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US Education Secretary Arne Duncan to step down at end of year

He took an agency long considered a quiet outpost in the power landscape of Washington, D.C., and – through luck and strategy – oversaw a vigorous ... >> view original

Oregon shooter said to have singled out Christians for killing in...

From Washington, a visibly frustrated President Obama offered prayers for the victims and their families and quickly pivoted to repeat his call for stricter ... >> view original

Russian warplanes strike deep inside Islamic State's heartland

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Vatican: Pope met with gay student, partner in Davis twist

And in a new twist, the Vatican revealed that the “only real audience” Francis had in Washington was with a former student and his family, who later identified ... >> view original

Farmer digs up woolly mammoth bones in Michigan soy field

For the first time ever, a dinosaur fossil has been found in Washington state · Scientists shocked the world with a brand new species of man — but who owns the ... >> view original

Ore. shooter left behind online portrait of a lonely youth with a...

Rick Rada, a classmate who graduated from the school the same year as Mercer, spoke to The Washington Post over the phone late Thursday evening. “To me ... >> view original

British teen receives life sentence for inciting terrorist act

LONDON — A teenager thought to be Britain's youngest convicted terrorist received a life sentence Friday for inciting a terrorist attack in Australia during an ... >> view original

Congress's disinterest in gun control, in 2 charts

There was less chatter about these issues after the next major mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, and even less after the massacre at a black church ... >> view original

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The NFC East is completely up for grabs and two teams fighting for the division will face off Sunday at FedEx Field, where Washington will host the Philadelphia ... >> view original