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The House speaker’s move to host a dinner party in the middle of a coronavirus surge sparked a backlash, prompting her to cancel it. The furor shows the risks to Democrats as they preach tough restrictions.
Fearing Boeing could delay a White House plan to return astronauts to the moon by 2024, a top NASA official told the company it had lost out on a major lunar lander contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and asked if it would protest.
Uber and Lyft produced surveys showing that drivers, such as Sergei Fyodorov in Oakland, Calif., supported Prop 22. (AFP/Getty Images)
Some voters say they regret casting their ballots for Prop 22. And they have a message for voters in other states.
The spacecraft maneuvered itself autonomously in a delicate parking job some 250 miles above the surface of the Earth.
Iota, the strongest Atlantic storm observed this late in the year, is the second major hurricane to hit the Central American nation in less than two weeks.
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How human behavior will likely make the coronavirus become endemic
As the novel coronavirus continues to spread in the United States, experts expect the virus to become endemic, existing permanently in the population.
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The White House is expected to announce a reduction of U.S. forces from around 5,000 to 2,500 by the time President Trump leaves office in January.
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With just two months left in office, President Trump has little to show for four years of anti-Iran hawkishness.
A koala climbs a charred eucalyptus tree Jan. 20 on fire-ravaged Kangaroo Island, South Australia. (Ricky Carioti/The Post)
As fire season looms, the country’s conservative leader faces calls for robust action — and some see Rupert Murdoch’s hand behind his continued intransigence.
The British prime minister, who began two weeks of self-quarantine after close contact with a lawmaker who came down with covid-19, caught the virus in March.
Fans of the little spotted kiwi had attempted to steal the contest, officials in New Zealand said last week.
Eugenia Bradford, who worked as an administrative assistant at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, is among the workers who have lost jobs. (Michael A. Schwarz for The Post)
The rise was due in large part to the mass shooting in El Paso that officials say was motivated by anti-immigrant bias, according to new figures released Monday by the FBI.
How White leaders in Dallas paved the way for toxic Shingle Mountain to rise up in a minority community
The Oklahoma officer suffered burns on the right side of his body, his left arm and the entire right side of his face.
Haji Najibullah was arrested last month in connection to the 2008 abduction of Rohde, who worked for the New York Times at the time, and two other men.
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The president-elect’s first big economic speech did not urge a compromise with Republicans on a stimulus bill, and he danced around the need for further lockdowns or business and school closures.
Moderna headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. (AFP/Getty Images)
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The battle is coming even as phony claims are still swirling around the 2020 election.
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With Antetokounmpo’s contract decision looming, the Milwaukee Bucks agreed to acquire Jrue Holiday from the New Orleans Pelicans and Bogdan Bogdanovic from the Sacramento Kings, according to multiple people with knowledge of the deals.
Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins throws a pass against the Bears on Monday. (Getty Images)
Cousins threw two touchdown passes to wide receiver Adam Thielen, and the Minnesota Vikings beat the Chicago Bears, 19-13, at Soldier Field.
Huma Bhabha's “We Come in Peace” is one of two new additions to the Hirshhorn Museum’s sculpture garden. (Bill O’Leary/The Post)
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The eye-opening documentary looks at how communities ruined by drug laws are being shut out of legalization’s billions.
Recent books about the royal family give helpful context to series watchers.
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19th-century period piece ‘Ammonite’ tries to break the mold but feels trite and tame.
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Netflix’s “The Crown” draws on events such as Princess Diana’s marriage to Prince Charles and the relationship between Queen Elizabeth II and Margaret Thatcher.