Jonathan Baran

• National

Body-cam footage released Thursday shows local police searching for Thomas Matthew Crooks in the moments before he opened fire.

• Visual Forensics

Thomas Matthew Crooks temporarily recoiled from his rooftop perch and did not shoot again before he was killed by a Secret Service countersniper.

• National

A 3D analysis by The Washington Post found two countersniper teams likely had difficulty seeing the gunman before he fired.

• Investigations

A Post analysis of the video backs up reports from other witnesses, who have said they tried to alert police in the moments before shots rang out.

• Israel-Gaza War

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that “there is still no absolute certainty” that Mohammed Deif was killed.

• Tech

In the years since TikTok was born as a lip-syncing app for Chinese teens, it has reshaped the media landscape — forcing U.S. tech giants to reckon with a foreign rival.

• Visual Forensics

Faculty had raised alarms in the days before the attack on pro-Palestinian protesters. That night, one witness called emergency services 11 times before police intervened.

• Israel-Gaza War

The new wave of repression appears to be one of the most significant efforts to roll back perceived social gains in the aftermath of the 2022 protest movement.

Videos shared on Russian Telegram channels, and verified by The Post, show four men in camouflage entering a large hall and opening fire on people.