Articles filed under Washington Post
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We've been isolated for months, and now we hate our voice assistantsJul 04, 2020 6:23 am - "I'm not a bad person," Angela Hatem said. "I'm so nice to people." But Alexa, the voice of Amazon's home devices, isn't a person, despite how hard "she" tries to emulat...
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Destructive thunderstorm winds and hail could soon trigger alerts to your cellphoneJul 04, 2020 6:20 am - On April 19, cellphones did not sound when violent 70- to 90-mph thunderstorm winds rocked the central and southern part of Alabama. RVs were toppled, as wind-driven hai...
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Consumers are closing their wallets again as coronavirus infections soarJul 04, 2020 6:19 am - Governors of states seeing coronavirus infections surge are piling restrictions back onto their citizens. But a raft of new data show its everyday Americans who have bee...
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'The Outpost' makes for both riveting war film and cautionary taleJul 03, 2020 6:00 am - On Oct. 3, 2009, a group of soldiers stationed at an isolated base in the Hindu Kush endured what would become one of the bloodiest confrontations in the U.S. war in Afg...
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In Sophie Mackintosh's dystopian 'Blue Ticket,' a woman's fate is determined by lotteryJul 02, 2020 6:00 am - "Blue Ticket," by Sophie Mackintosh A controlling father imposed his warped definition of female nature on his daughters in Sophie Mackintosh's first book, "The Wat...
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Is the future of performing arts digital? Marquee TV thinks soJul 01, 2020 6:00 am - With uncanny timing, Marquee TV, a performing-arts streaming service, debuted in this country in February. None of its leaders could have predicted the global crisis to ...
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Picnic-ready, classic slaw gets a healthful upgrade — and a flavor boostJul 01, 2020 6:00 am - Coleslaw is a good friend to me all summer long. This is the version that's on my table so often that making it feels breezily familiar — thinly slice the cabbage and on...
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Here's a spring lover's grain dish: An aromatic pilaf topped with two types of peasJul 01, 2020 6:00 am - I judge my spring garden by two metrics — how well I treated my peas and how well they're treating me. Did I plant them at the right time — as soon as the soil can be wo...
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Here's a quick Massage 101 tutorial for you or your partnerJun 29, 2020 7:00 am - Human touch is not a luxury. It is a biological necessity - infants starved of touch fail to meet growth standards - and a powerful tool. Touch builds cooperative relati...
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Pandemic stokes cancer concernsJun 29, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON — The government's top cancer doctor warned this week that delays in screenings, diagnoses and treatment because of the coronavirus pandemic are likely to res...