Andrea Salcedo

Washington, D.C.

General Assignment Reporter

Education: Columbia College Chicago, BA in Journalism; Columbia University, MS in Investigative Journalism

Andrea Salcedo is a general assignment reporter for The Washington Post. She was previously an overnight reporter on The Post's Morning Mix team. Before joining The Post in 2020, she covered breaking news and features for the New York Times metro desk.
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University of Idaho demolishes house where four students were killed

University of Idaho spokeswoman Jodi Walker told The Washington Post that the demolition was completed on Thursday.

December 28, 2023
The house where four University of Idaho students were killed in 2022 is demolished on Dec. 28, 2023.

Wham! hoped ‘Last Christmas’ would top this chart. It took 39 years.

George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley set out to create a classic. When the song was most played on a festive British chart this week, it was “mission accomplished.”

December 23, 2023
George Michael, right, and Andrew Ridgeley of the British group Wham! perform in Beijing in April 1985.

Paramedics convicted in Elijah McClain’s death

Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec were charged in 2021 with reckless manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide for administering ketamine to Elijah McClain.

December 22, 2023
Cooper, left, and Cichuniec attend an arraignment at the Adams County Justice Center in Brighton, Colo., on Jan. 20.

Saving the magic of Santa

From creating new Christmas characters to sourcing “reindeer” poop, these are stories about keeping the magic of the season alive.

December 22, 2023

Minnesota unveils a flag design to replace a flash point of racial tension

The state’s current flag was a flash point of racial tensions and one that some Native Americans considered offensive.

December 19, 2023
The submission that was the basis for the new Minnesota flag design. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune/AP)

Andre Braugher, ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ and ‘Homicide’ star, dies at 61

He was a commanding presence, whether starring as Henry V onstage in New York or playing a New York Times editor in last year’s film “She Said.”

December 13, 2023
Andre Braugher, as a co-star of the television series “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” in 2018.

A blind but elusive critter that was presumed extinct is rediscovered

The discover offers a chance to reinvigorate conservation efforts for the elusive critter and gives hope to efforts to find other species presumed extinct.

December 3, 2023
A blind mole with an iridescent coat sheen that ‘swims’ through sand and has been lost to science since 1936 is lost no longer, thanks to a team of conservationists and geneticists from the Endangered Wildlife Trust and the University of Pretoria.

Picking the White House Christmas tree is all about height, sight and light

It’s tall, sturdy and fragrant. Meet the White House Christmas tree.

November 27, 2023
First lady Jill Biden and military families welcome the White House Christmas tree on Nov. 20.

She vowed to clear strangers’ medical debt in a posthumous viral post

Since her diagnosis in 2019, Casey McIntyre befriended dozens of other cancer patients who, unlike her, had piles of medical debt as they underwent treatment.

November 18, 2023
Casey McIntyre was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2019. She went through treatment without taking on medical debt, but many fellow cancer patients she met along the way were in more precarious financial situations.

She breastfed a crying baby after Hurricane Otis, earning a promotion

The Mexico City police officer said she was clearing debris from the Category 5 storm when she heard a crying baby.

November 16, 2023
Hurricane Otis hit Acapulco, Mexico, as a Category 5 storm Oct. 25.