The Herndon Climb
The Herndon Monument climb is the traditional culmination of plebe year at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Obama: We must consider morals in terrorism fight
While nation has right to defend itself, threat levels have fallen, he says, while offering narrower limits on drone strikes.
President has regrets but wants anti-terror powers
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Obama to heckler: ‘Part of free speech is ... listening’
Code Pink cofounder admonishes the president, who says her point is valid.
Boy Scouts accept gay boys but vote to keep leader ban
Boy Scout members protest in Texas, left, and D.C. (AP, Getty)
The Scouts’ vote was framed as a compromise, but some individual troops have said they would leave the organization.
IRS official Lois Lerner is placed on administrative leave, officials say
The agency’s acting commissioner asked her to resign, but she refused, Sen. Grassley said.
Goodbye, Metro’s SmarTrip cards?
D.C.’s transit system hopes to replace the plastic fare cards with phones, key fobs or credit cards.
Director of D.C. museum to resign after divided vote on art installation
Richard Koshalek plans Hirshhorn departure after board failed to broadly endorse the “Bubble.”
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40 summer grilling recipes
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Read like a foreign correspondent
Reporters in The Post’s overseas bureaus offer their recommendations for summer reading lists.
Flexing their muscles
Dozens of bodybuilders came out to compete in the 2013 Musclemania Capital Tournament of Champions.
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Oklahoma tornado wreckage, London terrorism attack, NASA’s Dream Chaser, Triton unmanned aircraft and more.
Terrorism cited in London attack
Two assailants hacked to death a British soldier on a busy southeast London neighborhood street Wednesday afternoon.
Assessing tornado damage in Oklahoma
Amid great destruction, residents of the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore begin to assess the severity of the twister that hit Monday.
Obama’s counterterrorism speech in two minutes
President Obama’s speech on counterterrorism Thursday touched on drones, renewed efforts to close Guantanamo Bay, and was interrupted by a loud heckler.
Life after the tornado in Moore, Okla.
In Moore, Okla., residents, officials and volunteer workers come to grips with the aftermath of the EF-5 level tornado that levelled hundreds of homes in the town.
Obama to heckler: ‘Part of free speech is . . . listening’
VIDEO | The president addresses woman after she interrupts his speech.
London assailant explains deadly attack (Contains graphic images)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This video contains graphic images. Two men attacked a possible soldier near a London military barracks Wednesday, in what British authorities were investigating as a possible terror act. One man is dead and two others were wounded.
Oklahoma City Thunder players tour Moore
Residents of tornado-devastated Moore, Oklahoma got a surprise visit from members of the NBA Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday. Players toured the damage and met residents. Thunder star Kevin Durant has given one million dollars to the Red Cross.
80-year-old conquers Mount Everest
80-year-old Japanese mountain climber Yuichiro Miura reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday, making him the oldest person to ever reach the summit.
Florida FBI shooting has Boston bombing links
Law enforcement officials say a man was fatally shot while he was being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife.House Republicans send warning on immigration
House Republicans vowed Thursday to have their own say in the debate over immigration reform, two days after a Senate committee gave approval to a sweeping border control bill.
The Boy Scouts vote for gay inclusion — up to a point
Today, the organization voted to drop its ban on gay scouts. But what happens when they become adults?
Ex-swim coach Rick Curl sentenced
to 7 years in child sex abuse case
Victim addresses her attacker for the first time since the 1980s, recalling how she loved and hated him.
RGIII: ‘The only thing that needed repair was my knee’
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Md. firm settles civil charges on leaked data
The SEC says worker at Institutional Shareholder Services revealed how clients were voting on corporate ballots.
How to turn on Twitter’s new security measure
Twitter, catching up to the rest of the pack, turns to login authentication.
After more arrests, Britain confronts a familiar threat: homegrown terrorism
Two additional suspects arrested in hacking attack that killed a soldier, 25, in southeast London.
IRS, EPA and HUD will close Friday
Mass furlough of 115,000 employees at the three major federal agencies is the result of sequestration.
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