worldwide News 5 July, 2021

Democracy Dies in Darkness

Controversial approval of Alzheimer’s drug reignites the battle over cause of the disease

Marc Archambault becomes one of the first patients to receive the Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm. (Reuters)

Alzheimer’s research has been dominated — and divided — by a hypothesis holding that toxic clumps in the brain are the main driver of the disease and that removing them will slow cognitive decline.

By Laurie McGinley

On path to 2022, GOP candidates center pitches on Trump’s false election claims

By Amy Gardner

What we know about the structural engineer who worked with the condo board of Champlain Towers South

By Shawn Boburg, Steve Thompson and Beth Reinhard

3 more bodies found amid condo rubble after collapse and demolition; search for survivors continues

By Reis Thebault, Brittany Shammas, Lateshia Beachum and María Luisa Paúl

MORE COVERAGE

• Photos from the scene
• How Champlain Towers South fell and what it reveals about possible causes
• What you need to know about the condo collapse as the search for survivors continues and probe begins

More than 1,000 Afghan soldiers flee into Tajikistan as Taliban extends control, officials say

By Miriam Berger

Surging global food prices put staple meals out of reach, from Nigerian jollof rice to Russian pasta and Argentine steak

By Adam Taylor

Hackers demand $70 million to unlock businesses hit by sprawling ransomware attack

By Rachel Lerman and Gerrit De Vynck42 minutes ago

Climate Solutions

The scientists fighting to save the ocean’s most important carbon capture system

By Lucy Sherriff

(Daron Taylor/Post illustration; Driveline Baseball video)

Baseball’s war on sticky stuff is already changing the game

After Major League Baseball got serious about foreign substances, spin rates fell, pitchers changed and hitting improved, The Washington Post found after analyzing game footage and data for millions of pitches.