After appearing on Russian jets, incendiary munitions make a resurgence in Syria

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After appearing on Russian jets, incendiary munitions make a resurgence in Syria
The bombs appear to be thermite-based.

How the Italian police wound up having a significant presence in Iraq
The goal of the Italian police trainers is to ensure that Iraq’s military-style federal police and local police contribute to the Iraqi government’s battle against militants.

Unitarian Universalists helped start Thanksgiving. Now they have second thoughts.
With Native Americans in mind, they’re voting this week on a resolution called ‘Thanksgiving Day Reconsidered.’

This melting Greenland glacier is now producing terrifying tsunamis
Videos capture close calls that only seem to be getting worse.

I invited 12 people to write about their mental illnesses for the first time. Here’s what happened next.
A supermodel who wound up severely depressed and a woman who couldn’t stop pulling her hair out were among the participants who flew across the country to participate in this unique workshop

How children in foster care could benefit from the new federal education law
Obama administration releases guidance on schools’ new obligations to foster kids.

Study casts doubt on value of remedial math for college
Researchers at the City University of New York find that putting students into college-level courses is sometimes a better option.

Democrats are staging a sit-in on the House floor. Here’s why.
House Democrats staged a sit-in June 22 and refused to leave the chamber until securing a vote on gun control measures. Here’s why.

Meet Julián Castro
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro is on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s short list of potential vice presidential candidates. Here’s what you need to know about him.

Meet Elizabeth Warren
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s short list of potential vice presidential candidates. Here’s what you need to know about her.

Meet Tim Kaine
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) is on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s short list of potential vice presidential candidates. Here’s what you need to know about him.

Kentucky’s attorney general again sues governor, this time over Louisville kerfuffle
Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear (D) filed a lawsuit Wednesday to stop Gov. Matt Bevin (R) from dissolving the board of trustees at the University of Louisville, accusing the Republican leader of making a unilateral decision without state lawmakers.

Clinton touts economic record, courts Sanders backers in N.C. speech
Candidate’s address billed as heavy on “progressive” solutions, in appeal for wider constituency.

Ryan rolls out policy agenda House Republicans can use in November
The speaker hopes it will influence Donald Trump if he wins the presidency.

‘Dire finding’: In search for missing family, officials locate debris off Florida coast
The discovery is also “heartening” to searchers, because it means they are looking in the right area for Ace Kimberly and his three teenage children.

Judge in Rolling Stone lawsuit sides with lawyers for ‘Jackie’ on documents motion
A federal judge has ruled that “Jackie” does not have to turn over any additional documents for Rolling Stone lawsuit.

Does New York City’s ‘broken windows’ policing work? New report says no.
Cracking down on petty crime like vandalism does not seem to have affected the number of incidents of more serious crime, as previously supposed.

House Republicans blast Fed chair Yellen on interest-rate policies, poor growth
A daily roundup of business news.

Stratford School, the first in Virginia to integrate, gets historic district designation
Four black middle schoolers desegregated the Arlington school in February 1959.

A (somewhat) tamer Trump emerges to focus attacks on Clinton. But will it last?
He wins some plaudits for anti-Clinton speech, but GOP doubts about his discipline remain.

Who does Donald Trump listen to? Other Trumps.
His three oldest children and son-in-law act as close advisers and strategists.

Rubio: Concerns about Clinton — and Trump — influenced reelection decision
The future of the senator from Florida had been the subject of rampant speculation.

Sanders tells C-SPAN he won’t be Democratic presidential nominee
But his campaign manager said he’s not ending his run.

I have found a new way to watch TV, and it changes everything
Game of Thrones. The Bachelor. House of Cards. It’s now possible to watch everything. How? It’s the future of storytelling.

Air and Space Museum will celebrate 40th birthday with an all-nighter
Newly renovated flagship hall will be open from the night of July 1 to the next morning.

More on the looming smackdown over Wall Street reform
Anti-Wall Street rhetoric has been a key feature of the 2016 presidential campaign. Now the business community is raising a defense.

Federal judge says Obama administration lacks authority to halt fracking on public lands
A Wyoming federal judge has halted an Obama administration effort to limit fracking on public lands.

The unexpected way Disney princesses affect little boys
They have a different impact on girls.

Gay marriages way up a year after U.S. Supreme Court legalization
Before the landmark decision, 38 percent of cohabiting same-sex couples were married. In the past year, that increased to 49 percent.

Rescuers succeed in evacuating sick workers at the South Pole
This is only the third time anyone has been evacuated from the South Pole during the brutal Antarctic winter.

Feds charge $900 million in fake medical bills, kickbacks and other health care fraud
It’s the largest medical fraud takedown in history

Scientists just doubled the number of known contagious cancers
In a single study, scientists found four new types of contagious cancer in three different species of clam. “Many other marine species might turn out to suffer from this,” said researcher Stephen Goff. “We don’t really know.”

Video of Orlando attack shows shooter firing at those already wounded
Officials are reviewing footage from inside the club to determine what happened.

Scientists just got the best measure yet of one of the fundamentals of physics
Is it time for “le Grand K” to be retired?

When Trump says he wants to expand religious freedom, he doesn’t know what he’s talking about
Trump gave me hopes he was an ally for the proper role of religion in politics. Then he crushed them.

Hillary Clinton: ‘Anger’ and ‘anxiety’ are driving people to Trump
In exclusive interview, Hillary Clinton tells us why she thinks so many people are supporting Trump.

Who’s in the photo behind Trump and the Falwells? A Playboy model now in prison.
She pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme to ship cocaine to Australia by hiding it in airliner toilets.

What happened when Australia actually did something to stop gun violence
New research has some answers about Australia’s (in)famous gun ban.

Boeing’s long game includes satellites, space and, yes, fighter jets
CEO says company expects to be in the combat aircraft business for the ’long run.’

A guaranteed way to make landlords care about crumbling apartments
A landlord tried to raise the rent on roach-infested apartments. Then Seattle struck back.

Watch Marco Rubio deny he’s running for his Senate seat again and again (then change his mind)
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) repeatedly denied he would run for Senate again in 2016, but on June 22, he reversed course.

Listen to The Washington Post’s exclusive interview with Hillary Clinton
Washington Post reporter Jim Tankersley speaks with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton about her stance on jobs and economic policy issues.

Why some of America’s richest people are living in the middle-of-nowhere
You know they have homes in New York and San Francisco. But America’s richest people have also chosen some very unexpected places to live.

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