Why Texas suddenly has such a competitive Senate race
Democrats haven’t won a statewide race in Texas in three decades. But on Tuesday in a primary runoff, Republican voters...
Many people skip colonoscopies. Experts just added a blood test to the options.
The American Cancer Society updated its screening guidelines for colorectal cancer Wednesday, expanding the number of methods to include a...
$375,000 for two drinking fountains? The Machine is breaking America.
You’re reading Red Tape, a weekly newsletter. Click here to get it in your inbox. John Schochet is a lawyer...
Human composting turns bodies to soil — and the trend is growing
From the outside, the grocery-store-size facility that sits off a highway a short drive from Baltimore looks like a Costco...
Paxton crushes Cornyn in Senate primary in a big win for MAGA
Four-term Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), who once came close to becoming majority leader in the Senate, lost a primary challenge...
Want to detect opioids earlier? Test sewage water.
Shravani Durbhakula is an academic anesthesiologist and pain medicine physician in Nashville. Jeremy C. Kourvelas is a substance use policy...
The heart of the Old South pauses for a funeral procession
The sun burned brightly in Farmville, Virginia, last week. Family and friends gathered outside a historic church there, slowly filing...
It’s time to address America’s mail theft epidemic
Frank Albergo is the president of the Postal Police Officers Association. Over the past two decades, the U.S. Postal Service...
How Harvard can end its diversity battles with Trump
Harvey Mansfield is a retired professor of government at Harvard University and the author of “Where Harvard Went Wrong,” from...
Why some Republicans are worried about Ken Paxton as a Senate nominee
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won the Republican Senate primary in his state Tuesday night, ousting incumbent Sen. John Cornyn....
How one university is purging and replacing ‘woke’ classes
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Students in both classrooms were considering historic events. In Introduction to Sociology, the discussion was about globalization....
This is the most common cause of vertigo — and how to treat it at home
If you have had vertigo, you’re familiar with the sensation that you are swirling, swaying or tilting when, in actuality,...
Human composting turns bodies to soil. Now it’s an option in Maryland.
From the outside, the grocery-store-size facility that sits off a highway a short drive from Baltimore looks like a Costco...
Contagion of conspiracy theories makes Ebola epidemic harder to contain
NAIROBI — As a deadly outbreak of Ebola spreads through the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, one conspiracy theory is...
Trump to hold Cabinet meeting amid declining approval on Iran, economy
President Donald Trump canceled a trip with his Cabinet to Camp David set for Wednesday, citing forecasts of bad weather...
