She’s the world’s oldest drag king, and still hoping for her big break
She had cleaned houses seven days in a row. Her knee ached from falling, and she couldn’t afford a garment...
Studying sports and disability, he laid the groundwork for the Special Olympics
On a sweltering July day in 1968, 1,000 young athletes gathered at Soldier Field in Chicago, where they ran, jumped,...
The simple trick that can stop a mosquito bite from itching
It’s hard to think about much else when you have a fresh mosquito bite you’re desperate to scratch. The insatiable...
See what artists want to do with Charlottesville’s melted Confederate statue
CHARLOTTESVILLE — After white supremacists staged a violent rally around a monument to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in 2017,...
People with eating disorders are taking GLP-1s and doctors are alarmed
Stevee Williams, a restaurant manager in Houston, was preparing for her sister’s wedding when anxieties bubbled up about how she...
‘Remove illegals,’ the campaign ad said. Its funder: The AI lobby.
Nida Allam, a 32-year-old Democrat, was fighting a close North Carolina primary when a barrage of ads swept in. Over...
Why the quarantine for hantavirus is so long
Last month, a deadly outbreak of hantavirus began spreading on a Dutch cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean that departed...
An owl trapped in concrete got a painstaking feather transplant — then flew off
The baby owl that Bart Richwalski picked up in the fall was unlike anything the wildlife rehabilitator had seen. The...
Star Wars is back with a new movie. Should anyone care?
On Thursday afternoon at AMC Georgetown, a half-full crowd watched the earliest showing of “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu”...
Chicken joint owner and wildlife center, once friendly neighbors, locked in feud
ROANOKE, Va. — At the end of a long, narrow road nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains sit two properties...
Police ordered guns to be removed from mosque shooter’s home in 2025
More than a year before two teens attacked a San Diego mosque, killing three, local police filed a protective order...
Judge drops criminal case against Kilmar Abrego García, deeming it vindictive
A federal judge on Friday dismissed the Justice Department’s human-smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego García, ruling that the Trump administration...
The curtain is closing on Keir Starmer
LONDON — I arrived late last week to another ordinary day in Westminster: bitter cold, gray skies spitting rain and...
What else happened under Trump this week
Americans’ confidence in the economy is at a nearly four-year low, a new poll finds. Here’s what else happened under...
Fed chief sworn in at the White House, facing surging inflation
Kevin Warsh was sworn in as Federal Reserve chair at a White House ceremony Friday morning, facing surging inflation that...
