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Israel hits Lebanon with heaviest strike since Gaza war began

The attacks followed a strike on Israel from Lebanon that killed one woman and wounded at least eight other people, authorities said.

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Donald Trump departs the courtroom in his civil fraud case in New York on Nov. 6, 2023. (Jabin Botsford/The Post)

Trump hearings in N.Y., Georgia on Thursday as trial schedule comes into focus

Dual court sessions could help crystallize the timing and viability of two of Donald Trump’s four criminal cases, with additional clarity coming after a hearing in Florida on March 1.

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1 dead, several injured in shooting near Kansas City Super Bowl rally, officials say

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10 of the most promising movies on tap this spring

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Better LivingEasy wins. Good habits.

They say oysters are an aphrodisiac. Here’s what the science says.

By Lindsey Bever

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We took $85 to five flower shops. Here’s what we got at each.

By Fritz Hahn, Zoe Glasser, Sophia Solano and Ellen McCarthy

Does sex count as exercise?

By Gretchen Reynolds

An illustrator of text bubbles, but one of them is a robot

Can you tell which of these break-up texts are AI-generated? Take our quiz.

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A superpower of older age: Powerlessness

My friend is upset — but only for now.

Opinion by Anne Lamott

Vladimir Kara-Murza from prison: Russians increasingly resist Putin’s war

Opinion by Vladimir Kara-Murza

New York’s special election sends a message to the Democrats

Opinion by Karen Tumulty

Struck from a jury for being Black? It still happens all too often.

Opinion by Stephen Bright

Today’s Opinions: Recognizing other relationships, from platonic to polyamorous

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It’s no secret that the nation’s classification system is broken

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Are the Paris Olympics courting disaster?

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House intel chair sounds alarm on unspecified ‘serious national security threat’

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Suspect still barricaded hours after shooting of 3 D.C. police officers

By Peter Hermann and Emily Davies

ICE considers mass releases to close budget gap after border bill failure

By Nick Miroff

The Midwest is experiencing a ‘lost winter.’ Here’s what that means.

Snow is absent, ice is dangerously thin and many cities are experiencing their warmest winter on record.

By Ian Livingston

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New marketing push by Ozempic and others sparks body-positive backlash

By Shane O’Neill

Bill Post, an inventor of the Pop-Tart, dies at 96

By Harrison Smith

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I’d only met my neighbor a few times. When she died, I took in her dog.

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Kansas City shooting live updates: 1 dead, 10-15 injured near Chiefs Super Bowl parade, officials say

The parade celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs’ dynasty-cementing Super Bowl win ended in gunfire and tragedy, with at least one dead.

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A superpower of older age: Powerlessness

House intel chair sounds alarm on ‘serious national security threat’

Lindsey Graham, a longtime foreign policy hawk, bows to Trump on Ukraine

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3 takeaways from the New York special election

It was another big win for Democrats in a long string of them. Here’s what it means.

By Aaron Blake

The House impeached the DHS secretary. What’s next for Alejandro Mayorkas?

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The FixAnalysis

Much of the GOP is on-board with the Taylor Swift conspiracy theories

By Aaron Blake

Michael Whatley, Trump’s pick to run the RNC, already faces criticism

By Isaac Stanley-Becker and Josh Dawsey

Trump Cases

Trump will attend New York hearing on Thursday, but not the one in Georgia

By Amy Gardner

Trump asks Supreme Court to keep Jan. 6 trial on hold, citing 2024 election

By Ann E. Marimow

Well+BeingNews and advice to live well every day

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These 5 science-based tips can improve your relationship

By Richard Sima

Love Letter: Romance, friendship and pets

By Tara Parker-Pope

How long covid takes a toll on relationships and intimacy

By Amanda Morris

Perspective

Bunny love turned out to be the balm my anxious soul needed

By Rona Kobell

Advice

The remarkable power of holding hands with someone you love

By Trisha Pasricha, MD

ClimateExpanded coverage of a changing planet

Coral bleaching is now so extreme, scientists had to expand their scale for it

By Amudalat Ajasa

Analysis

Why the plan to save nature has one big flaw

By Harry Stevens

Advice

Solar water heaters were cool in 1980s. They could be again.

By Michael J. Coren

This unexpected material might be in your next sweater

By Nicolás Rivero

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The plastics industry would like a word with your kids

By Evan Halper

New York City just posted its snowiest day in more than two years

By Matthew Cappucci

Heavy snow blankets New York City as strong nor’easter sweeps Northeast

By Matthew Cappucci

In Photos: Snow blankets the Northeast as millions brace for powerful nor’easter

By Washington Post staff

Meteorologists on cloud 9 after film trailer of ‘Twisters,’ coming this summer

By Matthew Cappucci

4 actually helpful uses for an AI chatbot

By Shira Ovide

Review

I lived inside a Vision Pro for two weeks. Here’s what it was like.

By Chris Velazco

Everyone is using the Apple Vision Pro all wrong

By Shira Ovide

Technology

True love means waiting to share your Netflix password

By Heather Kelly

Analysis

The biggest online threat to 2024 elections isn’t AI

By Will Oremus

Microsoft, OpenAI say U.S. rivals use artificial intelligence in hacking

By Joseph Menn

National

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Parents of gun violence victims use AI to bring kids’ voices to Capitol Hill

By Ellie Silverman

Deputy scared by an acorn hitting his cruiser opens fire in street

By Ben Brasch

Indiana AG’s site to report school content ignites fear for teachers

By Praveena Somasundaram and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff

Austin released after latest hospitalization, to recover at home

By Dan Lamothe

Man charged in theft, destruction of Jackie Robinson statue

By Glynn A. Hill

WORLD

Notre Dame’s new spire unveiled after 2019 fire, complete with golden rooster

By Kelsey Ables

Prabowo, accused of rights abuses, claims victory in Indonesia election

By Rebecca Tan and Winda Charmila

How millions of young people broke Pakistan’s rules of politics

By Rick Noack

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Rebel offensive taking toll on Myanmar military’s cohesion, soldiers say

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Stories of love and loss in the shadow of Ukraine’s war

By Natalie Keyssar

Middle East Conflict

Family grieves after American teenager shot dead in West Bank

By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff and Niha Masih

Short of options, Gazans try to flee Rafah ahead of Israeli operation

By Adam Taylor, Hazem Balousha and Jennifer Hassan

Biden and Jordanian king warn about planned Israeli invasion of Rafah

By Yasmeen Abutaleb and Matt Viser

Panic mounts in Rafah over looming Israeli offensive after night strikes killed dozens

By Miriam Berger, Louisa Loveluck and Hajar Harb

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The designer who brought Beyoncé to Bushwick

Beyoncé’s front-row appearance at Raul Lopez’s Luar show at New York Fashion Week causes a frenzy.

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The best Broadway love songs about the love you feel right now

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Vijay Iyer wants to be heard loud and clear

By Chris Richards

The most promising theater to see in D.C. and N.Y. this spring

By Thomas Floyd

TV Review

‘The New Look’ isn’t as new as one might wish

By Lili Loofbourow

Sammy Rae & the Friends have a leader, but the magic is in their mix

By Sophia Solano

Museum Review

A national art show of ‘American places’ shows off lots of D.C.

By Mark Jenkins

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Black History Month

Black history is ‘being attacked.’ These parents found alternatives.

By Rachel Hatzipanagos and Emmanuel Felton

He unearthed his roots. Now he digs up lost stories of enslaved people.

By Sydney Page

A learning kit misidentified civil rights leaders. Here’s who they were.

By Tobi Raji

New ‘Peanuts’ special will finally let Franklin sit by White friends

By Samantha Chery

Health

Aggressive fungus caused meningitis outbreak tied to clinics in Mexico

By Sabrina Malhi

CDC plans to drop five-day covid isolation guidelines

By Lena H. Sun

The bubonic plague is still around in 2024. How is that possible?

By Adela Suliman

Science

Do apes joke around?

By Kasha Patel

In Valentine’s story at the zoo, beaver courtship began with a bite

By Martin Weil

Pliosaur, T. rex of the sea, is the Jurassic monster of the moment

By William Booth

SPORTS

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Kansas City shooting live updates: 1 dead, 10-15 injured near Chiefs Super Bowl parade, officials say

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Analysis

How Andy Reid stacks up against the greatest coaches in NFL history

By Neil Greenberg

In Italy’s $87 million Olympic sliding track, the IOC sees a slippery slope

By Les Carpenter

Ahead of 2026 World Cup, USMNT’s Gregg Berhalter serves as coach and envoy

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