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A killing in Spain points to Russia and Putin’s sense of impunity

The discovery of Maksim Kuzminov’s bullet-riddled body appeared to deliver a menacing signal from Moscow that those who cross the Kremlin should never consider themselves safe.

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Okla. nonbinary teen died after school fight amid reported bullying

By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

Head of Boeing’s 737 program will leave the company

By Lori ArataniUpdated 1 hour ago

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Meet the other solar panel

Why solar thermal panels, America’s forgotten solar, are poised to make a comeback.

By Michael J. Coren

Better LivingEasy wins. Good habits.

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Put your smugness away. You are not too clever to be conned.

By Michelle Singletary

Wearing high heels might actually have some benefits, study suggests

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Ukraine remains stronger than you might think

Kyiv continues to stymie Russia’s greatest ambitions to take over its country.

Opinion by Michael O’Hanlon

Baseball is proving the power of immigrants. America should take the hint.

Opinion by Jaswinder Bolina

Xi is tanking China’s economy. That’s bad for the U.S.

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J.D. Vance goes all the way to Munich just to insult Ukraine

Opinion by Josh Rogin

The magic moment when music makes dad and mom (a little bit) cool

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Alabama Supreme Court: Embryos are people, too

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It’s getting harder for states to find the income-tax sweet spot

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James Biden says president had no involvement in his business deals

By Matt Viser

Supreme Court seems poised to halt EPA plan to cut cross-state pollution

By Anna Phillips and Ann E. Marimow

Employees prevented Musk from breaking federal Twitter order, FTC finds

By Cat Zakrzewski

Harvard condemns ‘flagrantly antisemitic’ cartoon posted by student groups

By Annabelle TimsitUpdated 56 minutes ago

Biden administration cancels $1.2 billion in student loans with new repayment plan

President Biden will start notifying 153,000 student loan borrowers enrolled in the Save repayment plan that their debts — totaling $1.2 billion — have been forgiven.

By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel and Toluse Olorunnipa

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Beyoncé becomes first Black woman to top Billboard country music chart

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Should you clean up for hotel housekeeping?

Making your bed doesn’t help anyone, but a few other tasks can make things easier for overwhelmed cleaners.

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Informant charged with lies about Bidens also claimed Russian contacts, feds say

The filing marks the latest twist in a case full of them — a defense lawyer accusing a prosecutor of believing someone the prosecutor has charged with lying.

By Devlin Barrett

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A new lens into the ongoing folly of Republican ‘Russia hoax’ rhetoric

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Haley’s nearly all-White high school lacked lessons of racism, some say

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The GOP’s big gamble on ending Ukraine aid: What comes next

By Aaron Blake

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Ex-Trump aide Navarro faces contempt in White House email records fight

By Spencer S. Hsu

Fla. motions expected as Ga. misconduct hearing continues

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How much dairy milk do children and adults really need?

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Why skipping your dog’s walk is a bigger deal than you think

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The decades-long fight to give these farmworkers a 10-minute break

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A dead whale raises a fresh question: Should you eat lobster?

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California is waterlogged after yet another drenching atmospheric river

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A Russian missile killed 59 in a small village — and led to accusations of betrayal

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Ukraine suffered losses during chaotic withdrawal as Russia seized Avdiivka

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Marnia Lazreg, wide-ranging scholar of women in Muslim world, dies at 83

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Russian defector found dead in apparent targeted killing in Spain, Ukraine says

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Commercial spacecraft enters moon’s orbit ahead of landing attempt Thursday

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Astronomers say mysterious galactic ‘wave’ may have once washed over Earth

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Steven M. Wise, legal force for animal rights, dies at 73

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