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Norway, Ireland and Spain recognize Palestinian state; Israel condemns move

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Israel recalls ambassadors after countries recognize Palestinian state

Pentagon’s maritime aid operation faces immediate obstacles in Gaza

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Trump Cases

Unsealed motions in Trump’s Fla. case suggest new evidence of possible obstruction

By Perry Stein

Trump email falsely says Biden was ‘locked & loaded’ to ‘take me out’ in Mar-a-Lago search

By Hannah Knowles

Rudy Giuliani and other Trump allies plead not guilty in Arizona

Giuliani says he will stop accusing Georgia workers of election tampering

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The Drowning South

‘Pretty gross’: The toxic mix of fast-rising seas and septic systems

Miami offers a high-profile example of a predicament that parts of the southeast Atlantic and Gulf coasts are confronting as waters continue to rise.

By Brady Dennis, Kevin Crowe, John Muyskens and Jahi Chikwendiu

When open houses get weird

From the gross to the dangerous, real estate agents dish on the ways open houses can go very wrong.

By Rachel Kurzius

Better LivingEasy wins. Good habits.

Hidden cameras in your Airbnb? Here’s how to check.

By Andrea Sachs

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Get out of credit card debt with these tips

By Michelle Singletary

How to sell furniture like a pro on Facebook and Craigslist

By Sophia Solano

Just how dangerous is turbulence?

By Hannah Sampson

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ELECTION 2024

Fani Willis and presiding judge in Trump Georgia case win elections

By Holly Bailey

Kevin McCarthy protege wins special election to fill his California House seat

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Biden to welcome Kenyan president; Trump trial on hiatus

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Multiple people dead after tornadoes rip through southwest Iowa

Large tornadoes tore through southwest parts of the state, and the town of Greenfield, about 50 miles from Des Moines, took a direct hit from a particularly violent twister.

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Kevin Costner defends his latest, ‘Horizon: An American Saga,’ at Cannes

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Prince Harry loses bid to include Rupert Murdoch in hacking lawsuit

By Karla Adam, Aaron C. Davis and Sarah Ellison

Louisiana House passes bill making abortion pills controlled substances

By Emily Wax-Thibodeaux and Molly Hennessy-Fiske

Prosecutors plan to use highly personal evidence in Hunter Biden trial

By Matt Viser

A collage with Mark Zuckerberg and newspapers

Meta walked away from news. Now the company’s using it for AI content.

By Heather Kelly

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Rising sea levels along the Southeast and Gulf Coast pose a problem for septic systems, which could cause environmental damage and exacerbate health risks if they fail.

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Carolyn Hax: Husband hasn’t properly atoned for calling his spouse an ‘eight’

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Down-ballot Democrats work to boost Biden with updraft coattails: ‘We push him’

Sens. Tammy Baldwin (Wis.) and Bob Casey (Pa.) are examples of Democratic senators running ahead of the president in key states.

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House Republican group backed by Speaker Johnson to spend $141 million on ads

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Trump backtracks after suggesting he’s open to states restricting birth control access

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Here are the key dynamics in a new batch of Biden-Trump polls

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Politics

House Democrats call on Justice Alito to recuse after flag controversy

By Justin Jouvenal and Ann E. Marimow

Social Security chief Martin O’Malley races to rebuild troubled agency

By Lisa Rein

Trump Cases

Defense in hush money case rests without Trump testifying; focus turns to jury instructions

Here’s who was charged in the Arizona 2020 election interference case

By Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Amy Gardner and Holly Bailey

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Carolyn Hax: Husband hasn’t properly atoned for calling his spouse an ‘eight’

She was fishing for compliments, and more than four months later, her husband is still paying for declaring her an eight instead of a 10.

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Ask Amy: I long for friendships with women. How do I find them?

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Miss Manners: Is a gift registry for young kids the new normal?

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My partner’s parenting makes me look like the ‘wicked’ stepmom

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Ask Sahaj: I live with my parents and generational trauma ‘runs the house’

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Montana’s real estate bonanza turns political as property taxes soar

By Karin Brulliard

DOJ sues antiabortion groups, says patients were blocked from Ohio clinics

By Daniel Wu

DeSantis’s ‘Freedom Summer’ means no rainbow lights for Florida bridges

By Lori Rozsa

Kittens or puppies? Animals left at shelter turned out to be foxes — again.

By Cathy Free

A teen dropped out of high school during WWII. Now 99, she just graduated.

By Jonathan Edwards

WORLD

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Under pressure from all sides, Netanyahu refuses to change course in Gaza

By Shira Rubin and Loveday Morris

Jenny Erpenbeck’s ‘Kairos’ wins the International Booker Prize

By Sophia Nguyen

E.U. sets precedent with plan to use profits from frozen Russian assets

By Emily Rauhala and Beatriz Ríos

Perspective

Amidst outrage and red tape, the ICC questions Israel’s moral compass

By Robin Givhan

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The ICC’s battle with Israel is a test of the international order

By Ishaan Tharoor

StyleNews from the front lines of culture

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Suits are the perfect garment. Why have they lost their power?

In her seminal “Sex and Suits,” fashion historian Anne Hollander argued that wearing a suit is like being naked, but better.

By Rachelle Bergstein

Perspective

How a Southern Baptist minister came to lead an LGBTQ-affirming church

By Monica Hesse

Police looking into origin of ketamine that killed Matthew Perry

By Andrew Jeong

‘Furiosa’ expands the mythic power of the Mad Max universe

By Jen Yamato

Zac Brown and his estranged wife are fighting over her Instagram poems

By Samantha Chery

Afrobeat musical ‘Fela!’ wins big at Helen Hayes Awards

By Thomas Floyd

Theater Review

A thrilling musical about a lesser-known part of the underground railroad

By Chris Klimek

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Health

Denied emergency health care? Feds pledge to expedite patient complaints.

By Dan Diamond

What science tells us about Biden, Trump and evaluating an aging brain

By Joel Achenbach and Mark Johnson

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Markey targets private equity in health care

By McKenzie Beard

Science

These invasive moths are poised to proliferate across North America

By Erin Blakemore

Some mice have a cheating heart. It’s a hormonal thing, scientists find.

By Mark Johnson

Boeing delays spaceflight again as it continues to struggle with leak

By Christian Davenport

SPORTS

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Keibert Ruiz is supposed to be a Nationals pillar, not an unexpected drag

By Barry Svrluga

Perspective

The Celtics survived Game 1, but they never make it easy

By Candace Buckner

As states mull tax hikes, sportsbooks insist they’re paying their fair share

By Danny Funt

Georgia QB sues Florida Coach Billy Napier over failed NIL deal

By Gus Garcia-Roberts and Albert Samaha

The WNBA’s oldest rookie feels right at home with the Mystics

By Kareem Copeland

Business

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Biden releases 1 million barrels of gasoline in bid to lower summer costs

By Rachel Siegel and Evan Halper

Consumer watchdog classifies ‘buy now, pay later’ apps as credit cards

By Aaron Gregg and Jaclyn Peiser

N.C. to pay $885,000 to animal rights groups for undercover-video suit

By Rachel Weiner

FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg says he will resign after hostile workplace claims

By Jacob Bogage

Weight-loss promoters are reeling after TikTok crackdown

By Daniel Gilbert

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