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ISRAEL-GAZA WAR

Siege plunges Gaza into darkness

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Israel says it is expanding ground operations in Gaza

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Hamas tunnels under Gaza stretch miles, holding hostages and weapons

Overview

Gaza suffers largest single internet disruption since start of war

How Hamas broke through Israel’s border defenses during Oct. 7 attack

What visual evidence shows about the Gaza hospital blast

Hamas tunnels under Gaza stretch miles, holding hostages and weapons

U.S. urges Israel against Gaza ground invasion, pushes surgical campaign

Maine shootings

Law enforcement personnel use an underwater robot to search the waters in Maine. (EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

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Police recover Maine shooting suspect’s cellphone, continue search

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Inside the most extensive effort to preserve the legacy of a U.S. mass killing

Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life joins other U.S. communities struggling to memorialize mass shooting attacks.

By David Nakamura

(Post staff/Twitter screenshots; iStock)

A year later, Musk’s X is tilting right. And sinking.

The billionaire bought Twitter to revive its business and make it less “woke.” He has achieved only one of those goals.

By Will Oremus, Elizabeth Dwoskin, Sarah Ellison and Jeremy B. Merrill

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Accounts Musk recommended on X belong to a teenager and a U.S. soldier

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Bankman-Fried draws judge’s rebuke during rambling testimony to jury

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GM and Stellantis offer 25% raises to UAW with finish line in sight

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RECIPESA new way to get cooking

30 of our all-time best recipes, according to readers

The Post’s recipe archives contain countless gems. Here are 30 reader favorites through the years.

By Matt Brooks

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Perspective

What ’90s girls knew about Britney Spears

If you were a teenage girl back then, watching people watch Britney was the education of a lifetime.

By Monica Hesse

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Review: Britney Spears is frozen at the age she got famous

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The Creator Economy

From mommy bloggers to TikTok stars: How creators built a $250B industry

A brief history of the rise of the lucrative creator economy.

By Taylor Lorenz and Drew Harwell

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Millions of Americans work as content creators. In official records, they barely exist.

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REVIEWS

Maine shooting live updates: Authorities identify all 18 victims; still searching for suspect

At least 18 people were killed and 13 injured, with three in critical condition, in the United States’ deadliest mass killing of the year.

A year later, Musk’s X is tilting right. And sinking.

30 of the all-time best Washington Post recipes, according to readers

Israel-Gaza war live updates: Israel says it is expanding ground operations in Gaza amid internet outage, heavy bombardment

Bankman-Fried draws judge’s rebuke during rambling testimony to jury

Politics

5 things Mike Johnson said in his first national TV interview as speaker

Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sat down with Fox News’s Sean Hannity to discuss the mass killing in Maine, same-sex marriage and President Biden.

By Amy B Wang

Analysis

How to know when it’s politically acceptable to discuss guns

By Philip Bump

Embattled Rep. George Santos pleads not guilty to latest federal charges

By Azi Paybarah

The FixAnalysis

Mike Johnson breathes some hope into Ukraine funding

By Aaron Blake

Election 2024

Trump doubles down on calling Hezbollah ‘very smart’

By Maegan Vazquez

Analysis

Ron DeSantis’s problem is not that Donald Trump is famous

By Philip Bump

Trump Cases

Trump, his adult children expected to testify in N.Y. fraud trial soon

By Shayna Jacobs

Hearings begin as Trump critics attempt to kick him off ballots

By Patrick Marley

Advice

Carolyn Hax: Grandma pushes her only child not to stop at an only grandchild

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Miss Manners: How do phone-less kids communicate without landlines?

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Ask Amy: Mom worries about son bringing his new boyfriend to holiday gathering

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Your questions answered

Recent

Leave the javelinas alone. Stories readers enjoyed most this week.

Is the playoff format good for baseball? Your questions, answered.

Featured

Dining chat: ‘I watched a chef demean his staff in an open kitchen. Is that normal?’

Salmonella outbreak sickens over 70 people. Here’s how to protect yourself.

By Marlene Cimons

Running the Marine Corps Marathon? Here are 26.2 tips to help you finish.

By Kelyn Soong

What do magic mushrooms do to your brain? A midflight crisis raises questions.

By Amanda Morris and Kelyn Soong

Adult ADHD may take a toll on the brain. Here’s what to know.

By Richard Sima

Flu shots may protect against the risk of Alzheimer’s, related dementias

By Marlene Cimons

ClimateExpanded coverage of a changing planet

For New Zealand’s Maori communities, climate change is already hurting

By Rachel Pannett

We now know female chimps go through menopause. Here’s why that’s a big deal.

By Kasha Patel

How hot seas may have fueled Hurricane Otis’s sudden intensification

By Scott Dance

These new apples are built to withstand extreme weather

By Laura Reiley

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Slaying the vampire that is killing bats

By Dino Grandoni

California faces ‘dangerous’ fire threat this weekend from high winds

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What to know about this weekend’s hunter’s moon

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Winter storm in Northern Plains will send cold air across Lower 48

By Matthew Cappucci

How Hurricane Otis stunned forecasters with its leap to a Category 5

By Matthew Cappucci and Jason Samenow

Twitter regrets and glass houses: 8 things we learned from the Musk bio

By Will Oremus

Musk is nearly done destroying what made Twitter Twitter

By Philip Bump

Elon Musk’s X faces E.U. probe over handling of Israel-Gaza war

By Cat Zakrzewski

A viral left-wing Twitter account may have been fake all along

By Drew Harwell

National

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Charlottesville’s Lee statue meets its end, in a 2,250-degree furnace

By Teo Armus and Hadley Green

Two jets collide at Houston airport after one took off without clearance

By Ian Duncan

8-year-old traumatized after police mistook him for a suspect, mother says

By Kyle Melnick

At 96, they fell in love playing pool. She rejected his first marriage offer.

By Cathy Free

College enrollment grew for the first time since the pandemic started

By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel

WORLD

Women perform on Black Awareness Day in Rio de Janeiro. (AFP/Getty Images)

Prosecutors want Brazil’s oldest bank to pay reparations for slavery

By Terrence McCoy and Marina Dias

Video shows Chinese jet flying within 10 feet of B-52, U.S. says

By Ellen Nakashima

At least 27 dead after Hurricane Otis batters Acapulco

By Lorena Rios, Mary Beth Sheridan and Amudalat Ajasa

Li Keqiang, former Chinese premier and onetime Xi rival, dies at 68

By Lily Kuo and Christian Shepherd

A photo of a silicone model of a teenange Incan girl's face, dressed in Incan textiles.

She was discovered as a 500-year-old Incan mummy. Now, she has a face.

By Daniel Wu

ISRAEL-GAZA WAR

StyleNews from the front lines of culture

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Why is everyone so mad at Jada Pinkett Smith?

She has a theory about the backlash to “Worthy,“ her new memoir.

By Helena Andrews-Dyer

Taylor Swift’s new song “‘Slut!’” is about more than just the lyrics

By Emily Yahr

Dressed in drag, these queens are track stars in the high heel race

By Lauren Bulbin and Shane O’Neill

Robert Rauschenberg’s sad, silk-screened salute to JFK

By Sebastian Smee

Ida Applebroog, feminist artist who shattered taboos, dies at 93

By Emily Langer

The newest TV shows and movies to stream right now

By Washington Post Staff

To start his next chapter, Josh Gad went back to the beginning

By Thomas Floyd

HALLOWEEN

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Health

Dozens sickened with salmonella from tainted onions

By Aaron Gregg and Eli Tan

CDC updates RSV shot recommendations due to drug shortages

By Sabrina Malhi

Analysis

Rural emergency hospitals try to find their footing

By McKenzie Beard and Rachel Roubein

Science

Book Review

What owls can teach us about being human

By Michael Sims

Scientists reconstructed the face of a 12 million-year-old great ape

By Mark Johnson

Hungry javelina tore up a golf course. The internet is on their side.

By Allyson Chiu

SPORTS

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Corbin Carroll is all baseball, all the time

By Chelsea Janes

Perspective

The Texas Rangers’ GM is a huge Capitals fan? Oh, right. It’s family.

By Barry Svrluga

Can the NFL’s wild parity save the Commanders after a ‘hella slow’ start?

By Sam Fortier

The Big 12’s newest teams are used to winning. Just not in the Big 12.

By Chuck Culpepper1 hour ago

Perspective

Don’t like baseball’s postseason format? Get over it.

By John Feinstein

Business

Ford workers praise new UAW contract: ‘This will change so many lives’

By Jeanne Whalen and Lauren Kaori Gurley

U.S. economy grows at blockbuster pace in third quarter

By Abha Bhattarai

As child-care crisis looms, Biden asks Congress for urgent help

By Abha Bhattarai, Jeff Stein and Jacob Bogage

A company settled a suit for $23,500. It tried to pay with loose coins.

By Jonathan Edwards

Advice

Work Advice: Pump-at-work horror stories

By Karla L. Miller

Food