How much forgetfulness is normal, and when you should see a doctor

Oil prices briefly topped $100 a barrel. Mortgage rates hit their highest level in nearly a year. The president introduced...

‘This is Jerry’: How a Maine lobsterman and a seagull became friends

PORTLAND, Maine — The tourists were lucky. Had they booked their Lucky Catch lobstering excursion a few days earlier, they...

Why controversial products claiming to help insomnia and migraines just got a big boost

The market for peptides, chemicals that have been increasingly promoted as new medical treatments and wellness products, got a big...

I was a diplomat in Iran. Two rules explain its actions.

Matthew Gould is a former British ambassador to Israel and former deputy ambassador to Iran. In early July, the Iranian...

Judges accused of denying Sikh student points in national civics contest

The Education Department hosted a televised civics game show for students last month to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. Weeks later,...

To track down government leakers, Trump supports pursuing journalists

President Donald Trump took an aggressive stance toward Justice Department investigations of journalists Friday, saying that the way to pursue...

Trump swings back toward diplomacy in escalating war with Iran

President Donald Trump leaned hard on Friday into what he said were negotiations with Iranian officials, seeming to emphasize diplomacy...

What could die with the last person using an iron lung

Ashely Alker is an emergency medicine physician and the author of “99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them.”...

A junk bill to fight junk food

Look out, Ronald McDonald and Toucan Sam. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is coming for you, and he has a bipartisan...

Family of man shot by Madison police calls for justice. ‘My heart was broken.’

MADISON, Wis. — The attorney for the family of a man killed this week by police said Friday that the...

Michigan’s Whitmer endorses in key Senate race

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) threw her support behind Rep. Haley Stevens on Friday in the increasingly bitter Senate Democratic...

I’m glad the culture wars are back. ‘The Odyssey’ shows why.

James Panero is executive editor at the New Criterion. With the release of Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster “The Odyssey” last week,...

Andy Burnham’s anti-Thatcher revolution

Charles Moore, a member of the House of Lords, is the authorized biographer of Margaret Thatcher and a columnist for...

Garry Kasparov: Don’t believe Trump on U.S. elections. Follow Ukraine.