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US turns to Finland to close Arctic ‘icebreaker gap’ as Russia, China expand polar presence

Finland will provide four new icebreakers to America under a $6.1 billion agreement as the U.S. seeks to strengthen Arctic defense against Russia and China.

Search firm behind illegal immigrant superintendent selection recruits top school leaders nationwide

The search firm that helped Iowa’s largest school district hire an illegal immigrant as a superintendent has placed hundreds of school leaders in districts across the country.

Professor has been praised for ‘evidence-based’ decision to stop dating men — but why reduce love to a math equation?

Corinne Low, author of the new book "Having It All," says she's not the heteropessimist some women want her to be.

The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other...

Trump doesn’t get Nobel Peace Prize; María Corina Machado awarded

President Trump failed in his bid to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, with the Norwegian Nobel committee announcing Friday that María Corina Machado was given this year’s award for promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela. Frydnes, announcing the winner on Friday morning, said Machado represented the true spirit of the Nobel prize,...

Nobel Peace Prize goes to Maria Corina Machado, despite calls for Trump to receive the award

Maria Corina Machado, Venezuelan opposition leader, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, beating out President Donald Trump despite brokering a historic deal between Israel and Hamas.

Earle-Sears challenges Spanberger to tell Kaine, Warner ‘do your job’ and end shutdown

Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears challenged her opponent to tell the state’s two Democratic senators, “Do your job," and vote to end the government shutdown.

Oregon AG to Trump: There’s no rebellion here

Dan Rayfield is Oregon’s attorney general — and the latest state-level politician to be thrust into the national spotlight by a legal clash with...

Trump deserves huge credit for achieving peace in Gaza, but marred the moment with his campaign of retribution

President Trump has brokered a historic peace deal in the Middle East – though fanfare over the breakthrough may be marred by the prosecution of New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Review of ‘Storyteller: The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson’ by Leo Damrosch

With his tall, thin body and his long arms and legs, Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) looked more like a bag of bones than a world-famous Scottish author. It was his eyes, though, which suggested his literary genius. His friend Mark Twain called them “Stevenson’s special distinction and commanding feature.” His wife, Fanny, said, “Behind them, […]

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