Sinkhole Opens Up On White House Lawn

(CNN) — There is a gaping hole in this story: A sinkhole has appeared steps from the entrance to the White House briefing room.
Eyewitnesses first saw the sinkhole on the grassy North Lawn on Saturday, following a week of nearly constant rain in Washington. While the hole is behind a stretch of wrought iron fence inaccessible to pedestrian foot traffic, it was contained with yellow caution tape and two orange cones. On Tuesday afternoon, a National Park Service ranger covered the hole with