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A new COVID-19 variant called XBB.1.5 is driving a new wave of infections. But susceptibility to it is not, as some contend, being fueled by vaccines....

We learned some new things — or perhaps had our knowledge reaffirmed — by the frightening episode that began with the Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin coll...

One of the best ways to earn a living these days is not to earn a living. Last month, the Committee to Unleash Prosperity released a study examining t...

Pope Francis, 1.3 billion Catholics and the rest of humanity say goodbye today to Joseph Ratzinger after 95 years on Earth. A young man who lived thro...

Will Rogers famously said: “I belong to no organized political party. I’m a Democrat.” He would have to dig deeper to find a gibe suitable for today’s...

“Still decades and hundreds of billions of dollars away”: that was the sobering refrain from the recent nuclear fusion announcement that has already t...

On Dec. 30, as Washington shut down for the Christmas-New Year holidays and Republicans prepared to take over the House of Representatives, Democrats ...

The U.S. Supreme Court did the Biden administration a favor when it ruled the White House could continue to use pandemic powers to turn away migrants ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (TNS) — District of Columbia Officer Michael Fanone and the others who responded to the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, held the ...

Long after it has run its course on TV, the show “Yellowstone” will provide fodder for countless Ph.D. candidates in whiteness studies. In certain pre...

As Californians struggled to deal with a grueling drought that has led to water rationing and other extreme water-conservation measures, Mother Nature...

Commonwealth Court Judge Ellen Ceisler has not yet filed an opinion to support her ruling Friday that there are no valid legal grounds for legislative...

There is “no better place to find God, and to help others to find him, than in the hearts of the women and men” of our time. The assertion — sometimes...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Last year, as congressional elections approached, pundits offered a bold prediction: November would bring a “red wave,” a Republica...

It’s another New Year and time for a round of predictions — whether they turn out right will be up to history to decide. Russia’s former president Dmi...

Just as President Donald Trump misused an old law in an attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election results, many of his acolytes in Pennsylvan...

SEATTLE (TNS) — This time of year, we find ourselves touched by the generosity, grace and kindness of people helping people. Extending ourselves to ot...

If we heard it once, we heard it a thousand times. ”The science says...” ”The data show...” ”The experts agree...” Now we know that the government too...

The 118th Congress convenes today with each party holding a slim majority in one chamber. In the Senate, a Democratic coalition enjoys a 51-49 advanta...

Not everyone agrees that New Year’s resolutions are a good idea. Many psychologists believe that, since most people fall short of success with their p...