Advocates and administration officials described the measures as prudent steps aimed at keeping firearms out of the wrong hands, but some police groups and gun rights organizations criticized them even before they were publicly unveiled.
An investigation into an airstrike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital that killed 30 found that the failures that led to the disaster did not amount to “a war crime” because they were not intentional, Army Gen. Joseph L. Votel said.
Bad coordination and communication can put recuperating patients at risk as they are discharged from a hospital into the care of home health agencies, nursing homes and other professionals.
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The restaurant was to be part of the future Trump International Hotel at the Old Post Office Pavilion in Washington. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post)
A promising pairing of celebrity developer and renowned chef at a prime D.C. location began to fall apart shortly after Trump announced his candidacy for president. Now the two are suing each other, and the affidavits and correspondence chronicle what has become a stubborn standoff between two powerful personalities.
The protests forced the mogul to abandon his motorcade and walk through a field and under a fence, he said, to make it to a state GOP convention to deliver his remarks.
He is the clear favorite for the GOP presidential nomination. So whom might he pick as his vice-presidential nominee?
Putting police records on the Internet may be inadvertently leaving victims exposed, with an FTC official saying that departments have been inconsistent in how they scrub records.
Many elite players profess disinterest in the latest research on head trauma. “If you get a concussion, things happen for a reason,” said one first-round pick. “I don’t look at stuff like that.”
American and Russian officials said that the Syrian government agreed to a truce in certain areas on the Mediterranean coast and the outskirts of Damascus.
Researchers have detected Zika in the "Asian tiger" mosquito, which is more common in the U.S. than the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the primary vector for the virus elsewhere in the Americas.
The justices indicated that they will intervene if the lower court does not resolve the issue by midsummer.
Wayne Simmons acknowledged there were “no records” to support his stories of clandestine work but stood by his accounts.
Maj. Mark Thompson is accused of soliciting false testimony from his friend and fellow Marine, Maj. Michael Pretus.
Instead of the boundaries that separate sovereign nations, a global strategist offers a new way to think about the world by connecting regions, economies and populations.
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The evening's host typically roasts the president — as well as the media — and this year's comic will take the stage at a moment when race is at the center of U.S. politics.
The perpetrator chewed through a transformer near the Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator at CERN in Switzerland.
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Former House speaker John Boehner labeled him “Lucifer in the flesh,” while a veteran strategist said Ted Cruz was “the political version of liver and onions.”
The boys' parents were found dead in their home Sunday with an ominous note that read, “Sorry, my first kill was clumsy.”
While the writers may have found this trope hilarious, critics would beg to disagree.
The advice columnist takes your questions about the strange train we call life.
