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The Washington Post@washingtonpost · 1 h

Flight delays can be a headache. Whether you’re *thisclose* to missing your connecting flight or landing well after the plane’s wheels are up, here’s a guide to managing troublesome connections: wapo.st/413QuBa

washingtonpost's tweet card. Airlines want you to make your connecting flight; here’s what to do if you can’t.

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost · 2 h

People continued eating horsemeat in some parts of medieval Europe even after converting to Christianity, an analysis finds. The findings challenge historical narratives that eating horsemeat was considered barbaric or heretical at the time. wapo.st/4lQnSUk

washingtonpost's tweet card. Recent research upends a prevailing historical narrative that converting to Christianity made the practice barbaric.

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost · 3 h

A letter writer balked at a friend’s request for their group to help with her loneliness when she makes little effort to see them. Here’s what our advice columnist had to say: wapo.st/44UWYUb

washingtonpost's tweet card. Letter writer balks at a friend’s request for their group to help with her loneliness when she makes little effort to see them.

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost · 4 h

When the migrant-worker bracero program expired in 1965, the government recruited groups of high school male athletes to step into the fields. It was a disaster. wapo.st/40xcNix

washingtonpost's tweet card. When the migrant-worker bracero program expired in 1965, the government recruited groups of high school male athletes to step into the fields. It was a disaster.

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost · 5 h

Hackers connected to the Chinese government were behind at least some of the widespread attacks in the past few days on organizations that use collaboration software from Microsoft, defenders working on the intrusions said in interviews. wapo.st/3GWLl7i

washingtonpost's tweet card. Researchers say Chinese actors, along with other criminal hackers, exploited a security flaw in SharePoint software widely used by governments and businesses.

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost · 6 h

Social media has brought fame and money to some accounts featuring people with Down syndrome. It’s also brought concerns, driven by potentially exploitative AI technology. wapo.st/4nQMNIW

washingtonpost's tweet card. Down syndrome influencers have found fame and money thanks to social media — which also harbors problematic Down syndrome content powered by AI.

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost · 7 h

The United Nations said Monday that two of its guesthouses in the central Gaza Strip were either hit or came under attack, including a raid by Israeli troops on a residence for employees of the World Health Organization. wapo.st/4nW9E65

washingtonpost's tweet card. The attacks came as Israel’s military expanded ground operations in central Gaza, displacing more civilians amid a severe hunger crisis.

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost · 8 h

President Trump is threatening to block a new stadium deal for the Washington Commanders if the NFL team does not change their name back, despite a 2013 comment against President Obama for just that. Read more as the team seeks to build a new stadium on federal land here:…

washingtonpost's tweet image. President Trump is threatening to block a new stadium deal for the Washington Commanders if the NFL team does not change their name back, despite a 2013 comment against President Obama for just that.

Read more as the team seeks to build a new stadium on federal land here:…

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost · 8 h

Experts warn Istanbul faces a 40–60% chance of a major quake in the next three decades — posing a serious risk to historic landmarks like the Hagia Sophia. The Post assessed how the country’s ancient architecture could withstand a seismic threat: wapo.st/4kTgqGS

washingtonpost's tweet card. Istanbul’s historic buildings, including the Hagia Sophia and Basilica Cistern, are at risk from a major earthquake on the Anatolian fault line.

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost · 8 h

The emotionless expression teens and young adults sometimes make if someone inconveniences them by saying “hi,” tries to engage in small talk with them, or tries to take their food order finally has a name: the Gen Z stare. To learn more, we went straight to the source: our Gen…

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost · 9 h

A former Louisville police officer convicted of violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights during a police raid in which she was killed was sentenced to 33 months in prison, according to news reports. wapo.st/3TRyVk0

washingtonpost's tweet card. The Trump Justice Department had sought a sentence of one day, telling the court that Brett Hankison shouldn’t have been prosecuted for his role in Breonna Taylor’s death.

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost · 9 h

The Trump administration released more than 230,000 files related to the April 1968 assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. The files include discussion of potential leads, internal FBI memos on the progress of the case and more. wapo.st/4f14sJO

washingtonpost's tweet card. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said the files include discussion of potential leads, internal FBI memos detailing the progress of the case and more.

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost · 9 h

A federal judge heard arguments from attorneys for Harvard University and from the federal government on Monday. Harvard cast its arguments as a First Amendment case and the government sought to frame it as simply a dispute over money and contracts. wapo.st/45cvGKe

washingtonpost's tweet card. Harvard called the government’s rationale for cutting billions of dollars in federal funding illegal and “cooked up”

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost · 10 h

The Office of Personnel Management will lose about one-third of its staff by the end of the year, with most of those volunteering to leave, the head of the federal government’s human resources agency said. wapo.st/46mwKML

washingtonpost's tweet card. The Office of Personnel Management will lose about one-third of its staff by the end of the year, with most of those volunteering to leave.

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost · 10 h

The 700 active-duty Marines deployed to Los Angeles last month will withdraw from the city, the Pentagon said, as the Trump administration continues to scale back its military deployment there following protests of federal immigration raids. wapo.st/3UnxFFr

washingtonpost's tweet card. President Donald Trump had ordered about 4,000 California National Guard troops and 700 active-duty Marines to Los Angeles in June.

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost · 10 h

After Texas Republican Ken Paxton’s wife filed for divorce and accused him of adultery, Sen. John Cornyn is bringing up Paxton’s personal life, and some backers are rethinking their support — in one of the biggest GOP primaries of the midterms. wapo.st/40Rsj9l

washingtonpost's tweet card. In one of the biggest GOP primaries of the midterms, Sen. John Cornyn and his allies are bringing up Ken Paxton’s personal life, and some backers are rethinking their support.

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost · 11 h

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced reforms to the nation’s organ transplant system, citing recent findings that the process of removing organs has on some occasions begun even when donors showed signs of life. wapo.st/3UoF1sg

washingtonpost's tweet card. In 28 cases, the government determined, donors may still have been alive when organ procurement procedures began.

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Gene Park@GenePark · Jul 19

I interview Tony Hawk, Kareem Campbell and Bob Burnquist about how Tony Hawks Pro Skater changed the way we see the world, and the developers about how it was inspired by Diddy Kong Racing to become a revolutionary, once in a lifetime series. washingtonpost.com/entertainment/…

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