What to know about no-knock warrants
Amir Locke and Breonna Taylor were killed while police executed no-knock warrants. Here’s what to know about the practice that allows officers to force entry.
Just before Buffalo shooting, 15 users signed into suspect’s chatroom, says person familiar with review
The users were able to scroll through months of voluminous writings and racist screeds.
Buffalo shooting suspect wrote of plans 5 months ago, messages show
Two months before Payton Gendron allegedly killed 10 people at a supermarket in Buffalo he was confronted by a security guard at the store during a trip on which he compiled detailed plans of the location, according to a document posted online last month by a writer who identified himself as Gendron.
Georgia county under scrutiny after claim of post-election breach
Effort by county official to investigate 2020 contest underscores growing threat to election security, experts say
When the sheriff waged a war on drugs in a Mississippi county
An investigation into no-knock raids in Mississippi revealed allegations that the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office had abused its power and trampled on the rights of residents.
Inside the sales machine of the ‘kingpin’ of opioid makers
More than a quarter of top prescribers ranked by Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals during the height of the pain pill epidemic, in 2013, were later convicted of crimes related to their medical practices, had their medical licenses suspended or revoked, or paid state and federal fines after being accused of wrongdoing, according to a Washington Post analysis.
GOP donor described botched vote fraud probe in recording, prosecutors say
The call discussing a "citizen’s arrest" occurred days before an investigator working for donor Steven F. Hotze’s nonprofit in Houston allegedly rammed a van and held an air-conditioning repairman at gunpoint in a futile search for bogus ballots, a new court filing details.
5 takeaways from The Post’s investigation into no-knock warrants
Police carrying out no-knocks have killed at least 22 people since 2015. The Post’s investigation revealed that these warrants can be easy for police to obtain from judges.
Episode 6: "You having citizens getting shot, and you having police getting shot."
No-knocks are risky for people on both sides of the door. How did we get here – and what does the future look like?
Lawmakers push to uncover riches shielded by state secrecy laws
Amid the hunt for Russian assets, reformers say financial transparency in the United States is long overdue.
New videos show bodies of civilians on Mariupol streets
New videos, verified by The Washington Post, from the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol show the lifeless bodies of more than a dozen civilians lying on streets.
Inside ‘Broken Doors,’ our podcast investigating no-knock warrants
Reporters Jenn Abelson and Nicole Dungca and audio producer Reena Flores discuss their year-long investigation and the power of audio storytelling.
Episode 4: "The blink of an eye"
The minutes between approval for a no-knock warrant and a deadly raid.
“Broken Doors,” Episode 2
A family confronts a sheriff after a deadly no-knock raid.
No-knock raids have led to fatal encounters and small drug seizures
The dangerous tactic has grown as judges routinely authorize requests for the raids, which police say can prevent violence and preserve evidence.
Russian armored vehicles seen on Bucha street strewn with bodies, video shows
Drone videos captured in late March show military vehicles used by Russian airborne units near at least eight bodies in a suburb near Kyiv.
New images show burned bodies at ruined nursing home in Luhansk region
Several burned bodies are visible in the first detailed videos and photographs of the rubble of a nursing home in eastern Ukraine that was partly destroyed amid fighting in the area last month.