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FILE - Chicago White Sox infielder Julio Cruz is shown in this 1986 photo. Cruz, an original Seattle Mariners player from their inaugural season who later became a Spanish-language broadcaster for the franchise, has died, the team announced Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. Cruz played for Seattle and the Chicago White Sox dur... | null | null | null | null | null |
Transcript: Chasing Cancer: Women & Cancer with Thalie Martini & Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.)
MS. ABUTALEB: Good morning, and welcome to Washington Post Live. I’m Yasmeen Abutaleb, a health policy reporter here at the Post.
Today's program is part of our Chasing Cancer series, and my guests are here to talk a... | null | null | null | null | null |
Evidence for this comes from a recent study by the Bank for International Settlements that looked at historical data on the relationship between home prices and nominal short-term rates. It found that a 1% decline in nominal short-term rates led to a 5% increase in housing prices.
(Corrects name of the Bank for Interna... | null | null | null | null | null |
The Biden administration acquiesced to the Illinois judge’s decision, and moved to dismiss the remaining cases around the country. That left states that favored the public charge rule without recourse, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich told the justices Wednesday.
“This was an unprecedented legal maneuver,” Brnovi... | null | null | null | null | null |
Bethany Kaley Farber’s ordeal began in April, when she was waiting to board a flight to Mexico at Los Angeles International Airport and Transportation Security Administration agents told her that she was wanted by the law.
In the lawsuit, Farber says she repeatedly told authorities that she had never been to Texas and ... | null | null | null | null | null |
The Texas Capitol in Austin. (Eric Gay/AP)
In the wake of Donald Trump’s false claims about voter fraud, Texas Republicans last fall passed a controversial law that left in place the state’s two-week early voting period but made it more complicated to vote by mail, imposed strict rules and penalties for poll workers, a... | null | null | null | null | null |
The move was a shift for Trudeau, who on Monday said his government still needed the sweeping powers even after the blockades protesting public health restrictions were cleared over the weekend because there were “real concerns” that new blockades could pop up and that protesters might be regrouping at satellite hubs o... | null | null | null | null | null |
Johns Hopkins curators examine musical mystery linked to Edgar Allan Poe
Sam Bessen, a curator for the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries, holds a manuscript of sheet music that may have been copied by Edgar Allan Poe. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)
In reality, the document — a piece of sheet music titled “Mr. Po” and bearing... | null | null | null | null | null |
Baltimore State’s Attorney Mosby accuses U.S. prosecutors of bias in charging her
Lawyers for Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby, seen above Jan. 14 in Baltimore, argued that the indictment against her should be dismissed because it is exclusively the result of federal prosecutors’ animosity toward her. (Jerry Ja... | null | null | null | null | null |
Yet even the apparent sameness of so many disclosures and admissions, over so many years, should not blunt the importance of a recent report that former Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, as archbishop of the German cities of Munich and Freising from 1977 to 1982, failed to discipline abusive priests and enabled them to maint... | null | null | null | null | null |
About 2 million high-net-worth households control $25 billion in investable assets, nearly half of the nation’s total, Cerulli reports. That is up from 27 percent a decade ago. Huge transfers of unearned wealth undermine the principle that economic rewards should accrue to the deserving, reinforcing a system in which t... | null | null | null | null | null |
KYIV, Ukraine — The threat of war has shredded Ukraine’s economy, and many Ukrainians are asking why they are the ones suffering instead of Russia. The pressure from Russian troops has closed international offices, canceled flights and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in investment to dry up within weeks. Ukraini... | null | null | null | null | null |
Another well appears to dry up.
Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance and New York State Attorney General Letitia James arrive at Manhattan Criminal Court for the arraignment of Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg on charges of tax fraud in New York on July 1, 2021. (Victor J. Blue for The Washington Post)
Donald T... | null | null | null | null | null |
Transcript: “1883” with Sam Elliott, Tim McGraw, and Isabel May
MR. JORGENSON: Good afternoon, and welcome to Washington Post Live. I’m Dave Jorgenson, video producer here at The Post.
Let's talk about "1883." It's the origin story for the Dutton family, central to Taylor Sheridan's other hit show, "Yellowstone." The s... | null | null | null | null | null |
Virginia state Sen. Janet Howell (D-Fairfax), chairwoman of the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee, hopes to reach a compromise on the state budget with Republicans in the House of Delegates. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post)
How it all shakes out will be a test of just how much sway the new governor, a polit... | null | null | null | null | null |
The U.S. average for regular unleaded gasoline hit $3.53 gallon, which is nearly a dollar more than last year
The U.S. average for regular unleaded gasoline hit $3.53 gallon on Wednesday, according to AAA. That’s 21 cents higher than last month and a hefty jump from the $2.65 recorded a year ago.
Rounding out the 10 mo... | null | null | null | null | null |
Virginia state Sen. Janet D. Howell (D-Fairfax), chairwoman of the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee, hopes to reach a compromise on the state budget with Republicans in the House of Delegates. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post)
How it all shakes out will be a test of just how much sway the new governor, a po... | null | null | null | null | null |
The petition, filed in Fairfax County Circuit Court in December by the education advocacy group Open FCPS Coalition, accused Cohen of “neglect of duty, misuse of office [and] incompetence” for voting to keep schools closed in fall 2020 to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Like school districts nationwide, Fairfax — w... | null | null | null | null | null |
If the U.S. men’s national soccer team is to qualify for the World Cup next month, it’s going to have to do so without standout midfielder Weston McKennie, who was diagnosed with a broken foot Wednesday.
McKennie was injured late in a UEFA Champions League round-of-16 match Tuesday between his Italian club, Juventus, a... | null | null | null | null | null |
Live updates:Russia-Ukraine live updates: Ukraine imposes state of emergency; Biden anno...
What counts as an ‘invasion,’ or as ‘lethal aid’? Here’s what some terms fr...
A Russian army personnel carrier close to the border with Ukraine, in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on Feb. 22. (For The Washington Post)
“I wouldn’t say th... | null | null | null | null | null |
“We fully support Kemba’s decision to shut it down for the remainder of the season and use this time to prepare for next season,” Knicks president of basketball operations Leon Rose said in a statement released shortly after ESPN broke the news. “His long-term success on the court remains our priority.”
Knicks Coach To... | null | null | null | null | null |
FILE - Actor Alec Baldwin attends the 2019 PEN America Literary Gala In New York on May 21, 2019. Attorneys for the family of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was shot and killed on the set of the film “Rust,” say they’re suing Baldwin and the movie’s producers for wrongful death. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
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James Hill, Post Writers Group editor, dies at 75
James Hill in The Washington Post newsroom. (TWP)
James S. Hill, a journalist who became managing editor of The Washington Post’s Writers Group of opinion journalists and columnists, editorial cartoonists and comic strip authors, died Feb. 7 at his home in Sun City, Ari... | null | null | null | null | null |
“We fully support Kemba’s decision to shut it down for the remainder of the season and to use this time to prepare for next season,” Knicks president of basketball operations Leon Rose said in a statement released shortly after ESPN broke the news. “His long-term success on the court remains our priority.”
Knicks Coach... | null | null | null | null | null |
Extremely low temperatures will show up every winter, but these events will continue to decrease as the climate warms
This week, much of the United States will experience frigid and stormy wintry weather because of a blast of air from the Arctic. Temperatures have already plunged to below zero across the Midwest, setti... | null | null | null | null | null |
Churchill guard Bryce Wilson holds up the winners' hardware after the Bulldogs beat Damascus to win the Montgomery County championship. “When we get the ball moving and running,” Wilson said, “we’re unstoppable.” (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post)
In the midst of the Churchill boys’ basketball team’s game-turning ru... | null | null | null | null | null |
Live updates:Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia launches attacks on Ukraine
Who are the Russian individuals or businesses targeted by new E.U. sanctions?
The European Union announced new sanctions against top Russian officials, companies, lawmakers and “leading propagandists” this week as it sought to punish Moscow fo... | null | null | null | null | null |
Prosecutors leading criminal probe into Trump business practices resign in frustration
Former Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance approved seeking an indictment, but his successor, Alvin Bragg, seemed uninterested, people familiar with the situation said.
Cyrus R. Vance Jr. (D), who declined to seek reelection as district attorne... | null | null | null | null | null |
Both objectives fell into place Wednesday night as 22-year-old Catarina Macario scored two breathtaking goals in the first half and 23-year-old Mallory Pugh added two after intermission during a 5-0 victory over Iceland in Frisco, Tex.
Asked which of Macario’s goal impressed her most, Pugh said: “I think the first one.... | null | null | null | null | null |
Virginia's Kihei Clark looks for room to move in a crowded paint during Wednesday night's 65-61 loss to Duke. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post)
But they could get no closer and fell to the Blue Devils, 65-61, at John Paul Jones Arena. Clark scored a career-high 25 points, 18 of which came in the first half on six th... | null | null | null | null | null |
Colorado State’s David Roddy (21) runs in transition during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Wyoming Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022 in Fort Collins, Colo. (AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via AP)
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — David Roddy had 26 points and 11 rebounds as Colorado State defeated Wyoming 61-55 ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Russia-Ukraine live updates U.S. vows to hold Russia accountable after it begins attack on Ukraine
Russia has ‘launched a full-scale invasion,’ Ukrainian official says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declares martial law, describes Russian attack as ‘unjustified and deceitful’
A Russian army column at a railroad... | null | null | null | null | null |
Live updates:Russia-Ukraine live updates: U.S. vows to hold Russia responsible after it ...
Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations, Sergiy Kyslytsya, dared his Russian counterpart to confirm that a massive attack was underway on Feb. 23. (United Nations)
French President Emmanuel Macron said Paris “strongly condemn... | null | null | null | null | null |
Both objectives fell into place Wednesday night as 22-year-old Catarina Macario scored two phenomenal goals in the first half and 23-year-old Mallory Pugh added two after intermission during a 5-0 victory over Iceland in Frisco, Tex.
Asked which of Macario’s goals impressed her most, Pugh said: “I think the first one. ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Leading climate scientists will meet with officials in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Light rain falls outside the White House on Jan. 28 in Washington. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
“What we're seeing now is a result of past inaction,” she said. “That past inaction is haunting us. And so the que... | null | null | null | null | null |
What’s happening amid the coronavirus pandemic is nothing new
Hasiba N. Ali conducts a class at the Clara Muhammad School in Southeast Washington in 2001. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)
Amaarah DeCuir is a senior professorial lecturer in the School of Education at American University, and a senior inclusive peda... | null | null | null | null | null |
The pressure on presidents to conduct personal negotiations as a last resort
President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin arrive for the U.S.-Russia summit in Geneva June 16, 2021. (Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS) (Pool New/Reuters)
Tizoc Chavez is a visiting assistant professor of government at Colby College. He i... | null | null | null | null | null |
One person died and four people were injured Tuesday night after a crash in Alexandria.
The incident involving several vehicles happened just before midnight in the 3200 block of Duke Street near the Capital Beltway, according to police. One person died and another person suffered critical injuries. One other person ha... | null | null | null | null | null |
At his first address to a joint session of Congress in 2021, President Biden proposed an ambitious policy agenda. Here's what he accomplished. (Adriana Usero/The Washington Post)
Every president announces a slew of initiatives in a State of the Union address, and we can expect many to be advanced on Tuesday when Presid... | null | null | null | null | null |
One person died, and four others were injured Tuesday night in a crash in Alexandria.
The incident involving several vehicles happened just before midnight in the 3200 block of Duke Street near the Capital Beltway, according to police. One person died, and another suffered critical injuries. One other person had seriou... | null | null | null | null | null |
While Beijing urges calm, Chinese analysts blame the United States and Ukraine for provoking the Russian attack
The Russian attacks are the greatest test yet for an emerging Moscow-Beijing partnership, which has recently shown signs of evolving from what many considered a “marriage of convenience” to something resembli... | null | null | null | null | null |
The NBA’s first 75 years is filled with unforgettable players and stories
National Basketball Association history includes stories of big characters, hard work and even circus clowns.
Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors poses after scoring 100 points in a March 2, 1962, game against the New York Knickerbocker... | null | null | null | null | null |
Shock-and-Awe Sanctions Could Still Stop Putin
It’s not too late to wage a “shock-and-awe” campaign of sanctions against Russia — even with the invasion of Ukraine.
Moscow fought an economic battle two years ago. Its rival wasn’t the West, but Saudi Arabia. The battleground wasn’t the old Soviet empire, but the oil mar... | null | null | null | null | null |
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The issue was that the money used to pay for those things didn’t actually belong to Wickersham, but to the Miss Florida Scholarship Program she was in charge of leading, according to prosecutors.
For years, Wickersham was the executive director of the nonprofit organization, an annual beauty pageant ... | null | null | null | null | null |
The E.U. has been the object of derision for years. Britain left in a huff over complaints that its policies were stifling growth and national sovereignty. In the last Ukraine contretemps in 2014, a State Department official — who has since returned to State to serve the Biden administration — was caught on tape using ... | null | null | null | null | null |
On returning to normal
What exactly is “normal” at this point?
GOP California lawmaker Kevin Kiley's mask bears an image of maskless Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP)
As the omicron wave has subsided and as formal pandemic restrictions have started to be removed i... | null | null | null | null | null |
The Canadian truckers’ ‘freedom convoy’ disrupted life and blockaded borders. Did the protest succeed?
The trick, for activists, is to get authorities and other audiences to focus on their issues as well as their tactics.
People hold sign and flags as truckers and supporters continue to protest coronavirus vaccine mand... | null | null | null | null | null |
The latest: Cities, towns and villages are being bombarded, and Russian troops are pushing toward Ukraine’s capital. There are reports of growing casualties. The situation is developing rapidly, and we’re tracking the updates here.
When did it start? Shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “special m... | null | null | null | null | null |
The best things to do in the D.C. area the week of Feb. 24-March 2
The National Gallery of Art's East Building closes for renovations after this weekend, so you only have a few more days to get a rooftop selfie with Katharina Fritsch's “Hahn/Cock.” (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The Washington Post)
Editor’s note: While m... | null | null | null | null | null |
Majority of D.C. residents support clearing of homeless encampments, Post poll finds
At the same time, District residents give Mayor Muriel Bowser low ratings on creating and maintaining affordable housing
An encampment in the L Street NE tunnel, where homeless people sought refuge in January 2020. (Michael S. Williams... | null | null | null | null | null |
The issue was that the money used to pay for those things didn’t belong to Wickersham, but to the Miss Florida Scholarship Program she was in charge of leading, according to prosecutors.
For years, Wickersham was the executive director of the nonprofit organization, an annual beauty pageant that awards financial aid to... | null | null | null | null | null |
The White House on Jan. 28. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
“What we’re seeing now is a result of past inaction,” she said. “That past inaction is haunting us. And so the question is, how do we accelerate effective action?”
President Biden took office promising to take a whole-of-government approach to curbing the greenhouse gas... | null | null | null | null | null |
The E.U. has been the object of derision for years. Britain left in a huff over complaints that its policies were stifling growth and national sovereignty. In the last Ukraine contretemps in 2014, a State Department official — who has since returned to State to serve in the Biden administration — was caught on tape usi... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: I woke up to explosions in Kyiv. It wasn’t the first time Russian aggression upended my life.
Police and security personnel inspect the remains of a shell in a street in Kyiv on Thursday. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)
I woke up to explosions Thursday morning. I looked out of the window of my building ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: What worries me most about the classified information discovered at Mar-a-Lago
Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., on Aug. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
Attorney General Merrick Garland was on firm ground when he signaled Tuesday that the Justice Department will take a methodical ap... | null | null | null | null | null |
Russian Aggression Puts Erdogan in a Bind
In a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would “not recognize any step against Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity” and counseled against further military action. He was, of course, referring t... | null | null | null | null | null |
FILE - This 2020 electron microscope image made available by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows a Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 particle isolated from a patient, in a laboratory in Fort Detrick, Md. The coronavirus mutant widely known as stealth omicron is now causing more than a third of ne... | null | null | null | null | null |
Police: Motorcyclist, 19, killed in crash in New Castle
NEW CASTLE, Del. — A 19-year-old motorcyclist is dead after a crash in New Castle on Wednesday night, Delaware State Police said.
The crash happened on state Route 13 just before midnight, police said in a news release.
A Yamaha motorcycle was traveling at a high ... | null | null | null | null | null |
How the League of Nations’ weak response to Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia helped precipitate World War II
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, second from left, is flanked by Italian and German officers on the occasion of the celebration of the 14th anniversary of Italian fascism on Oct. 28, 1936. (AP)
By Brian J. Griffit... | null | null | null | null | null |
With WWIII looming, the trucker ‘convoy’ is demanding our attention. But what do they want?
Bob Bolus of Scranton, Pa., drives his semi leading a “Freedom Convoy” in Pittston Township, Pa., on Feb. 23. (Christopher Dolan/The Times-Tribune/AP)
The National Guard has been activated, state police are on high alert, snow t... | null | null | null | null | null |
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Feb. 24 condemned Russia's “cold-blooded” attack on Ukraine “in the strongest possible terms.” (Reuters)
“Russia has attacked Ukraine,” Stoltenberg told journalists from NATO headquarters in Brussels. “Peace in our continent has been shattered.”
Explosions went off across Ukra... | null | null | null | null | null |
Signs adorn the porch of Henry Widener and his wife, Paula Riff, at the LaSalle Park Apartments in Chillum, Md. The two helped organize a rent strike among tenants. (Amanda Voisard/The Washington Post)
By Anu Narayanswamy
Kyle Swenson
The federal government for the first time Thursday released data on how it spent bill... | null | null | null | null | null |
Flares burn on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota on Oct. 27, 2021. Over much of the last decade, oil and gas operators in Texas and a dozen other U.S. states have flared, or burned off, at least 3.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, according to an analysis of satellite data by the Howard Center fo... | null | null | null | null | null |
117th Congress: Rep. Michael R. Turner (R-Ohio)
Bipartisan lawmakers have called for new sanctions against Russia in response to its multipronged attack against Ukraine. On Thursday, March 3 at 10:00 a.m. ET, join Washington Post Live for a conversation with Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), ranking Republican on the House In... | null | null | null | null | null |
‘She’s not afraid’: Ukrainians in London speak of their loved ones back hom...
‘She is not afraid’: Ukrainians in London speak to their loved ones back home
A woman stands at the entrance to a bomb shelter at a school in Mykolaivka, eastern Ukraine, on Feb. 20. (Mstyslav Chernov/AP)
Asked how she felt about Russia laun... | null | null | null | null | null |
President Biden on Wednesday night got the news that no president wants: An antagonistic foreign power had decided to formally attack a U.S. ally militarily.
What awaits Biden is a series of difficult choices, even as the United States itself isn’t going to war. He must balance Americans’ lack of desire to get involved... | null | null | null | null | null |
Ukrainian authorities said Thursday that Russian invasion forces had taken the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the scene of a 1986 meltdown that sent a radioactive cloud over parts of Europe and left a no-man’s land of contaminated soil and other fallout, which remains dangerous
“The Chernobyl zone — the exclu... | null | null | null | null | null |
Fox News host Tucker Carlson often echoes Russian president Vladimir Putin's claim that Ukraine is not a democracy. (Screenshot via YouTube/ and Screenshot via YouTube/Fox News/Screenshot via YouTube/Fox News)
“You can’t say it enough, Ukraine is not a democracy … In American terms, you would call Ukraine a tyranny.”
C... | null | null | null | null | null |
Demonstrators gathered Sunday at the White House to protest the rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine. (Kenny Holston/Getty Images)
Dozens of demonstrators converged outside the Russian Embassy early Thursday morning as Russia began its military assault on their home nation — a precursor to a larger demonstration ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Karen Soverino, Postal Service employee
Karen Soverino, 71, a surveillance program specialist for the independent counsel’s office of the chief postal inspector, died Jan. 21 at a hospital in Arlington, Va. The cause was leukemia, said a brother, Harry McWreath.
Ms. Soverino, an Arlington resident, was born Karen McWre... | null | null | null | null | null |
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New research shows MIS-C has also occurred in a very small number of individuals who had been vaccinated. In a study published Tuesday in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, CDC researchers found 21 cases of MIS-C out of more than 21 million individuals ages 12 to 20 — or about one per ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: Mobile voting would create more problems than it solves
Election volunteer James Morris puts up signs at the Marie Reed Recreation Center in D.C. in 2018. (Astrid Riecken for The Washington Post)
I was distressed to read in the Feb. 21 Metro article “D.C. bill calls for mobile voting” that most D.C. Council me... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: A reality check on Ukraine
A Russian army column near the border with Ukraine. (For The Washington Post/FTWP)
The Biden administration’s uncertain initial reaction as to whether Russia’s troop movement into eastern Ukraine constitutes an “invasion” invites a reality check [“White House wrestles with what count... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: We haven’t reached the end yet
A campaign hat for former president Donald Trump sits on the dashboard of a vehicle that was part of the Lansing Freedom Convoy, which drove past the Michigan Capitol in Lansing on April 30, 2020. (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images)
The Feb. 21 editorial “Not much to celebrate” ... | null | null | null | null | null |
If you’ve ever been to Utqiagvik, Alaska, formerly known as Barrow, odds are you weren’t expecting a tropical paradise. The nation’s northernmost town, Utqiagvik is home to roughly 4,700 people and is situated on Alaska’s North Slope, about 320 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
Winters are long, brutally cold and unfor... | null | null | null | null | null |
The report’s authors at Treasury do not sound optimistic that significant change will come at either the federal or state levels. “As of 2017, alcohol companies reported 303 lobbyists in Washington D.C. and spent nearly $12 million on state-level lobbying,” the report said, observing, “Lobbying is a feature of our poli... | null | null | null | null | null |
And so she spent the day of Germany’s unconditional surrender, in May 1945, celebrating with rapturous crowds, as well as British, American and other Allied servicemen, in the streets of London. One of her great regrets, she said, was not witnessing the liberation of her hometown of Rumes by the U.S. 2nd Armored Divisi... | null | null | null | null | null |
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a speech Thursday announcing broad attacks on Ukraine, said the purpose of the “military operation” was to “denazify” the country — the leader of which, President Volodymyr Zelensky, is Jewish and had family members die in the Holocaust.
Calls for “denazification” are geared toward ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Novak Djokovic’s reign as the No. 1 player is coming to an end. (Ebrahim Noroozi/Associated Press)
Jiri Vesely, a tournament qualifier from the Czech Republic, beat Djokovic, 6-4 7-6 (7-4), in a match that lasted 1 hour 59 minutes in the Dubai Tennis Championships. Russia’s Daniil Medvedev, who lost to Rafael Nadal in ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Havana Rose Liu, left, in “No Exit.” (Kirsty Griffin/20th Century Studios)
A mysterious man (Andy Garcia) hires a struggling writer (Emory Cohen) to compose his biography in “Big Gold Brick,” the darkly comic feature debut of filmmaker Brian Pestos. According to Slant magazine, the writer-director’s flair for “go-for-b... | null | null | null | null | null |
I quit breastfeeding to take ADHD meds. Here’s why I’m glad I did.
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By Rebecca Phillips Epstein
“How committed are you to breastfeeding?”
I stared back at my psychiatrist on the Zoom screen.
It was June 2020, and while everyone else was figuring out what to do with all that extra sourdough starter, I was ... | null | null | null | null | null |
Trendy IV vitamin infusions don’t work — and might be unsafe. Experts explain why.
IV infusions can be administered in “drip bars” or at home. (iStock)
In the past few years, intravenous vitamin treatments have exploded in popularity. Rundown customers are finding them as spalike “drip bars,” or are booking house calls... | null | null | null | null | null |
An abandoned shop is seen in the Chernobyl zone close to the Ukraine-Belarus border crossing Feb. 13 in Vilcha, Ukraine. (Chris Mcgrath/Getty Images)
There was no immediate way to confirm what Russian forces were doing in the zone, located about 80 miles north of Kyiv and 12 miles from the border with Belarus. Russia m... | null | null | null | null | null |
Smoke is seen from the Russian airstrikes in Kharkiv, Ukraine on Thursday, Feb. 24. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post)
On Thursday, Russia launched an attack on major cities and military installations across Ukraine. Thousands of Ukrainians are fleeing the country; some are walking miles to the Polish border to escap... | null | null | null | null | null |
Grambling State University hired Art Briles as its offensive coordinator, a Grambling spokesperson confirmed Thursday, bringing the former Baylor head coach back into the college coaching ranks for the first time since he was fired by Baylor for his handling of sexual assault allegations filed against his players.
Bril... | null | null | null | null | null |
Washington Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma will take on an increased scoring role in the final 24 games of the season. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post)
“If you look at our season, it’s been a roller coaster,” Kuzma said. “A pretty deep roller coaster. Starting out 10-3, I think that we might have got ahead of ourselves... | null | null | null | null | null |
Susan Welsh, USDA officer
Susan Welsh, 76, an official of the Department of Agriculture who retired in 2011 after 38 years of service to the agency, died Dec. 23 at a hospital in Rockville, Md. The cause was pneumonia, said a son-in-law, Deke Shipp.
Dr. Welsh, a resident of Germantown, Md., was born Susan Sanzo in Broo... | null | null | null | null | null |
FILE - Sean Penn arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of “Flag Day” in Los Angeles on Aug. 11, 2021. Penn is in Ukraine to continue work on a documentary about the country’s conflict with Russia. The Office of the President wrote in a Facebook post Thursday that Penn attended press briefings, met with Deputy Prime Minis... | null | null | null | null | null |
FILE - Shakhtar’s Marlon, center, tries to go past Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema, left and Vinicius Junior, during a Group D Champions League soccer match at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid Spain, Nov. 3, 2021. The Brazilian soccer player from one of Ukraine’s biggest clubs issued an appeal to the Brazilian gover... | null | null | null | null | null |
Metro technicians demonstrate how the wheelset on the 7000 series is measured as officials hold a news conference in November 2021 to demonstrate the inspection process on the troubled cars. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post)
Multiple factors are likely causing the wheels of Metro’s 7000-series rail cars to push outwar... | null | null | null | null | null |
Willis Wendler demonstrates against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine outside of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Washington on Thursday.
Dozens of demonstrators converged outside the Russian Embassy early Thursday as Russia began its military assault on their native country — a precursor to a larger demonstration p... | null | null | null | null | null |
If you’ve ever been to Utqiagvik, Alaska, formerly known as Barrow, odds are you weren’t expecting a tropical paradise. The nation’s northernmost town, Utqiagvik is home to about 4,700 people and is situated on Alaska’s North Slope, about 320 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
Winters are long, brutally cold and unforgi... | null | null | null | null | null |
“We fear it’s Russian,” said Ludmila, 56,
By Thursday, the fears of a nation could be seen in the long queues at ATMS, gas stations and grocery stores to stock up on food and necessities. The fears could be seen in the massive traffic jams of cars filled with families desperately trying to leave the city. And they coul... | null | null | null | null | null |
Ivanka Trump, we have now learned, is in active talks with the House select committee examining the Jan. 6 insurrection to offer voluntary testimony about what she saw and heard before, during, and after that day.
We don’t know if Ivanka Trump is really serious about cooperating. The Times piece reports that she “would... | null | null | null | null | null |
Opinion: St. John’s should let female student wrestle
St. John's wrestling coach Michael Sprague watches a match at the Landon School in Bethesda on Feb. 12. (Greg Fiume/For The Washington Post)
As parents of both a current student and a recent graduate of St. John’s College High School, both champion varsity athletes,... | null | null | null | null | null |
Leader will bar foreign funds for civil society
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied said Thursday that he will outlaw foreign funding for civil society organizations as he tries to remake the country’s politics after establishing one-man rule.
“Non-governmental organizations must be prevented from accessing external funds .... | null | null | null | null | null |
Man slain in Langley Park area, police say
A 21-year-old man was fatally stabbed Monday night in the Langley Park area, Prince George’s County police said.
Officers responded to the 7300 block of 17th Avenue about 11:15 p.m. for a reported stabbing, police said. They found the man with multiple stab wounds, police said... | null | null | null | null | null |
Yet even the apparent sameness of so many disclosures and admissions, over so many years, should not blunt the importance of a recent report that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, as archbishop of the German cities of Munich and Freising from 1977 to 1982, failed to discipline abusive priests and enabled them to maintain the... | null | null | null | null | null |
Ivanka Trump, we have now learned, is in active talks with the House select committee examining the Jan. 6 insurrection to offer voluntary testimony about what she saw and heard before, during and after that day.
We don’t know whether Ivanka Trump is really serious about cooperating. The Times piece reports that she “w... | null | null | null | null | null |
Hundreds of people take shelter Feb. 24 inside a metro station in downtown Kharkiv, Ukraine, as explosions rock the city. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post)
Ukrainians in cities and towns across the country woke up to the sound of explosions early Thursday morning as Russia launched a full-scale attack on Ukraine.
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