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NCAA tournament bracketology: Selection Sunday has finally arrived

The NCAA men’s tournament bracket will be revealed Sunday at 6 p.m. Here’s our final projection of the teams that will be included.

By Patrick Stevens

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As downtown D.C. seeks rebound, empty offices and fear of crime cast shadow

A year after launching a campaign to rescue downtown, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s quest faces a slew of hurdles - including crime, vacant offices and the effects of the pandemic.

By Paul Schwartzman

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Biden needles Trump on age, mental fitness, finances at D.C. dinner

At the annual white-tie Gridiron dinner, jokes about Jan. 6 and a possible Trump return belied a Washington on edge.

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Linda Wenhold absorbed the Patriot Academy’s message that America is falling apart as it drifts from its biblical roots. Then she won a local school board seat.

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Group sues after novel Biden deepfake urged voters to skip N.H. primary

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Biden continues fundraising momentum, with a $53 million February

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Biden toughened asylum screening. It won’t contain a new border surge.

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Trump hush money trial delayed 30 days to consider new evidence

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Nathan Wade resigns as lead prosecutor in Trump Ga. case

By Holly Bailey and Amy Gardner

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A significant setback for Fani Willis

By Aaron Blake

Trump criminal cases hit delays, disruptions that play into campaign strategy

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A parent who doesn’t “have time to shower” wants partner to spend his free time on their household, not on himself.

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Carolyn Hax: Overwhelmed parent resents that partner takes time for himself

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Ask Amy: I’m done tolerating my alcoholic husband’s behavior

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Miss Manners: Am I expressing empathy or making it about me?

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Ask Sahaj: I resent that my parents have relied on me my entire life. I’m so tired.

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Diane Foley’s heartbreak inspired a cause — and now, a stunning book

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Old Soviet files showed up at his door in Ukraine. Then the mystery began.

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Think capitalism is terrible? This economist says it’s already dead.

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A literary sensation who hit it big at 21 grapples with his status

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Adoption’s warm, fuzzy reputation doesn’t hold up to reality

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Why Americans pay so much more than anyone else for weather disasters

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How you should think about those Google Flights pollution numbers

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Want a more sustainable meat for the grill? Try a 13-foot python steak.

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U.S. moves to save imperiled bird of the West by limiting oil drilling

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Georgia could greenlight a mine near one of the South’s last wild places

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Four ways total solar eclipses helped us learn more about our universe

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Follow a mile-by-mile map of the total solar eclipse

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‘Devil comet’ could soon be visible to the naked eye. How to see it.

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How two smart people fell for a classic Facebook scam

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America loves Temu. Will our adoration last for this shopping app?

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Group sues after novel Biden deepfake urged voters to skip N.H. primary

By Tobi Raji

House TikTok bill gives ByteDance 6 months to sell. That’s unlikely.

By Drew Harwell and Eva Dou

‘Jawboning’ politicians who push to delete social media posts draw scrutiny

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Ramadan shrouded in grief for U.S. Muslims amid Gaza deaths, devastation

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Universal prekindergarten is coming to California — bumpy rollout and all

By Kate Rix

Biden toughened asylum screening. It won’t contain a new border surge.

By Nick Miroff

Man accused of killing family in Pa. rampage in custody, police say

By Justine McDaniel and Nick Parker

United Boeing plane that landed with missing panel prompts investigation

By Ellen Francis and Amber Ferguson

WORLD

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Niger junta announces end to military relationship with U.S.

By Rachel Chason, Omar Hama Saley and Rachel Pannett

In Belgorod, Russian city hit hardest by war, Putin is still running strong

By Francesca Ebel

The U.S. has tried to ‘fix’ Haiti before. How will this time be different?

By Widlore Mérancourt, Amanda Coletta and John Hudson

Haiti’s descent into chaos, in photos

By Amanda Coletta and Jennifer Pritheeva Samuel

For Putin’s election in occupied Ukraine, voting is forced at gunpoint

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Middle East Conflict

Thousands of Gazans are missing, under the rubble, detained or dead in the streets

By Miriam Berger and Hajar Harb

U.S. attempts to stop arms smuggling to Yemen with limited resources

By Dan Lamothe and Missy Ryan

Netanyahu says Israel ‘will not succumb’ to pressure to stop war in Gaza

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U.S. military footprint expands as White House tries to contain fallout of war in Gaza

By Steve Hendrix, Susannah George and Missy Ryan

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Director Kevin Macdonald’s new documentary, “High & Low: John Galliano,” tests the limits of separating the art from the artist.

Does John Galliano deserve your forgiveness?

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A superb Whitney Biennial, marred by flimsy politics

By Sebastian Smee

Falling in love again with disposable cameras

By Jessica M. Goldstein

NCAA tournament bracketology: Selection Sunday has finally arrived

By Patrick Stevens

The ACC can’t forget its past. What’s at stake is its future.

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