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Paul S. Sarbanes1933–2020
The Sarbanes-Oxley law gave prosecutors new tools to enforce laws against business executives who mislead and defraud investors. Mr. Sarbanes served 30 years in the Senate.
Regina Martínez and her gravesite in Xalapa, Mexico. (The Post)
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The deal is likely the biggest single music acquisition in history, covering more than 600 songs across six decades.
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The crowd in Valdosta, Ga., watches as President Trump speaks on Saturday. (Jabin Botsford/The Post)
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In several dozen interviews over the past few days, not a single supporter of President Trump said Joe Biden would take office on Jan. 20. 
A few of the conservative women, whose parents fled communist and socialist countries, said they plan to challenge the liberal “Squad” led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).
As a grim winter settles in, the trendlines on both sides of the Atlantic are diverging.
The top U.S. Navy official in the Mideast says America has reached an “uneasy deterrence” with Iran after months of regional attacks and seizures at sea
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U.S.-backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó and his allies declined to seek reelection, saying they didn't trust the authoritarian Nicolás Maduro to hold a fair vote.
She became Afghanistan’s first female general and was hailed as “an icon of possibility for women and girls in Afghanistan.”
German explosives experts have successfully defused and disposed of a 1,100-pound bomb in the country’s financial capital Frankfurt, which was dropped during World War II and discovered during recent construction
Much of Maine was without power Sunday as the storm continued to pummel the state.
Rochelle Gapere celebrates freezing healthy oocytes. At left are the injections she gave herself throughout the project. (Rochelle Gapere)
The Lily
When it became clear that stay-at-home orders would last awhile, speculation began about a covid-19 baby boom. Instead, procreation plans were put on literal ice.
Analysis
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam face resistance from many businesses and, in Maryland and Virginia, from political critics in conservative, rural parts of the states.
The elaborate scheme to funnel funds to Fairfax County is among an exploding number of ruses involving identify theft nationwide.
Tents to accommodate the overflow of coronavirus patients were erected in April at Adventist HealthCare Fort Washington Medical Center. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Post)
Maryland is adapting its renowned approach to trauma care to avoid overwhelming hospitals with covid-19 patients.
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It might make you uncomfortable, but create a “death book” as part of your estate planning
The two credit card giants are investigating their business relationship with Pornhub after a prominent newspaper columnist alleged that the pornographic website shows videos of children being sexually abused.
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NBA executives and players are preparing for their new lives outside the bubble.
Coach Scott Brooks said Westbrook will set a new standard of professionalism and competitiveness.
Perspective
Why is 2-2 Rice a college football team of the year? Because this is 2020.
Bruce MacGillis is staying in his room at a nursing home in Mentor, Ohio. (Amber Ford for the Post)
Bruce MacGillis, 64, has spent the last 23 months at an Ohio nursing home dealing with complications from an accident. He details the excruciating wait for a vaccine as infections increase in the facility and inch closer to his room. 
The lovelorn reader broke up with his girlfriend after input from his parents.
Reader’s brother-in-law wants to host big family party out of state for husband’s birthday.
Reader’s niece insists that wedding guests not wear masks.
Tom Cruise in the 1986 blockbuster "Top Gun." (Moviestore/Shutterstock)
Book Review
David Lander1947–2020
He and Michael McKean, who played Lenny on the ABC sitcom, developed their characters as college students.
“None of my reference points are rock. The whole ’70s rock thing went by me,” says the British musician.