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Alleged $500 million Ponzi scheme preyed on Mormons. It ended with FBI gunfire.

The Post teamed up with the Las Vegas Review-Journal to continue the work of slain investigative reporter Jeff German.

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Justice Dept. searches Biden’s Rehoboth, Del., home as part of classified documents probe

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Tom Brady says he is retiring from the NFL ‘for good’

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The environmental cost of beef vs. chicken? Tuna vs. salmon? Compare dozens of foods here.

See which food is better for the planet, based on multiple metrics.

By Niko Kommenda, Naema Ahmed, Scott Dance and Simon Ducroquet

After baby formula disaster, the FDA’s proposed reforms are inadequate

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DeSantis is wrong about Black studies

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Congress can honor Tyre Nichols with bipartisan police reform

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Republicans pick a debt limit fight at their own peril

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Trump has yet another legal threat to worry about

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Industry’s last great electric-car skeptic accepts the inevitable

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Save stars, sleep and birdsong from skyglow. Light the night smart.

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Britain shows how wrongheaded regulation can spiral out of control

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Carolyn Hax: Dependent adult son pushes back against mom’s pressure

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The lack of humanity in the death of Tyre Nichols

Systemic racism does dehumanizing things to the souls of those caught in its net, including the five Black police officers accused of killing Nichols.

By Robin Givhan

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With a million people, an ecstatic Kinshasa hears Pope Francis’s Mass

Francis’s morning Mass, his first public event in a six-day trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, was a glimpse into the extraordinary hustle that is necessary in one of Africa’s fastest-growing and most mismanaged cities.

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These everyday items endanger the environment. Here’s how to handle them.

Hazardous products often lurk in basements and clutter up cabinets, often because people simply don’t know how to get rid of them.

By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

Amid attacks from DeSantis, AP African American studies course is updated

By Nick Anderson and Lori Rozsa

Biden administration set to endorse major Alaskan oil drilling project

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Missing Dallas Zoo monkeys found inside closet at Texas home, police say

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Radioactive capsule found in Australian desert after ‘relentless’ search

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An alleged $500 million Ponzi scheme preyed on Mormons. It ended with FBI gunfire.

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How New Zealand plans to tackle climate change: Taxing cow burps

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Giant Alaskan oil project nears final approval

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Do you have a moral duty to watch the police beating of Tyre Nichols?

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The Abraham Accords expand with cybersecurity collaboration

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A Black woman invented the home security system, then fell into obscurity

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U.S. push to reduce road deaths targets stark regional differences

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The Academy lets Andrea Riseborough keep her Oscar nomination

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Dr. Phil ends his show after 21 seasons to pursue prime-time TV

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Willy Chirino music exhibit showcases Cuban American ‘dream of freedom’

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Utah banned gender-affirming care for trans kids. What does that mean?

Even a health reporter couldn’t avoid the hair-raising battle to get a high-priced drug for her son

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FDA creates food safety, nutrition program in wake of baby formula crisis

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Surprising mummy ingredients found at ancient Egyptian workshop

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A bear’s face on Mars? NASA captures unusual features on planet’s surface.

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How to see the green comet — from the astronomer who discovered it

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Tom Brady announces he is retiring from the NFL ‘for good’

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Job openings spiked in December to high not seen since summer

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