Michael E. Miller shares the story of Isaac Flores Amador, an 11-year-old immigrant boy who was separated from his mother, as Christmas approaches.
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‘Underwater, I Could Only Pray’: The Indonesia Tsunami Washed Away a Pop Band as it Played
Cleve R. Wootson Jr., writing for the Washington Post, shares the story of the pop band Seventeen. They were performing at a private, beachside concert when this week’s deadly tsunami struck. Four people connected to the band remain missing.
Mounting legal threats surround Trump as nearly every organization he has led is under investigation
David A. Fahrenthold, Matt Zapotosky and Seung Min Kim, writing for The Washington Post, unravel the many investigations mounting against Donald J. Trump.
After Newtown Shooting, Mourning Parents Enter into the Lonely Quiet
This touching profile, written by Eli Saslow in June 2013, is worth revisiting as we mark the sixth anniversary of the tragic Sandy Hook shooting.
‘Crying Nazi’ Vows ‘Destruction’ of the Left after Charlottesville Killer’s Murder Conviction
Chris Cantwell was the star of a documentary about Charlottesville that aired on HBO. Then he became the "Crying Nazi" who was banned from OKCupid.
‘Death is waiting for him’
On the day he pleaded for his life in federal immigration court, Santos Chirino lifted his shirt and showed his scars.
PHOTO ABOVE: Santos Chirino’s daughter stands for a portrait in Virginia on Nov. 17. Chirino was murdered after being denied asylum and deported. Chirino’s daughter and son are awaiting their own immigration hearing.
Judge Thomas Snow watched the middle-aged construction worker on a big-screen television in Arlington, Va., 170 miles away from the immigration jail where Chirino was being held.
In a shaky voice, Chirino described the MS-13 gang attack that had nearly killed him, his decision to testify against the assailants in a Northern Virginia courtroom and the threats that came next. His brother’s windshield, smashed. Strangers snapping their photos at a restaurant. A gang member who said they were waiting for him in Honduras.
Republican Officials Had Early Warnings of Voting Irregularities in North Carolina
BLADENBORO, N.C. — When GOP Rep. Robert Pittenger lost his primary by a narrow margin in May, he suspected something was amiss.
The congressman turned to a group of friends and family who had gathered with him on election night at a steakhouse near Charlotte and blamed the “ballot stuffers in Bladen,” according to three people at the gathering.