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Deadly tornadoes charge through South, Midwest

At least 10 people have been killed after severe weather and tornadoes tore through parts of Indiana, Arkansas and Illinois and storms barreled across the central United States, leaving more than 200,000 households without power.

By Kim Bellware, Jennifer Hassan, Niha Masih, Timothy Bella and Matthew Cappucci11 minutes ago

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Former president Donald Trump in October. (Sarah Rice for The Post)

Preparations underway for Trump’s arraignment in N.Y. court on Tuesday

Donald Trump is expected to appear in court on Tuesday. No other former president has ever been charged with a crime.

By Carol D. Leonnig, Josh Dawsey, Shayna Jacobs and Perry Stein

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Caitlin Clark, Iowa’s incandescent star, was everything against South Carolina

By Sally Jenkins

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As gun makers move to red states, a Southern town welcomes an AR-15 factory

The migration of the gun industry out of liberal states into conservative areas underscores the sharp divide among Americans over weapons like the AR-15.

Story by Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey | Photography by Jabin Botsford

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Steve Jobs has a new ‘memoir,’ more than 11 years after his death

By Christina Passariello

The Post ruins April Fools’ Day, 2023 edition

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The sanctioned Petrel 8 cargo ship docked in China on April 8 in violation of a U.N. port entry ban. (Planet Labs)

A zombie ship that came back to life shows that North Korea sanctions are full of holes

The case of the Petrel 8, a zombie ship that came back to life, shows that the sanction regime on Pyongyang is full of holes.

By Ellen Nakashima, Cate Cadell and Dera Menra Sijabat

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To help Earth’s future, people are getting buried like it’s 1860

Green burials — the American standard until the Civil War — are coming back, as people ditch expensive caskets and decompose into the soil instead.

By Tara Bahrampour

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No, moderate drinking isn’t good for your health

Despite beliefs about the benefits of moderate alcohol use, like a daily glass of red wine, a new analysis finds early death risk increases the more you drink.

By Marlene Cimons

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