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Hamas’s handbook for underground combat describes, in meticulous detail, how to navigate in darkness, move stealthily beneath Gaza and fire automatic weapons in confined spaces for maximum lethality. Battlefield commanders...

Pope Francis leaves Monday on an 11-day trip to Southeast Asia and Oceania, the longest and among the most complicated of his tenure. It could be particularly challenging for Francis,...

Last year was a tough one on college campuses, so over the summer a lot of people asked me if I was hoping things would be less political this fall....

As a tumultuous summer that hastened the end of President Biden’s political career winds to a close, he has spent the past two weeks secluded in Southern California and at...

President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will appear together on Monday in Pittsburgh to celebrate labor unions, a crucial mobilizing force for Democrats, at their first joint campaign event...

Drought is a kind of madness. Drought combined with record heat makes you long to become subterranean, a mole digging into cool darkness. This longing feels the way desire feels...

MJ Lenderman has been traveling light. In a London Airbnb on a recent afternoon, the 25-year-old rock musician (the MJ is for Mark Jacob; friends call him Jake) had a...

Perched atop a majestic cliff, Rancho Palos Verdes is a stunning city by the sea. Those who live here do so for the grand views of the ocean, the lush...

“Oh, I have another story!” the artist Lee Bul said, laughing, during a recent interview. “Always with the stories, always with the drama.” Over the past year, as she created...

In the 22 Paralympic sports in which athletes compete alongside a guide or assistant, successful collaborations are often marked by their quiet. “During the race we try not to speak...