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Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:30:00 +0000
The flooding that ravaged Central Texas before sunrise on the Fourth of July was the country’s deadliest catastrophe for children in recent memory.
By:Gaya Gupta, Caitlin Gibson, Danielle Paquette, María Luisa Paúl
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 09:00:07 +0000
Some computer science researchers are using AI to peer review papers — and cheating the reviews by hiding instructions for AI in their research.
By:Daniel Wu
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 08:00:47 +0000
At least 31 people were massacred on April 27 in Salha, a neighborhood south of Khartoum, survivors said. The Post has reconstructed the events of that day.
By:Katharine Houreld, Hafiz Haroun, Carolyn Van Houten
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 01:42:48 +0000
As cancer rates surge among young people, this series explores the stories of navigating illness in the prime of life.
By:Washington Post staff
Wed, 16 Jul 2025 23:04:09 +0000
Without permanent structures, electricity or running water, logistical headaches have emerged at “Alligator Alcatraz.”
By:Lori Rozsa, David Ovalle, Rachel Hatzipanagos
Wed, 16 Jul 2025 22:55:52 +0000
The Trump administration’s actions on NIH gain-of-function research have raised concerns among scientists, who argue the move could block experiments that are safe and potentially lead to new treatments and medicines.
By:Hannah Natanson, Carolyn Y. Johnson, Joel Achenbach
Wed, 16 Jul 2025 17:41:35 +0000
NIH chief operating officer Eric Schnabel was fired as officials were looking into whether a $3.3 million contract could have benefited his spouse.
By:Carolyn Y. Johnson, Hannah Natanson, Dan Diamond
Wed, 16 Jul 2025 10:33:49 +0000
Robin Kaye and her husband, Thomas Deluca, were killed when they walked in on an intruder, police said. A 22-year-old suspect, Raymond Boodarian, has been arrested.
By:Vivian Ho
Wed, 16 Jul 2025 10:15:34 +0000
To reject the flag is, in some ways, akin to rejecting part of oneself. What does it mean when so many Americans have let the flag go?
By:Robin Givhan
Wed, 16 Jul 2025 06:22:54 +0000
Texas police said the woman planned to disguise the box of poisoned confections as a gift from a travel agency and mail it to her recently engaged ex-husband.
By:Kelly Kasulis Cho
Wed, 16 Jul 2025 03:12:35 +0000
The Trump administration last month deployed thousands of National Guard troops to Los Angeles.
By:Anumita Kaur, Angie Orellana Hernandez, Niha Masih
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 22:58:15 +0000
Vance Boelter allegedly claimed he had been “approached” by Gov. Tim Walz and ordered to kill the state’s two U.S. senators because “Tim wants to be senator.”
By:Holly Bailey
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 18:48:45 +0000
Texas has sought to fine a New York-based doctor who prescribed mifepristone to a Dallas woman, in a case likely headed to the Supreme Court.
By:Praveena Somasundaram
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 16:45:46 +0000
A state of emergency has been declared in New Jersey, while New York subway stations were flooded. Flash flood warnings were issued in Pennsylvania and Virginia.
By:Andrew Jeong, Ben Noll, Victoria Craw, Kasha Patel