Articles filed under Washington Post
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This man thrifts all year to create free Halloween costumes for kidsOct 10, 2025 4:32 pm - For the past nine years, Christophe Waggoner has collected thousands of Halloween costumes, and every fall, he hosts an event in Austin, Texas, where children — plus adults and dogs — can pick out Halloween costumes for free.
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Cold-water immersion offers both health benefits — and risksOct 10, 2025 8:49 am - Claims about the benefits of cold-water immersion date back centuries. While evidence is building around the positive health effects of swimming in chilly water, bathing in ice or taking cold showers, scientific confirmation is still lacking. But there are strong signs that people can derive mental health benefits from the activity.
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‘John Candy: I Like Me’ is Colin Hanks’ love letter to the comedianOct 10, 2025 8:45 am - “That’s the problem when you talk about John: People don’t really have a lot of negative things to say about him,” Bill Murray says in the opening scene of “John Candy: I Like Me,” the new documentary about the late actor and comedian.
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Hip pain as a teen leads to life-threatening diagnosisOct 10, 2025 8:44 am - Lauren Casey lived with crippling neck and back pain for over 8 years - until doctors at Endeavor Health Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights discovered a bone was impaling her brain stem.
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White House declines to engage Democrats as shutdown drags into second weekOct 09, 2025 8:29 pm - In the eight days since the government shut down, President Donald Trump and his allies have engaged in a furious public campaign against Democrats, blaming them for the closure, trolling political opponents online and urging party leaders to accede to their demands.Behind the scenes, Trump and his aides have still not engaged with Democrats at all. The stance comes despite the potential political ramifications of the closure, which polling has shown the public blames more so on Republicans than Democrats.
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Judge orders halt to DHS agents’ targeting of journalists in ChicagoOct 09, 2025 6:47 pm - A federal judge Thursday temporarily blocked federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security from using riot control weapons against journalists covering protests and immigration enforcement operations in the Chicago area.
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Russia severely damages Ukrainian gas networks ahead of winterOct 09, 2025 4:35 pm - Russia has intensified its efforts to plunge millions of Ukrainians into darkness and cold ahead of winter, forcing Kyiv to scramble to import additional natural gas and procure enough air defenses to at least soften the Kremlin’s annual energy-focused blitzkrieg.
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Hegseth’s sprawling hunt for Charlie Kirk critics spans nearly 300 investigationsOct 08, 2025 8:35 pm - The Pentagon has investigated nearly 300 Defense Department employees, including service members, civilian workers and contractors, for comments appearing online after last month’s shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post.
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A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI dataOct 08, 2025 8:31 pm - Nearly a quarter of the FBI’s roughly 13,000 agents across the country are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing to upward of 40% in the nation’s largest field offices, according to data from the FBI obtained by Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) and shared with The Washington Post.
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‘It’s never too late’: How to improve your health at any ageOct 08, 2025 5:47 pm - When Florene Shuber was around 82 years old, she noticed that sometimes she’d trip and fall. There was a small gym near where she lived, so she met with a trainer and started working out regularly. Shuber is 91 now and said she feels younger and stronger than she did 10 years ago.