Scientists discover new clue linking obesity to dementia risk
Obesity in midlife may cause vascular dementia later in life by raising blood pressure over decades and quietly damaging brain...
Trump launches ‘Board of Peace’ at Davos, testing global order
DAVOS, Switzerland — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants his new “Board of Peace” to work with the...
Two friends are on a quest to catalogue every living thing in Maryland
Birding buddies Jim Brighton and Bill Hubick were taking a walk in the woods north of Annapolis in the summer...
After a hard-fought campaign, Austin neighborhood elects a canine mayor
On a January night on Austin’s 37th Street, neighbors gathered to count the final ballots and swear in a new...
DOGE defiled the cause of government efficiency
Remember DOGE? The good idea to find government efficiency and reduce spending was so poorly executed that it undermined the...
As Trump drops Greenland threats, Europeans say they are still on guard
BRUSSELS — President Donald Trump’s U-turn on Greenland — proclaiming a “framework” of a deal and dropping his threat of...
A teacher agreed to a ‘Queer Eye’ makeover — but only if it helped his school, too
Michael Devereaux is the kind of guy who would pass out on an airplane because he puts everyone else’s oxygen...
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore proposes plan to close $1.4 billion budget shortfall
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Wednesday proposed closing a projected $1.4 billion budget shortfall by reducing spending across the state...
Jews are not safe. The world must reckon with what that means.
Or Moshe is a student at Reichman University in Israel and a fellow in its Argov Program in Leadership and...
Sheinbaum’s Cuba policy is testing Washington’s patience
At a moment of extraordinary tension in the U.S.-Mexico relationship, the Mexican government is choosing to remain Cuba’s oil lifeline....
Jodie Foster unravels en français in ‘A Private Life’
(2.5 stars) If you, like Jodie Foster, have been waiting for Jodie Foster to play a leading role in a...
The stunning art trove hidden in a D.C. building marked by Trump for disposal
There was nothing inherently alluring about the topic in artist Ben Shahn’s hands when, in 1940, he won a commission...
‘Mercy’! This ridiculous Chris Pratt thriller is also a hoot.
(2.5 stars) In the sci-fi thriller “Mercy,” chaos reigns. It’s 2029, and crime is so rampant in Los Angeles that...
What I learned about my daughter, and myself, on a trip to East Africa
TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK, Tanzania — Our first day in East Africa is everything I envisioned. My 17-year-old daughter, Rachel, and...
Mamdani prefers protest over leadership
The largest nurses strike in New York City history has dragged deep into its second week with no end in...
