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Marlon Lucas’s fellow operators signed his work shirt after his death. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Kristian Thacker.

May 7, 2022 at 11:26 am

After 1 million deaths, COVID leaves millions more forever changed VIEW

In the ripples from each death, the tensions and divisions of American society are at play. COVID honors no walls.

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September 11, 2021 at 6:00 am

In 9/11 commemorations, an elegy for what the nation lost that day – and in the 20 years since

Saturday's events were as much an elegy for what has been lost in the two decades since as they were for the terrible toll from...

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September 28, 2020 at 6:10 am

Debates could solidify decisions for undecided voters

Maybe the debates will help, but for now, Karen and Marlin Boltz remain genuinely stymied. The couple voted for Donald Trump four years ago, but...

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June 5, 2020 at 8:10 am

While COVID lockdowns keep others at home, these Londoners are swinging through the trees

LONDON — They call themselves tree surgeons. But swinging from branch to branch and taking turns slicing through trails of dead wood at neck-craning heights,...

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April 10, 2020 at 7:00 am

Love him or hate him, Britons want Boris Johnson home from the hospital

LONDON — He's 55, a little plump and likes cheese. He used to jog but had to give it up. The knees. The prime minister...

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January 27, 2009 at 11:05 am

American tourist slump hits Italy

American Express closes offices in Florence and Venice as Italy feels effects of slumping U.S. economy

May 25, 2008 at 12:00 am

Releasing that inner Roman gladiator

Sometimes a guy just has to ungird his inner gladiator. Sergio Iacomoni used to look up from his desk at Banca d'Italia in Rome and...

April 17, 2008 at 12:00 am

Italy | Even Rome’s famed produce market feels the squeeze

The early-morning chatter by the baskets of freshly picked spinach and blood-red oranges at Campo dei Fiori now rises and falls with an...

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February 3, 2008 at 12:00 am

Kosovo expected to break free soon after Serbs pick president

One thought dominates all others in this provincial capital that dreams of independence: Almost nine years after the U.S. and NATO waged a...

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May 28, 2007 at 12:00 am

Olmert vows to end Gaza rocket blitz

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, facing an unrelenting cascade of militant rocket fire this month and the death of another Israeli cut down in...

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