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Ezra Croft from North Carolina saw his annual homeowners' insurance surge to $1,600, a $700 increase. Many others across the country are also seeing surging auto and home insurance premiums.

'Everything is rising at a scary rate': Why car and home insurance costs are surging

The cost of auto and home insurance is rising much faster than overall inflation, thanks in part to a string of billion-dollar storms. A growing number of people are going without insurance.

A famous climate scientist is in court with big stakes for attacks on science

One of the world's most prominent climate scientists is suing a right-wing author and a policy analyst for defamation, a case with big stakes for attacks on scientists.

New data shows it's gotten easier to vote in the U.S. since 2000

Nearly 97% of voting-age U.S. citizens now live in a state with some form of early voting, according to a new report.

Republican lawmakers in Washington have struggled to reconcile their support for IVF with past positions on reproductive rights.

How IVF is complicating Republicans' abortion messaging

For years, Republicans pushed "life at conception." IVF is complicating that message as GOP lawmakers struggle to agree on a path forward.

Writer George Pelecanos reads The Washington Post every morning in his home.

Police raided George Pelecanos' home. 15 years later, he's ready to write about it

Crime fiction author and screenwriter George Pelecanos is known for his gritty realism. His latest short story collection takes that same unsparing look at his own past.

Sgt. Corey Briest (left) poses with his son Connor and wife Jenny, as Connor joins the South Dakota Army National Guard in Sioux Falls, March 11, 2022.

Veterans who need financial fiduciaries can lose their gun rights. Critics say that's unfair

Congress is considering whether to override a VA policy that says veterans who need financial fiduciaries may be reported to the FBI’s background check system.

A group of American tourists visits the American-built border wall separating San Diego from Tijuana in Playas de Tijuana, Aug. 21, 2023.

How Mexico’s historic election will impact the San Diego border region

For the first time ever, the two leading candidates for president are women.

Hydeia Broadbent attends the Los Angeles premiere of Apple's "They Call Me Magic" at Regency Village Theatre on April 14, 2022 in Los Angeles, Calif.

Hydeia Broadbent, a prominent HIV/AIDS activist, dies at 39

Broadbent, diagnosed at age 3, was one of the first generation of children born HIV positive, and known for raising awareness to lessen the stigma of the disease from a young age. She died Tuesday.

Do you have 'TikTok voice'? It's OK if you don't want to get rid of it

If you end statements as if they're questions and speak with vocal fry, you may have "TikTok voice."

Afternoon fog slowly covers Morro Rock, a major landmark in Morro Bay. The federal government has leased 376 square miles of oceans waters off Morro Bay for floating wind farms.

‘Another attempt to industrialize the coast’: California’s Central Coast residents work to stop — or at least slow down — offshore wind

Massive ocean wind farms off Morro Bay and Santa Barbara County — which could transform these quiet coastal towns and affect marine life — face a turbulent path.

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