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At a rally in St. Petersburg on Friday night, the Republican nominee told emotionally powerful anecdotes for the first time.

American-born jihadist, once feared, now says he can ‘only pray’

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Fall from power of al-Shabab fighter from Alabama reflects a shifting scene in Somalia.

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Who’s to blame for unemployment? Let’s ask the unemployed.

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OUTLOOK | The answer isn’t always the usual suspects: Democrats, Republicans or China.

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Ai Weiwei: Separating labels from art

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His nuanced work tries to get past the “dissident” label, but it’s not easy to separate Ai’s life from his art.

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From sneaking across the border to the front lines in Aleppo.

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ARCHIVE | Four days after first shooting, Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose says, “Some of the more desirable smoking-gun leads just aren’t there.”

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Leon Panetta: Afghan President Karzai should thank allied forces

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On Friday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta lashed back at Afghan President Hamid Karzai, saying the Afghan leader should say thank you now and then to the allied forces who are fighting and dying there, rather than criticizing them.
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VIDEO | A brief history of the Washington Nationals, as told by Post writers who covered the team.
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On Saturday, Israeli jets scrambled to intercept a drone that crossed into Israeli airspace from the Mediterranean Sea, bringing it down without incident in the south of the country.
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Sarah Kaufman

African women use dance theater to express themselves, and the movement is worth keeping eye on.

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Melinda Henneberger

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