Indian outreach to Taliban is ratcheting up Afghan-Pakistani tensions

At least four people were killed and 10 wounded in a shooting at a family gathering Saturday in Stockton, California,...

Asking Eric: Husband does housework while wife plays online games

Dear Eric: I’m a 47-year-old guy who has been with my wife, 44, for 12 years. Six years ago, we...

Carolyn Hax: ‘Scrooge’ resents wife’s pressure campaign to do Christmas

Dear Carolyn: I have always found the holidays to be a massive pain in the neck, and I have little...

Maryland’s season ends with an eighth consecutive loss

DETROIT — Alessio Milivojevic tossed a career-high four touchdown passes and Alante Brown had a 92-yard kickoff return for a...

Saturday was cold, but more sun, weaker wind made it seem less wintry

Saturday brought another cold day to the capital, but in comparison with the wintry rigors of windy Friday, Saturday seemed...

Ohio State is in heaven after freeing its coach from Michigan hell

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Out of the snowfall and into the stadium tunnel came a long stream of muscular young...

Here are the Caribbean allies helping the U.S. against Venezuela

As the United States threatens to attack Venezuela, some Caribbean allies are offering support. The United States has been amassing...

College football winners and losers: Texas makes its case for a playoff berth

The last full weekend of the college football season is in full swing. This story will update as more results...

The baby Wizards can only hope to one day become grizzled veterans

INDIANAPOLIS — A scan of the Washington Wizards’ locker room can show promise, but not how you may think. Because...

Northwestern to pay $75 million to end Trump administration probes

Northwestern University has become the sixth school to reach a deal with the Trump administration in an agreement that ends...

The quiet pope: Leo’s first foreign trip is revealing his style

ISTANBUL — In the largest event yet of his inaugural foreign trip, Pope Leo XIV spoke to a few thousand...

Hurry up and wait: Ordinary Venezuelans try to prepare for U.S. attack

CARACAS, Venezuela — U.S. fighter jets escorted a strategic bomber near the coast one day this week, and state-controlled media...

Tom Stoppard, playwright of electric verve, dies at 88

Tom Stoppard, a Czech-born British dramatist whose intellectually challenging and verbally dazzling works included some of the most acclaimed and...

Trump says airlines should consider Venezuelan airspace closed