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U.N. builds case alleging sexual violence during initial Hamas attack

An expert team found “reasonable grounds to believe” that sexual violence was committed on Oct. 7, but the report stopped short of an official investigation.

By Karen DeYoung and Sammy Westfall

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Supreme Court ballot ruling darkens critics’ hopes for a judicial curb on Trump

While the court had been widely expected to rule in Donald Trump’s favor, the decision came amid a string of setbacks in efforts to hold him accountable for his efforts to disrupt the transfer of power after the 2020 vote.

By Sarah Ellison and Toluse Olorunnipa

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Election 2024

How a laid-back beach town became California’s MAGA stronghold

Huntington Beach has long been associated with conservative beliefs, but its evolution in recent years shows how the bitter polarization of national politics has crept into even the most mundane municipal matters.

By Reis Thebault

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Style

How worried should we be about the Drunk Elephant tweens?

By Danny Nguyen and Ashley Fetters Maloy

Better LivingEasy wins. Good habits.

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Advice

Should I take ashwagandha for sleep? Here’s what the science says.

By Trisha Pasricha, MD

TikTok’s seat belt hack for airplane sleep is a recipe for disaster

By Natalie B. Compton

Why is hotel room service so hard to stomach?

By Hannah Sampson and Andrea Sachs

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How to make a temporary home feel like it’s really yours

By Jaime Stathis

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What’s behind the Supreme Court’s furious agreement on Trump in Colorado

Rarely have justices sounded so angry while also delivering a unanimous decision.

Opinion by Ruth Marcus

I’m glad I had a gun. I’m even happier I didn’t use it on an intruder.

Opinion by Fredrick Kunkle

The Supreme Court makes the right call keeping Trump on the ballot

Opinion by the Editorial Board

The blank spaces in Relisha Rudd’s story are the most horrifying

Opinion by Colbert I. King

Cartoon: The British public’s attitude toward the royals

Opinion by Edith Pritchett

Ken Paxton, the impeached Texas AG, wants revenge on Super Tuesday

Opinion by James Hohmann

The U.S. can’t afford to wait to fully embrace the world’s most effective weapon

Opinion by Shyam Sankar and Joab Rosenberg

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Powerful Va. state senator keeps everyone guessing as clock ticks on arena

Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s $2 billion plan to lure the Washington Capitals and Wizards to Northern Virginia is back where it began — behind closed doors, in the hands of a few powerful figures.

By Laura Vozzella and Gregory S. Schneider

Tohono O’odham Nation Chairman Verlon Jose. (Caitlin O’Hara for The Post)

‘On stolen land’: Tribes fight clean-energy projects backed by Biden

From power lines to copper mines, tribal leaders across the country are raising concerns about projects essential to President Biden’s climate goals.

By Maxine Joselow

ISIS executed her son. Her new book describes confronting his kidnapper.

Diane Foley’s book, “American Mother,” examines her frustrations with the U.S. government after her son James Foley was captured, and her activism since his death.

By Jonathan Edwards

Foreign tourist is gang-raped in India as violence against women persists

While rape against Indian women is common, this incident involving a foreigner — a Brazilian blogger who went public — focused national attention to an unusual degree.

By Anant Gupta

Appeals court blocks Florida’s ‘Stop Woke Act,’ calls it a ‘First Amendment sin’

By Anumita Kaur

A man wanted to see ‘Dune 2’ before he died. The director sent his laptop.

By Annabelle Timsit

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What’s behind the Supreme Court’s furious agreement on Trump in Colorado

Rarely have justices sounded so angry while also delivering a unanimous decision.

Foreign tourist is gang-raped in India as violence against women persists

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Carolyn Hax: When stepsiblings fight, parent feels guilty for blending family

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Ask Amy: Should she tell friends she was unaware of her ex-husband’s crimes?

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election 2024

Trump poised to dominate Super Tuesday as Haley makes last stand

Nikki Haley has pulled in significant, if losing, percentages of the vote in some contests, prompting debate about the implications for GOP success in November.

By Hannah Knowles and Marianne LeVine

How many delegates are at stake on Super Tuesday?

By Nick Mourtoupalas

Controversial GOP candidate in Ohio drops out after insisting he would not

By Patrick Svitek

Nikki Haley wins D.C. primary, her first victory in GOP nominating race

By Mariana Alfaro

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Analysis

Team Biden banks on a meta-campaign

By Philip Bump

Politics

Harris takes more public role criticizing Israel’s actions in Gaza

By Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Tyler Pager, Yasmeen Abutaleb and Steve Hendrix

Pro-Trump lawyers central to alternate-elector plot settle Wisconsin lawsuit

By Yvonne Wingett Sanchez

Analysis

The institutions of government aren’t going to protect democracy

By Philip Bump

Trump Cases

Supreme Court rejects Colorado ruling, keeps Trump on ballot nationwide

By Ann E. Marimow

Republicans cheer decision allowing Trump to remain on ballot; Democrats express wariness

By Mariana Alfaro

Longtime Trump executive pleads guilty again, this time to perjury charges

By El M. Calabrese and Mark Berman

Advice

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Carolyn Hax: When stepsiblings fight, parent feels guilty for blending family

A parent feels guilty that the children in their blended family must live with the consequences of adult decisions.

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Ask Amy: Should she tell friends she was unaware of her ex-husband’s crimes?

March 5

Miss Manners: I want to celebrate my pregnancy without gifts

March 5

Ask Sahaj: I don’t want kids. Should I have them to make my parents happy?

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Work Advice: My house cleaner is underpaid. How do I help her ask clients for more?

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This common precursor to dementia often gets diagnosed late. Experts say that needs to change.

By Katherine Ellison

How to ease chronic back pain with or without medication

By Hallie Levine

Yogurt can lower diabetes risk, FDA allows makers to claim, with caveats

By Andrew Jeong

Breast cancer death rate dropped 58 percent over 44 years in U.S.

By Linda Searing

Why you shouldn’t rely on ChatGPT for exercise suggestions just yet

By Erin Blakemore

ClimateExpanded coverage of a changing planet

What John Kerry’s exit means for the global climate fight

By Maxine Joselow

These Amazon villages are powering up without electric poles or cables

By Isabel Alarcon

Analysis

Winter is warming almost everywhere. See how it’s changed in your town.

By Harry Stevens

California rains resurrect a long-dead lake in dry Death Valley

By Reis Thebault

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A new watchdog satellite will sniff out methane emissions from space

By Nicolás Rivero

Detroit, Buffalo set record highs in 70s as warm air swarms Great Lakes

By Ian Livingston

Sierra Nevada buried by up to 11 feet of snow, and more is coming

By Dan Stillman

Tumbleweeds invade towns as severe weather sweeps Western states

By Jennifer Hassan and Jason Samenow

Maps of the Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas Panhandle

By Dylan Moriarty and Aditya Jain

TurboTax and H&R Block now use AI for tax advice. It’s awful.

By Geoffrey A. Fowler

Your tax return is secret by law. TurboTax wants you to give up your privacy.

By Shira Ovide

These camera doorbells from Amazon, Walmart aren’t safe

By Tatum Hunter

Technology

Apple hit with nearly $2 billion E.U. fine for ‘abusing’ app store

By Cristiano Lima-Strong

Amid tensions with Russia, SpaceX to launch another astronaut crew

By Christian Davenport

Are we dating the same guy? Facebook groups offer intel but upend lives.

By Brittany Shammas and Marisa Iati

National

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Responding to subpoena, Harvard describes efforts to fight antisemitism

By Susan Svrluga

Supreme Court keeps Texas migrant law on hold until at least March 13

By Maria Sacchetti and Arelis R. Hernández

Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to leaking intelligence documents on Discord

By Shane Harris, Samuel Oakford and Devlin Barrett

Mark Giuliano, former FBI deputy director, dies at 62

By Devlin Barrett

Richard Truly, astronaut and NASA administrator, dies at 86

By Emily Langer1 hour ago

WORLD

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France becomes first country to explicitly enshrine abortion rights in constitution

By Karla Adam

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Biden’s rift with Netanyahu grows wider

By Ishaan Tharoor1 hour ago

Haiti declares state of emergency after gangs lead mass prison break

By Widlore Mérancourt and Adam Taylor

China’s biggest political confab is about to begin. What are the Two Sessions?

By Christian Shepherd and Lyric Li

Explosion at rail bridge deep inside Russia shows Ukraine’s reach

By Isabelle Khurshudyan

StyleNews from the front lines of culture

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An explosion of creativity in Paris fashion

Commes des Garçons, Loewe, Rick Owens, Hermes and Balenciaga brought life to Paris Fashion Week.

By Rachel Tashjian

Lauren Boebert doesn’t want to lose the House

By Ben Terris

Perspective

The wives are not all right

By Monica Hesse

Eleanor Collins, Canada’s first lady of jazz, dies at 104

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Timothée Chalamet’s many, many monikers in the world of Dune

By Lucas Trevor

TV Review

‘The Regime’ clicks as comedy but flails as satire

By Lili Loofbourow

Book Review

Five years after Luke Perry’s death, a new look at the Gen X bad boy

By Allison Stewart

D.C., MD. & VA.

Health

Opill, first U.S. over-the-counter birth control pill, to hit stores: What to know

By Sabrina Malhi and Kendra Nichols1 hour ago

When you have covid, here’s how you know you are no longer contagious

By Lena H. Sun and Joel Achenbach

Oregon’s pioneering drug decriminalization effort faces rollback

By David Ovalle

Science

Exhausted parents turn to baby sleep consultants. But do they work?

By Meeri Kim

Secondhand smoke linked to rise in some dogs’ cancer risk

By Erin Blakemore

Perspective

A 13-year-old beat Tetris, but there’s more to the game than winning

By Leah McCoy

SPORTS

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As final year of his deal begins, Patrick Corbin is trying something new

By Chelsea Janes

Nationals’ new $5 ticket program is exclusive to D.C. fans

By Scott Allen

Broncos to release Russell Wilson, altering QB market before free agency

By Mark Maske

Eagles’ Jason Kelce retires from the NFL after 13 seasons

By Matt Bonesteel

Iditarod musher forced to kill, gut moose that clashed with his dogs

By Des Bieler

Business

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China says economy will grow ‘around’ 5 percent this year

By Christian Shepherd

JetBlue, Spirit end bid to merge after antitrust objections

By Lori Aratani

Analysis

The most physically demanding jobs in America

By Andrew Van Dam

The IRS’s new free site for tax filing is now up and running

By Julie Zauzmer Weil

Rent is driving inflation. But there’s something off in the data.

By Rachel Siegel

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