Xi to visit North Korea, showing China’s importance to a nuclear-armed neighbor
SEOUL — Chinese leader Xi Jinping will make a rare trip to North Korea next week to meet with Kim...
Her hit divorce memoir wasn’t entirely truthful. Maybe it doesn’t matter.
All the best memoirs resemble novels. They progress along a powerful arc: An inciting incident is followed by rising action,...
From Oscar darling to ‘Scary Movie,’ Regina Hall is keeping us guessing
NEW YORK For all of the work Regina Hall has put into honing her craft, the 55-year-old actress still traces...
The new spy chief has the one qualification Trump cares about
“The Acting Director of Political Retribution.” Sadly, that might be the best shorthand title for the official chosen Tuesday to...
Karen Read sues Massachusetts State Police, alleging ‘culture of bigotry’
Karen Read filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Massachusetts State Police and Canton Police Department, alleging that two officers involved...
Ronaldo is going viral for his soccer skills. He’s also a dog.
A backyard filled with the smell of grilled sardines and Portuguese pork sausage was the first place Ronaldo displayed his...
Former U.S. Army secretary: What America cannot win wars without
Ryan D. McCarthy served as the 24th secretary of the Army. Over the past 10 years, the U.S. Army has...
The energy permitting bill that won unanimous support in Congress
Congress did something extraordinary this week: By a unanimous voice vote, the House passed a bill that would ease government...
The murder of Henry Nowak and the failure of British policing
Andrew Doyle is the author of “Free Speech and Why It Matters” and “The New Puritans.” Henry Nowak, age 18,...
They explain autism — and come under attack, even from within the autism community
With her blond hair often gathered into space buns, Kaelynn Partlow is quick-smiling and earnest on social media as she...
Alarming cruelty reported at Delaney Hall demands accountability
The state of New Jersey filed a lawsuit this week against the operator of a privately run immigration detention center...
Don’t tell Trump, but the U.S. is still a WHO member
Lawrence O. Gostin is a distinguished professor at Georgetown University Law Center and directs the World Health Organization Collaborating Center...
Spy chief pick has the Trump playbook: Attack political enemies
“The Acting Director of Political Retribution.” Sadly, that might be the best shorthand title for the official chosen Tuesday to...
Hezbollah denounces Israel-Lebanon ceasefire deal as a ‘farce’
JERUSALEM — Hezbollah quickly rejected a ceasefire deal announced on Wednesday by Israel and Lebanon, leaving the possibility of continued...
Will the World Cup be a disaster? I sense a familiar panic.
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