By Meryl Kornfield, Lisa Rein, Hannah Natanson · The Washington Post (c) 2025 When Richard VanMetter tried to buy a sandwich, he didn’t realize he was dead. The 76-year-old retired physicist, on vacation in Boca […]

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This Earth Day, there are some reasons to be hopeful about the climate
By María Luisa Paúl · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Yes, the headlines are bleak. Yes, scientists are sounding the alarm. Yes, a growing pile of studies warn that the world is “on […]
Who will attend Pope Francis’s funeral?
By Gaya Gupta · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend Pope Francis’s funeral Saturday, including many world leaders, Catholic officials and mourners from around the […]
Rubio unveils sweeping reorganization of State Department
By Adam Taylor · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled a plan Tuesday to significantly reorganize the State Department, saying the redesign would reverse “decades of bloat and […]
Interior secretary gives DOGE aide sweeping powers to remake department
By Dino Grandoni, Maxine Joselow · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has given a former oil executive and aide to Elon Musk broad latitude to cut costs and consolidate […]
Pope Francis, whose humility and empathy reshaped the papacy, dies at 88
By Anthony Faiola · The Washington Post (c) 2025 VATICAN CITY – Three days after white smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in March 2013, the former archbishop of Buenos […]
White House embraces lab leak as ‘true’ pandemic origin, axes covid website
The White House on Friday launched a website deeming a laboratory leak as the “true” origin of the covid-19 virus, embracing a theory that has become a popular explanation for […]
Travel to the U.S. from almost everywhere is falling under Trump
By Anumita Kaur, Adrián Blanco Ramos · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Overseas travel to the United States has declined sharply since President Donald Trump returned to office. Industry experts say some of the […]
White House embraces lab leak as ‘true’ pandemic origin, axes covid website
The White House on Friday launched a website deeming a laboratory leak as the “true” origin of the covid-19 virus, embracing a theory that has become a popular explanation for […]
White House embraces lab leak as ‘true’ pandemic origin, axes covid website
The White House on Friday launched a website deeming a laboratory leak as the “true” origin of the covid-19 virus, embracing a theory that has become a popular explanation for […]