Articles filed under Washington Post
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Municipalities nationwide grapple with bans on pet pigsAug 12, 2019 1:00 am - The knock on Dani Guill's door came in early May. It was a zoning compliance officer, there to investigate a complaint from a neighbor. Word was that a pig lived in her ...
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Attorney general rips 'failure' of prison officials to keep Epstein aliveAug 12, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr on Monday decried what he called a "failure" by federal jail officials to secure registered sex offender and multimillionaire ...
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Rep. Scalise says shooter, not Trump's rhetoric, is to blame for El Paso attackAug 12, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The day after a gunman allegedly motivated by anti-Hispanic hatred killed 22 and wounded dozens in El Paso, Texas, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. - like most De...
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Why many older adults feel good about their healthAug 11, 2019 7:30 am - A common myth about aging is that older adults are burdened by illness and feel lousy much of the time. In fact, the opposite is usually true. Most seniors report feeli...
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Zombie debt: How collectors trick consumers into reviving dead debtsAug 11, 2019 6:22 am - By last year, Terrie Raymer thought she was in the clear. A nearly $14,000 credit card debt she owed Target was now so old under Oklahoma's laws that she could no longer...
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Want to hire millennials? Better help repay student debtAug 11, 2019 6:15 am - Like millions of her peers, Nicole Read graduated with thousands of dollars of debt. Unlike most of them, she's getting direct help from her employer to pay it back. The...
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Graduate students are mounting protests over 'hidden fees'Aug 11, 2019 6:10 am - NEW YORK - The quiet of the summer seemed a good time for at least one new enrollee to come fill out his paperwork for the master's program in public administration at B...
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Don't be a slave to the tyranny of 'everything's urgent' cultureAug 11, 2019 6:09 am - Q: Sixty days into a new job as a manager, after 20-plus years of leading teams in my field, I am seeing that my workplace operates under the tyranny of the immediate. M...
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As the U.S.-China trade war drags on, here's what it means for youAug 11, 2019 6:08 am - The latest exchanges between the United States and China over tariffs and currency made clear that trade tensions between the world's largest economies aren't going away...
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WeWork wants to be seen as more than a real estate businessAug 11, 2019 6:08 am - For the past two years, WeWork Cos. has spent more than $40 million to host a series of startup pitch competitions around the world. The real estate company asks contest...