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Democracy Dies in Darkness Sections Home Try 1 month for $1 Username Sign In Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Subscribe Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Accessibility for screenreader Share on Google Plus Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google Plus Share via Email Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Tumblr Resize Text Print Article Comments National by Scott Wilson and Sarah Kaplan May 24 at 1:46 PM Email the author PAHOA, HAWAII — Through the laze and vog, Kilauea is giving up some of its secrets. The volcano that began a new round of eruptions on May 3 is proving to be a bonanza for volcanologists, as it cracks apart at its base and blows periodically at its top to jettison lava and plumes of ash across much of an anxious Big Island. Scientists are … [Read more...] about As Hawaii’s Kilauea erupts, volcanologists swarm: ‘I expect great science from this event’

Democracy Dies in Darkness Sections Home Try 1 month for $1 Username Sign In Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Subscribe Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Accessibility for screenreader Share on Google Plus Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google Plus Share via Email Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Tumblr Resize Text Print Article Comments National Sabika Sheikh's body is prepared for transport to Pakistan after her funeral in Texas. (Michael Starghill Jr./For The Washington Post) by Todd C. Frankel, Tim Craig and Brittney Martin by Todd C. Frankel, Tim Craig and Brittney Martin Email the author May 20 at 8:16 PM Email the author STAFFORD, TEX. — The funeral was about to begin, the first of 10 for the victims of the Santa Fe High School mass shooting, … [Read more...] about Sabika Sheikh embraced U.S. culture. One of its darkest elements — a mass shooting — killed her.

Democracy Dies in Darkness Sections Home Try 1 month for $1 Username Sign In Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Subscribe Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Accessibility for screenreader Share on Google Plus Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google Plus Share via Email Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Tumblr Resize Text Print Article Comments National by Todd C. Frankel, Brittney Martin, Tim Craig and Christian Davenport by Todd C. Frankel, Brittney Martin, Tim Craig and Christian Davenport Email the author May 19 at 7:03 PM Email the author Carissa Potts hugs daughter Kaylee, 7, after leaving flowers at a memorial outside Santa Fe High School in Texas. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) SANTA FE, TEX. — They, like so many others, thought they had taken the steps … [Read more...] about Texas school had a shooting plan, armed officers and practice. And still 10 people died.

Democracy Dies in Darkness Sections Home Try 1 month for $1 Username Sign In Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Subscribe Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Accessibility for screenreader Share on Google Plus Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google Plus Share via Email Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Tumblr Resize Text Print Article Comments National by Scott Wilson by Scott Wilson Email the author May 19 at 4:50 PM Email the author National Guard Col. Charles Anthony takes readings of sulfur dioxide gas May 18 near a fissure on Kupono Road in Pahoa, Hawaii. The Kilauea volcano, on the Big Island, has been increasingly active. (Linda Davidson/For The Washington Post) PAHOA, Hawaii — The earth cracked open beneath Leilani Estates in middle-of-the-night … [Read more...] about The earth cracked open. Walls of lava encroached. That’s just life on a Hawaiian volcano.

SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — At least one gunman opened fire at a Houston-area high school Friday, killing eight to 10 people, most of them students, authorities said.Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said he could not be precise about the number of deaths at Santa Fe High School, which went on lockdown around 8 a.m. Two suspects believed to be students were in custody.The school district confirmed an unspecified number of injuries but said it would not immediately release further details. Assistant Principal Cris Richardson said a suspect had been arrested."We hope the worst is over, and I really can't say any more about that because it would be pure speculation," Richardson told reporters at the scene.Aerial footage showed students standing in a grassy field and three medical helicopters landing at the school in Santa Fe, a city of about 13,000 residents roughly 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of Houston.School officials said law enforcement officers were working to secure the … [Read more...] about Officials: Eight to 10 people killed in Texas high school shooting

SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — Houston-area media citing unnamed law enforcement officials are reporting that there are fatalities following a shooting at a local high school Friday morning.Television station KHOU and the Houston Chronicle are citing unnamed federal, county and police officials following the shooting at Santa Fe High School, which went on lockdown around 8 a.m. The Associated Press has not been able to confirm the reports.The school district has confirmed an unspecified number of injuries but said it wouldn't immediately release further details. Assistant Principal Cris Richardson said a suspect "has been arrested and secured.""We hope the worst is over and I really can't say any more about that because it would be pure speculation," Richardson told media outlets at the scene.School officials said law enforcement officers were working to secure the building "and initiate all emergency management protocols to release and move students to another location." Students from … [Read more...] about Suspect arrested, multiple fatalities reported in Texas high school shooting

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Monday that Melania Trump was hospitalized after undergoing a procedure to treat a benign kidney condition.The first lady's spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, said the procedure was successful and that there were no complications. Grisham said Mrs. Trump is at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center just outside Washington and will likely remain there for the rest of the week.The White House did not offer any additional details on Mrs. Trump's condition.Mrs. Trump, who has been gradually raising her profile as first lady, recently hosted her first state dinner and launched a public awareness campaign to help children.With the president watching in the Rose Garden, Mrs. Trump last week unveiled the "Be Best" campaign, which she said will focus on childhood well-being, social media use and opioid abuse.The first lady, who's 48, lived full time in New York during the administration's opening months so the couple's son, Barron, now 12, would … [Read more...] about White House: Melania Trump hospitalized after surgery to treat kidney condition

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli fire killed at least 41 Palestinians during mass protests along the Gaza border on Monday, marking the deadliest day of violence there since a devastating 2014 cross-border war and casting a pall over Israel's festive inauguration of the new U.S. Embassy in contested Jerusalem.In a show of anger fueled by the embassy move, protesters set tires on fire, sending plumes of black smoke into the air, and hurled firebombs and stones toward Israeli troops across the border. The Israeli military said its troops had come under fire, and accused protesters of trying to break through the border fence. It said troops shot and killed three Palestinians who were trying to plant a bomb.By midafternoon, at least 41 Palestinians, including five minors, were killed, the Gaza Health Ministry said. One of the minors was identified as a girl.At least 772 protesters were wounded, including 86 in serious or critical condition.The Hamas-led protest in Gaza was meant to be … [Read more...] about Dozens killed in Gaza protests as US Embassy opens in Jerusalem

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12, Trump announced Thursday, hours after suggesting that the release of three Americans held in the North heralded a potential breakthrough toward denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula."We will both try to make it a very special moment for World Peace!" Trump said in a tweet.With the final details in place, Trump and Kim will meet in the first North Korea-U.S. summit talks since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. Kim has suspended nuclear and missile tests and put his nuclear program up for negotiation, but questions remain about how serious his offer is and what disarmament steps he would willing to take.Earlier Thursday, with the American former detainees by his side on a dark air base tarmac, Trump said during a made-for-TV ceremony that it was a "great honor" to welcome the men back to the U.S., but he added that "the true honor is going to be if we have a victory in getting … [Read more...] about The date is set: Trump to meet with North Korea’s Kim on June 12 in Singapore

Democracy Dies in Darkness Sections Home Try 1 month for $1 Username Sign In Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Subscribe Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Accessibility for screenreader Share on Google Plus Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google Plus Share via Email Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Tumblr Resize Text Print Article Comments National by Breena Kerr, Abigail Hauslohner and Amy B Wang by Breena Kerr, Abigail Hauslohner and Amy B Wang Email the author May 8 at 7:46 PM Email the author PAHOA, Hawaii — Wilhemina Kamalamalama-de Souza has always known the risks of living in a lava zone. She knew it as a child on the Big Island, the newest and most unstable of the Hawaiian chain, and she knew it when she decided to move back here 20 years ago to … [Read more...] about To live on a volcano is to accept risk. On Hawaii’s Big Island, the risk has become reality.