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A Boulder police officer was among the victims of the shooting at a King Soopers store Monday. Law enforcement officials said the suspect is in custody, but they offered scarce details about the attack, including any information about a possible motive.
Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley, 51, was among 10 people killed in a grocery store shooting on Monday.
Tactical police units respond to the scene of a King Soopers grocery store. (Getty Images)
Witnesses described a chaotic scene, with customers rushing to exits at the front and back of the store after shots were fired. One witness told local media that the shooter did not say anything before he opened fire.
The ban, adopted in 2018, was meant to prevent a deadly mass shooting just like the one that occurred in the city on Monday.
Scheduled before the shooting in Boulder, Colo., the hearing will be the first in a series, Senate Judiciary Chairman Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) said, and subsequent hearings will examine more specific proposals.
Robin Rue Simmons has been a leading advocate of the city’s reparations initiative. (Getty Images)
The money is part of a larger $10 million package approved for continued reparations initiatives, which will be funded by income from annual cannabis taxes over the next decade.
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After completing the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package earlier this month, Biden administration officials are piecing together their next major legislative priority, according to three officials.
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Some officials have suggested that level could apply to families, not individuals.
President Biden takes a question from reporters on the grounds of the White House on Sunday. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post)
Journalists must bring context, especially on immigration, and resist post-Trump false equivalence.
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Hungary’s surgeon general said the country needed vaccines, pointing to a third surge of coronavirus cases and an infection rate among the worst in the world.
When police came to tell Debbie Baptiste of her son's death, they showed up at her home “with weapons at the ready,” a government watchdog said. They later told her to “get it together” and questioned her sobriety, going so far as to smell her breath.
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Response to high failure rates among women illustrates the Pentagon’s struggle to establish consistent standards without sidelining underrepresented troops.
The action was prompted by a whistleblower complaint to the IRS more than a year ago.
If a final juror is picked Tuesday, the court is expected to recess until Monday, when opening statements are scheduled to begin.
Health officials offered preliminary guidance on who will qualify next week for the coronavirus vaccine, based on underlying health conditions.
City officials point to problems in the data — but their website has information missing, too.
Tidal Basin trees are studded with cherry blossom buds as the weather turns warmer Monday in Washington. (Bill O’Leary/The Post)
The agency says it is prepared to shut down the Tidal Basin if necessary and keep it closed until after most of the trees have lost their blooms.
Backers say the pandemic has reinforced the need for more robust family and medical leave policies to protect vulnerable workers.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks to reporters about legislation to raise the minimum wage. (Reuters)
A pair of economists from the University of California at Berkeley say there is a way to get around a filibuster-proof 60 votes in the Senate that would effectively raise the pay of millions of workers with a simple majority vote via the reconciliation process: the tax code.
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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) just keeps talking. (Michael Reynolds/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
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Sometimes voices that are intemperate, uninformed and cruel can be put to use. Their bleak, caustic nature tells us something about our weaknesses and failures.
A couple is bothered that visiting relatives don’t pick up after themselves.
She goes from an emotional affair to a one-night stand. Reader wants to save marriage.
The free exchange of ideas would be terrific, but the free exchange of insults is more typical.