DEVELOPING
A helicopter drops water on a fire after a massive explosion in Beirut on Tuesday. (Lorenzo Tugnoli for the Post)
A woman is carried to an ambulance after a massive explosion in Beirut on Tuesday. (Lorenzo Tugnoli for The Post)
A firefighter at the scene of a massive explosion in Beirut on Tuesday. (Lorenzo Tugnoli for The Post)
The scene of a massive explosion that destroyed parts of Beirut on Tuesday. (Lorenzo Tugnoli for The Post)
At least 63 killed after explosions rock Beirut
More than 3,000 people were injured in the blasts, Lebanon’s health ministry said. The nation's head of general security said the explosions occurred after a warehouse holding highly explosive materials caught fire in the city's port.
For the unemployed, rising grocery prices strain budgets even more
A city employee stacks egg cartons during a drive-through food distribution in Hialeah, Fla., last week. (David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)
The cost of groceries has been rising at the fastest pace in decades since the coronavirus pandemic seized the U.S. economy, leading to sticker shock for basic staples like beef and eggs and forcing struggling households to rethink how to put enough food on the table.
The Debrief
With bad coronavirus news at home, Trump points misleadingly to rising cases abroad
The president has increasingly pointed to the experiences of other countries in an attempt to dilute the bad news at home and justify the largely hands-off federal response.
Nursing homes facing accusations of fraud and failures in patient care received millions in federal pandemic relief
More than a dozen for-profit nursing home providers that have faced accusations of Medicare fraud and kickbacks, labor violations and widespread failures in patient care received $300 million in “no strings attached” aid, a Post analysis found.
Election 2020
