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Israeli security officials and first responders carry the body of a victim who died during a Lag Ba'Omer celebrations at Mt. Meron in northern Israel. (AP)
Tens of thousands of people had gathered for a holiday that in part commemorates a rabbi whose tomb is considered a holy site in Israel. The incident began when some attendees slipped on steps, causing others to tumble over, according to local media. 
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If President Donald Trump was bombastic, President Biden is soft-spoken, almost demure. If Trump was impulsive, Biden is deliberate. Still, the nation’s political dynamics remain largely unchanged, as do its primary problems.
The coming months will clarify the vice president’s chances of emerging as her party’s future leader.
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The Biden era has offered a return to a more typical pattern — one that features frequent spin and obfuscation or exaggeration.
Biden has begun to transform the nation’s energy and environmental landscape by overturning 29 of Trump’s policies and finalizing 21 of his own. 
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The video, which has been played at federal court hearings for men charged with assaulting Capitol Officer Brian D. Sicknick, shows the moments when he was sprayed and trying to wash out his eyes.
Epic, the maker of the popular video game Fortnite, is suing Apple for stifling competition. Apple’s App Store hangs in the balance.
People gather at Chicago's O’Hare International Airport on Monday. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
With testing requirements in place for all international visitors, the travel industry is eager to work with the Biden administration on a plan that could end the ban on travelers from more than two dozen countries in Europe as well as Brazil and South Africa.
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President Biden pitched his plan to invest in American families and infrastructure in a speech to a joint session of Congress on April 29.
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Americans are more in favor of the government solving problems than at any point in the last three decades. And Republicans allowed it to happen.
At a rally, President Biden thanked voters for delivering a Democratic majority in the Senate, crediting them for making possible the ambitious economic plans he wants to push through Congress. 
President Biden addresses a joint session of Congress, with Vice President Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on the dais behind him, on Wednesday. (Melina Mara/The Post)
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The recount that wouldn't die, a Republican talks about his recall bid in California, and Texas's special House election comes to a close.
People watch Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's speech in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Thursday. (Mohamad Torokman/Reuters)
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, lagging in the polls, blamed Israel for hindering the vote in East Jerusalem.
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A rising group of right-wing U.S. Catholic bishops is colliding with a very Catholic president who supports abortion rights.
Softball-size hail punched through roofs and into homes, and the damage will almost certainly have a price tag topping $1 billion.
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As tens of thousands of people have downloaded the Cicada Safari app to map Brood X, researchers hope the unprecedented crowdsourcing effort will help scientists discern humans’ impacts on the species.
Prosecutors now plan to charge Victor Serriteno with two additional counts of murder.
President Biden’s $1.8 trillion American Families Plan could deliver a monumental shift in the financing of higher education to the benefit of institutions and students with the fewest financial resources.
Instacart worker Saori Okawa loads groceries into her car for home delivery last year in San Leandro, Calif. (Ben Margot/AP)
The comments were interpreted as a signal of the Biden administration's view on gig work, one of the most pressing labor questions facing the administration.
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In this excerpt from “Because He’s Jeff Goldblum,” The Washington Post’s Travis M. Andrews explores the enigmatic celebrity.
The TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s dystopia has been exceeded by more nuanced shows about sexual violence and its effects.
Original art in the style of a New Yorker magazine cover by Chenmiao Shi, left, and Amy Young. (Courtesy of Tomer Hanuka)
Many were moved after an instructor tweeted out his School of Visual Arts students' visions of post-covid life.