campaign. “The situations in African American communities are obviously very different than they are in Vermont,” he said. “What I learned was that we have a criminal justice system that is not only broken, but is significantly racist.” Warren has also been reaching out to the black community in an effort to stamp out the impression, left from the 2016 campaign, that the financial regulatory issues at the core of her life’s work are not a central cause of minority communities. “I know I haven’t personally experienced the struggles of African American families, but I am here to say that no one can ignore what is happening in this country,” she said in a recent address to the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, which began with a discussion of housing policy and ended with her calling out, “Can I have an amen on that?” Party leaders have also been floating a set of new policy ideas, which go beyond the 2016 promises of expanded health-care coverage, tuition relief for college students and more infrastructure spending. Booker has introduced a bill to both legalize marijuana and expunge the records of those with marijuana possession convictions. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) has put forward a bill that would allow the U.S. Postal Service to take on banking functions, including short-term loans to undermine the costly payday loan industry. Several potential candidates, including Booker, Gillibrand, Harris and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) have signed on to a bill that would create a pilot program, offering guaranteed jobs paying at least $15 an hour in 15 high-unemployment communities. Sanders has said he is working on his own version of the same program. Others have charted more moderate paths. “I love Bernie, but I’m not Bernie Sanders. I don’t think 500 billionaires are the reason we’re in trouble,” Biden said in a speech May 8 at the Brookings Institution, in which he proposed free community college tuition, limits on worker noncompete clauses and efforts to broaden the geographic reach of venture capital. Most of the potential candidates, including other outsiders such as entrepreneur Mark Cuban, have said they will wait until after the midterm elections to make any announcements about their 2020 plans. “It’s not about Donald Trump,” Cuban wrote in an email explaining his view of the coming campaign. “He is who he is and everyone knows who he is.” Others, such as Hickenlooper, say they really don’t know if they are ready to put their families through the two-year strain of a campaign. For the moment, they still have time to work that out. “What did St. Teresa say?” Hickenlooper asked rhetorically, referencing a quote often attributed to the saint. “ ‘There are more tears shed over answered prayers.’ ”

It was just like the halcyon days of a previous era as Tiger Woods carded his best ever score at TPC Sawgrass, a seven-under-par 65, in the third round of the Players Championship on Saturday. Woods, a 79-times winner on the PGA Tour, used his irons with precision and wielded a hot putter to record his lowest numerical score on the PGA Tour since 2015. RELATED: Leaderboard It was also his best score in relation to par since 2013, though he has played only sparingly in the ensuing five years while nursing a serious back injury. After making the cut with nothing to spare on Friday, Woods teed off trailing halfway leader Webb Simpson by 14 strokes on another perfect morning. "I finally got off to a good start," said Woods, who sent waves of excitement through the gallery with six front-nine birdies. He turned in 30 and added further birdies at the 11th and 12th holes, but he could not pick up any more. His 65 left Woods on an eight-under 208, unlikely to be near the lead by day's end as scoring conditions remained ideal. Still, it was a nice confidence-booster for Woods as he works his way back to tournament sharpness after last year's successful spinal fusion. "It was nice to see a few putts go in. I hit a lot of quality shots and 65 was probably as high as I could have shot today, which was kind of nice," he said. "To be eight-under there through 12 -- realistically, I probably could have got a couple more out of it and got to 10 (under) for the day. "Today I felt more comfortable with my overall warm-up. I felt I had better control of hitting it right-to-left and left-to-right, and consequently today I was able to shape the golf ball both ways and started to control it a little bit better today." While Woods has shown signs of his old self in his seven-plus tournaments this year, he has struggled to string good rounds together. The 42-year-old has displayed patience, outwardly at least, knowing that even a player of his calibre needs some time to get back to near his best after missing so much time through injury. "It's just a matter of playing and executing and putting the shots together," he said. "Eventually I was going to put all the pieces together and today for the most part I did that."

Responding on Saturday to controversial comments made this week by White House communications aide Kelly Sadler, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, called Sadler's remarks a "disgusting thing to say" and said he was dissatisfied with the administration's response to the controversy. "If it was a joke, it was a terrible joke. I just wish somebody from the White House would tell the country that was inappropriate, that's not who we are in the Trump administration," Graham told "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan for an interview to air Sunday. Graham spoke with Brennan from Israel, where he is leading a congressional delegation to observe the opening of the American embassy in Jerusalem. Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, who is battling brain cancer at his ranch in Arizona, released a statement this week urging his colleagues in the Senate to reject President Trump's pick to run the CIA. In a meeting with White House staffers Thursday, Sadler had reportedly dismissed McCain's opposition, saying it "doesn't matter, he's dying anyway." "John McCain can be criticized for any political decision he's ever made, or any vote he's ever cast, but he's an American hero," Graham told Brennan, "and I think most Americans would like to see the Trump administration do better in situations like this. It doesn't hurt you at all to do the right thing and to be big." After controversy flared, Sadler reached out to McCain's daughter to apologize. However, despite bipartisan condemnation of Sadler's comment this week, the Trump administration has done little to address the remark. McCain family responds to crude comment about the senator "I'm not going to comment on an internal staff meeting," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Friday, only confirming that Sadler remained employed by the White House. Asked by Brennan if President Trump should apologize for the remark, Graham demurred. "I'll leave that up to him, but if something happened like that in my office, somebody in my office said such a, such a thing about somebody, I would apologize on behalf of the office," Graham said. More of Margaret Brennan's interview of Sen. Lindsey Graham will air Sunday on "Face the Nation." Click here to check your local listings.

The Navy’s costliest vessel ever just got pricer, breaching a $12.9 billion cap set by Congress by $120 million, the service told lawmakers this week. The extra money for the U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford built by Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. is needed to replace faulty propulsion components damaged in a January failure, extend the vessel’s post-delivery repair phase to 12 months from the original eight months and correct deficiencies with the “Advanced Weapons Elevators” used to move munitions from deep in the ship to the deck. The elevators on the ship, designated CVN 78, need to be fixed “to preclude any effect on the safety of the ship and personnel,” the Naval Sea Systems Command said in a statement to Bloomberg News on Friday. “Once the adjustment is executed, the cost for CVN 78 will stand at $13.027” billion, the Navy said. In addition to informing Congress that the spending lid has been breached, the Navy will have to let lawmakers know how it will shift funds to make up the difference. Navy officials didn’t disclose the propulsion failure or elevator problems during budget hearings before Congress in recent weeks, and House and Senate lawmakers didn’t ask about it. The Navy is seeking approval in the fiscal 2019 defense request to accelerate purchase of the fourth carrier in the new Ford class by bundling it into a contract with the third. It expects to request congressional support over the next few months for what’s now an estimated $58 billion program. The Ford’s propulsion system and elevator flaws are separate from reliability issues on its troubled aircraft launch and recovery systems. After its delivery last May, the ship operated for 70 days and completed 747 shipboard aircraft launches and recoveries, exceeding the goal of about 400, the Navy said. None of the 11 weapons elevators are operational but at least two are being used for testing “to identify many of the remaining developmental issues for this first-of-class system,” the Navy has said. The command said all 11 elevators “should have been complete and delivered with the ship delivery” in May 2017.

As President Obama finishes up his second term and makes way for Donald Trump, whose inauguration is on Friday, we’re taking a look at six homes for sale around the U.S. with links to past, present and future presidents, as well as their close families. JOHN F. KENNEDY AND JACKIE KENNEDY’S WEEKEND RETREAT: CREDIT: JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM; THOMAS & TALBOT REAL ESTATE A modest ranch near Middleburg, Virginia, which John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline, built in the early 1960s is decidedly less known than the glitzy Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port. The former first lady designed it herself as a weekend retreat away from the White House, but sadly the family only spent three weekends there before JFK was assassinated in 1963. The property was sold a few months later. The four-bedroom property, which she named Wexford after the Irish county where her husband’s ancestors lived, is currently back on the market for $5.95 million. This is down from $7.95 million in September 2015 and $10.99 million when it first was put up for sale in 2013. JACKIE KENNEDY ONASSIS’S CHILDHOOD SUMMER HOUSE: CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES/THE CORCORAN GROUP Another Kennedy-linked property for sale is the “Lasata” estate in the Hamptons, designed by architect Arthur C. Jackson and built in 1917. It’s famous for being the Bouvier family’s summer home during the 1920s and 1930s and was where future first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (simply known as Jacqueline Bouvier in those days), spent her childhood vacations. Set on more than seven acres of land in posh East Hampton Village near the ocean, it includes a 10-bedroom house that was restored in 2007, a one-bedroom guest house, a two-bedroom pool house and a three-car garage building. It’s currently owned by fashion designer and ex-Coach creative director Reed Krakoff and is on the market for $38.995 million. Adjacent land can be purchased for $14.995 million. CHESTER A. ARTHUR’S SUMMER WHITE HOUSE: CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES/DOUGLAS ELLIMAN REAL ESTATE The Hamptons was not only a favorite vacation haunt with the Bouviers. Chester A. Arthur, who became the 21st president in 1881 after his predecessor James Garfield was assassinated, spent some of his down time in a property dubbed the “Summer White House” in Sag Harbor, according to listing agent Michaela Keszler of Douglas Elliman Real Estate. That was long before the Hamptons became the trendy vacation spot it is today. The three-story, six bedroom Victorian mansion, which was built in 1796 and has been recently renovated, is for sale with a $14.2 million price tag. Features include a library with fireplace, a formal dining and living room and a family room overlooking the garden and swimming pool. PRESIDENT OBAMA’S MARTHA’S VINEYARD SUMMER RENTAL: CREDIT: WALLACE & CO. SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY This Martha’s Vineyard home served as the summer White House to President Obama, his wife Michelle and their two daughters, Malia and Sasha, back in 2013. Known as Chilmark House, it boasts panoramic ocean views of the South Shore and Chilmark Pond and is currently for sale for $19.125 million, down from $22.5 million when it was first listed in July 2015. More: Here’s the House Obama Will Live in After He Moves Out of the White House Set on nine-and-a-half acres of land and with its own private road, this property no doubt acted as a perfect summer hideaway for a president who didn’t want his every movement seen by the press. In addition to privacy, other features include a heated infinity pool, half-basketball court, a large-screened porch, outdoor terraces and a two-bedroom guest cottage. DONALD TRUMP’S CHILDHOOD HOME: CREDIT: LAFFEY FINE HOMES; DON EMMERT / GETTY IMAGES Donald Trump’s childhood home in New York City’s borough of Queens may have just been scooped up by a property developer buyer for $1.39 million (about $140,000 above its asking price), but it’s already available again. No doubt hoping to make a profit on Mr. Trump’s newfound position, the new owner is putting the five-bedroom brick-and-stucco Tudor house up for auction through auctioneers Paramount Realty USA. The auction is already open remotely and closes at 4 p.m. tomorrow (Jan. 17). Mr. Trump’s father built the house in the well-to-do neighborhood of Jamaica Estates in 1940, and the address is listed on Mr. Trump’s birth certificate. The family later moved into a grander house around the corner when he was 4 years old. IVANKA TRUMP’S UPPER EAST SIDE CONDO: CREDIT: ALEX PROMOIS; CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES; TRUMPINTERNATIONALREALTY.COM Ivanka Trump, who is widely rumored to be taking on a First Lady-like role during her father’s tenure as President—and whose husband, Jared Kushner, will be a senior adviser to Mr. Trump—recently put one of her Manhattan apartments up for sale with a $4.1 million price tag. City property records show that the future first daughter paid $1.52 million for the condo at Trump Park Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side in 2004 and transferred ownership to an LLC that reportedly belongs to her in 2015.

President Trump's flagship golf club in Scotland received thousands of dollars from the U.S. government for VIP hotel stays, Scottish newspaper The Scotsman reported. The payments amounted to more than £5,600 - about $7,600 - and marks the first known instance that one of the president's Scottish properties has received U.S. government money. According to purchase orders obtained by The Scotsman, the U.S. initially paid Trump's Turnberry resort $10,113. About two weeks later, $2,444 was returned to the State Department from the company. Citing a source at Trump Turnberry, The Scotsman reported that the hotel stays were connected to Trump's upcoming trip to the United Kingdom. The trip to the U.K. - set for July - also includes a stop in Scotland. The payment was authorized by the State Department's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, and then transferred to the resort by the U.S. Embassy in London, The Scotsman reported. It's not clear if the U.S. officials who stayed at the resort were members of the Secret Service. But The Scotsman reported that the money went toward accommodations for a security detail for the visiting VIPs. Trump has faced scrutiny for what some critics have alleged are conflicts of interest stemming from his business dealings. The real estate mogul never fully divested from his business empire when he entered the White House, and still maintains ownership of the company. He handed off day-to-day management of the firm to his two adult sons, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr

A lot happened in the Blue Bloods season 8 finale on Friday, one of which you may have missed. A brief scene involving Jamie (Will Estes) and Eddie (Vanessa Ray) speaking with a policeman marked the acting debut of John “Jack” Schlossberg, the only grandson of John F. Kennedy. The 25-year-old appeared as Officer Jack Hammer, and he announced the news on social media prior to the episode’s premiere. “I don’t make the rules, I just pretend to enforce them,” Schlossberg wrote on Instagram. “Cash me tonight on season 8 finale of Blue Bloods my dream come true!! Best show in the entire world.” He also shared photos of himself in costume posing next to mom Caroline Kennedy, Estes and Ray, and Blue Bloods executive producer Kevin Wade. In case you completely missed it, Schlossberg recorded his big moment and posted it to social media. Schlossberg, who’s currently attending Harvard Law, previously made television appearances on the Today show, 60 Minutes, and Global Agenda. Now, he’s one step closer to following in the footsteps of his celebrity idol, Dwayne Johnson. “I am the Rock’s greatest fan,” Schlossberg had told PEOPLE in November. “He’s just like the funniest, best guy,” he added. “And what I really love about him is that he is the hardest worker… I identify with that because I think hard work is very, very important, and so I just think he’s the man.” No word yet on whether Schlossberg has truly been bit by the acting bug. “I’m inspired by my family’s legacy of public service,” he said last year on Today. “It’s something that I’m very proud of, but I’m still trying to make my own way, figure things out, so stay tuned.”

Are electronic medical records and demanding regulations contributing to a historic doctor shortage? During a recent evening on call in the hospital, I was asked to see an elderly woman with a failing kidney. She’d come in feeling weak and short of breath and had been admitted to the cardiology service because it seemed her heart wasn’t working right. Among other tests, she had been scheduled for a heart-imaging procedure the following morning; her doctors were worried that the vessels in her heart might be dangerously narrowed. But then they discovered that one of her kidneys wasn’t working, either. The ureter, a tube that drains urine from the kidney to the bladder, was blocked, and relieving the blockage would require minor surgery. This presented a dilemma. Her planned heart-imaging test would require contrast dye, which could only be given if her kidney function was restored—but surgery with a damaged heart was risky. I went to the patient’s room, where I found her sitting alone in a reclining chair by the window, hands folded in her lap under a blanket. She smiled faintly when I walked in, but the creasing of her face was the only movement I detected. She didn’t look like someone who could bounce back from even a small misstep in care. The risks of surgery, and by extension the timing of it, would need to be considered carefully. I called the anesthesiologist in charge of the operating room schedule to ask about availability. If the cardiology department cleared her for surgery, he said, he could fit her in the following morning. I then called the on-call cardiologist to ask whether it would be safe to proceed. He hesitated. “I’m just covering,” he said. “I don’t know her well enough to say one way or the other.” He offered to pass on the question to her regular cardiologist. A while later, he called back: The regular cardiologist had given her blessing. After some more calls, the preparations were made. My work was done, I thought. But then the phone rang: It was the anesthesiologist, apologetic. “The computer system,” he said. “It’s not letting me book the surgery.” Her appointment for heart imaging, which had been made before her kidney problems were discovered, was still slated for the following morning; the system wouldn’t allow another procedure at the same time. So I called the cardiologist yet again, this time asking him to reschedule the heart study. But doctors weren’t allowed to change the schedule, he told me, and the administrators with access to it wouldn’t be reachable until morning. I felt deflated. For hours, my attention had been consumed by challenges of coordination rather than actual patient care. And still the patient was at risk of experiencing delays for both of the things she needed—not for any medical reason, but simply because of an inflexible computer system and a poor workflow. Situations like this are not rare, and they are vexing in part because they expose the widening gap between the ideal and reality of medicine. Doctors become doctors because they want to take care of patients. Their decade-long training focuses almost entirely on the substance of medicine—on diagnosing and treating illness. In practice, though, many of their challenges relate to the operations of medicine—managing a growing number of patients, coordinating care across multiple providers, documenting it all. Regulations governing the use of electronic medical records (EMRs), first introduced in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009, have gotten more and more demanding, while expanded insurance coverage from the Affordable Care Act may have contributed to an uptrend in patient volume at many health centers. These changes are taking a toll on physicians: There’s some evidence that the administrative burden of medicine—and with it, the proportion of burned-out doctors—is on the rise. A study published last year in Health Affairs reported that from 2011 to 2014, physicians spent progressively more time on “desktop medicine” and less on face-to-face patient care. Another study found that the percentage of physicians reporting burnout increased over the same period; by 2014, more than half said they were affected. © Dola Sun To understand how burnout arises, imagine a young chef. At the restaurant where she works, Bistro Med, older chefs are retiring faster than new ones can be trained, and the customer base is growing, which means she has to cook more food in less time without compromising quality. This tall order is made taller by various ancillary tasks on her plate: bussing tables, washing dishes, coordinating with other chefs so orders aren’t missed, even calling the credit-card company when cards get declined. Then the owners announce that to get paid for her work, this chef must document everything she cooks in an electronic record. The requirement sounds reasonable at first but proves to be a hassle of bewildering proportions. She can practically make eggs Benedict in her sleep, but enter “egg” into the computer system? Good luck. There are separate entries for white and brown eggs; egg whites, yolks, or both; cage-free and non-cage-free; small, medium, large, and jumbo. To log every ingredient, she ends up spending more time documenting her preparation than actually preparing the dish. And all the while, the owners are pressuring her to produce more and produce faster. It wouldn’t be surprising if, at some point, the chef decided to quit. Or maybe she doesn’t quit—after all, she spent all those years in training—but her declining morale inevitably affects the quality of her work. In medicine, burned-out doctors are more likely to make medical errors, work less efficiently, and refer their patients to other providers, increasing the overall complexity (and with it, the cost) of care. They’re also at high risk of attrition: A survey of nearly 7,000 U.S. physicians, published last year in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, reported that one in 50 planned to leave medicine altogether in the next two years, while one in five planned to reduce clinical hours over the next year. Physicians who self-identified as burned out were more likely to follow through on their plans to quit. What makes the burnout crisis especially serious is that it is hitting us right as the gap between the supply and demand for health care is widening: A quarter of U.S. physicians are expected to retire over the next decade, while the number of older Americans, who tend to need more health care, is expected to double by 2040. While it might be tempting to point to the historically competitive rates of medical-school admissions as proof that the talent pipeline for physicians won’t run dry, there is no guarantee. Last year, for the first time in at least a decade, the volume of medical school applications dropped—by nearly 14,000, according to data from the Association of American Medical Colleges. By the association’s projections, we may be short 100,000 physicians or more by 2030. Some are trying to address the projected deficiency by increasing the number of practicing doctors. The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act, legislation introduced last year in Congress, would add 15,000 residency spots over a five-year period. Certain medical schools have reduced their duration, and some residency programs are offering opportunities for earlier specialization, effectively putting trainees to work sooner. But these efforts are unlikely to be sufficient. A second strategy becomes vital: namely, improving the workflow of medicine so that physicians are empowered to do their job well and derive satisfaction from it. Just as chefs are most valuable when cooking, doctors are most valuable when doing what they were trained to do—treating patients. Likewise, non-physicians are better suited to accomplish many of the tasks that currently fall upon physicians. The use of medical scribes during clinic visits, for instance, not only frees doctors to talk with their patients but also potentially yields better documentation. A study published last month in the World Journal of Urology reported that the introduction of scribes in a urology practice significantly increased physician efficiency, work satisfaction, and revenue. Meanwhile, there’s evidence that patients are more satisfied with their care when nurse practitioners or physician assistants provide some of it. This may be because these non-physicians spend more time than doctors on counseling patients and answering questions. In a perfectly efficient division of labor, physicians might focus on formulating diagnoses and treatment plans, with non-physicians overseeing routine health maintenance, discussing lifestyle changes, and educating patients on their medical conditions and treatment needs. Fortunately, over the next decade, employment of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the United States is expected to grow by more than 30 percent; that compares with overall expected job growth of just 7 percent. Yet the solution to health care’s labor problem isn’t simply to hire more staff; if not done right, that could make coordination even more cumbersome. A health-care organization’s success, in the years ahead, will depend on its success at delegating responsibilities among physicians and non-physicians, training the non-physicians to do their work independently, and empowering everyone—not just doctors—to shape a patient’s care and be accountable for the results. Technology can make doctors’ lives easier, but also a lot harder. Consider the internet: It’s made information infinitely more attainable, but it takes time to find what one needs and to filter the accurate material from the inaccurate. The same goes for medicine. Technologies such as telemedicine, which allows for online doctor visits, can make health care more accessible and effective. But the use of EMRs, which is now federally mandated, is frequently cited as one of the main contributors to burnout. EMRs are often designed with billing rather than patient care in mind, and they can be frustrating and time-consuming to navigate. One attending doctor I know, tired of wading through a morass of irrelevant information, writes notes in the electronic chart but in parallel keeps summaries of his patients’ medical histories on hand-written index cards. One can imagine a better EMR system, built around what health-care providers need. Today, in the absence of more effective tools, medical colleagues rely on email to coordinate patient care—or phone, as in the case of my kidney patient. But email chains can get buried in an inbox, and phone calls are rarely practical for coordinating between more than two people at a time. Neither mode of communication gets linked to a patient’s record, which means work is at risk of either getting lost or being replicated. But what if we were to integrate a tool into the electronic record that made clear what a patient’s active medical issues were, assigned responsibility to providers for overseeing those issues, and helped them to coordinate with each other? A dynamic EMR that didn’t just give physicians more information, but also helped them to prioritize, share, and act upon that information, would be far more useful than what currently exists. As the world changes—as populations grow and technology advances—it is becoming essential that the workflow of medicine change alongside it. Fortunately for the patient with the failing kidney, the anesthesiologist was willing to get creative. Despite being unable to book the surgery, he unofficially reserved a slot for her and made the rest of his staff aware. The patient underwent the procedure the next morning, followed by her previously planned heart study. Everything worked out in the end. But I couldn’t help thinking: It shouldn’t be this hard to do the right thing.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders privately berated the White House communications and press staff Friday after a leak the previous day of comments by aide Kelly Sadler about Sen. John McCain, according to several sources familiar with the meeting. In discussing McCain's opposition to CIA nominee Gina Haspel, Sadler,a special assistant who handles surrogate communications for the White House, said in a private meeting Thursday that it doesn't matter "because he's dying anyway." It was a joke that fell flat, a White House official told CNN. Despite publicly refusing to criticize the remark, Sanders told the press staff that Sadler's comment was inappropriate, according to several sources familiar with the meeting. During the dressing down, Sanders focused more on how the remark was leaked apparently in an attempt to target Sadler with a damaging story, one of the sources told CNN. White House strategic communications director Mercedes Schlapp spoke up during the session to defend Sadler, one of the sources said. Both publicly and privately, according to the sources, Sanders has focused more on the leaking of the comment than its substance. In Friday's White House press briefing, Sanders repeatedly said she would not "validate a leak" or comment on an internal staff meeting. Asked directly why not simply apologize to McCain, who was diagnosed with brain cancer, and his family, she said: "I'm not going to get into a back and forth because people want to create issues of leaked staff meetings." Sadler is still employed at the White House, Sanders said Friday. © Drew Angerer/Getty Images North America/Getty Images Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney testifies during a House Budget Committee hearing concerning the Trump administration's fiscal year 2018 budget, on Capitol Hill, May 24, 2017. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Although he said the purported joke about Sen. John McCain's health was "awful," White House budget director Mick Mulvaney pushed back on calls to fire the aide. "You have to have freedom to speak in a private meeting, to speak candidly," Mulvaney said Saturday on Fox News. "We've all said things in private, especially in smaller groups that we work with, that we would never say publicly." Echoing Sanders' private comments to staffers, Mulvaney said the leak was designed to hurt Sadler and "completely ignored the harm it would do to the McCain family, which is doubly inconsiderate." "I'm really disappointed that someone would undermine the President by leaking that out of a private meeting," he said, adding that he, as the director of the Office of Management and Budget, was not present at the meeting in which Sadler made the remark. After her comment was reported Thursday, Sadler called Meghan McCain, the senator's daughter, to apologize for the remark, a source close to the situation told CNN. Mulvaney told Fox News that in doing so, Sadler handled the situation "appropriately." However, on "The View" Friday, McCain questioned how Sadler still had her job.

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