Iraq vet reportedly wrestled with mental health issues

Tragedy strikes again at the site of a 2009 mass shooting, but investigators don’t see immediate terrorist links.

These are the post’s rules about carrying firearms

Fort Hood’s restrictions on personal weapons expanded after the 2009 massacre and an epidemic of suicides.

Soldiers wait for updates in a parking lot outside of Fort Hood. (AP)

LIVE UPDATES | Gunman was being evaluated for PTSD.

U.S. secretly created ‘Cuban Twitter’
to stir unrest on communist island

U.S. secretly created ‘Cuban Twitter’ <br>to stir unrest on communist island

The social network was meant to be a tool to organize demonstrations that might trigger a Cuban Spring.

‘I just need a company that’s
willing to give me a chance’

‘I just need a company that’s <br> willing to give me a chance’

AFTER THE WARS | Piecing together the puzzle of veterans’ unemployment proves difficult.

Supreme Court gives wealthy donors
more influence over campaigns

Supreme Court gives wealthy donors <br>more influence over campaigns

The ruling means mega-donors can now write big checks directly to candidates and parties.

After snowfest of a winter, goodbye, polar vortex. Hello, pollen vortex!

After snowfest of a winter, goodbye, polar vortex. Hello, pollen vortex!

With more springlike days finally in the forecast, a tidal wave of pollen could be on the way.

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BENACO, TANZANIA- MARCH 31: A young boy suffering from a cold was photographed just as he'd awakened after cold night in the Benaco camp. His wears clothing made from a coffee bean sack. Hundreds of thousands of Rwandans (initially mostly Tutsi's) fled the country in the hours after an assassination on 4/6/1994 after retaliatory mass killing began to take place. These photos were taken in the Benaco refugee camp just inside Tanzania at the Kigera River border crossing with Rwanda. In the early days of the camp settlement, many fleeing Rwandans suffered from disease and illness and died there.(1994 File photos by Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post)

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After the genocide, powerful images

PHOTOS | Pulitzer winner Michael S. Williamson describes Rwanda images he captured 20 years ago.

Marian Robinson (C), mother of U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama (L), takes a bow after they danced with children during a visit to the Emthonjeni Community Center in Zandspruit Township, Johannesburg, South Africa June 21, 2011. Pictured at rear from left to right: Daughters Malia and Sasha; nephew Avery Robinson and niece Leslie Robinson. REUTERS/Charles Dharapak/Pool (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS) - RTR2NXB2

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A not-so-typical live-in grandma

Michelle Obama’s mother, Marian Robinson, can go around D.C. undetected and has a busy social life.

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Queen Elizabeth’s toys, “Trash People,” Ai Weiwei’s artwork, sky-jump record attempt, Chilean earthquake and more.

Four dead in shooting at Fort Hood

A shooting at Fort Hood has left at least four people dead and more than a dozen injured.

Muriel Bowser beats incumbent Vincent Gray

The D.C. Council member won the Democratic nomination for mayor.

After the Wars

Trying to solve the puzzle of post-9/11 veterans’ unemployment.

Magnitude-8.2 earthquake strikes off Chile

The quake caused landslides, knocked out power, started fires and led to the escape of about 300 inmates from a women’s prison.

2014 kitchen design trends

These are the features to be found in the hottest kitchens this year.

Animal views

Dogs rescued from Sochi, Russia, butterflies at a new London exhibition, children reading to cats, zoo babies and more.

Maryland women

Terrapins defeat Louisville Cardinals 76-73 to advance.

Politics

Ryan budget plan in Democrats’ midterm crosshairs

Ryan budget plan in Democrats’ midterm crosshairs

But running against the Republican’s past proposals has resulted in mixed success for them in recent years.

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Roberts Court continues assault on campaign finance law

Roberts Court continues assault on campaign finance law

THE PLUM LINE | This Court has never met a restriction on wealthy donors it didn’t want to eliminate.

Lifestyle

John Oliver gets his own fake-news show on HBO

John Oliver gets his own fake-news show on HBO

The “senior British correspondent” for “The Daily Show” is breaking out for the new project.

Arts

Karen Joy Fowler wins $15,000 PEN/Faulkner Award

Karen Joy Fowler wins $15,000 PEN/Faulkner Award

“We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves” explores chimp-human relations

Local

Democrats want national help to beat Catania

Democrats want national help to beat Catania

The challenge from the D.C. council member is serious enough that a top local party official says she plans to ask Democratic National Committee for “thousands, whatever it takes.“

Sports

Wizards have endured long journey

Wizards have endured long journey

COLUMN | John Wall and Coach Randy Wittman were at the forefront of the Wizards’ long climb back to the playoffs after six-year absence.

Technology

Google data-mines its approach to promoting women

Google data-mines its approach to promoting women

Laszlo Bock, the search giant’s senior VP of people operations, talks about gender, immigration and youth.

Business

Senators accuse GM of illegally hiding flaw

Senators accuse GM of illegally hiding flaw

Lawmakers on Wednesday bluntly accused General Motors of illegally hiding evidence of a deadly ignition-switch flaw.

Real Estate

Real Estate Matters | Planning for a short sale before buying new home

Real Estate Matters | Planning for a short sale before buying new home

Check with a lender to see what the best option would be.

Federal Government

Ben Carson, presidential candidate?

Ben Carson, presidential candidate?

IN THE LOOP | A fan is working pretty hard to make that happen for the famed surgeon and now conservative favorite.

World

This ancestral home of Syrian Armenians had seemed safe

This ancestral home of Syrian Armenians had seemed safe

A rebel offensive into Syria’s coastal province of Latakia has sparked an exodus from Christian villages.

Discussions

Ask Aaron: A runoff in Louisiana would be a political junkie’s dream

Ask Aaron: A runoff in Louisiana would be a political junkie’s dream

Q&A TRANSCRIPT | Aaron Blake discussed 2014 elections, Obama’s approval ratings and more political news.

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