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Towson plays Delaware after Timberlake's 25-point game Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens (20-12, 10-8 CAA) vs. Towson Tigers (25-7, 15-3 CAA) Washington; Monday, 6 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Towson hosts the Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens after Nicolas Timberlake scored 25 points in Towson’s 68-61 win over the Northeastern Huskies. ...
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UNC Wilmington hosts Charleston (SC) following Meeks' 31-point showing Charleston (SC) Cougars (17-14, 8-10 CAA) vs. UNC Wilmington Seahawks (22-8, 15-3 CAA) BOTTOM LINE: Charleston (SC) takes on the UNC Wilmington Seahawks after John Meeks scored 31 points in Charleston (SC)’s 92-76 win against the Hofstra Pride. The ...
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SINGAPORE — Jin Young Ko started her LPGA Tour season with a two-shot victory in the HSBC Women’s World Championship, her sixth win in her last 10 starts. LAS VEGAS — Alex Bowman beat NASCAR champion Kyle Larson in a door-to-door overtime battle at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday that sent Hendrick Motorsports to vi...
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Wilson and South Dakota State host South Dakota South Dakota Coyotes (19-11, 11-7 Summit) vs. South Dakota State Jackrabbits (28-4, 18-0 Summit) Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Monday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: South Dakota State takes on the South Dakota Coyotes after Doug Wilson scored 22 points in South Dakota State’s 87-7...
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After Moon, who made diplomacy with North Korea central to his foreign policy ambitions, a Yoon presidency would mark a sharp about face on inter-Korean relations. Yoon has called on greater cooperation with Washington to confront the growing nuclear threat posed by North Korea. He also wants to see South Korea play a ...
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A photo showing then-10-month-old Locklan Samples was posted on Instagram by his mother, Katelyn, in summer 2021. A stranger responded to the post by messaging her with a question about a rare genetic condition she'd never heard of: Did her baby boy have uncombable hair syndrome? (Katelyn Samples) “I’d never heard of i...
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Behind U.S. foreign policy toward Venezuela are century-old racist tropes Understanding this history will be key as the U.S. aims to reengage Venezuela due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. By Timothy M. Gill Tim Gill is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Tennessee — Knoxville. He is the author of ...
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How has Ukraine changed my mind? Updating my prior thoughts about how the international system works A Ukrainian soldier stands guard on a road, east of the town of Brovary, on March 6. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images) Social scientists are taught in graduate school that we need to rigorously test our theories and hy...
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How the left can embrace nationalism while maintaining its values Nationalism is too mobilizing for the right to monopolize it. By Justin Gest Justin Gest is an associate professor at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government and the author of six books about immigration and demographic change, in...
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For more than a century, Western oil companies have cycled in and out of Russia. By Michael De Groot The BP logo. (Neil Hall/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United States and its allies have imposed sanctions that are threatening to strangle the Russian economy. The private...
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What happens when cities say no to growth Housing costs skyrocket and shortages can negatively affect everything from education to diversity By Max Holleran Max Holleran teaches sociology at the University of Melbourne and is author of "Yes to the City: Millennials and the Fight for Affordable Housing" (forthcoming fro...
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Biden administration gets behind coordinated push to cut off Russian oil Good morning, Early Birds. Please keep Horace the Asian elephant in your thoughts today. Tips: earlytips@washpost.com. Thanks for waking up with us. 🚨: “Two intruders, at least one of them armed, entered Joint Base Andrews on Sunday night, appare...
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The sign Z and words reading “we don't leave ours” is seen over Nevsky Prospect in St. Petersburg on March 5, 2022. (AP) (AP Photo/AP) Ukrainian gymnast Illia Kovtun shook the hand of the silver medalist he’d just beaten as the two athletes stood on the podium Saturday to accept their medals. He did not extend the same...
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This photo provided by the United States Border Patrol shows a boat that ran aground in the Florida Keys off Key Largo on Sunday, March 6, 2022. A wooden boat carrying hundreds of Haitian migrants in a suspected human smuggling operation ran aground in shallow water in the Florida Keys, where 163 people swam ashore and...
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Good morning and welcome to The Climate 202! If you live in the D.C. area, we hope you got outside and enjoyed the record-breaking warm weather this weekend without experiencing too much climate anxiety. 🙃 But first: The head of the Energy Department's loans office is staffing up and hyping hydrogen under Biden Jigar ...
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Zelensky, in an almost lyrical speech while wearing an olive-green, military-style T-shirt, said Ukraine has been thrust into suffering “that no other European nation has seen in 80 years.” While Ukrainians had “never dreamt of killing,” they had no choice but to “wipe out the enemy from our land and from our life” ami...
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Brian French joins The Post as news multiplatform editor Multiplatform Editing Chief Courtney Rukan, Deputy Multiplatform Editing Chief Brian Cleveland and News Service Managing Editor Effie Dawson: We are delighted to announce that Brian French is joining The Post as a news multiplatform editor. Brian comes to The Pos...
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Rachel Weiner named Washington legal affairs reporter for The Post WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 12: Washington Post staff writer Rachel Weiner, is photographed at The Washington Post on March 12, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post) Announcement from Local Editor Mike Semel, Deputy Local Editor Maria ...
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No. 1 Sidwell Friends claimed its first D.C. State Athletic Association title with a 28-point win over Georgetown Visitation on Sunday. (Terrance Williams/For The Washington Post) With league play complete, the D.C. area’s top teams advanced to state tournaments last week. Sidwell Friends, the country’s top-ranked squa...
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FILE - Model-actress and activist Pamela Anderson appears at the amfAR, Cinema Against AIDS, benefit during the 72nd international Cannes film festival, in Cap d’Antibes, southern France, on May 23, 2019. Anderson makes her Broadway debut, playing Roxie Hart in the musical “Chicago.” She will appear from April 12-June ...
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Putin’s invasion of Ukraine didn’t rely on cyber warfare. Here’s why. Cyber operations don’t win wars, our research finds. By Erica D. Lonergan Shawn W. Lonergan Brandon Valeriano Benjamin Jensen (Kacper Pempel/Illustration) The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has perplexed observers expecting to see the cyber dimension un...
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World Stage: Ukraine with Julianne Smith, United States Ambassador to NATO The Russian invasion of Ukraine tested Western resolve in unprecedented ways. On Friday, March 11 at 11:00 a.m. ET, Julianne Smith, the United States Ambassador to NATO, joins Washington Post Live to discuss the allies’ response to Russia, conti...
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President Donald Trump, Attorney General William P. Barr and acting Homeland Security secretary Chad Wolf arrive at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., after a trip to Kenosha, Wis., on Sept. 1, 2020. (Evan Vucci/AP) “I never said ‘You must hate Trump,’ rather, I said ‘If you didn’t see corruption in the Election, of which so...
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He left an lucrative law career to become a college basketball coach. Now h... Longwood's Griff Aldrich celebrates the Lancers' first Division I NCAA tournament bid. (Rusty Jones/AP) So there were a lot more hugs and some tears when Longwood finished off its 79-58 victory over perennial Big South power Winthrop to clai...
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LeBron James famously said last year that the NBA’s play-in designer “should be fired” because the Los Angeles Lakers had to fight their way into the playoffs with a play-in win over the Golden State Warriors, while Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban expressed reservations over the added strain on players who now had to...
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Top Democrats, Republicans say they have reached deal to ban Russian energy imports into the U.S., suspend normal trade relations The agreement, reached between leaders on House and Senate tax committees, would still need to be approved by full House and Senate. Senior congressional Democrats and Republicans on Monday ...
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By Amy Taxin and Nomaan Merchant | AP LOS ANGELES — When her daughter was diagnosed with cancer, Tetiana Chatokhina didn’t hesitate to make the trip back to Ukraine to help her recover from surgery and care for her 14-year-old grandson. “Every time we go to bed, we don’t even sleep,” Chatokhina said in whispers in Russ...
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While Sissi was expressing those views, security services were locking up Coptic activists and violating the religious rights of other minorities. Fatma Naoot, a secular poet, was sentenced in January 2016 to three years in jail for mocking the slaughter of sacrificial animals for Eid al-Adha. A month later, another co...
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Longwood’s Griff Aldrich celebrates the Lancers’ first Division I NCAA tournament bid. (Rusty Jones/AP) So there were a lot more hugs and some tears when Longwood finished off its 79-58 victory over perennial Big South power Winthrop to claim the conference’s tournament title. The Lancers are 26-6 and have won 19 of th...
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LeBron James famously said last year that the NBA’s play-in designer “should be fired” because the Los Angeles Lakers had to fight their way into the playoffs with a play-in win over the Golden State Warriors. Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban expressed reservations over the added strain on players who now had to fight...
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Police offer $25,000 reward for tips on fatal shooting of Maryland man Police are offering a reward for information on the fatal shooting of a Maryland man. (Getty Images/iStockphoto) A Maryland man was shot and killed in Prince George’s County over the weekend, and police are offering up to $25,000 for information tha...
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State Sen. Richard Saslaw (D-Fairfax). (Steve Helber/AP) RICHMOND — State Sen. Richard L. Saslaw is proposing changes to his bill to lure the Washington Commanders to Virginia, addressing two potential loopholes that could have allowed for bottomless taxpayer investment in a sprawling “mini-city” around a new stadium. ...
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Letter-shaped candles forming the slogan “Putin come out” are seen on a meadow in front of the Peace Palace in The Hague on March 7. (Remko de Waal/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) “When confronted by such open illegality, is this court utterly powerless to stop it?” asked Harold Hongju Koh, one of the attorneys representing Ukra...
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Origin: The Nationals needed someone to oversee technology, data and player development strategy — they needed it badly — so the team hired Longley amid a full reshaping of their minor league staff this offseason. “Using the term ‘progressive’ or ‘progressive hire’ is a bit lazy, I think, cause it’s not that simple,” L...
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This photo provided by the U.S. Border Patrol shows a boat carrying hundreds of Haitian migrants that ran aground in the Florida Keys off Key Largo on March 6, 2022. (United States Border Patrol via AP) (AP) A battered wooden freighter carrying 356 Haitian migrants ran aground in the Florida Keys Sunday in what authori...
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Since Biden took office, Obamacare has only grown more popular. The White House announced last year that about 31 million Americans now have health-care coverage through the ACA, a record high since the law was enacted in 2010. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, Biden ordered an extended three-month enrollment period...
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ODESSA, Ukraine — The first time in 24 years that I saw my great-aunt, I was wearing my bulletproof vest with “PRESS” stamped on the front. But while my reporting took me all over Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, where the country’s military has been battling Russian-backed separatists since 2014, and to Kharkiv, Ukrai...
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Jamal Alkhaldi a local actor who went to the Ukrainian Embassy in Georgetown this week. (Petula Dvorak for The Washington Post) They’re coming from New Hampshire, North Carolina, Northern Virginia and more to knock on the modest cream door in Georgetown. They’re ready to fight. “Oh no, I’m still wearing my Chipotle shi...
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16-year-old boy charged with murder in killing of 15-year-old Kareem Wilson Jr., police say A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder in the slaying of 15-year-old Kareem Wilson Jr. in Greenbelt, Md., in early February, Greenbelt police said. Police said they obtained an arrest warrant for the teen Feb. 24 and fou...
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Patients and doctors say safety net is unprepared for novel claims stemming from the pandemic Ever since getting covid in 2020, Laurie Bedell has remained in a state of physical exhaustion. (Jeff Swensen for The Washington Post) Deepa Singh, 30, of Louisville, has been seriously ill for two years, racked with extreme f...
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UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — A Maryland man was shot and killed last weekend, and police are offering a $25,000 reward for leads that result in an arrest. On Saturday, Prince George’s Police patrol officers were called to a location in Chillum at around 8 a.m. on Saturday for a report of a shooting, a news release said on Mon...
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Since then, the White House and the administration have had a few bites at the apple and while they haven’t echoed Pelosi and others, they do appear to be getting closer. The Biden administration has certainly erred in that direction. But as with banning Russian oil, that also risks looking like you were dragged into a...
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President Biden on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, D.C., on March 4. (Oliver Contreras for The Washington Post) The stakes now are different. The president of the United States lives in the White House because the White House affords him access to safety and information and a...
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It is illegal to provide false information on a voter registration, and while Americans can have multiple residences, they can only have one official domicile, which is tied to their voter registration. To register to vote in North Carolina, a citizen must have lived in the county where they are registering and have re...
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Even Russian-speaking Ukrainians don’t want to be evacuated to Russia or Belarus The research shows that Russian speakers across much of Ukraine identify as Ukrainian By Michal Bilewicz A woman and her child wait to get on a bus after crossing the Ukrainian border into Poland at the Medyka border crossing on Monday. (L...
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This year’s Demon Deacons were picked to finish 13th in the 15-team ACC. Instead, Wake Forest (23-8) has its highest win total since the 2008-09 season and holds the No. 5 seed for this week's ACC Tournament in New York, where it opens play in Wednesday’s second round against the Boston College-Pittsburgh winner.
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Lower courts had disagreed with how to read the statute. In the future, Kagan wrote, they should consider a range of things: whether the offenses were committed “close in time” and in an “uninterrupted course of conduct”; whether they occurred in one place; and whether they shared a common scheme or purpose.
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Origin: The Nationals needed someone to oversee technology, data and player development strategy — they needed it badly — so they hired Longley this offseason amid a full reshaping of their minor league staff. “Using the term ‘progressive’ or ‘progressive hire’ is a bit lazy, I think, because it’s not that simple,” Lon...
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Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielus Landsbergis and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hold a joint news conference in Vilnius, Lithuania on March 7. (Olivier Douliery/Pool via Reuters) “Because otherwise, it will be too late here, Mr. Secretary," he said. "Putin will not stop in Ukraine; he will not stop.” Blink...
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Since then, the White House and the administration have had a few bites at the apple, and while they haven’t echoed Pelosi and others, they do appear to be getting closer. A National Security Council spokesperson cited ongoing processes through the U.N. Human Rights Council and the Organization for Security and Co-oper...
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“I still remember very clearly when people were telling us that — including a lot of people with a lot of degrees, were telling us that 15 days to slow the — you know, to stop the spread and other really interesting statements,” Ladaposaid. “And I remember my wife and I were looking at the newspapers and looking at the...
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Lower courts had disagreed with how to read the statute. In the future, Kagan wrote, they should consider several factors: whether the offenses were committed “close in time” and in an “uninterrupted course of conduct”; whether they occurred in one place; and whether they shared a common scheme or purpose.
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Schools could be left scrambling to try and figure out how to feed students during summer school and next fall A student holds a milk carton at Burke County High School in Waynesboro, Ga., on Nov. 3, 2021. (Sean Rayford for The Washington Post) The spat has taken place behind the scenes in recent weeks as lawmakers try...
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“I still remember very clearly when people were telling us that — including a lot of people with a lot of degrees, were telling us that 15 days to slow the — you know, to stop the spread and other really interesting statements,” Ladapo said. “And I remember my wife and I were looking at the newspapers and looking at th...
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The Supreme Court on Monday refused requests from Republicans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to block new congressional maps approved by courts in those states, meaning the fall elections will be held in districts more favorable to Democrats than the ones created by the GOP-led legislatures. North Carolina’s Republ...
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There are rumors that she comes back to feed them, but no one is sure. When she moved in 28 years ago, the building was brand-new, and she and her husband were excited to make their home in the city of Bila Tserkva, 50 miles south of Kyiv. But now windows are blown out and the apartments are filled with debris after a ...
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But people concerned about the conflict should at least be clear on one thing: Russian President Vladimir Putin, the architect of this bloody war, has nothing whatsoever to do with poutine, the beloved French Canadian dish of fries topped with gravy and cheese curds. This should seem self-evident, but some people have ...
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Intel plans IPO for self-driving business Intel said its Mobileye self-driving car business has filed confidentially for an initial public offering. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Intel said that the number of shares offered and the price hasn’t been determined yet and that the IPO will o...
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U.S., other countries decry N. Korea launch The United States and 10 other countries on Monday condemned North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch and urged the U.N. Security Council to respond, saying its inaction erodes the credibility of the United Nations’ most powerful body and undermines efforts to prevent th...
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Cain Velasquez, second from left, made an initial court appearance last week with attorney Alexandra Kazarian. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group/AP) Describing Cain Velasquez’s alleged actions as examples of “extreme recklessness,” a Santa Clara County (Calif.) judge denied bail Monday to the former UFC champion, who is ...
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Transcript: Race in America: Health Disparities with Secretary Xavier Becerra & Santa Ana Mayor Vicente Sarmiento MR. CAPEHART: Good afternoon, I’m Jonathan Capehart, opinion writer for The Washington Post. Welcome to Washington Post Live and another in our series on race in America. Latinos have been among the communi...
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It was the the most powerful twister on record so far north this early in the year and the deadliest to strike Iowa since 2008. The remains of a home are scattered among debris as cleanup efforts are underway in Winterset, Iowa, on March 6. (Bryon Houlgrave/The Des Moines Register via AP) The National Weather Service c...
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On some strategic thruways, Ukrainians have parked trams and buses to restrict driving access. Checkpoints to inspect IDs have also been established to root out would-be saboteurs. “We have a lot of presents” for the Russians, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in an interview. “It’s not sweet. It’s very painful.” The Br...
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HRC’s lawyers wrote that David’s most alarming claims are false, including the alleged statement by a senior HRC executive that David’s public support for racial justice risked alienating White donors and specifically “White gay men.” HRC also denied that David was initially paid less than his predecessor, or that an H...
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It was the the most powerful twister on record so far north this early in the year and the deadliest to strike Iowa since 2008 Storm damage in Winterset, Iowa, on March 6. (Bryon Houlgrave/Des Moines Register/AP) The National Weather Service confirmed that the tornado that ravaged Madison County, Iowa, on Saturday was ...
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1 dead, 2 injured in shooting near school Des Moines police said in a news release that gunfire that struck the victims on the grounds of East High School appeared to come from a passing vehicle. Potential suspects have been detained, but no charges were immediately filed. Sgt. Paul Parizek told KCCI-TV that calls star...
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Washington Post Live hosts Maria Ressa on International Women’s Day On International Women’s Day, Washington Post Live will host a conversation with prominent Philippine journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa. Ressa, who has been a vocal advocate for press freedom globally, will discuss her path as a journ...
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Some stores and restaurants have put up signs in Czech and Russian saying, “We won’t serve Russian and Belarusian occupants.” Others want Russian patrons to pass a kind of moral test. A sign in a restaurant in the Zizkov district of Prague states: “Before I start paying attention to you, you must first state that Putin...
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Biden faced some strong pushback from allies on Capitol Hill. Late Monday, Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urged the White House not to go forward with any kind of deal. The decision to extend even a very tepid hand to Venezuela comes with other political risk for ...
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Ask Amy: My boyfriend gets upset when I don’t tell him everything I did during the day Sometimes I want to get out of the house. I’m a mother of two young boys. My oldest is in school, and I’m at home with my youngest. I can see that if I was going to places that were inappropriate, this could get me into trouble with ...
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— What to Do What to Do: That’s the timely question, since you have just about exhausted your list of things not to do. Cheating is the obvious one, but it’s not the only one, and maybe not even the worst: People do fall out of love with one person and in love with another, and the seams aren’t always as neat as they’r...
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Miss Manners: My fiance thinks I should pay for our wedding because I’m a woman If your fiance is using this argument, Miss Manners advises you to make sure that a lawyer ties up your assets before you marry. Also, he is older than he claims: That notion is a perversion of the 19th-century custom of having the parents ...
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Coach Todd Golden has led a quick turnaround at San Francisco, putting the Dons on the cusp of their first NCAA Tournament since 1998 in his third season. San Francisco is No. 24 in the NCAA’s NET rankings and is one of the nation’s best 3-point shooting teams, led by the sharp-shooting Jamaree Bouyea. Gonzaga: Faces t...
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“It’s an outstanding sports town. We just got to give them a reason to keep coming out,” Timberwolves coach Chris Finch said. “This is a team a lot of people like to watch play. ... It feels like we got something growing here and we’ve just got to keep building on it.”
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Seattle forward Viktor Rajkovic (21) reaches for a rebound against Chicago State during an NCAA college basketball game on March 5, 2022, in Seattle. Seattle won and joined New Mexico State and Stephen F. Austin in a three-way tie to share the regular-season Western Athletic Conference championship. More than 50 years ...
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ACM Awards 2022: Best and worst moments, complete list of winners Co-hosts Gabby Barrett, left, Dolly Parton and Jimmie Allen address the crowd Monday during the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images) After much hype, the Academy of Country Music Awards officially became the first maj...
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Then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and wife, Debra Meadows, walk from the Oval Office to board Marine One and depart for Camp David on May 15, 2020. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) — Mark Meadows, at the time White House chief of staff, in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Aug. 16, 2020 “We need to ma...
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Yoon Suk-yeol, presidential candidate from the main opposition People Power Party, during a presidential debate at the KBS studio in Seoul, on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. (Lee Young-ho/Bloomberg) SEOUL — South Korea’s conservative presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol walked back an earlier claim describing himself as a f...
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There are simple measures to take: Reduce speed limits on highways; ask consumers to turn down their thermostats a touch; encourage the use of public transportation by reducing the cost of tickers, or letting people ride on weekends for free. The International Energy Agency has been preparing for a crisis like this for...
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In Putin’s Russia, Oligarchs Don’t Matter as Much as They Used to Well, no — and, of course, yes. By which I mean: Some things didn’t change; many oligarchs continued harvesting riches in the decades following my 1998 meeting with Potanin. On the other hand, today’s oligarchs are far less important to the inner working...
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SEOUL — South Korea’s conservative presidential candidate, Yoon Suk-yeol, walked back an earlier claim describing himself as a feminist in a written interview with The Washington Post, after the campaign’s comment went viral in South Korean media and drew scrutiny from both his supporters and opponents. Gender equality...
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There are simple measures to take: Reduce speed limits on highways; ask consumers to turn down their thermostats a touch; encourage the use of public transportation by reducing the cost of tickets, or letting people ride on weekends for free. The International Energy Agency has been preparing for a crisis like this for...
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By Amos Barshad Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has said he will sell the team. (John Sibley/Action Images/Reuters) NEW YORK — When Chris Bryant stood up in Parliament on Feb. 24 to push for action amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, he wasn’t thinking much about English soccer. Bryant, a member of Parliament representin...
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The Olympics got in bed with autocrats like Putin. There will be consequences. International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, left, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2019. (Sergey Bobylev/Tass/AP) If you want to do business with an international killer, be prepared to pay. That’s the lesson the Inter...
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SEOUL — South Korea’s conservative presidential candidate, Yoon Suk-yeol, on Tuesday retracted an earlier claim describing himself as a feminist in a written interview with The Washington Post after the campaign’s comment went viral in South Korean media and drew scrutiny from both his supporters and opponents. Gender ...
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The vice president will promise aid and support to Eastern European allies as part of an urgent effort to keep NATO united Vice President Harris waves as she boards Air Force 2 after a diplomatic trip to the Feb. 18-20 Munich Security Conference in Germany. (Andrew Harnik/AFP/Getty Images) As chaos spreads in the after...
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BRUSSELS — The European Union presented a plan Tuesday to cut Russian gas imports by two thirds this year, steeply reducing — but not severing — energy ties to Moscow. The E.U. plan comes as the White House prepares to ban imports of oil and natural gas from Russia as early as Tuesday, according to two people with know...
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“How can I be here when my family is there and in such horrible conditions?” said Oleg, a 48-year-old driver from Dnipro, Ukraine, as tears began welling up in his eyes. “I cannot leave my family alone.” While Dnipro is still relatively safe, Oleg said he wasn’t sure how long that would continue to be the case. But he ...
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Chuck Klosterman weighs in on Nirvana, the Internet and the ‘ecstatic complacency’ that defined the ’90s Remember the ‘90s? The last decade of the 20th century wasn’t that long ago, but the historical landscape does at times resemble another world. With the Cold War newly over, the Berlin Wall coming down and Clintonia...
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FILE - The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 2, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. Hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government broke into the computer networks of at least six state governments in the United States in the last year. That’s according to a repo...
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Announcement from Business Editor Lori Montgomery, Deputy Business Editor Zachary Goldfarb, Technology Editor Christina Passariello and Deputy Technology Editor Laura Stevens: We are thrilled to announce that Naomi Nix is joining The Post’s Tech team to cover Meta and other social media companies, with a special focus ...
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Richard Sherman, shown during a July hearing in King County District Court, pleaded guilty Monday to two misdemeanors. (Ted S. Warren/Associated Press File) Cornerback Richard Sherman pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges on Monday, the result of his arrest in July in Seattle. “Richard is grateful to have this matt...
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Stagflation Is Already Here in the Housing Market NOVATO, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 12: Signs are posted in front of homes under construction at a KB Home housing development on January 12, 2022 in Novato, California. Homebuilder KB Home will report fourth quarter earnings today after the closing bell. (Photo by Justin Sull...
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BRUSSELS — The European Commission presented a plan Tuesday to cut Russian gas imports by two thirds this year, steeply reducing — but not severing — energy ties to Moscow. The E.U. plan comes as the White House prepares to ban imports of oil and natural gas from Russia as early as Tuesday, according to two people with...
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What is all this stuff? I frequently go into clients’ homes, and as they show me around, they’ll usually open a few closets and say: “I have no idea what’s in here.” Or they’ll explain that they couldn’t find the box of printer paper they bought last month, or their hammer or stapler, so they bought another one. This s...
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Pathologist Aaron LeBeau has been studying how nurse shark antibodies could help fight covid-19, cancer and other diseases. A nurse shark swims in a tank at Aaron LeBeau’s lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. LeBeau is studying how the sharks' antibodies fight diseases in the hope that the research could help wi...
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Senate candidate Gary Chambers attends annual Zulu Coronation Ball held at New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. (Rita Harper/AP) NEW ORLEANS — Gary Chambers Jr. walked onto the back patio of his Airbnb carrying a bag of marijuana, stuffed the contents into a blunt, licked it closed, lit it and took a few puf...
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Live updates:Russia-Ukraine live updates: Evacuation attempts resume as U.N. says 2 mill... Lee C. Shapiro embraces Marta Liscynesky Kelleher during a prayer service and rally at the St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Parma, Ohio, on Feb. 27. (Jeremy Sosin) The diverse group showed up, one after another, so t...
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Tarrio was ordered to stay outside of Washington, D.C., shortly before Jan. 6 as part of his bond conditions after he was arrested for allegedly burning a stolen Black Lives Matter banner stolen from a historic African American church in the city. That incident occured during an earlier Dec. 12 rally by Donald Trump su...
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The charge against him marks another major move in the multi-pronged investigation by the Justice Department and FBI of the extremist groups who allegedly played large roles in the Jan. 6 violence. From the start of the investigation — the largest in the FBI’s history in terms of charged suspects — agents have focused ...
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