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The Amazon HQ2 locations are revealed — and so is the price tag The largest economic-development prize in a generation will be split between New York City and Northern Virginia, both of which offered incentive plans — now becoming public — in exchange for the retail giant's promise of up to 50,000 high-paying tech jobs. Amazon CEO Jeffrey P. Bezos owns The Post. By Jonathan O'Connell and Robert McCartney  •  Read more » Amazon's split decision sparks backlash from locals, politicians The retail giant is drawing criticism for settling on the most obvious cities after its year-long search. By Taylor Telford  •  Read more »   The Switch | Analysis Winners and losers from the HQ2 decision The prize of $5 billion in investment comes with drawbacks. By Hamza Shaban  •  Read more »   Chasing the cause of a rare and baffling childhood disease By the time Jourdan Loyola was finally diagnosed with acute flaccid myelitis two years ago, the 5-year-old could not move his neck, right arm or either leg. The unusual condition begins with coldlike symptoms and progresses within days to paralysis. As these cases have surged this fall — the third spike since 2014 — health officials have raced to understand the disease. By Lena Sun  •  Read more »   For Trump, even disaster response is colored in red and blue California has been a leader in the resistance to President Trump, and his disdain for it has been evident during repeated bouts of wildfires and other difficulties. By Matt Viser and Seung Min Kim  •  Read more »   First lady Melania Trump's office calls for firing of White House national security official The news of the potential ouster of deputy national security adviser Mira R. Ricardel comes amid reports of tensions between Ricardel and White House officials. A National Security Council spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. By Felicia Sonmez and Josh Dawsey  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT In tweetstorm, Trump takes aim at France's Macron President Trump lashed out at French President Emmanuel Macron's approval rating, his country's employment rate and his vision for the military. By John Wagner and James McAuley  •  Read more »   The Fix | Analysis White House changes its tune on why it yanked CNN reporter Jim Acosta's press pass That the White House isn't sticking with its initial justification when faced with legal action shows how dodgy the claim was to begin with. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more » CNN sues White House to regain access for reporter Jim Acosta The unusual lawsuit comes after the president banished Acosta from the White House grounds after a testy exchange last week. By Paul Farhi  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT The Fix | Analysis Kirstjen Nielsen's reward for tolerating Trump's whims: An unceremonious impending exit The homeland security secretary's tenure shows that no amount of public fealty is sufficient. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   Four arrested in 'execution-style' shootings of eight family members A family of four was arrested Tuesday in connection with the killing of eight members of another family in Pike County, Ohio, in 2016, state Attorney General Mike DeWine announced. By Michael Brice-Saddler  •  Read more »   Perspective 'That's not who we are'? Sixty Nazi-saluting boys in Wisconsin suggest otherwise. After dozens of grinning boys decided on a Nazi salute for a photo, officials insisted that Baraboo High School is "a hate-free environment." It's a response that's depressingly familiar — and wrong. By Monica Hesse  •  Read more »   Analysis Bell took a chance in giving up $14.5 million rather than play for Pittsburgh The deadline has passed for star running back Le'Veon Bell to sign the Steelers' offer. Any free-agent deal he signs will be judged against the millions he passed up, and many observers maintain that he won't get back to even. By Mark Maske  •  Read more »   FDA signals crackdown on flavored cigars to reduce youth tobacco use Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, made his comments on the same day that Juul Labs announced it would stop selling most of its flavored e-cigarette pods in 90,000 retail outlets. By Laurie McGinley  •  Read more »   Trump says 'nothing new' in report on hidden missile bases in North Korea The president continues to claim a diminished nuclear threat as evidence mounts of a growing weapons stockpile. By John Wagner and Adam Taylor  •  Read more »

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