Articles filed under Washington Post
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Hot Wheels sales are on fire, powered by adult collectors and nostalgiaDec 14, 2024 12:42 am - As a boy, Bruce Pascal reveled in testing the limits of his Hot Wheels. He might squeeze a firecracker into one of the miniature metal cars and set it off, or flatten one...
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More colleges offering free tuition to middle-class familiesDec 14, 2024 12:32 am - The burden of student debt and the difficulties gauging college costs have reached such a fever pitch that more schools are taking big steps to make college less expensiv...
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Trump calls for ending daylight saving time. It’s ‘inconvenient,’ he says.Dec 13, 2024 7:21 pm - Donald Trump wants to end America’s century-old practice of “springing forward” and “falling back.” “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight ...
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A ‘cold moon’ is about to rise. Here’s how to see it.Dec 13, 2024 7:07 pm - It’s a busy weekend in the night sky. Not only do sky gazers have a chance to see the year’s most colorful meteor shower, but it’s also the last and longest full moon of ...
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Skyrocketing car-insurance premiums are pushing inflation higherDec 13, 2024 2:30 pm - Soaring insurance premiums, particularly for autos, are fueling rising consumer prices and complicating policymakers’ attempts to beat back inflation. Inflation cooled fo...
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Carolyn Hax: Is it disloyal for friends to welcome her ex’s new girlfriend?Dec 13, 2024 6:00 am - Ex-wife thinks it is wrong that a mutual friend group is welcoming her ex-husband’s new girlfriend into their fold. Carolyn Hax says that she needs to get over it and move on.
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12 do’s and don’ts for becoming a better gift-giver, according to scienceDec 13, 2024 3:38 am - Consumers will spend up to $989 billion this holiday season, but almost 20% of that will be returned — a higher rate of return than the rest of the year — the National Retail Federation estimates.
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Does yawning mean our brains aren’t getting enough oxygen?Dec 13, 2024 3:33 am - Is it true that we yawn when our brains are deprived of oxygen? Yawning, a complex reflex, can happen spontaneously, or it can be contagious — when we see, hear or sometimes even think about it, we usually yawn.
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Movie review: ‘The End’ is a musical family drama for the postapocalypseDec 12, 2024 1:57 pm - “The End” fits right in with a movie year of major follies (“Megalopolis”) and big swings (“Emilia Pérez”). It’s a 2½-hour postapocalyptic musical that takes place in a bunker deep underground among the last surviving family on Earth. What happens when a gifted documentarian tries his hand at fiction? (Well, this.)
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Foster advocacy group denies that arrested member assaulted Rep. Nancy MaceDec 11, 2024 8:43 pm - The head of a foster-care advocacy group is disputing allegations that one of its members assaulted Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., during a reception Tuesday night at the Raybu...