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D.C. Jewish Museum shooting shows signs of ‘targeted violence’

More details emerged Thursday about the young couple shot dead near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington late Wednesday, as authorities continued to investigate the shooting by a gunman who chanted “free, free Palestine.”

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May 22, 2025 World

Israelis express horror at D.C. embassy attack as politicians trade blame

TEL AVIV – Israelis expressed horror and sorrow Thursday at the killing of two young Israeli Embassy workers outside a Jewish museum in Washington by a shooter who then screamed, “Free, free Palestine!”

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May 22, 2025 World

A bystander prays while wearing an Israel flag with a cross in the middle near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington on Wednesday night. MUST CREDIT: Tom Brenner/For The Washington Post

Police suspect teen died after accidentally shooting herself on video

A 14-year-old girl died Wednesday after appearing to accidentally shoot herself while filming a social media video at an apartment in Northeast Washington, police said, citing a preliminary investigation.

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May 22, 2025 World

Review: The maybe-final ‘Mission: Impossible’ finds Cruise in control, again

The arrival of “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” puts any knowledgeable filmgoer on alert.

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May 21, 2025 Movies

From left, Pom Klementieff, Greg Tarzan Davis, Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg and Hayley Atwell in "Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoning." MUST CREDIT: Paramount Pictures/Skydance

How a scientist who studies ‘super agers’ exercises for a longer life

Seventeen years ago, Eric Topol, a cardiologist and founder of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, set out to discover why some people age so well, when others don’t. Aged 53 at the time, Topol considered healthy aging to be of deep scientific – and personal – interest.

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May 21, 2025 Life

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A town tried to take down a bakery’s mural of pastries. A judge ruled it can stay.

The debate that had consumed Sean Young’s life for nearly three years revolved around a painting of doughnuts, cookies, a cinnamon roll, a raspberry turnover and a blueberry muffin.

May 21, 2025 World

Sean Young's bakery, Leavitt's Country Bakery in Conway, New Hampshire, has a colorful mural above its entrance. MUST CREDIT: Institute for Justice

For a better burger at home, you’ve got to smash it

While there's no shortage of options for buying smash burgers when dining out or ordering in, they're just as easy to make at home

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May 20, 2025 Eat

Caitlin Clark says hate has ‘no place’ in WNBA after alleged fan comments

Clark told reporters she did not hear the alleged comments, noting it was 'super loud' in the arena

May 20, 2025 Basketball

Angel Reese #5 of the Chicago Sky takes a hard foul from Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever in the second half during the Fever's home opener at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on May 17, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

‘Dilbert’ creator Scott Adams reveals aggressive prostate cancer: 'My life expectancy is maybe this summer'

Scott Adams, the award-winning satirical cartoonist who created “Dilbert,” announced that he has an aggressive form of prostate cancer and that he does not have long to live.

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May 20, 2025 Celebrity

Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip Dilbert, poses for a portrait with the Dilbert character in his studio in Dublin, Calif., Oct. 26, 2006.

Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver to be charged in New Jersey ICE clash: U.S. Justice Dept.

The Justice Department said it would charge a Democratic congresswoman whom authorities have accused of assaulting law enforcement officials during a confrontation last week outside an immigration detention center in Newark.

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May 20, 2025 World

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LATEST STORIES BY WASHINGTON POST

D.C. Jewish Museum shooting shows signs of ‘targeted violence’

Israelis express horror at D.C. embassy attack as politicians trade blame

Police suspect teen died after accidentally shooting herself on video

Review: The maybe-final ‘Mission: Impossible’ finds Cruise in control, again

How a scientist who studies ‘super agers’ exercises for a longer life

A town tried to take down a bakery’s mural of pastries. A judge ruled it can stay.

For a better burger at home, you’ve got to smash it

Caitlin Clark says hate has ‘no place’ in WNBA after alleged fan comments

‘Dilbert’ creator Scott Adams reveals aggressive prostate cancer: 'My life expectancy is maybe this summer'

Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver to be charged in New Jersey ICE clash: U.S. Justice Dept.

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