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Donald Trump at a rally last month. (Jabin Botsford/The Post)

Shocked and defiant: How Trump is responding to unprecedented indictment

Since a grand jury issued charges related to hush money to an adult film star, the former president has cycled through a range of emotions and postures.

By Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey

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Tornadoes charge through South, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic, killing 24

More than 60 tornado reports across several states were recorded by the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center on Friday and Saturday. Power was knocked out for hundreds of thousands of people.

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In Sutherland Springs, a church massacre brings tragedy without end

A 2017 church shooting left more than two dozen dead and others injured. Years later, survivors endure infertility, lifelong disability and PTSD.

Story by Silvia Foster-Frau and Holly Bailey | Photography by Lisa Krantz

For Connecticut, Final Four vs. Miami is another breeze

The Huskies have glided through the tournament with no need for any of those March Madness heroics that become part of a program’s lore.

By Emily Giambalvo

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How ‘Latinx’ united — and divided — a community seeking to redefine itself

The debate over the term, reviled by some and loved by others, reflects the struggle of a fast-growing and diverse community in the midst of reimagining itself.

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Cathryn Roeck, left, underwent painful leg surgeries for an uncommon condition. (Courtesy of Cathryn Bottem)

Medical Mysteries