GOP ramps up damage control after missteps
While some Republicans praised House Speaker John Boehner for his decisive moves to push out a congressman guilty of tax fraud while backing Majority Whip Steve Scalise, others worried about the potential fallout from a racial controversy.
Families blindsided by live images of AirAsia wreckage
The grim pictures appeared with no warning to relatives desperate for any news about their loved ones.
A palm oil boom rooted in rural terror
The industry’s rapid expansion in Colombia came in areas notorious for paramilitary violence that drove farmers from their land — acres that now hold palm orchards and processing plants.
The Post’s Ashley Halsey III explains why a plane's black box doesn’t stream data in real time.
In education-obsessed South Korea,
teachers can become millionaires
A nation devoted to its studies means that top tutors have large followings — and the pay to match.
Mother with concealed-carry permit is fatally shot by her 2-year-old in Idaho
She had been shopping with her family at a Wal-Mart, which will be closed until Wednesday.
Air Force lawyer chastised for speaking out on sex assaults
The captain’s comments on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s Facebook page caught her superiors’ attention.
In the future, will everyone be wearing body cameras?
Most studies support the notion that the cameras encourage people to be on their best behavior.
2014 was the deadliest in years for Virginia’s unregulated day cares
The deaths have state leaders intensifying efforts to bring oversight to unlicensed day-care homes.
Why does Putin fear Alexei Navalny?
Russia’s treatment of a leading dissident belies Mr. Putin’s boasts of popular support.
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The best editorial cartoons of 2014
Ebola, the riots in Ferguson and the midterm elections dominated cartoons around the country.
11 of the worst policy ideas of the year
WONKBLOG | Faulty ideas on how to manage everything from drugs to drones to your drinking water.
Scalise distances himself from Deep South’s racial politics
Friends and political foes alike assert that the GOP whip is not racist after news of a 2002 talk with white supremacists.
Putin foe avoids jail but decries Kremlin for punishing his brother
Anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny breaks house arrest to protest his sibling’s imprisonment.
Obama’s approval rating at its highest since 2013
According to Gallup’s three-day tracking, Obama’s approval rate stands at 48 percent.
Google got it wrong. The open-office trend is destroying the workplace.
POSTEVERYTHING | In professional environments, workers crave some sense of privacy, not less.
Metro investigating videos of female commuters turning up on porn site
The videos show women, usually in shorts or skirts, who don’t seem to be aware they’re being filmed.
With contract at Univ. of Michigan, Harbaugh escalates the salary race
The deal worth $35 million might not be the biggest paycheck among college coaches for long.
In 2014, reality came knocking on Hollywood’s door
Life intruded on the fiction of films, exemplified by the controversies around “Selma” and “The Interview.”
A newsy week on the Washington theater front
“Little Dancer” may be headed to L.A., “Diner” sells out and “Fiddler” breaks records.
2014: The year we entered a cyberpunk present
We’ve entered a science fiction future -- but it isn’t necessarily a pretty one.
At least 7.1M signed up for 2015 Obamacare plans so far
WONKBLOG | New reports provide the most detailed look at Obamacare’s second year so far.
New Republican-led panel will focus on energy and environment
FEDERAL EYE | Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), a critic of the Endangered Species Act, will head the subcommittee.
Five real estate trends to watch in 2015
Appreciation and inventory should rise -- but interest rates likely will, too.
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