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TRUMP INDICTMENT

Secret Service tours N.Y. courthouse to prepare for Trump arraignment

Donald Trump is expected to appear in court on Tuesday. No other former president has ever been charged with a crime.

By Carol D. Leonnig, Josh Dawsey, Shayna Jacobs and Perry Stein

Trump lashes out against judge who will hear his criminal case

By Perry Stein and Shayna Jacobs

Indictment marks a first for U.S. democracy. It may not be the last.

By Kevin Sullivan

Republicans focus ire on Manhattan DA Bragg

By Marianna Sotomayor and Jacqueline Alemany

American IconDeadly weapon, divided nation

As gun makers move to red states, a Southern town welcomes an AR-15 factory

The migration of the gun industry out of liberal states into conservative areas underscores the sharp divide among Americans over weapons like the AR-15.

Story by Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey | Photography by Jabin Botsford

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Iowa, South Carolina in tight Final Four clash; LSU tops Virginia Tech

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Damaging tornadoes tear through Arkansas, Iowa amid violent storm outbreak

Tornado watches are in effect for more than 28 million people from around Chicago to east of Dallas.

By Jason Samenow, Scott Dance, Allyson Chiu, Matthew Cappucci and Amber Ferguson

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Elon Musk unleashes sweeping changes in bid to maximize ‘unregretted’ minutes on Twitter

By Rachel Lerman and Faiz Siddiqui

What Gwyneth Paltrow’s courtroom water says about her, and the brand

By Emily Heil

Judge undercuts key Fox News defense as he sends Dominion suit to trial

By Sarah Ellison, Paul Farhi and Jeremy Barr

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To help Earth’s future, people are getting buried like it’s 1860

Green burials — the American standard until the Civil War — are coming back, as people ditch expensive caskets and decompose into the soil instead.

By Tara Bahrampour

T.J. Arriaga at his home. At right, Phaedra, a companionship chatbot. (Linnea Bullion for The Post)

A software update took away the love of his life

Users say their intimate relationship with the AI chatbot alleviated their loneliness. But after a software update, their lover seems like a stranger.

By Pranshu Verma

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No, moderate drinking isn’t good for your health

Despite beliefs about the benefits of moderate alcohol use, like a daily glass of red wine, a new analysis finds early death risk increases the more you drink.

By Marlene Cimons

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