Washington Post publisher Will Lewis said Saturday that he's stepping down, ending a troubled tenure three days after the newspaper said that it was laying off one-third of its staff. Lewis announced his departure in a two-paragraph email to the newspaper's staff, saying that after two years of transformation, "now is the right time for me to step aside." The Post's chief financial officer, Jeff D'Onofrio, was appointed temporary publisher.

The CIA shut down its World Factbook resource Wednesday, after it spent more than six decades in existence. The agency announced on its website that the World Factbook "has sunset" without providing further explanation. The CIA declined to comment.

In December, bestselling author and humorist David Sedaris wrote a New Yorker magazine essay about a recent trip to Portland, Oregon. While on a walk to a donut shop, he "lost count of the strung-out addicts I passed on my way" before eventually encountering four homeless people huddled around an empty baby carriage and smoking drugs right on the sidewalk. Moments later, a dog belonging to one of the addicts rushed out and bit him. Following the incident, Sedaris, a former methamphetamine addict himself, was struck by the fact that most people in Portland didn't seem concerned about the state of the city – even the medical worker who treated him appeared more concerned with the dog's well-being than what had happened to him:

Last spring, the National Security Agency (NSA) flagged an unusual phone call between two members of foreign intelligence, who discussed a person close to Donald Trump, according to a whistleblower's attorney who was briefed on details of the call. The highly sensitive communique, which has roiled Washington over the past week, was brought to the attention of the director of national intelligence (DNI), Tulsi Gabbard. But rather than allowing NSA officials to distribute the information further, Gabbard took a paper copy of the intelligence directly to the president's chief of staff, Susie Wiles, according to the whistleblower's attorney, Andrew Bakaj.

The U.S. agency that enforces laws banning workplace discrimination said in a court filing on Wednesday it is investigating Nike (NKE.N), opens new tab for allegedly discriminating against white people through its diversity policies. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in the filing, opens new tab that the footwear and apparel company has refused to comply with a sprawling subpoena seeking information such as data on the racial and ethnic makeup of the company's workforce and a roster of employees chosen for mentoring and development programs.

Armenian-speakers in Los Angeles County utilize California's In-Home Supportive Services program at a rate roughly 700% higher than their proportion of the county's population, an analysis by The Center Square found — renewing attention to potential fraud concerns in the community amid the ongoing public dispute between CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz and Gov. Gavin Newsom. A top fraud expert said that The Center Square's IHSS data analysis likely reveals organized fraud networks are operating in Los Angeles County's Armenian-speaking community — with participants allegedly getting kickbacks and funneling large amounts of money out of the country through cash-based hawala networks.

Bill Nye the Science Guy is set to receive a Lifetime Achievement award at next month’s Children’s & Family Emmy Awards in New York. Source: Bill Nye to Receive Lifetime Achievement Honor at the 4th Annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards Well deserved. (But to me he’ll always be Speed Walker. )

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Notorious mobster Al Capone was, surprisingly, a major foodie. Here are some of his favorite haunts around the U.S., some of which are still operating today.