Rachel Ryan underwent countless surgeries in a 37-day hospital stay. Her story illustrated the chain reaction of crime in a violent year in the nation’s capital.
In a new memoir, Thomas Ahern, the former CIA station chief in Tehran, recalls decades at the agency, including his captivity in the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.
The Capital Pool Checkers club nearly died in 2021. Now it enjoys a kingly new spot in Adams Morgan, where the longtime regulars share trash talk and gratitude.