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Gina Harkins
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Morning Mix editor at the
@washingtonpost
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@MilitaryTimes
and
@Militarydotcom
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@MedillSchool
alum.
@Cubs
fan.
Washington, DCginaharkins.contently.comJoined June 2011
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María Luisa Paúl
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Yesterday, I reported on the Monterey Park shooting. 24 hours later, I’m writing about a second mass killing. It’s honestly just heartbreaking.
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Breaking news: At least seven people were killed Monday in related shootings at two locations in Half Moon Bay, Calif., authorities said. The San Mateo County sheriff said a 67-year-old man has been arrested. wapo.st/3wlqPV7
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Caroline Kitchener
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Neema was the best kind of editor: curious, compassionate and always there to talk. She pushed me to put people at the center of my stories, especially those whose voices we don’t often hear. I am a far better reporter because she was my editor and friend.
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Neema Roshania Patel, Post editor who cultivated younger audiences, dies at 35
She was a founding editor of The Lily and most recently was an editor on the Next Generation audience development team.
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María Luisa Paúl
@marialuisapaulr
Yes, this photo might look like nightmare fuel BUT turns out ants are preventing the world from imploding and they’re actually a bit cuter. Here’s a bit on how ✨that✨ photo came to be and why you might want to think twice before squishing an ant.
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Is this ant terrifying or beautiful? Depends who you ask.
The close-up, zoomed-in photo of an ant's face by Lithuanian photographer Eugenijus Kavaliauskas was deemed nightmare fuel. But others see "God's miracles."
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@GinaAHarkins
“China has recruited as many as 30 retired British military pilots, including some who flew sophisticated fighter jets, to train pilots in the People’s Liberation Army, according to Britain’s Defense Ministry.”
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China Recruiting Former R.A.F. Pilots to Train Its Army Pilots, U.K. Says
Citing national security, Britain wants to stop its retired military pilots from accepting lucrative contracts to train members of the People’s Liberation Army.
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@GinaAHarkins
One of the boater's life jackets was torn apart by sharks. The three men were in the water for about 28 hours before they were spotted by Coasties in an MH-60 Jayhawk. (photo by Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans)
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María Luisa Paúl
@marialuisapaulr
Shane Adams never thought he’d see Mongo after he ran off into Utah’s desert. But 8 years later, the Sour Parch Kids-loving horse is finally back home. Click for the heartwarming story, stay for the sweetest photos.
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A horse ran away with wild mustangs. He just came home, 8 years later.
Eight years ago, Shane Adams’s beloved horse, Mongo, became one of about 86,000 wild mustangs roaming the West. But last week, he finally came home.
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Grinston says he’s tired of the “studies” that seem to go on forever, while the problem that’s actually being studied persists, whether that’s sexual assault and harassment or suicide.  By
@halbritz
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Task & Purpose
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Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Grinston has been working behind the scenes to tackle some of the service’s biggest problems — and he says he’s starting to see results. bit.ly/3rGpMN9
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@GinaAHarkins
“Everybody else was shaking bottles of champagne, and it was quite a sense of accomplishment. And I didn’t feel that way at all. I was not celebrating,” Shatner told
@jonathanreports
. William Shatner says his trip to space ‘felt like a funeral’ for Earth
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William Shatner says his trip to space ‘felt like a funeral’ for Earth
William Shatner, 91, said traveling to space was supposed to be a celebration but instead felt like a funeral for a planet in peril.
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Andrew deGrandpré
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“They were promised a solution to several of their problems,” Sheriff Salazar said. “They were taken to Martha’s Vineyard, from what we can gather, for little more than a photo op, video op & then they were unceremoniously stranded.” Via ⁦
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Migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard file class-action lawsuit against DeSantis
A Texas sheriff has also launched an investigation into DeSantis flying migrants to Martha's Vineyard.
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@GinaAHarkins
"We are ... outraged that a colleague appears to have been killed for reporting on an elected official. Journalists can’t do the important work our communities require if they are afraid a presentation of facts could lead to violent retribution."
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Police arrest county official in reporter’s stabbing death
Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murder in the stabbing death of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German.
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