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13 Jan

When Ja Morant soared to block a transition layup attempt by Los Angeles Lakers guard Avery Bradley, the Memphis Grizzlies’ bench jumped to its feet and the superlatives started flying. wapo.st/3qna8WT

LeBron James called it a “spectacular play” made possible by “rockets in his calf muscle,” and the Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. called it “probably the best block I’ve seen.” wapo.st/3qna8WT

James noted that Morant began the play by “stalking down [his] prey,” just as James blocked Golden State Warriors forward Andre Iguodala during the closing minutes of Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals. wapo.st/3qna8WT

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13 Jan

What were you doing on May 20, 2020?

That’s the question people around Britain are asking for one simple reason: On that day, Boris Johnson attended a party hosted at 10 Downing Street, his office and residence. wapo.st/3A0j2gs

It's at least the third time the government reportedly broke the strict social distancing rules it had imposed on the nation.

Johnson apologized for attending the party but said that at the time he “believed this was a work event.” wapo.st/3A0j2gs

The news enraged and devastated Britons because May 2020 was a time when citizens were being urged to stay at home and limit social contact to stop the spread of a virus that would go on to claim more than 150,700 lives in Britain. wapo.st/3A0j2gs

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12 Jan

The bumpy economic recovery has had policymakers, economists and American households grappling with greater price hikes for groceries, cars, rent and other essentials. wapo.st/3fkYtSl

The latest inflation data, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, showed prices in December rose to a 40-year high, climbing 7.0 percent compared with the year before. wapo.st/3fkYtSl

Persistent supply chain backlogs and high consumer demand for goods have kept prices elevated. There is no clear answer for when that will change, leaving Americans to feel the strain in their pocketbooks.

This is a breakdown of how we got here. wapo.st/3fkYtSl

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12 Jan

The United States continues to see a huge spike in coronavirus cases driven by the omicron variant, with numbers surging to double that of the previous January 2021 peak. wapo.st/3tmX2Lx

But despite surging case numbers, deaths and severe hospitalizations rates have not followed that rise quite as intensely.

Health-care workers are cautiously waiting to see if the United States’ omicron wave will follow that of South Africa and London. wapo.st/3tmX2Lx

So far, omicron seems much more contagious, but less likely to result in death or severe hospitalizations.

Though the variant causes fewer hospitalizations, the much higher infection rate still means the hospitalization number has passed a record number. wapo.st/3tmX2Lx

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10 Jan

More than 1,700 people who served in the U.S. Congress in the 18th, 19th and even 20th century were slaveholders at some point in their lives, according to a Washington Post investigation of censuses and other historical records. wapo.st/3HRwPbB

Until now, there has never been a comprehensive list of slaveholding members of Congress.

This database helps reveal the glaring holes in many of the stories that Americans tell about the country’s history. wapo.st/3HRwPbB

On March 7, 1850, as Sen. Daniel Webster delivered a famous speech about slavery, 45 of the 106 congressmen listening owned human beings.

Those slaveholders included Jefferson Davis, Andrew Johnson and Sam Houston. wapo.st/3HRwPbB

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8 Jan

If you were living near the U.S. Gulf Coast, Northeast, or Southwest in 2021, you were no stranger to lightning.

In fact, newly released data show those regions experienced more lightning last year than the previous five years on average. wapo.st/3JObthr

Lightning is a large natural spark of electricity, caused by an imbalance of electrical charges in the atmosphere.

Most lightning is formed from thunderstorm clouds, which develop when warm, moist air rises into cold air, often during warmer seasons. wapo.st/3JObthr

Vaisala sensors detected more than 194 million lightning events in 2021, about 24 million more than 2020, which was an extremely low year.

Despite the increase, the nation’s lightning in 2021 was below recent averages for the second year in a row. wapo.st/3JObthr

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