When did humanity take its first step? Scientists say they now know.
More than two decades ago, scientists digging in Central Africa unearthed the 7-million-year-old remains of what may be one of...
Woman dies in suspected mountain lion attack in Colorado
Colorado authorities are investigating a woman’s death from a suspected mountain lion attack on Thursday — the state’s first fatality...
Woman dies in suspected mountain lion attack in Colorado, the first since 1999
Colorado authorities are investigating a woman’s death from a suspected mountain lion attack on Thursday — the state’s first fatality...
America’s toughest privacy protections have finally kicked in
California just gave its 40 million residents a permanent delete button for a largely covert part of the personal data...
A Virginia woman’s epic paper napkin collection is being preserved
When Charlotte LaRoy was in elementary school, she had a quiet revelation. Paper napkins are beautiful. It was the 1940s,...
America’s fragile future elite will meet the real world eventually
America’s top universities are training grounds for the country’s elite – producing a disproportionate number of stars in politics, business,...
Trump’s seizure of Venezuela’s tankers is a tacit admission
Peter Harrell is a visiting scholar at Georgetown’s Institute for International Economic Law. He served on the National Security Council...
This election is a charade — and America should say so
The military junta ruling Myanmar is staging what it calls a general election. The first of three rounds was last...
Swiss bar fire started by sparklers on champagne bottles, officials say
Sparklers placed on top of bottles of champagne appear to have been the source of a fire that tore through...
Zelensky taps military intelligence chief to run presidential office
KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday appointed Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, the director of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency,...
At least 40 dead in Swiss ski resort fire as authorities search for answers
Authorities are working to determine the cause of a fire that swept through a crowded bar on New Year’s Day,...
Cut Chesapeake Bay Bridge project’s red tape
The Dec. 26 editorial “America is numb to this infrastructure problem” about the disgraceful delay until 2032 for construction to...
Myanmar’s election of generals
The military junta ruling Myanmar is staging what it calls a general election. The first of three rounds was last...
Behold, a Democrat who doesn’t preach from the Church of Progressivism
The Democratic Party’s future — if it wants one; the evidence is mixed — should be based on candidates who...
How new protest laws are impacting political demonstrations
While serving in the Florida state legislature, Randy Fine helped pass legislation that provides some protection under certain circumstances to...
