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New movies to stream this week: ‘Torn,’ ‘They/Them/Us’ and more
From left: Max Lowe, Sam Lowe-Anker, Conrad Anker and Isaac Lowe-Anker in “Torn.” (Chris Murphy/Disney Plus/National Geographic)
Niche sports documentaries — especially those focusing on the peculiar, even obsessively risk-taking personalities of the athle... | null | null | null | null | null |
To open the evening, in classic short-track style, France’s Tifany Huot-Marchand was knocked off balance and sent flying into the safety padding halfway through the first lap of a women’s 500 meters heat. No crowd exasperation. Huot-Marchand spent the past four years training to make it here. She doesn’t have a sponsor... | null | null | null | null | null |
“The biggest takeaway I have from that behavior is it reflects a conviction that he was above the law, that the statutes and the norms and the customs that were designed to protect the American people’s right to hold their leaders accountable, ” said presidential historian Lindsay Chervinsky. “He did not see himself bo... | null | null | null | null | null |
Gitlin remained politically involved after the ‘60s, but also clashed at times with fellow liberals. In the 1990s, he was critical of some of the academic debates over the literary canon and the predominance of male white writers. In his 1995 book “The Twilight of Common Dreams: Why America Is Wracked by Culture Wars,”... | null | null | null | null | null |
Johnson appoints new chief of staff
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hired a new chief of staff Saturday as he rebuilds his top team following scandals that have left him fighting to shore up his authority.
Cabinet minister Steve Barclay, formerly Brexit minister under Theresa May’s administration, will head Johnso... | null | null | null | null | null |
Although Jill Biden didn’t speak about it at the moonshot relaunch, she also lost her mother, Bonny Jean Jacobs, to cancer. In a sense, she lost her twice. Years before her death, Bonny Jean had been diagnosed with stomach cancer and required extensive surgery that destroyed her bowels — only for them later to find out... | null | null | null | null | null |
Jason Epstein in 2001. (Jim Cooper/AP)
He was working in his first publishing job, at Doubleday, making $45 a week. Unable to afford many books, he proposed that Doubleday publish classic literature and criticism in inexpensive paperback editions. Before then, most paperbacks released in the United States were lowbrow ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Wind could be a complicating factor across the Games for multiple sports held in China’s mountainous regions. Wind conditions canceled the third round of training for women’s ski jumping in Zhangjiakou, and around the same time the women’s slopestyle qualification was starting at Genting Snow Park, the men’s downhill t... | null | null | null | null | null |
Evan Boblits of St. Mary's Ryken handles James Hanley of St John's in the 113-pound class at the WCAC wrestling championships at Paul VI High in Chantilly on Saturday. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post)
It took less than a minute for Mekhi Neal to go in for the kill. Halfway through the first round of the Washington ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Germany isn’t turning its back on NATO. It only looks that way.
The nation struggles to find a role in the new era of Russian aggression
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock leave a news conference in Moscow on Jan. 18. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service/AP)
By Ulrik... | null | null | null | null | null |
The All-Star Game, the second of Kuznetsov’s career, was a reward for his strong bounce-back season with Washington. He’s been an anchor for a Capitals group riddled with injuries and absences through the first half of the season, and hopes to continue that productivity in the coming weeks.
But all-star weekend — an NH... | null | null | null | null | null |
Conservative-led school board fires superintendent after allegations of private ultimatum, teacher protest
Douglas County Superintendent Corey Wise is seen Feb. 4. (Douglas County School District)
A school board outside Denver voted to fire the district’s superintendent Friday night in a controversial move that came am... | null | null | null | null | null |
Beijing Olympics live updates Karen Chen takes the ice; Zoi Sadowski-Synnott seizes control in slopestyle
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott takes control in first run of women’s slopestyle final
China’s Zhu Yi struggles in figure skating team event
United States leads entering second day of figure skating competition
New Zealand's ... | null | null | null | null | null |
It took until past the halfway point in its ACC schedule, but the Virginia men’s basketball team finally has a conference winning streak after torrid shooting, particularly from Armaan Franklin, sparked a 71-58 win against Miami on Saturday night at John Paul Jones Arena.
“'Armaan, I said, you don’t have to worry about... | null | null | null | null | null |
Vanderbilt forward Terren Frank (15) is defended by LSU’s Darius Days (4) and Tari Eason (13) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Rodney Chatman scored a season-high 24 points, making 6 of 10 from 3-point range, ... | null | null | null | null | null |
The All-Star Game, the second of Kuznetsov’s career, was a reward for his strong bounce-back season with Washington. He has been an anchor for a Capitals group riddled with injuries and absences through the first half of the season and hopes to continue that productivity in the coming weeks.
But all-star weekend — an N... | null | null | null | null | null |
It took until past the halfway point in its ACC schedule, but the Virginia men’s basketball team finally has a conference winning streak after torrid shooting, particularly from Armaan Franklin, sparked a 71-58 win against Miami on Saturday night at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville.
“ ‘Armaan, I said, you don’t... | null | null | null | null | null |
Researcher Johan Lundstrom's cabin in Bjurstrask, which is about 60 miles from the Arctic Circle. He says the snow there smells “extremely clean.” But he says snow in a city has a different odor to it, whether it is exhaust from vehicles or the rubber from tires. (Jens Lundstrom)
Climate change is also affecting the am... | null | null | null | null | null |
FILE - This photo provided by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches what it says a test launch of a hypersonic missile on Jan. 11, 2022 in North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. ... | null | null | null | null | null |
BOTTOM LINE: Richmond hosts the George Mason Patriots after Tyler Burton scored 36 points in Richmond’s 71-61 victory over the Saint Bonaventure Bonnies.
Josh Oduro is averaging 17.7 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.7 blocks for the Patriots. De’Von Cooper is averaging 2.0 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for George Ma... | null | null | null | null | null |
Julia Marino won silver in the women's slopestyle competition Sunday morning. (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
ZHANGJIAKOU, China — That the United States’ first medal of the Beijing Olympics came in slopestyle snowboarding was no surprise at Genting Snow Park: Americans have dominated the sport since its introduction in... | null | null | null | null | null |
Armored truck driver shot in robbery, police say
Incident occurs in Riverdale Park
The driver of an armored truck was shot Saturday while making a delivery in Riverdale Park, the city’s police said.
Several armed robbers approached the driver about 4 p.m. in the 6200 block of Baltimore Avenue, the police said.
The driv... | null | null | null | null | null |
Woman dies after being found on DC freeway, police said
It appeared that she had been stabbed, police say.
A woman who had apparently been stabbed was found Saturday outside a car on the Anacostia Freeway, the D.C. police said. She died at the scene, they said.
The woman was found about 11:15 p.m. after police received... | null | null | null | null | null |
Kamila Valieva helped the Russian team surge past the U.S. in the figure skating competition. (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP via Getty Images)
BEIJING — Vincent Zhou stood beneath the blazing lights in the Capital Indoor Stadium’s interview area late Sunday morning, dabbing sweat from his forehead. A few minutes before, the Ame... | null | null | null | null | null |
The music industry is thriving — but it’s not always trickling down to artists
Neil Young, on left, and UFC announcer and podcaster Joe Rogan. (AP)
By Sam Backer
Sam Backer is the cohost of "Money 4 Nothing," a podcast about music and capitalism. He is currently a PhD candidate in history at Johns Hopkins University.
I... | null | null | null | null | null |
American Nathan Chen has won three of the past four world championships. (Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
It’s a streak so overwhelming that Evan Lysacek, the last American male to win an individual gold medal, says “I don’t know if an athlete is ever made for a sport, but he’s made for this one.”
At the time Chen was 1... | null | null | null | null | null |
The federal courts need to take note. While many states allow some electronic coverage of criminal, civil and appellate proceedings, the federal system has insisted on maintaining its absolute and antiquated ban of cameras. Federal civil rights charges against former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao, J. Alexander K... | null | null | null | null | null |
Move over, Sven Kramer. Sweden’s Nils van der Poel is new Olympic champ in 5,000
Said Sweden's Nils Van Der Poel, “I wasn’t sure I was going to win today, but there’s always something to fight for.” (REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina)
BEIJING — Somewhere, sometime in the ancient history of humankind, someone drew a starting ... | null | null | null | null | null |
By J. Kim Penberthy
He has regretted it ever since. That small company was Microsoft.
Regret is a real reaction to a disappointing event in your life, a choice you made that can’t be changed, something you said that you cannot take back. It’s one of those feelings you can’t seem to shake, a heavy and intrusive negative... | null | null | null | null | null |
Vincent Van Gogh (b. 1853). Rain, 1889. In the collection of Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
“Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake (Ōhashi Atake no yūdachi)," from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)” (1857) by Utagawa Hiroshige. Woodblock print; ink and ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: Why does the death penalty persist?
The execution chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Okla.
The Jan. 29 editorial “It’s time to end the death penalty” listed compelling reasons to abolish capital punishment. It neither keeps society safer nor deters violence better than long sentences. It ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Kyle Honore points to a clipboard as his father, Coach Keith Honore, strategizes with his Potomac team during a game against Hylton. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post)
Potomac (Va.) senior point guard Kyle Honore is one of the most dynamic players in Prince William County, but when he was a preteen he was... | null | null | null | null | null |
Police investigate fatal shooting in Columbia, Md.
Howard County police said they are investigating a fatal shooting Saturday night in Columbia.
Police said they responded at 8:11 p.m. to a report of a person shot in the 7300 block of Hickory Log Circle and found a male in a parking lot with gunshot wounds. He was take... | null | null | null | null | null |
Jaelin Kauf won the United States’ second medal of the Games, another silver. (Lisi Niesner/Reuters)
ZHANGJIAKOU, China — The blue patches on Jaelin Kauf’s snow pants that sit just below her knees bobbed up and down like a buoy in a storm. The blocks of color lifted every time Kauf flew over a mogul, sometimes bucking ... | null | null | null | null | null |
This image made available by the the U.S. Coast Guard shows Cuban migrants on a sinking vessel spotted on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, about 40 miles off Key Largo, Fla. “They didn’t have lifejackets or safety equipment,” said Capt. Shawn Koch, commanding officer of Air Station Miami. “If the air crew hadn’t found them on t... | null | null | null | null | null |
Two U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors fly over Syria in 2018. (Staff Sgt. Colton Elliott/380th Air Expeditionary Wing)
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. is expected to meet with UAE leaders and offer a plan to enhance information-sharing on air defenses and to hear out requests for any additional assistance the ... | null | null | null | null | null |
February 4, 2022|Updated yesterday at 5:26 p.m. EST
That is the plan, in four month’s time, and all good health to the queen — who appeared briefly on Saturday, with a cane, to cut a cake and greet a few of her neighbors.
But Feb. 6, the exact day Elizabeth became sovereign in 1952? For the monarch, this is traditional... | null | null | null | null | null |
Kelly Pannek celebrates with teammates after scoring the United States' fourth goal against Switzerland. (Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images)
BEIJING — After Team USA’s Amanda Kessel rocketed a slap shot into the net in the final seconds of the first period Sunday night, some of the opposing Switzerland players glanc... | null | null | null | null | null |
Police investigate homicides in Howard and Prince George’s counties
Police said they are investigating two separate homicides in Howard and Prince George’s counties.
Howard County police said they are investigating a fatal shooting Saturday night in Columbia. Police said they responded at 8:11 p.m. to a report of a per... | null | null | null | null | null |
Woman dies after being found on D.C. freeway, police say
It appeared that she had been stabbed, they said
An earlier version of this story gave an incorrect time for when the victim was found. The woman was found at 11:16 a.m., not p.m. The story has been updated.
D.C. police said they have arrested a man in connection... | null | null | null | null | null |
My copy of “Ulysses,” acquired during a summer spent in Kansas City in 1974, has traveled the world with me during 40 years in diplomacy — the last four in Washington as the Irish ambassador to the United States — and I’ve always deployed it liberally as an instrument of soft power. This began when I became a head of m... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: All of D.C.’s early-childhood workers deserve higher pay
The day care at Augustana Lutheran Church in D.C. in April 2020. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post)
Regarding the Feb. 2 Metro article “City to give D.C. day-care workers a cash injection”:
It is terrific news that the D.C. Council has voted to give ca... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: The Olympics can — and do — make the world a better place
Olympic athletes pose for photographs on Olympic rings at Yanqing Olympic Village on Feb. 2.
I have been immersed in sports since the 1950s, was a double Olympic finalist in swimming and am now the senior active member of the International Olympic Commi... | null | null | null | null | null |
In November, McEvoy, a 29-year-old with a melodic preaching cadence, took the high, white pulpit at Westmoreland and said she had “never felt more known and heard and loved by God than when I entered the doors of a Planned Parenthood.” Then last month she addressed a group of Christian abortion access activists meeting... | null | null | null | null | null |
Figure skating live updates Americans start the final night behind the favored Russians
Vincent Zhou and the United States were in second place after the first two nights of team figure skating. (Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)
The United States sits second behind the Russian Olympic Committee entering the final day of c... | null | null | null | null | null |
FILE - Recording artist Travis Scott, left, and Kylie Jenner, right, attend the 72nd annual Parsons Benefit presented by The New School at The Rooftop at Pier 17 on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, in New York. Jenner gave birth to her second baby with Scott on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, according to an announcement on social med... | null | null | null | null | null |
Navy SEAL candidate dies after grueling test week
Navy SEAL trainee dies after grueling test
Seaman Kyle Mullen died at a San Diego-area hospital on Friday after he and another SEAL trainee reported experiencing symptoms of an unknown illness, the Navy said.
The Navy said neither one had experienced an accident or unus... | null | null | null | null | null |
Man charged after woman found dead on Route 295
D.C. police said they have arrested a man in connection with a homicide that happened Saturday on southbound Route 295.
Police responded about 11:16 a.m. Saturday to a report of an unconscious person on 295 near East Capitol Street SE. They arrived to find a woman lying o... | null | null | null | null | null |
Kelly Pannek celebrates with teammates after scoring the United States' fourth goal against Switzerland. (Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images)
BEIJING — After Team USA’s Amanda Kessel rocketed a slap shot into the net in the final seconds of the first period Sunday night, some of the opposing Switzerland players glanced u... | null | null | null | null | null |
(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images illustration)
However, recommendations can change based on the temperature and the length of time the test sits outside before it is used.
The Food and Drug Administration and test manufacturers advise reading and following the instructions on the box or online, which includes recommended ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Sweden’s Sara Hector was leading the competition following a first run of 57.56 seconds, just ahead of Katharina Truppe of Austria (57.86). Nina O’Brien was the top American, sitting in sixth at 58.81, with the second run scheduled for later Monday afternoon. The champion is determined by the aggregate of the skiers’ t... | null | null | null | null | null |
His claim referenced what he said were three “radical vicious, racist prosecutors” — one in Georgia, one in New York, one in Washington, and all of them Black — who are investigating his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection and examining his business organization’s finances. But his comments made him the latest in a line of... | null | null | null | null | null |
“We have the most beautiful bunker in Ukraine,” said the elevator operator of the Penthouse Club, a small grandmotherly woman in a ringmaster’s costume. Some city functionary has taped a paper on the wall with the number to call for the key in off hours, which in this case is anytime before 8 p.m. | null | null | null | null | null |
Truckers and their supporters protest coronavirus vaccine mandates in Ottawa on Feb. 6. (Lars Hagberg/Reuters)
After being denied several million dollars raised on GoFundMe, organizers of a trucker-led protest disrupting life in Canada’s capital have found a new platform: a Christian crowdfunding site where they raised... | null | null | null | null | null |
With escalating worry that war could break out if Russia invades Ukraine, Germany has faced widespread criticism for not taking on a more active role with European allies in preparing a response.
“We expect them to talk significantly about the situation in Ukraine and Russia,” said a senior Biden administration officia... | null | null | null | null | null |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — It took just one day after Texas enacted its controversial “heartbeat bill,” banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, for a top Florida Republican to endorse passing the same law in his state — with the leader of the state Senate declaring that a copycat measure was “something we’re already wo... | null | null | null | null | null |
Sweden’s Sara Hector won the gold medal with a total time of 1:55.69 across her two runs, just ahead of Italy’s Federica Brignone (1:55.87). The second run was marred by a gruesome injury to the United States’ Nina O’Brien, who crashed near the finish line and appeared to suffer serious injuries to her lower leg. A spo... | null | null | null | null | null |
Jason Brown isn’t pushing figure skating’s athletic limits. He’s defining its passion.
Jason Brown skates in the U.S. championships in Nashville last month. (Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
BEIJING — The stress attached to the Olympic year grew as the season progressed four years ago, weighing on Jason Brown all the way... | null | null | null | null | null |
Johan Clarey, of France won silver in the men's downhill on Monday in Beijing. (Luca Bruno/AP)
YANQING, China — Johan Clarey first showed up on the World Cup skiing scene in 2003, a year when most of his rivals in Monday’s downhill race at the Beijing Olympics were still coasting down the bunny slope. In 19 years and 2... | null | null | null | null | null |
The Russians are talented across all disciplines of figure skating, but they shine brightest in the women’s competition. They swept the podium at the 2021 world championships, with Shcherbakova winning the gold and Trusova taking the silver. Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, who’s not at these Games, won the silver. But the atte... | null | null | null | null | null |
Norway’s Jarl Magnus Riiber, who won the gold medal in the normal hill at the 2021 and 2019 world championships, will be among the favorites in Beijing. (Matthias Schrader/AP)
Nordic combined is a unique sport that requires athletes to summon the courage and aerodynamics of ski jumping along with the strength and endur... | null | null | null | null | null |
Ireen Wust of the Netherlands reacts during a flower ceremony after winning the gold medal and setting an Olympic record in the women’s speedskating 1,500-meter race at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
BEIJING — Ireen Wüst added to her haul as the most decorated speed... | null | null | null | null | null |
Canada police make arrests amid ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests and seize fuel, vehicles
Police officers walk past parked tractors, as truckers and supporters continue to protest coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandates, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 6, 2022. REUTERS/Lars Hagberg (Lars Hagberg/Reuters)
Police a... | null | null | null | null | null |
What Is Harvard Business School’s Secret Sauce?
The Baker Library of the Harvard Business School stands on Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., on Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Harvard University, established in 1636, is the United States’ oldest institution of higher learning. (Photographer: Bloomber... | null | null | null | null | null |
(Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images)
It was around midnight on Wednesday when Sgt. Matthew Jacobsen of the Portland Police Bureau in Oregon approached a man and woman standing near a silver Dodge Charger. The pair told the officer they were “feds,” but Jacobsen sensed something was amiss, an affidavit says.
There were re... | null | null | null | null | null |
Good morning, Early Birds. If you missed it this weekend: Read Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey, Tom Hamburger and Jackie's definitive history of Donald Trump “ripping things up.” And send us your tips: earlytips@washpost.com. Thanks for waking up with us.
Scoop: Boxes of presidential records found at Trump's Florida resort
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Public Opinion? It’s Still All About the Virus.
Over the weekend, Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams faced a bit of a flap in which she posed maskless for a photo with a bunch of masked students and teachers. Her opponents were quick to call her out for hypocrisy; she responded by slamming their behavior dur... | null | null | null | null | null |
Fire officials: 2 killed, 3 critically hurt in blaze
LITTLE CREEK, Del. — A 9-year-old girl and a 42-year-old woman were killed and three others were critically injured in a house fire in Little Creek on Sunday, Delaware fire investigators said.
When firefighters arrived at the house on Main Street just before noon, fl... | null | null | null | null | null |
The Capitals and the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association are partnering to host the only U.S. stop on the 2021-22 Dream Gap Tour. (Michael Dwyer/AP)
The Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association and the Washington Capitals will partner to host the 2021-22 Dream Gap Tour’s lone stop in the United State... | null | null | null | null | null |
Arianna Fontana of Italy, celebrates after winning the final of the women’s 500-meter during the short track speedskating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
BEIJING — Arianna Fontana burnished her legacy as short track’s most decorated skater with her ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Ireen Wust of Team Netherlands celebrates after setting a new Olympic record time of 1:53.28 in the 1,500 meters. (Elsa/Getty Images)
BEIJING — Sixteen years ago, before Ireen Wust became a speedskating legend, she didn’t know all the Olympic experience entailed. So when she arrived in Turin for the 2006 Games as a wid... | null | null | null | null | null |
In this photo provided by Egypt’s presidency media office, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, greets the President of the Republic of Djibouti, Ismail Omar Guelleh, at Cairo International Airport, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022. Egypt’s president on Monday hosted his Djiboutian counterpart for talk... | null | null | null | null | null |
The federal courts need to take note. While many states allow some electronic coverage of criminal, civil and appellate proceedings, the federal system has insisted on maintaining its absolute and antiquated ban of cameras. Federal civil rights charges against former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao, J. Alexander K... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: What China won’t let you see amid the glitzy coverage of the Olympics
A Chinese television journalist works at the site of the Opening Ceremonies of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing on Feb. 4. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
The ongoing Winter Olympics in Beijing should shine a glaring light on a particularly a... | null | null | null | null | null |
The Russians are talented across all disciplines of figure skating, but they shine brightest in the women’s competition. They swept the podium at the 2021 world championships, with Shcherbakova winning the gold and Trusova taking the bronze. Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, who’s not at these Games, won the silver. But the atte... | null | null | null | null | null |
Diplomacy Can Still Prevent War in Ukraine
By all appearances, the standoff over Ukraine remains dangerous. Although Russia continues to deny that it plans an attack, President Vladimir Putin has massed troops, hardware, weapons stockpiles and medical units on Ukraine’s borders, and continues to add to their number. Th... | null | null | null | null | null |
FILE - Colin Jost, left, and Scarlett Johansson arrive at the Oscars in Los Angeles on Feb. 9, 2020. The married couple, who once made comedy skits on “Saturday Night Live,” are reuniting onscreen for a new Super Bowl commercial. The 60-second ad launches Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, and will be televised during Super Bowl 56... | null | null | null | null | null |
As the men’s short program looms, Nathan Chen is chasing gold (and Yuzuru Hanyu)
Nathan Chen has already starred in Beijing, but he's now after an Olympic gold medal. (Elsa/Getty Images)
American Nathan Chen, who finished fifth in the 2018 Olympics, will try to secure that title by utilizing his unmatched arsenal of qu... | null | null | null | null | null |
These are the latest developments:
Here’s where things stand now:
One potential concession from the United States: Officials confirmed last week that they offered to allow Russia to inspect missile defense systems in Romania and Poland to verify there are no Tomahawk cruise missiles at those sites. In return, the Unite... | null | null | null | null | null |
In this photo provided by Egypt’s presidency media office, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, meets with the President of the Republic of Djibouti, Ismail Omar Guelleh, at the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. Egypt’s president on Monday hosted his Djiboutian counterpart for talk... | null | null | null | null | null |
For the new study, researchers from France, Denmark and the United States analyzed 800,000 pairs of satellite images — including small glaciers in New Zealand and the southern cordilleras of South America that have never been studied, as well as large ones in Patagonia and the Arctic. The team tracked the movement of t... | null | null | null | null | null |
Dumped by her husband, an author dove into loneliness and resurfaced with lessons for a pandemic
Science writer Florence Williams, who has a new book out on loneliness, in her backyard writing studio in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 3, 2022. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post)
For generations of future researchers, the coro... | null | null | null | null | null |
The protests represent a fringe viewpoint north of the border
Truckers refuel during the “Freedom Convoy” protest on Saturday in Ottawa. (Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)
Jonathan Kay is an editor and podcast host with Quillette, a book author and a columnist for the National Post.
For the past week, Ottawa has played ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Mikaela Shiffrin said of the Olympics in a September interview, “honestly, it’s terrifying for the entire two weeks straight.” (Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
Most important will be those she asks of herself. Monday’s giant slalom, an event in which she won gold four years ago at the PyeongChang Olympics, “was finished b... | null | null | null | null | null |
The Internal Revenue Service headquarters in Washington. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)
The IRS has faced a torrent of criticism from members of Congress and the general public since its plans became widely known. The IRS announced last week that it was ready to receive the first tax returns on 2021 income.
On Thursday, a g... | null | null | null | null | null |
Cpl. Annette Goodyear saves a student from an oncoming car as it speeds through the crosswalk outside North East Middle School in North East, Md. (Courtesy of Cecil County)
Cpl. Annette Goodyear was outside of a middle school in Cecil County, Md. on Friday morning, guiding students across the street while wearing her n... | null | null | null | null | null |
Transcript: World Stage: Crisis in Ukraine with Philippe Étienne
MR. IGNATIUS: Welcome to Washington Post Live. I’m David Ignatius, a columnist for the Post.
It's a special pleasure for me this morning to introduce our guest, Philippe Étienne, France's ambassador to the United States and a diplomat that I have known fo... | null | null | null | null | null |
For two American short-track speedskaters, races lost before they started are a cruel blow
Maame Biney (No. 52) was clipped right at the start of her short-track speedskating quarterfinal heat Monday. (How Hwee Young/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
BEIJING — The end came right at the start, and U.S. short-track speedskater Maame... | null | null | null | null | null |
Students line up to enter Christa McAuliffe School in Jersey City last spring. New Jersey is ending a statewide mask mandate in schools. (Seth Wenig/AP)
The Democratic governors of New Jersey and Delaware will lift mask requirements for schools beginning next month, reflecting a nationwide shift away from restrictions ... | null | null | null | null | null |
The best and worst numbers for Super Bowl squares
One of the highlights of a Super Bowl party, besides the food, is participating in box pools, better known as Super Bowl squares. What’s even more fun is winning that pool, and a few key indicators can tell you if the odds will be in your favor when the Cincinnati Benga... | null | null | null | null | null |
“It's the most challenging thing I've ever had to go through,” Emily Sweeney said of her recovery from the 2018 crash. (REUTERS/Edgar Su)
Although the Sweeney family left South Carolina for Maine when their youngest daughter, Emily, was around 5 years old, the local pool near Irmo, S.C., offered fond memories for the t... | null | null | null | null | null |
Figure skater Zhu Yi of China reacts after the women's team free skate program at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
On Chinese social media, commentators questioned why an American-born athlete was representing China. Zhu was criticized for lack of fluency in speak... | null | null | null | null | null |
In the town of Nosy Varika, about 45 miles north of Mananjury and home to 20,000 people, up to 95 percent of homes and businesses were reportedly destroyed.
Batsirai was born from a cluster of showers and thunderstorms on Jan. 23. The U.S. military’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center designated it “Invest 96S” on the 24th, ... | null | null | null | null | null |
The first lady addressed the status of the president’s sweeping social spending legislation during an appearance in Washington before the Community College National Legislative Summit, a gathering at which she delivered a more optimistic message a year ago.
“One year ago, I told this group that Joe was going to fight f... | null | null | null | null | null |
With escalating worry about a Russian invasion of Ukraine, Germany has faced widespread criticism for not taking a more active role with European allies in preparing a response.
“We expect them to talk significantly about the situation in Ukraine and Russia,” said a senior Biden administration official, speaking on the... | null | null | null | null | null |
Every president since the 1930s, after Calvin Coolidge, preserved a sizable chunk of their records, often to be displayed in their presidential libraries. But it wasn’t until 1978, after Nixon tried to keep many of his documents private, that Congress passed a law codifying the practice.
The law says the executive bran... | null | null | null | null | null |
In the town of Nosy-Varika, about 45 miles north of Mananjary and home to 20,000 people, up to 95 percent of homes and businesses were reportedly destroyed.
Batsirai was born from a cluster of showers and thunderstorms on Jan. 23. The U.S. military’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center designated it “Invest 96S” on the 24th, ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Va. Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit against Youngkin’s mask-optional order
A student boards a school bus outside of Washington-Liberty High School in Arlington County which is one of several school districts which sued to stop the mask-optional order by Governor Glenn Youngkin (R), in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., January... | null | null | null | null | null |
The Broad Run girls' basketball team embraces Yvonne Lee (3). (King Lee)
Yvonne Lee decided to become a leader three years ago, when she was a freshman on the Broad Run girls’ basketball team. It was an unconventional choice: She was a freshman on a three-win squad and had ample opportunity to transfer to a better scho... | null | null | null | null | null |
The new cap will be set at $350,000.
Amazon will increase its maximum base pay cap to $350,000. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)
SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon said it would increase the amount of base pay its corporate employees can make in the U.S. due to a tight labor market and competitors that sometimes pay better.
Corporate and... | null | null | null | null | null |
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