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The court's decision greatly complicates Prime Minister Theresa May's stated plan to trigger Article 50, the never-before-used mechanism for a country to leave the European Union, by the end of next March at the latest.
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2016The presidential campaign has erupted into a final, frantic sprint as Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and their allies fanned across the country, warning supporters against complacency and pressing their case to ambivalent voters.
The precise timing is unclear, but FBI Director James Comey did not notify Congress as soon as he learned about the emails because FBI officials wanted more information before proceeding, people familiar with the case said.
Chicago Cubs celebrate their title. (AP)
The Chicago Cubs won their first title since 1908 with a riveting, 8-7, 10-inning victory over the Cleveland Indians in the seventh and final game at Progressive Field, one that tore out the lining of Chicago’s roiling stomach before stitching it back together again.
After the Indians tied the game in the eighth, the Cubs pitched a scoreless ninth to send the game into extra innings. And then it rained. Honest.
Joe Morrissey is trying to tamp down allegations that he sexually harrassed a woman while he was her lawyer and pressured her to take a plea deal in a case earlier this year.
Jack Evans said that only a body with “extraordinary powers” to raise money and fire employees can fix the agency’s problems.
The disgraced cyclist was in federal court in Washington, where his lawyers argued that team sponsor U.S. Postal Service got its money’s worth.
Walk-up entry on weekdays will be allowed later this month, but timed passes will still be required on weekends.
John Wall scored 33 points, but Washington had no answer for DeMar DeRozan, who scored 40, leading Toronto to a 113-103 victory.
A top Republican in the state Senate said it’s “crazy” to lock people up for possession of a small amount of the drug, opening the door — just a crack — to decriminalization.
Authorities in Northern Virginia are investigating who tampered with an electronic sign that belongs to the Prince William County's elections office.
Before he was taken into custody Wednesday as the lone suspect in the ambush killings of two police officers in the Des Moines area, Scott Michael Greene had clashed with police, strangers and his own family.
Mathematician Joseph Mazur argues that most of the coincidences we experience -- like stumbling into a close friend halfway around the world or meeting someone with the same birthday -- can be explained by simple mathematics.
To cooks who know collards as a cheap, homey staple, the news is particularly ludicrous. And collards weren’t the only high-priced dish offered by the store that raised eyebrows.
Erling Kindem bonded with his young neighbor, Emmett Rychner, before the boy moved away. The unlikely pair remained friends — and Emmett was there last month when it was time to say goodbye to Erling one last time.
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(Melina Mara/The Washington Post)
The race has been following a broad pattern: A big lead for Clinton that narrows to a tie, and then balloons back out. Where will we be in that cycle on Nov. 8?
