<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href='/pb/resources/xsl/rss.xsl'?> <rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:wp="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-namespace" version="2.0"> <channel> <title>National</title> <atom:link href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/national/?resType=rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/> <link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/national/</link> <description><![CDATA[The Washington Post's national news coverage. Get the latest national news, featuring national security, science and the courts. 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sentences at a supermax facility in Colorado.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/ZUTOZATDNYI6ZG2ROEY7UGIMLY.jpg&amp;w=606&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/ZUTOZATDNYI6ZG2ROEY7UGIMLY.jpg&amp;w=90&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/ZUTOZATDNYI6ZG2ROEY7UGIMLY.jpg&amp;w=606&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" 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Nov. 5 concert in Houston.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/FMXPRJSABMI6ZFAEKCRIVCFZZU.jpg&amp;w=606&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/FMXPRJSABMI6ZFAEKCRIVCFZZU.jpg&amp;w=90&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/FMXPRJSABMI6ZFAEKCRIVCFZZU.jpg&amp;w=606&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" 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ahead of the Christmas holiday.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/6P4P3UDCVAI6ZG2ROEY7UGIMLY.jpg&amp;w=606&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/6P4P3UDCVAI6ZG2ROEY7UGIMLY.jpg&amp;w=90&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/6P4P3UDCVAI6ZG2ROEY7UGIMLY.jpg&amp;w=606&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" 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Then her dad died of covid and her dream fell apart.]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/father-covid-grief/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_national]]></link> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 08:00:09 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Annie Gowen]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Alyssa dreamt of being a doctor until her dad died of Covid. Can she go back to school - and leave her four sisters behind?]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/MRIFG2SYJQI6ZA4WKVJL55K4HQ.jpg&amp;w=606&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/MRIFG2SYJQI6ZA4WKVJL55K4HQ.jpg&amp;w=90&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/MRIFG2SYJQI6ZA4WKVJL55K4HQ.jpg&amp;w=606&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/MRIFG2SYJQI6ZA4WKVJL55K4HQ.jpg&amp;w=1024&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/father-covid-grief/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_national]]></guid> <wp:arc_uuid><![CDATA[DPV76UWNSRAMHDLZKIDNTXZUVM]]></wp:arc_uuid></item> <item> <title><![CDATA[As a single mother, I lost my job before Christmas. I don’t believe in miracles, but here’s what happened. ]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/12/22/christmas-miracle-tammy-rabideau/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_national]]></link> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 06:00:13 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Tammy Rabideau]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I wasn't just a single parent, I was the only parent. My paycheck was survival.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/CK2FTEEAR5HSNIYSEOLQAY5JHE.PNG&amp;w=606&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/CK2FTEEAR5HSNIYSEOLQAY5JHE.PNG&amp;w=90&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/CK2FTEEAR5HSNIYSEOLQAY5JHE.PNG&amp;w=606&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/CK2FTEEAR5HSNIYSEOLQAY5JHE.PNG&amp;w=1024&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/12/22/christmas-miracle-tammy-rabideau/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_national]]></guid> <wp:arc_uuid><![CDATA[DCK2JAEAKBEWNAXVNDDJFL3QWY]]></wp:arc_uuid></item> <item> <title><![CDATA[U.K.’s top archbishop says getting a coronavirus vaccination is a moral issue: ‘It’s how we love our neighbor’]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/12/22/archbishop-canterbury-welby-covid-vaccine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_national]]></link> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 05:56:57 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Jaclyn Peiser]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby urged Brits to get the 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attacked his brother with a baseball bat on Sunday and then slashed his sister-in-law with a machete the following morning, according to a probable cause statement.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/S56ZRCR5IBCULDGOZAA45XVZPM.png&amp;w=606&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/png" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/S56ZRCR5IBCULDGOZAA45XVZPM.png&amp;w=90&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/png" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/S56ZRCR5IBCULDGOZAA45XVZPM.png&amp;w=606&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" 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She had killed a boy.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://d1i4t8bqe7zgj6.cloudfront.net/12-17-2021/t_184c10d9a85e4f6385bd2220e3178a68_name_20211217_KimPotter1_v1_00_02_59_05_Still015.jpg&amp;w=606&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://d1i4t8bqe7zgj6.cloudfront.net/12-17-2021/t_184c10d9a85e4f6385bd2220e3178a68_name_20211217_KimPotter1_v1_00_02_59_05_Still015.jpg&amp;w=90&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://d1i4t8bqe7zgj6.cloudfront.net/12-17-2021/t_184c10d9a85e4f6385bd2220e3178a68_name_20211217_KimPotter1_v1_00_02_59_05_Still015.jpg&amp;w=606&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://d1i4t8bqe7zgj6.cloudfront.net/12-17-2021/t_184c10d9a85e4f6385bd2220e3178a68_name_20211217_KimPotter1_v1_00_02_59_05_Still015.jpg&amp;w=1024&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/12/21/kim-potter-saw-daunte-wright-clearly-belatedly/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_national]]></guid> <wp:arc_uuid><![CDATA[VUCRP2LNNBAITCO45LFKR6NKV4]]></wp:arc_uuid></item> <item> <title><![CDATA[U.S. population growth hits record low, slowed by pandemic]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/census-population-growth-record-low/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_national]]></link> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2021 04:43:32 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Tara Bahrampour]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The U.S. population grew by just 0.1 percent in the past year, held down in part by the coronavirus pandemic.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/2Y67EUDCQUI6ZG2ROEY7UGIMLY.jpg&amp;w=606&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/2Y67EUDCQUI6ZG2ROEY7UGIMLY.jpg&amp;w=90&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/2Y67EUDCQUI6ZG2ROEY7UGIMLY.jpg&amp;w=606&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/2Y67EUDCQUI6ZG2ROEY7UGIMLY.jpg&amp;w=1024&amp;op=resize&amp;opt=1&amp;filter=antialias&amp;t=20170517" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/census-population-growth-record-low/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_national]]></guid> <wp:arc_uuid><![CDATA[65N2MRR32NDMVLEN274HI6F74Y]]></wp:arc_uuid></item> <div class="load-more-wrapper border-bottom-hairline border-bottom-100-pct"> <div class="skin skin-button-load-more clear" data-load-more-url="/pb/api/v2/render/feature/?service=prism-query&amp;contentConfig={&quot;url&quot;:&quot;prism://prism.query/site-articles-only,/national&quot;,&quot;offset&quot;:22,&quot;limit&quot;:10}&amp;customFields={&quot;isLoadMore&quot;:true,&quot;offset&quot;:0,&quot;maxToShow&quot;:10,&quot;dedup&quot;:true}&amp;id=ftvpFY1XAMpFms&amp;rid=&amp;uri=/national/&amp;outputType=rss">Load More</div> </div> </channel> </rss>