Robert Aaron Long’s parents kicked him out of the house on Monday night, according to police and a friend. The next day, police said, he bought a handgun.
After some authorities appeared to play down the racial dimensions of the killings. those remarks were challenged by Asian American leaders, Democratic politicians and law enforcement experts.
Days after the massacre at three Atlanta-area spas, information remains scarce, especially regarding the four victims of Korean descent.
A confusing vaccination rollout in Missouri has residents signing up for multiple lists and driving long distances. (Lee Powell and James Cornsilk/The Post)
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Infectious disease expert Anthony S. Fauci showed little patience for at a Senate hearing for the suggestion by Paul (R-Ky.) that masks were not needed after vaccination.
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The shooting made visible the worst-case scenarios many Asians living in the United States had feared. Many expressed a similar sentiment: We knew this was coming.
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Montgomery County fire Capt. Peter Dugan administers a Moderna shot at a vaccination clinic Thursday for senior citizens at Charter House in Silver Spring. (Bill O’Leary/The Post)
Adults 60 and older will be eligible to seek a coronavirus vaccine in Maryland starting Tuesday. Priority will then expand over the next four weeks to include all Maryland residents 16 and older by April 27.
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Google's Bay View campus is slated to open this year at its headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)
Google is forging ahead with new offices and data centers, even as the debate over what the future of office work will look like continues to rage.
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