Jonathan Edwards

Washington, D.C.

Education: University of California, Berkeley, BA in English

Jonathan Edwards is a reporter on The Washington Post's Morning Mix team. Before joining The Post, he covered public safety for The Virginian-Pilot and Lincoln Journal Star.
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Breakdancer Raygun responds to backlash after infamous Olympic performance

The Australian academic said she has struggled with her mental health and worried about her and her loved ones’ safety, but that dancing remains her “medicine.”

September 4, 2024
Breakdancer Raygun competes for Australia during the Olympics in Paris on Aug. 9.

‘Pinnacle Man’ was found dead in a cave in 1977. He finally has a name.

After 47 years, authorities have identified the body of “Pinnacle Man,” whom hikers discovered in 1977 inside a Pennsylvania cave along the Appalachian Trail.

September 2, 2024
Authorities released a sketch of “Pinnacle Man” in 1977. He was recently identified as 27-year-old Nicolas Paul Grubb.

A street performer blew bubbles in a park. Officials cited him for littering.

Performance artist Sandy Snakenberg says he’ll fight a ticket for “littering prohibited fluids” for making bubbles for kids in a public park.

August 30, 2024
Sandy Snakenberg a.k.a. the “Bubble Pirate” creates bubbles in Ellen Browning Scripps park in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego on Aug. 27, 2023. Last week, Snakenberg was cited by a Parks and Recreation ranger for “littering prohibited fluids” because of one of his bubble shows.

Haters came for this ‘disappointing’ national park. It’s fighting back.

A national park created an ad out of visitors’ criticisms after it was ranked “one of the most disappointing U.S. attractions.”

August 27, 2024
A ranger leads a tour through Mammoth Cave.

How a rumor about Beyonce at the DNC fooled the world

The rumor started on X, got big on CNN and ended in a wave of disappointment on the floor of the Democratic convention.

August 23, 2024
Beyoncé accepts the Innovator Award onstage during the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards at Dolby Theatre on April 1 in Hollywood.

Woman charged in plot to steal Graceland from Elvis Presley’s heirs

A 53-year-old Missouri woman is accused of creating fake documents, including a deed of trust, to steal Graceland from Elvis Presley’s heirs and sell it auction.

August 16, 2024
Visitors line up to enter the Graceland mansion of Elvis Presley on Aug. 12, 2017, in Memphis.

Former Russian hostages face a new ordeal: Living the rest of their lives

The husband of Alsu Kurmasheva, one of three Russian hostages freed this month, said she’s doing well after leaving a military program to help former detainees.

August 16, 2024
Alsu Kurmasheva, second from right, with her husband Pavel Butorin and their daughters Bibi, right, and Miriam at Joint Base Andrews, Md., after Alsu was freed from Russia.

Sonya Massey rebuked a deputy in the name of Jesus. He said it was a threat.

The sheriff’s deputy charged after Sonya Massey was fatally shot said he took her saying “I rebuke you in the name of Jesus” as a threat.

August 10, 2024

Sheriff steps down after deputy charged with murdering Sonya Massey

Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell announced his retirement just over a month after one of his deputies fatally shot an unarmed Black woman in her house.

August 9, 2024
Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell said on Aug. 1 he was horrified by the body-camera video that showed Deputy Sean Grayson shooting Sonya Massey in her in Springfield, Ill., home.

In 911 call day before shooting, Sonya Massey’s mom pleaded: Don’t hurt her

Newly obtained recordings show that local law enforcement knew of Massey and that her mother had asked 911, “Please don’t send no combative policemen that are prejudiced.”

July 31, 2024
Donna Massey, the mother of Sonya Massey, stands next to a diagram showing the path of the bullet that killed her daughter and wipes away tears during a news conference at New Mount Pilgrim Church in Chicago on Tuesday. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)