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Shoppers are evacuated from a King Soopers grocery store after a gunman opened fire Monday in Boulder, Colo. (Getty Images)
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.
Evanston, a suburb of Chicago, becomes the first city in the United States to approve a reparations program for its Black residents. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP/Getty Images)
The housing 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.
Independent federal watchdogs who scrutinized the Trump administration for waste, fraud and misconduct ran into roadblocks on multiple fronts in at least nine key inquiries, according to public documents and people familiar with inspector general offices.
Democrats and scientists say the U.S. needs to dramatically lower the pollution driving climate change.  Republicans say that will harm the economy.
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will unveil the largest rollback of consumer mail services in a generation as part of his 10-year plan for the U.S. Postal Service, according to two people briefed on the proposal.
Elgin Baylor near his statue outside Staples Center in Los Angeles in 2018. (AP)
Baylor was the kind of player whom every kid — in his NBA heyday or today — dreams about being.
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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Ten people were killed at a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colo., on March 22 after a shooter opened fire on customers and responding officers.
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The group effectively flips a common Democratic complaint on its head by arguing that the House investigation of a six-vote contest won by a Republican serves to bolster false claims of election fraud by Donald Trump and others.
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The president has insisted that nobody making less than $400,000 will face higher taxes, but some officials have suggested that level could apply to families, not individuals.
Joe Biden with Boston Mayor Marty Walsh in 2019. (AP)
Walsh, a friend of the president’s who was a favored candidate of organized labor groups, is the first labor secretary to come from a union background in nearly 50 years.
The Saudi proposal comes as the Biden administration pushes for brokering a peaceful resolution to the years-long conflict.
Israel is staging its fourth election in two years. Palestinians may finally get a chance to vote in their own after almost a decade and a half.
Debbie Baptiste holds up a photo of her son, Colten Boushie, during the trial in Saskatchewan of Gerald Stanley, the farmer who killed him. (Liam Richards/The Canadian Press/AP)
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.
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.
The 22-year-old was in the water Friday near her home in El Salvador when the weather suddenly changed and lightning struck.
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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.
People sift through the damage in Clanton, Ala., on Thursday, the day after several tornadoes touched down in the state. (Michael S. Williamson/The Post)
Many tornadoes are at least a category stronger than their ratings have suggested, an analysis found.
Dozens of police units from multiple agencies responded to the 911 call about the newspaper delivery driver.
He had agreed with his wife to put the winning ticket in a safe place. He didn't keep that promise.
To mark Women’s History Month, The Post presents the stories of female leaders who have triumphed.
Health officials offered preliminary guidance on who will qualify next week for the coronavirus vaccine, based on underlying health conditions.
The data shows that most school systems posted course failure rates that doubled or tripled during the pandemic.
Vice President Kamala D. Harris watches as physician Linval Matthews, left, administers a Moderna coronavirus vaccine to Brenda Thompson in February. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
City officials point to problems in the data — but their website has information missing, too.
Backers say the pandemic has reinforced the need for more robust family and medical leave policies to protect vulnerable workers.
People wait in line at a food distribution event outside a church in the South Bronx on March 10. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
As many as two million unemployed workers could experience delays in getting extended jobless benefits, despite lawmakers’ efforts to complete the $1.9 trillion stimulus package before the benefits ran out.
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Last year’s draft was conducted entirely remotely because of the pandemic.
Head coach Scott Brooks, front, and Russell Westbrook (No. 4) of the Washington Wizards. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
Trading Bradley Beal is off the table, but that doesn't mean the Wizards will be dormant.
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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.