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Historically Black colleges team up to pursue top research status
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/04/29/hbcu-research-group/
Published: April 29, 2026 09:00
Fifteen historically Black colleges and universities are working together to pursue R1 status with support from top schools such as Harvard.
Video shows moment Secret Service officer fired at correspondents’ dinner suspect
Published: April 29, 2026 09:00
Surveillance footage reviewed by The Post provides the clearest picture yet of the seconds after the alleged gunman bolted through a checkpoint inside the hotel.
Texas legislators say they’re shocked camp owners want to reopen after deaths
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/04/28/camp-mystic-reopen-lawmakers-license/
Published: April 28, 2026 22:17
Texas lawmakers do not think owners have fixed problems at Camp Mystic, but they might not be able to prevent the camp from reopening in May.
Alleged gunman at correspondents’ dinner was deeply Christian in college
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/04/28/gunman-trump-christian-assassination/
Published: April 28, 2026 17:25
Former college classmates of Cole Tomas Allen, 31, remember the man now accused of trying to assassinate President Trump as a devoted Christian.
Federal officers raid 22 businesses, many Somali-linked, in Minneapolis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/04/28/minneapolis-businesses-raided-fraud-allegations/
Published: April 28, 2026 16:17
Allegations that more than a dozen Minnesota safety net programs, including child care and housing services, misused federal funds have roiled the city in recent months.
New DHS chief’s call for quieter immigration enforcement alarms MAGA base
Published: April 28, 2026 09:00
Groups like the Mass Deportation Coalition see Markwayne Mullin’s push to restore confidence in DHS after fatal shootings as a potential betrayal of the president’s promise.
Correspondents’ dinner shooting suspect called himself ‘friendly federal assassin’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/04/26/whcd-shooting-suspect/
Published: April 26, 2026 23:12
The suspect has been identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of California, officials said. He is a part-time teacher, former engineering student and game designer.
Suspect sprinted 60 feet, reached staircase to correspondents’ dinner ballroom
Published: April 26, 2026 17:36
The alleged gunman at the White House correspondents’ dinner raced through a magnetometer before being apprehended, a Post analysis of visuals reveals.
A town of 7,000 planned so many data centers, it’s like adding 51 Walmarts
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/04/26/archbald-pennsylvania-data-centers/
Published: April 26, 2026 10:00
Developers plan to build six sprawling data center campuses in Archbald, Pennsylvania, covering about 14 percent of the town’s land. Residents are fighting back.
Lionel Rosenblatt is dead at 82. He defied his bosses to help hundreds flee Vietnam.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2026/04/25/lionel-rosenblatt-dead-refugees-vietnam/
Published: April 25, 2026 11:00
The diplomat and NGO leader had an unorthodox, high-energy style, helping displaced people around the world while heading Refugees International.
Bills to tackle a rat boom died in a state Capitol. The rats did not.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/04/25/idaho-rats-boise-treasure-valley-population/
Published: April 25, 2026 10:00
Idaho lawmakers spent hours debating a surge in rats menacing Boise-area homes and threatening agriculture and public health. Some blamed people moving from blue states.
Camp Mystic license imperiled, but troubled camp could still reopen
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/04/24/camp-mystic-license-renewal-reopen/
Published: April 24, 2026 20:52
Texas health officials notified the owners of Camp Mystic that it had not met health and safety requirement necessary to reopen.
Long after the Boston Marathon ended, 179 runners kept going — and finished
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2026/04/24/boston-marathon-last-finishers/
Published: April 24, 2026 09:00
More than 150 people, some with injuries, finished the race after officials stopped recording time.
NFL draft and its many fans bring a city hope — and prompt schools to go virtual
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/04/23/nfl-draft-pittsburgh-schools/
Published: April 23, 2026 20:11
To host hundreds of thousands of football fans, Pittsburgh moved schools online and is warning of traffic mayhem. Will the NFL’s spotlight be worth it?
Man charged with lying to police about gun used by Louisiana shooter
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/04/22/louisiana-shooing-gun-charles-ford/
Published: April 22, 2026 12:50
Authorities have traced the gun used in Sunday’s deadly shooting to a 56-year-old Shreveport man, who said it had been taken from his truck.
Once accused of election fraud, former small-town mayor leaves court to applause
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/04/22/kansas-mayor-noncitizen-voting/
Published: April 22, 2026 10:00
Joe Ceballos, a green card holder from Mexico and former mayor of Coldwater, Kansas, pleaded guilty to misdemeanors but avoided jail time for voting as a noncitizen.