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DEATH OF TYRE NICHOLS

Video shows brutal police beating

It took 22 minutes for an ambulance to arrive. Tyre Nichols, 29, died three days later.

Memphis police officers shocked, pepper-sprayed, kicked, punched and swung a baton at Nichols as he screamed repeatedly for his mother, the footage showed.

By Emily Davies, Robert Klemko and Joyce Sohyun Lee

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For Memphis police chief Cerelyn Davis, case is a ‘defining moment’

By Mark Berman

What is the Scorpion unit? Critics call for the group’s abolition.

By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff and Robert Klemko

(Isaac Olivera/375th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs)

U.S. general warns troops that war with China is possible in two years

Gen. Michael Minihan cited presidential elections in both Taiwan and the United States in 2024 as part of his rationale.

By Dan Lamothe

Was Andrea Riseborough’s successful Oscar campaign too good?

By Sonia Rao and Emily Yahr

Opinions

Cartoon

Integrity for thee, but not for me

Opinion by Ann Telnaes

The discharge petition won’t save us

Opinion by Joshua Huder

House Republicans bring the bread and circuses

Opinion by Dana Milbank

It’s time for federal employees to return to the office

Opinion by the Editorial Board

The Webb Space Telescope is telling humanity the history of everything

Opinion by George F. Will

Think backyard chickens will solve your egg problems? Think again.

Opinion by Tove Danovich

It’s time to cancel Congress’s debt ceiling theatrics

Opinion by Colbert I. King

Yes, I’m a Kansas City Chiefs fan. I’m also a traitor.

Opinion by David Von Drehle

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At least 7 killed in Jerusalem synagogue shooting

By Shira Rubin, Adam Taylor and Erin Cunningham

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Justice Department asks FEC to stand down as prosecutors probe Santos

By Isaac Stanley-Becker, Jonathan O'Connell and Emma Brown

Analysis

The NFL has a familiar final four, and it may be here to stay

The NFL loves parity, but four teams are hovering over the rest of the league in a way that feels as though it could last a while.

By Adam Kilgore

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Big Tech was moving cautiously on AI. Then came ChatGPT.

Google, Facebook and Microsoft have used AI in their products for years. But OpenAI's ChatGPT is stealing the limelight, forcing them to move faster.

By Nitasha Tiku, Gerrit De Vynck and Will Oremus

Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes to leave ABC after relationship revealed

By Jeremy Barr

New study finds 6 ways to slow memory decline and lower dementia risk

By Annabelle Timsit

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Scenes of reaction across the country to the release of the Tyre Nichols video by Memphis police

Demonstrators gather in D.C. as Tyre Nichols video is released

What is the Scorpion unit? Tyre Nichols’s family attorney decries the group.

Virginians like Youngkin more than his policies, poll finds

Justice Department asks FEC to stand down as prosecutors probe Santos

Videos reveal Tyre Nichols waited 22 minutes for ambulance

Five former Memphis police officers are charged with second-degree murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, a motorist fatally injured after a traffic stop.

Advice

Carolyn Hax chat: Husband said our daughter ‘will always be an underachiever’

Justice Department asks FEC to stand down as prosecutors probe Santos

U.S. general warns troops that war with China is possible in two years

Opinion

House Republicans bring the bread and circuses

Politics

Arizona state Sens. Anthony Kern (R), left, and Justine Wadsack (R), right, turn their backs on Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) at the Capitol in Phoenix on Jan. 9. (AP)