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Protesters at the Memphis Police Department Ridgeway Station. (Joshua Lott/The Post)

Black Memphis police spark dialogue on systemic racism in U.S.

Some protesters said that Tyre Nichols’s death could be a moment for the nation to understand the way pervasive, institutional racism functions.

By Robert Klemko, Silvia Foster-Frau and Emily Davies

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War in Ukraine

Along front-line river, this deadly road shows toll of Russia’s war

After a Russian retreat, the Dnieper River is the new front line, and destroyed towns on a road running along the water through three Ukrainian regions are still under fire.

By Siobhán O'Grady and Anastacia Galouchka

Boris Johnson says Putin threatened to kill him

By Karla Adam1 hour ago

live briefing

Zelensky calls for faster weapon deliveries; Kremlin slams Johnson’s claim of Putin threat

By Rachel Pannett and Jennifer Hassan

The 7 morning Briefing

7 things to know today: Tyre Nichols; Israel; Super Bowl LVII; Trump campaign; chocolate science; and more

On one healthy ankle, Patrick Mahomes runs the Chiefs to the Super Bowl

Mahomes won the game not despite his bum leg, but because of it, on a fourth-quarter run that put the Chiefs in range for the game-winning field goal.

By Nicki Jhabvala

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Listen: The case of the missing restaurant workers

Play: Today’s crossword puzzles and other games

Carolyn Hax: Spouse is fed up with husband’s poor health choices

Cook: This rich stew from a Native American chef connects us to the land

Blast rips through police mosque in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 32

By Haq Nawaz Khan1 hour ago

$100 repair bill put Half Moon Bay gunman over the edge, prosecutor says

By Lisa Bonos and Joyce Lau47 minutes ago

She named her breakfast cafe Woke. A conservative backlash followed.

By Kyle Melnick

Perspective

I wrote about high-priced drugs for years. Then my toddler needed one.

By Carolyn Y. Johnson

RetropolisThe Past, Rediscovered

The first statue removed from the Capitol: George Washington in a toga

Some statues depicting enslavers are being removed from the Capitol. But the first one ever evicted was a half-naked depiction of George Washington in a toga.

By Ronald G. Shafer