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November 5, 2024
Republicans call to ‘avenge’ Peanut the squirrel’s death at ballot box
New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation reportedly received threats amid backlash to the euthanasia of Peanut the celebrity squi...
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November 5, 2024
D.C. will match its longest streak without rain on Tuesday: 34 days
The record will probably be broken Wednesday, assuming there is not a stray rain shower.
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November 5, 2024
Trump was shot at, Biden withdrew, Harris stepped in: Defining moments of 2024
Voting in the 2024 presidential election has started. A look back at key moments as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump seek to become the next p...
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November 5, 2024
Police say they’ve solved the murder of former Post contributor
Police said they have concluded that their killings were an act of retaliation targeting Indigenous rights activist Bruno Pereira.
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November 5, 2024
How Trump used the ‘red mirage’ in vote counting to deny his 2020 loss
As Trump saw early leads dwindle in some states, he called for officials to stop counting votes and claimed the remaining uncounted ballots...
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November 5, 2024
Metro finalizes massive overhaul of bus network, despite lack of funds
A controversial plan to send buses down First Street NW in Bloomingdale was scrapped, while service is being added to Upper Northwest, M Str...
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November 5, 2024
For D.C. voters, a choice on Initiative 83 to adopt ranked-choice voting
The District is joining four states this election in considering the move to ranked-choice voting. It also is considering opening primaries...
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November 5, 2024
Opinion | Yes, America can fail
A Nobel Prize-winning economist explains how it can happen here.
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November 5, 2024
Election Day photos show voters and poll workers across the U.S.
Voters lined up and cast their ballots at polling places across the country as Election Day voting got underway.
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November 5, 2024
NFL trade deadline tracker: Lions add a major defensive piece
The NFL’s trade deadline arrives Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET. We’re tracking all the moves.
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November 5, 2024
Roaches, mice and mold: What is happening to airplane food?
Food safety experts say tainted airplane meals could be more ubiquitous than reported.
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November 5, 2024
Elon Musk promotes video referencing QAnon in support of Trump
Elon Musk shared a pro-Trump video referencing QAnon and the Jan. 6, 2021, attack to his vast following on X, in the hours before millions o...
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November 5, 2024
Judge denies Missouri’s effort to block federal election monitors
A U.S. District Court judge ruled against Republican leaders who sought to bar federal monitors from polling sites in St. Louis County on El...
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November 5, 2024
Opinion | Ignoring bad advice is a key to winning
Harris made smart choices at every turn
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November 5, 2024
N.H. town of six splits ‘first in the nation’ vote between Harris, Trump
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November 5, 2024
Opinion | What legacy media got right this election
We’ve made our share of mistakes, but readers of traditional media understand the stakes of this election.
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November 5, 2024
Opinion | Moldovan voters thwart Putin’s designs. But what happens if Trump wins?
Moldova’s fate will be bound up with Ukraine’s, and both countries’ future depends on the outcome of the U.S. election
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November 5, 2024
Opinion | Why we should start worrying about bird flu
Four reasons for the government needs to be more proactive about the H5N1 virus.
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November 5, 2024
Live briefing: Blinken urges Israel to increase Gaza aid as U.S. deadline looms
The Biden administration warned Oct. 13 that Israel had 30 days to ensure more humanitarian aid to Gaza or the U.S. would consider restricti...
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November 5, 2024
Column | If Trump were running against Biden right now, he’d be up 7 points
New YouGov polling offered Americans an alternative history: What if President Joe Biden hadn’t dropped out?
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November 5, 2024
Opinion | Into the nervy climax of the 2024 elections
Our columnists are trying to keep calm as this year’s immensely consequential vote wraps up.
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November 5, 2024
Opinion | Looking for the best in chimpanzees
Both species have a dark side, but the human version is far more powerful and destructive.
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November 5, 2024
Election Day opens with tens of millions of ballots already cast
About half the total number of people who voted in 2020 had cast their ballots even before the start of Election Day.
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November 5, 2024
Virginia voters to decide on battleground congressional seats
Democrat Eugene Vindman faces Republican Derrick Anderson in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, one of two key House districts in the co...
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November 5, 2024
Column | Everyone’s ignoring these investors’ warnings on climate risk. You shouldn’t.
Investors are betting extreme weather will rewrite the rules of real estate. Here’s what that means for your home.
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November 5, 2024
Interest rates are going down. But mortgage rates are going ... up?
The Federal Reserve’s plans to keep lowering interest rates haven’t translated into relief for homeowners.
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November 5, 2024
Election 2024 live updates: Polls open with Trump, Harris locked in a tight race
Get live updates on Election Day 2024, including results, polls and the latest news on the presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donal...
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November 5, 2024
Pennsylvania judge denies attempt to stop Musk’s $1 million voter giveaways
Elon Musk’s pro-Trump super PAC can continue for now the $1 million giveaway to swing-state voters after a Philadelphia judge declined to is...
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November 5, 2024
Opinion | Why not select members of Congress by lottery?
Readers suggest we pick members of Congress through a lottery system, rather than elections.
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November 5, 2024
D.C.-area forecast: Winning Election Day weather as highs soar into the 70s
Temperatures tomorrow could top 80 and break records.
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November 5, 2024
A guide to navigating Election Day 2024
Here’s the Washington Post’s ultimate guide to helping you navigate a tense Election Day, including what we’re watching for and how to track...
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November 5, 2024
Election officials brace for ‘little fires everywhere’ if Trump loses again
The former president has prepared to challenge the outcome. State and local authorities are ready for more sophisticated and dispersed attac...
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November 5, 2024
What to expect from the battle for the House and the Senate
Here’s what you need to know about today’s Congressional races.
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November 5, 2024
Harris wraps up her historic bid amid a ‘nauseously optimistic’ mood
Inside the Harris camp, aides believe she will prevail. But they are tortured by the closeness of the race, and Democrats remain traumatized...
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November 5, 2024
Trump’s last day on the trail in his third run: ‘It’s ours to lose’
In the final stretch before Election Day, Donald Trump — to the chagrin of many aides and allies — has seemed unable to curb his worst impul...
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November 5, 2024
Can I still register to vote on Election Day?
Each state has its own rules for when and how to register, and one state doesn’t even require registering. Here’s what to know.
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November 5, 2024
Trump at final rally hints at profane insult of Pelosi that ‘starts with a b’
The attacked marked the latest instance of Trump using or welcoming crude or sexist language and references to describe his opponents.
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November 5, 2024
Cloned ferret gives birth in Va., making history, U.S. officials say
Authorities indicated that techniques used in their work with black-footed ferrets could help preserve other endangered species.
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November 5, 2024
America chooses its next president: An Election Day guide for the world
Why do voters in some U.S. states have more sway? What is the electoral college? Answers to 2024 election questions for readers outside the...
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November 5, 2024
Boeing workers vote to accept contract proposal, ending strike
Approval of the deal with 38 percent raises over four years is a key step toward recovery after Boeing suffered billions in losses from the...
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November 5, 2024
Column | Carolyn Hax: Mom’s dementia diagnosis comes with ‘excruciating’ decisions
Helping Mom navigate her dementia diagnosis from 600 miles away is the hardest thing this letter writer has ever had to do.
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November 5, 2024
The world is trying to make sense of the U.S. electoral college
The United States has a distinctive system by which presidents are elected indirectly. Every four years, the world tries to figure it out.
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November 5, 2024
Trump swerves, Harris sticks to script as campaign nears its end
The Democratic nominee decried ‘fear and division’ while Trump called country ‘occupied’ on the eve of Election Day.
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November 5, 2024
Diver finds and returns graduation ring lost for decades in the ocean
Alex Davis used a metal detector to find a lost graduation ring buried in Barbados. He returned it to its owner in Canada just before the ma...
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November 5, 2024
Trump organizer who secretly hosted white-nationalist podcast is fired
Luke Meyer was fired from Trump Force 47 after being outed as a co-host of a podcast with Richard Spencer, a scheduled speaker at the deadly...
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November 5, 2024
Derik Queen only adds to fuel to the hype as Maryland rolls in opener
The Terrapins, with a remade roster headlined by Derik Queen, rolled past Manhattan in the season opener, 79-49.
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November 5, 2024
Girl wins $300K settlement over seizure and slaughter of pet goat
Jessica Long and her daughter sued Shasta County, California, officials in 2022 after sheriff’s deputies seized the girl’s goat, Cedar, who...
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November 5, 2024
Alan Rachins, versatile screen actor known for ‘L.A. Law,’ dies at 82
He received an Emmy nomination in 1988 for playing the abrasive law partner Douglas Brackman Jr. Later he appeared in “Showgirls” and “Dharm...
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November 5, 2024
A deepfake showed MLK Jr. backing Trump. His daughter calls it ‘vile.’
A false video made with artificial intelligence showed MLK Jr., who was assassinated in 1968, praising Donald Trump. King’s daughter condemn...
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November 5, 2024