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What damage can an AR-15 do to a human body? A rare look.

The Washington Post examined autopsy and postmortem reports from nearly a hundred victims of previous mass shootings that involved AR-15-style rifles.

By N. Kirkpatrick, Atthar Mirza and Manuel Canales

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NASHVILLE SCHOOL SHOOTING

John Drake, chief of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. (Getty Images)

Police response in Nashville was ‘exact opposite’ to Uvalde, experts say

Body-camera footage shows heavily armed officers methodically sweeping classrooms and hallways until they find and kill the suspect — a police response experts described as “textbook.”

By Robert Klemko

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Shooter legally purchased 7 firearms, was under a doctor’s care for ‘emotional disorder’

By Silvia Foster-Frau, Joanna Slater, Mark Berman and Holly Bailey

Three 9-year-olds. Three adults. Remembering the students, staff members killed.

By Karina Elwood, Lori Rozsa, Justine McDaniel, Praveena Somasundaram and Rachel Hatzipanagos

You can see 5 planets align in the sky every night this week. Here’s what to know.

Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury and Uranus will form an arch immediately after sunset, and viewers from around the world will be able to see the spectacle — as long as clear skies and a view of the westerly sky permit.

By Amudalat Ajasa

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Pentagon raises alarm over Sen. Tuberville’s gambit on abortion policy

By Dan Lamothe

Federal judge says Pence must give some testimony in probe of Trump’s role on Jan. 6

By Josh Dawsey and Devlin Barrett

Adnan Syed’s conviction reinstated by Maryland appellate court panel

By Omari Daniels and Dan Morse

Supreme Court justices under new ethics disclosures on trips, other gifts

By Jonathan O'Connell and Ann E. Marimow

The remains of a mobile home park in Mississippi. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Post)

Small tornadoes can toss mobile homes. What about a massive one?

Across the United States, tornado-related deaths in mobile homes have been increasing in recent years as more temporary structures pop up to accommodate population growth.

By Scott Dance, Adam Lynch and Marisa Iati

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