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Demonstrations surge Hong Kong protesters

defied threats from Beijing, police and heavy

rain for a huge — and peaceful — march. A

Maritime law A Gibraltar court rejected a U.S.

attempt to seize an Iranian oil tanker, clearing

the way for the ship to resume its journey. A

STYLE

A master teacher

For more than five

decades, author Toni

Morrison commanded

classrooms with wit,

sensibility and grace. C

‘Our Boys’ in focus

A highly charged HBO

series scheduled for

release this week

explores a hate crime in

Jerusalem. C

In the News

THE NATION

Documents from a mil-

itary inquiry into sexual

assault allegations

against President

Trump’s pick for the

No. 2 officer at the Pen-

tagon provide fresh in-

sight into how a Senate

committee decided to

recommend the nomi-

nee for confirmation. A

Interviews with nearly

50 left-leaning young

people in four battle-

ground states reveal a

deep skepticism toward

party politics, and the

Democratic Party. A

THE WORLD

An increasingly likely

“no-deal” Brexit could

wreak far-reaching hav-

oc on Britain’s economy,

infrastructure and social

fabric, according to clas-

sified government docu-

ments leaked to a British

newspaper. A

THE REGION

Virginia’s Crime Com-

mission will devote two

days this week to mass

shootings and other vio-

lence related to guns. B

Experts say jurisdic-

tions like Fairfax and

Montgomery are diving

into uncharted territory

with potentially expen-

sive initiatives to combat

racial inequality. B

THE WEEK AHEAD

MONDAY

Vice President Pence

speaks before the Detroit

Economic Club.

Russian President

Vladimir Putin travels to

Paris to meet with

French President Em-

manuel Macron.

TUESDAY

Romania President

Klaus Iohannis meets

with President Trump at

the White House.

WEDNESDAY

Trump visits Louisville

to speak to the American

Veterans national con-

vention and attend a

campaign rally.

The Fed releases min-

utes for the Federal

Open Market Commit-

tee’s July 31 meeting.

Existing-home sales

for July are estimated at

5,385,000 units on an

annual basis.

THURSDAY

Jobless claims for the

week ended Aug. 17 are

estimated at 216,000.

FRIDAY

Fed Chair Jerome H.

Powell speaks at a Feder-

al Reserve Bank of Kan-

sas City symposium.

Shinzo Abe, Japan’s

prime minister, attends

the Group of Seven sum-

mit in Paris.

New-home sales for

July are estimated at

650,000 units on an an-

nual basis.

Inside

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BUSINESS NEWS ....................... A

COMICS ....................................... C

OPINION PAGES.........................A

LOTTERIES...................................B

OBITUARIES.................................B

TELEVISION ................................. C

WORLD NEWS..............................A

BY GRIFF WITTE

It took a shooter all of 32 sec-

onds to spray 41 rounds outside a

popular bar in Dayton, Ohio, this

month, an attack that killed nine

people and injured 27. A lightning-

fast response from nearby officers

prevented a far higher toll: When

police shot him dead, the killer

still had dozens of bullets to go in

his double-drum, 100-round mag-

azine.

The use of such high-capacity

magazines was banned in Ohio up

until 2015, when a little-noticed

change in state law legalized the

devices, part of an overall rollback

in gun-control measures that has

been mirrored in states nation-

wide.

With the pace of mass shootings

accelerating — and their tolls dra-

matically increasing — criminolo-

gists and reform advocates are

more intently focused on limiting

access to such accessories as one of

the most potent ways to curb the

epidemic.

Restrictions on the capacity of

bullet magazines will not stop

mass shootings, but they could

SEE GUNS ON A

MOHAMMAD ISMAIL/REUTERS

A man looks at the remains of a wedding hall, which held more than 1,000 people when a bomber posing as a guest

detonated explosives late Saturday, killing at least 63 and wounding more than 180. The attack, unusual for

targeting a family celebration, came as the United States said it is close to a deal with the Taliban. Story, A

Islamic State claims attack on Kabul wedding

BY BETH REINHARD,

ROSALIND S. HELDERMAN

AND JENN ABELSON

T

he teenage American

models who arrived in

Paris, far from their par-

ents and hometowns,

said the bargain was clear: have

sex with their prominent French

agent and his wealthy, middle-

aged friends or risk a fleeting shot

at a modeling career.

Nineteen-year-old Courtney

Powell was among a handful of

young models who took the bold

step of publicly accusing Jean-

Luc Brunel of sexual misconduct

— ranging from groping and oth-

er sexual advances to drugging

women’s drinks and rape — in the

hope that he would be stopped.

But their allegations, national-

ly televised on CBS’s “60 Minutes”

in 1988 and echoed later in a book

and court records, sparked no

apparent investigation. Nor did

they prevent Brunel from con-

tinuing to exploit and assault

others, according to two other

former models recently inter-

viewed by The Washington Post.

Brunel went on to befriend a

wealthy, jet-setting American fi-

nancier named Jeffrey Epstein,

SEE EPSTEIN ON A

BY WESLEY LOWERY

Following a January screening
of “Emanuel,” a documentary
about the deadly 2015 shooting of
nine black worshipers at a church
in Charleston, S.C., a throng of
Howard University students
jockeyed for handshakes and
selfies with the film’s executive
producer, NBA star Stephen Cur-
ry.
Otis Ferguson, then a junior at
Howard, hung back for a moment
before catching the ear of the
Golden State Warriors guard.
“Hey Steph!” Ferguson called
out. “Let’s get in a round of golf
before you leave.”
It was a well-calculated shot:
In addition to being a three-time
NBA champion, two-time MVP
and perhaps the best shooter
ever, Curry is a passionate golfer.
Ferguson didn’t hit the links
with Curry, but they did engage
in a brief conversation about
their mutual love of the sport. In
fact, Ferguson said, he had
turned down an offer to play
collegiately to attend Howard,
which, like many historically
black colleges and universities,
doesn’t have a golf team.
That chat made such an im-
pression on Curry that he is
returning to Washington on
Monday to announce that he is
sponsoring the creation of men’s
and women’s golf teams at How-
SEE HOWARD ON A

Calls to

restrict

firearm

capacity

BY JOEL ACHENBACH

Before the slaughter of dozens

of people in Christchurch, New

Zealand, and El Paso this year,

the accused gunmen took pains

to explain their fury, including

their hatred of immigrants. The

statements that authorities think

the men posted online share

another obsession: overpopula-

tion and environmental degrada-

tion.

The alleged Christchurch

shooter, who is charged with

targeting Muslims and killing 51

people in March, declared him-

self an “eco-fascist” and railed

about immigrants’ birthrates.

The statement linked to the El

Paso shooter, who is charged with

killing 22 people in a shopping

area this month, bemoans water

pollution, plastic waste and an

American consumer culture that

is “creating a massive burden for

future generations.”

The two mass shootings appear

SEE SHOOTINGS ON A

Green views

reframed for

hate in killings

a world apart

NBA star

Curry gives

Howard

gift of golf

BY JEANNE WHALEN

shanghai — More than a decade
ago, Chinese physicist Pan Jian-
Wei returned home from Europe
to help oversee research into
some of the most important tech-
nology of the 21st century.
At a conference in Shanghai
this summer, Pan and his team
offered a rare peek at the work he
described as a “revolution.”
They spoke of the hacking-
resistant communications net-
works they are building across
China, the sensors they are de-
signing to see through smog and
around corners, and the proto-
type computers that may some-
day smash the computational
power of any existing machine.
All the gear is based on quan-
tum technology — an emerging
field that could transform infor-
mation processing and confer big
economic and national-security
advantages to countries that
dominate it. To the dismay of
some scientists and officials in the
United States, China’s formidable
investment is helping it catch up
SEE TECHNOLOGY ON A

Race is on for

China, U.S. as

quantum tech

rivalry grows

ERIN BRETHAUER FOR THE WASHINGTON POST; COURT DOCUMENTS

Accusers of Epstein’s friend seek justice

For decades, allegations

of misconduct followed

modeling agent Brunel

As HBCUs cut programs,

two-time MVP to make

seven-figure donation

Gun violence: Hearings by Virginia

panel spotlight mass shootings. B

Jewish center threatened: Police

have arrested an Ohio man. A

TOP: In 1988, Courtney Powell, now 50, accused modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel of sexual misconduct. Claims by her and others

sparked no apparent probe, and he went on to befriend financier Jeffrey Epstein, who is accused of abusing dozens of minors.

Brunel’s accusers are calling for probes into the agent and if he helped Epstein procure girls. ABOVE: Phone messages written

before Epstein’s 2006 arrest. Brunel called Epstein often around the time Florida police heard of Epstein’s alleged abuse.

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TO DEATH TOLLS

Mass-shooting rise puts

pressure on lawmakers

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