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WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin reminded the world last week that he controls the world’s largest arsenal of nuclear weapons. It wasn’t ...

We’re now being left to choose our own risks when it comes to COVID-19, but it’s clear that many people still don’t recognize the importance of fresh ...

Not too many years ago the biggest problem with vehicle accidents was usually driving while impaired. People got drunk or took too many drugs, and tri...

WASHINGTON — More than a handful of Republicans are already sniffing around the 2024 presidential contest. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz , Missouri Sen. Josh Ha...

The world clearly doesn’t have enough Viking movies, so here is “The Northman” to fill the gap. Critics have called the revenge epic based on the lege...

If you want to know what mutually assured destruction looks like, forget about Russia vs. Ukraine for a minute and check out the spectacle of Johnny D...

To paraphrase Eleanor Roosevelt, no one can make you watch “The Kardashians” without your consent. However, the family is so ubiquitous that I dare yo...

A year after being named Time magazine’s person of the year, Elon Musk is attempting to acquire Twitter. To listen to Musk’s critics, you’d believe it...

One of the most dysfunctional aspects of America’s dysfunctional health care system is medical debt. Even insured patients today can find themselves s...

For many months after she took over from Andrew Cuomo last Aug. 24, it was good enough for Gov. Kathy Hochul to be seeming to turn a page. Gone were h...

By early April, the average price for a gallon of gasoline in the U.S. had reached $4.23, up more than 78% in the 14 months since President Joe Biden ...

The stories from Shanghai, a city of 25 million entering its fourth week of COVID-19 lockdown, have been harrowing. Millions have been confined to the...

This week, PresidentJoe Bidenannounced new measures to track the sale of “ghost guns,” untraceable firearms made from do-it-yourself kits. The newJust...

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is expected to be confirmed this week after a bipartisan group of senators voted on Monday to advance her nomination. So f...

As National Public Health Week (April 4-10) winds down, we should reflect on the importance of the public health institutions in our community. While ...

Evidence of war crimes has mounted daily since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion to “denazify” Ukraine. Russian forces carrying o...

A few months ago, I ran into a recently retired judge, a former prosecutor and friendly acquaintance, at the grocery store. I asked him what he though...

Should the state budget be finalized today or tonight or tomorrow or whenever — and regardless of how many extra billions it spends, including corpora...