Articles filed under Washington Post
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'You're not a serial killer, right?' she texted before she died. Prosecutors say that's exactly what he was.Nov 13, 2019 12:00 am - Sarah Butler was nervous. The 20-year-old college student had borrowed the keys to her mother's van, explaining that she wanted to meet up with a friend while home in Mo...
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Cashews make this vegan carrot soup creamy. Spices make it wonderful.Nov 12, 2019 4:00 pm - Carrots love spice. And they can handle a good dose of it: One of my favorite treatments is to sprinkle them with an assortment of warming, perhaps smoky, sometimes even...
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'Don't game my paycheck': Delivery workers squeezed by ever-changing algorithmsNov 10, 2019 5:21 am - When Ulysses Galves began working for Instacart last year, he easily made $700 a week ferrying groceries from supermarkets. He averaged about $18 an hour, and qualified ...
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It's hard to make a name as a writer when editors misspell your bylineNov 10, 2019 5:05 am - Q: My last name is uncommon and frequently misspelled - almost always in the same way, with two letters inverted. I work as a freelance writer, and when someone on an ed...
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Even doctors wonder how Medicare worksNov 10, 2019 5:00 am - Stephen Hansman, a steelworker-turned-doctor, shot me an email a few weeks back after I wrote a column about approaching Medicare as a soon-to-be 65-year-old. “I am a fa...
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Tired of long lines? Canadian grocery chain debuts Smart Carts with self-checkoutNov 09, 2019 5:17 am - Enduring a lengthy checkout line is a potential annoyance each time you set foot inside a busy grocery store. That's particularly true during the evening rush, when shop...
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Inside TikTok: A culture clash between U.S., Chinese views on censorshipNov 09, 2019 5:12 am - The wildly popular short-video app TikTok has become one of the world's fastest-growing social media platforms, known for its quirky memes and viral singalongs. But its ...
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Hackers can hijack your iPhone or smart speaker with a simple laser pointer — even from outside your homeNov 09, 2019 5:00 am - Laser pointers are great for taunting cats and inflicting irritation. But they're also quite effective at hacking Alexa, Siri or Google Assistant, researchers say — even...
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Book by anonymous Trump official portrays a presidency on the brinkNov 08, 2019 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Senior Trump administration officials considered resigning en masse last year in a "midnight self-massacre" to sound a public alarm about President Donald T...
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'Last Christmas' unwraps plot twist, but still takes predictable rom-com routeNov 07, 2019 5:00 am - “Last Christmas” - ★ ★ “Last Christmas” has a twist. If that is news to you, congratulations on evading the speculative realm of Twitter and Reddit since August, when th...