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Follow live updates on the 2024 election and Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump from our reporters on the campaign trail and in Washington.Policy positions: We’ve collected Harris’s and Trump’s stances on the most important issues — abortion, economic policy, immigration and more.Presidential polls: Check out how …

Tom Barrett, a Republican vying for a Michigan congressional seat, is facing calls for an investigation after an ad from his campaign incorrectly listed Election Day as Nov. 6 in a Black-owned Michigan newspaper.In a complaint filed Sunday with the state attorney general, the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus accused Barrett’s …

Florida endured a second day of recovery and rescue operations after Hurricane Milton swept through the state late Wednesday, unleashing wind, rain and tornadoes, and pummeling communities still cleaning up after Hurricane Helene struck two weeks ago. At least 17 people were killed by Milton and its aftermath. During a …

A fishing boat captain headed into the water off the Gulf Coast to make repairs on his vessel hours before Hurricane Milton slammed into Florida.He ended up stranded in the storm, which made landfall on Wednesday night — battling waves up to 25 feet high and whipping winds of up …

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The tornadoes added a sense of chaos and danger to the final hours of storm preparation, including along parts of Florida’s Atlantic coast far from expected landfall, where residents were not expecting to see storm impacts until late Wednesday or early Thursday — if at all.In what may prove to …

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A Nevada politician was found guilty of taking money meant for a memorial honoring a police officer killed in the line of duty and spending it on plastic surgery, rent and her daughter’s wedding.A federal jury on Thursday convicted Michele Fiore, a Republican justice of the peace and former Las …

“What did you put in the ricotta?” Ann Maloney asked me.We were at a holiday party for the Food team at my house, and Ann — The Post’s recipes editor at the time — was raving about a dish of baked stuffed shells I had made. In our years of …

This vegan take on an Italian American classic fills the pasta shells with a savory, slightly tangy concoction made with jarred artichokes and cashews. It's is a great option for dinner any night of the week, or for potlucks, dinner parties or as a gift for a friend who needs …

Each day as the sun begins to set over Pedro Luro and Hilario Ascasubi, thousands of the vibrant green-, yellow- and red-feathered parrots swoop into town. Their screeching echoes long into the night, while their droppings blanket streets and parks. But the real disaster, according to TAXI FM Director Ramón …

“Our teams are working around-the-clock to respond to the ongoing situation at our facility in Conyers, Georgia,” the statement on the BioLab website said. “We continue to work collaboratively with first responders and local authorities and have deployed specialized teams from out of state to the site to bolster and …

The subtitle of Steve Sando’s latest cookbook is “100 Recipes for Cooking with All Kinds of Beans.” And this is no understatement: With his wildly popular company, Rancho Gordo, Sando has made heirloom bean varieties so popular that his quarterly membership-club shipments go out to tens of thousands of customers …

Chickpeas get the tagine treatment with a Moroccan-style combination of warming, aromatic and briny flavors from ginger, saffron, cinnamon, preserved lemons, olives and more. The dish is based on a typical chicken tagine formula, instead using chickpeas that you cook from dried rather than using canned — because that silky …

The unsigned ads spotted hanging over some of Puerto Rico’s most-transited routes soon fueled a frenzy of headlines and gossip — which only crescendoed after Bad Bunny, one of the biggest superstars in the world, announced he had bought them to show his love for his homeland. His ads — …

The CEO of a submersible manufacturing company testified Friday that he checked out a prototype of OceanGate’s Titan submersible four years before the vessel imploded near the Titanic shipwreck — killing all five people aboard — and found it “amateurish.”Patrick Lahey, co-founder of Triton Submarines, told U.S. Coast Guard officials …

“Kentucky cannot possibly reach its full potential unless it is free from discrimination by or against any citizen — unless all our people feel welcome in our spaces, free from unjust barriers and supported to be themselves,” said Beshear, the only Democratic governor of a Southern state.Previous attempts to ban …

Her skin is always moist and her cheeks pink and peachy. She’s usually seen nibbling at her caretakers’ knees, running around her pen — belly rolls jiggling — or opening her mouth in an apparent scream.It’s Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo that has become the internet’s latest obsession.Since she …

A man was charged Monday with two gun-related crimes after he allegedly pointed a rifle toward a golf course where Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was playing in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Sunday. The incident is being investigated by the FBI as another potential assassination attempt against the former …

Nisha Vora’s evolution as a vegan cook sounds so familiar. When she first decided to go vegan eight years ago, she says, “I didn’t know how to make my food taste interesting.” That’s because, like so many others in her position (including me), she was single-mindedly focused on what she …

Coca-Cola might be the world’s most recognizable brand. But what would it be with only half the name?An Indigenous business in Colombia, acting, it says, “in defense of the coca leaf,” is asking the government to revoke the beverage giant’s century-old trademark on the word “coca.”The coca plant, which is …

Pan-frying grated tofu gives it a delightfully crispy and chewy texture, while pan-Asian condiments combine for an umami-rich, savory sauce. The result: a surprisingly meaty dish that you can eat with rice or noodles, in lettuce cups or fresh spring rolls, on salads or wrapped in tortillas. Storage: Refrigerate for …

A judge on Friday reduced the sentence of a paramedic who had been convicted in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man whose death after being forcibly detained ushered in a sweeping police accountability law in Colorado.Peter Cichuniec, 51, was sentenced in March to five years in …

In response to questions from The Washington Post, Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said people in Springfield were experiencing “very real suffering and tragedies” that have been “largely ignored by the liberal mainstream media until now.” A spokesman for Vance did not respond to requests for comment; earlier, a spokesperson …

In the grounds’ Parterre Garden, a sculpture of Queen Elizabeth — clad in a headscarf, tartan skirt and quilted vest — now stands next to a previously erected statue of her husband, Prince Philip. The bronze couple, both crafted by Belfast-based artist Anto Brennan, look over a patch of pansies …

In the moments before he evacuated his Highland, Calif., home, Shawn Hunter described the scene as something out of the 2004 disaster film “The Day After Tomorrow.”The region had been facing sweltering heat for several days. Then, a series of small quakes rattled houses where several residents were hurriedly packing …

This bread salad inspired by Italy’s classic panzanella bursts with flavor and texture from summer peaches, corn and feta, with black beans for extra heft and nutrition. If you have particularly dried-out stale bread on hand instead of fresh, you can skip the toasting. Storage: The salad is best when …

September always makes me a little wistful. Whether it’s because of the deep-seated childhood memories of going back to school, the fact that my birthday is mid-month or merely the seasonal change in the air, I find myself reflecting on Septembers past — and wondering what fall might bring.It’s also …

Instead, Maduro declared himself the winner of the election and unleashed a wave of violent repression that rights advocates say is the country’s worst since he rose to power more than a decade ago. A slew of opposition figures have been detained by Maduro’s security forces or forced into hiding.González, …