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Karen Read greets her supporters after she is acquitted on many of the charges against her on June 18. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald via Getty Images) MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images

True crime stunner: Drunk driver beats boyfriend murder rap

The dramatic and complex case became a tabloid and true-crime fixture, drawing national attention and throngs of supporters for each side.

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Airmen look at a GBU-57, or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, at Whiteman Air Base in Missouri in 2023.

The Massive Ordnance Penetrator and what it means for Iran

Iran’s hardened, underground nuclear sites are impervious to most conventional weapons — except the US-made 30,000-pound, deep-penetrating bomb.

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The nuclear fallout and radiation risk of Israel bomb blitz

THE WASHINGTON POST: Here’s what we know about the Iranian sites that Israel has attacked so far, why they are so difficult to destroy and what nuclear hazards the strikes could pose.

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Sutton Foster and Hugh Jackman's relationship comes into focus and is a fan favourite.

Why Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster are the new ‘Bennifer’

Part love story, part celebrity spectacle, Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster’s backstage connection is now playing out on the world’s biggest stage.

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The Washington Post: Answers to  some very uncomfortable questions.

‘I can’t poop at work’ and other embarrassing problems

The Washington Post: Bathroom advice from a gastroenterologist privy to the uncomfortable questions people are too shy to ask.

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Trump raises Iran pressure, fears US could enter conflict

Israel and the US are ratcheting up pressure on Iran, sparking fresh speculation that Washington could be preparing for a more direct intervention alongside its closest Middle East ally.

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President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Cabinet meeting in March. MUST CREDIT: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post

Trump considers adding 36 countries to travel ban list

THE WASHINGTON POST: The US is considering restricting entry to citizens of an additional 36 countries in what would be a significant expansion of the travel ban announced by the Trump administration.

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US President Donald Trump at Fort Bragg on June 10.

How Trump’s military parade measures up to others

President Donald Trump is set to realise, as he turns 79, one of his long-standing ambitions: to host a major military parade in Washington.

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A view shows the wreckage of the Air India aircraft which crashed during take-off in Ahmedabad.

‘The whole nation is crying’: India’s grief at air disaster

‘I have never seen this many dead bodies in my life,’ said Mahesh Desai, a 39-year-old local. ‘It was all on fire when I came to the site.’

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President Masoud Pezeshkian, second right, listens to Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami as he visits an exhibition of Iran's nuclear achievements in Tehran in April. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iran not complying with nuclear obligations: UN watchdog

The UN’s nuclear watchdog has declared Iran in breach of its nonproliferation obligations for the first time in 20 years.

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Dame Jacinda Ardern, the former prime minister of New Zealand, is featured in a new documentary, Prime Minister.

Why Jacinda Ardern made an intimate doco on her marriage

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern is the subject of a new film, Prime Minister, in theatres Friday, which aims to humanise politicians.

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The Washington Post: Disney and Universal use the force of copyright law on ‘bottomless pit of plagiarism’ of Artificial Intelligence models using their intellectual property.

Movie empires strike back at AI

The Washington Post: Disney and Universal use the force of copyright law on ‘bottomless pit of plagiarism’ of Artificial Intelligence models using their intellectual property.

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Protesters kneel in the street facing a row of police in riot gear during a protest in response to federal immigration operations in the Little Tokyo neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles, on June 9, 2025. President Donald Trump's administration said on June 9 that it was sending 700 US Marines and thousands more National Guard troops to Los Angeles, sparking a furious response from California's governor over the "deranged" deployment. Protests in Los Angeles, home to a large Latino population, broke out on June 6, triggered by immigration raids that resulted in dozens of arrests of what authorities say are illegal migrants and gang members. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP)

Fact-checking Trump’s claims of a ‘migrant invasion’

Federal and state data tell a far different story about the Golden State than the political fury unfolding in Washington and on the streets of Los Angeles.

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The Washington Post: Is it really like putting your whole mouth in the dip? Or was George Costanza not so bad?

Was George Costanza right? Busting myths of the double dip

The Washington Post: It’s like putting your whole mouth in the dip! Has George Costanza been exhonerated?

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THE WASHINGTON POST: We’re wired to be negative, but you can reset your thinking.

Our brains are wired to think negatively. But we can fix it

Negativity bias is important to human functioning since it helps protect us from harm, but in some it can cause stress, depression and anxiety. Here is how to manage it so that it can benefit us.

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