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22/07/2024

This summer, TikTok — and the streets of American cities — are filled with men, millennial and younger, who have made a $100 crochet polo from Abercrombie & Fitch a keystone of their hot-weather wardrobe.

This summer, TikTok — and the streets of American cities — are filled with men who have made the $100 crochet polo a keystone of their hot weather wardrobe.

22/07/2024

After Biden’s exit from the presidential race and the Trump rally shooting, AI chatbots are distancing themselves from politics and breaking news or refusing to answer at all.

After Biden’s exit from the presidential race and the Trump rally shooting, AI chatbots struggled to say what had happened. Was it a sign that AI is not ready for breaking news?

22/07/2024

Jason Rezaian on freedom 10 years since imprisonment and global press freedom

Jason Rezaian joins Washington Post Live to reflect on his freedom 10 years since his imprisonment in Iran, his work to spotlight journalists being held captive and the state of global press freedom.

22/07/2024

At a White House event celebrating NCAA champions, Vice President Harris first paid tribute to President Biden and said that, in one term, he had already surpassed the legacy of most two-term presidents.

“I am a firsthand witness that every day our president, Joe Biden, fights for the American people,” Harris said. https://wapo.st/3Ye1ifJ

22/07/2024

Vice President Harris has been a loyal Democratic foot soldier, rarely straying from party orthodoxy. Here’s what we know about her policy positions on five major issues.

The vice president has rarely strayed from party orthodoxy.

22/07/2024

Advice by Ann Maloney: Preparing and cooking chicken safely requires a bit of care to avoid cross contamination and foodborne illness. Here are some essential food safety recommendations for handling chicken.

Preparing and cooking chicken safely requires a bit of care to avoid cross contamination and foodborne illness.

22/07/2024

Under the tutelage of Bob Bowman, French swimmer Leon Marchand is poised to become the face of the Paris Olympics.

Under the tutelage of Bob Bowman, the French swimmer is poised to become the face of the Paris Olympics.

22/07/2024

NFL teams have started to report to training camps, meaning the countdown to the start of the regular season in September has begun in earnest. Here are storylines that will be in focus before the season kicks off.

Prized rookie QBs, Bill Belichick the broadcaster and a Steelers QB battle are among the things to watch as training camps open.

22/07/2024

Women cited anxiety, pain concerns, cost, lack of time or not believing a screening was necessary as reasons for delaying or skipping medical tests.

22/07/2024

Jared Kushner was a top official in a Trump administration that sharply restricted immigration and refugee admissions. But his family benefited as refugees from Holocaust Europe.

Kushner was a top official in a Trump administration that sharply restricted immigration and refugee admissions. But his family benefited as refugees from Holocaust Europe.

22/07/2024

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James will carry the United States flag in Friday’s Opening Ceremonies at the Paris Olympics, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced.

Set to play in his fourth Olympics, the Los Angeles Lakers star is the first NBA player to receive the honor.

22/07/2024

The United Nations said Monday that Israeli troops fired on an aid convoy traveling along an agreed-upon route inside Gaza, as the military ordered Palestinian civilians to leave an area previously designated as a safe zone.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Washington, where the political turmoil was creating further uncertainty about U.S.-Israeli relations.

22/07/2024

The United Nations estimated in a report last August that more than 200,000 people are being forced to work as scammers in Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos.

22/07/2024

Advice by Trisha Pasricha, MD: Washing less frequently and using “sulfate-free” products can lead to healthier hair and help protect your scalp microbiome.

Washing less frequently and using “sulfate-free” products can lead to healthier hair and help protect your scalp microbiome.

22/07/2024

Delta Airlines canceled more than 600 flights Monday as the fallout from a global tech outage extended into a fourth day.

The air carrier canceled hundreds of flights over the weeked after a defective software update knocked out computer systems worldwide.

22/07/2024

The latest grant money comes as the Biden administration races to distribute investments authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act.

22/07/2024

A conservative proposal drafted by the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 has ignited an intense debate this month by proposing that a Republican administration privatize weather forecasting now done by government agencies.

Project 2025 proposes breaking up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the parent agency for the National Weather Service, describing it as “one of the main drivers of the climate change alarm industry.”

22/07/2024

Jennifer Rubin writes in Opinions: “[President Biden] already began the smooth transition by endorsing Vice President Harris. Now, she and the party can come to together to defend democracy. Nothing is more important.”

The president avoids a historic disaster.

22/07/2024

Sen. Joe Manchin III (I-W.Va.) signaled Monday that he has no plans to pursue the Democratic presidential nomination.

“Let me make it very clear to you … I am not going to be a candidate for president,” Manchin said during an interview with CBS. He later added: “I am not running for office.”

Live updates on the 2024 presidential race after President Biden dropped out and endorsed Kamala Harris.

22/07/2024

As a former prosecutor, Vice President Harris is getting another chance to make her case in the court of public opinion — and this time, against recently convicted felon Donald Trump.

The vice president leaned into her past as a prosecutor in attacking Trump in the 2020 primary. Will she do the same now?

22/07/2024

Although many Democrats quickly endorsed Vice President Harris as the nominee-apparent — as Biden did — they still must make a formal nomination, either through a virtual vote that would lock in a new nominee in early August, or in an “open” convention.

Although many Democrats quickly endorsed Vice President Harris, they must make a formal nomination through a virtual vote or an “open” convention in Chicago.

22/07/2024

“Dear Carolyn: I’m a woman in my 40s and am in a mostly sexless marriage. The past six or seven years, it has been once or twice a year. I have talked to my spouse about it, and he will blow it off with a joke or get annoyed that I’m bringing it up again. I still enjoy his company in other ways, but I feel as if we are more friends and co-parents than a married couple. Much of the time I think this is enough, but I also think I’m too young to be celibate for the rest of my life.

I don’t really know where to go from here. How do you decide whether this is enough or whether you should start over?

By the way, I’m as sure as I can be he’s not cheating; he just has zero interest anymore and doesn’t seem to want to change that. — Mostly Celibate”

Her husband won’t even discuss their sexless marriage, but she feels too young to be celibate forever.

22/07/2024

Analysis by Ishaan Tharoor: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to address Congress with months of trauma and ruin looming behind him, and a murky political future ahead of him.

The Israeli prime minister is poised to address Congress with months of trauma and ruin looming behind him, and a murky political future ahead of him.

22/07/2024

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle will testify before the House Oversight Committee amid calls for her resignation after the Trump rally shooting.

22/07/2024

Hunter Biden has withdrawn a lawsuit against Fox News over a miniseries that used his sexually explicit photos in a “mock trial” dramatization of a fictitious criminal prosecution of the president’s son.

Biden did not explain why he had withdrawn the litigation, which accused Fox of violating “revenge porn” laws by using his intimate photos.

22/07/2024

Throughout her history-making and often rocky ascent to the summit of American public life, Kamala Harris has shown an uncanny ability to revive her political fortunes. Unprecedented battles are not new to Harris, who has defied expectations, for good and ill, since her earliest days in politics.

After a history-making and often rocky political ascent, Vice President Harris is on the verge of a more momentous test: Reviving the Democratic Party’s hopes.

22/07/2024

Analysis by Aaron Blake: It’s Harris’s nomination to lose. But there are plenty of questions bubbling up beneath that.

It’s Harris’s nomination to lose. But there are plenty of questions beneath that.

22/07/2024

Even though President Biden has endorsed Vice President Harris to replace him at the top of the ticket, recent polls find little difference between how she and Biden stack up against Donald Trump.

See the results from a Washington Post average of 11 post-debate polls pitting Harris against Trump.

22/07/2024

When a conservator at a British museum removed a board at the back of a prominent Norman Cornish artwork for an upcoming exhibition, he made a “magical” discovery: On the reverse was a self-portrait by the coal miner turned celebrated artist.

The self-portrait by Norman Cornish, a celebrated 20th-century British artist, was found when a conservator removed a board at the back of another artwork.

22/07/2024

Feral DNA may help domestic rabbits thrive in the wild, a new analysis suggests, shedding new light on the evolution of an animal that can cause major environmental destruction.

The researchers found that the descendants of domestic rabbits quickly shed the docility and coat colors that humans prefer in pet bunnies.