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Novelist Sigrid Nunez’s finely crafted, beautifully written short stories

A woman looks back on how her younger self enjoyed the highs and endured the lows of first love. Her high school sweetheart was Ace, who was two years older than her and drove a Chevy convertible. Their English teacher, Mrs. Mint, flirted with him in class and often repeated that he resembled James Dean. […]

Commonsense Endangered Species Act reform

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 is one of the most powerful environmental laws ever enacted. It can halt construction, restrict farming and ranching, block energy projects, and place vast areas of private land under federal control. Yet, after more than half a century and billions of dollars in spending, 97% of the species listed […]

‘The Louisiana Purchase’ details the forefront of a mighty empire

In this semiquincentennial year, 1776 is on many Americans’ minds. But in The Louisiana Purchase: The Grand Bargain and the Making of America, Louisiana State University Shreveport professor Alexander Mikaberidze turns our attention to another epochal year in the early republic: 1803. He gives a thorough and engaging account of the fateful transaction that doubled […]

WATCH: Democrats blast Trump Saudi nuclear deal as GOP touts regional alliance

Democrats warn the Saudi Arabia nuclear deal could spark a Middle East arms race, while Republicans stress the need for regional partnership.

Los Angeles needs more cops; city squanders money elsewhere

Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell just put an extraordinary number on what it would take to adequately police America's second-largest city: 12,500 officers.

Israel detains more than 70 in West Bank after deadly clashes

Israeli forces detained more than 70 people across the occupied West Bank overnight Friday and into Saturday after violence in a northern Palestinian village killed two Israeli soldiers and four Palestinians. According to The Associated Press, the Israeli military said in a statement that troops searched more than 300 locations and arrested people it described...

Dangerous heat dome grips central US

Dangerously hot temperatures spanned across much of the central U.S. on Saturday as a sprawling heat dome, in which a high-pressure atmospheric system traps hot air over a large area keeping temperatures high, settled over the region that could persist into next week. Heat advisories went out for roughly 80 million people after the National...

‘California Never?’ Utopian city faces setbacks from industrial flight

Big dreams, sometimes stupid ones, comprise the heart of California's identity. 

Michael Goodwin: The media’s anti-Trump bias was on full display at re-do of White House Correspondents’ Dinner

The president came, he saw, he joked, he insulted and talked too long. And yet, Donald Trump’s presence was the major reason why the...

Mamdani’s municipal bond mess will only get worse as mayor prioritizes anti-Israel policies over NYC’s fiscal health

New York City's municipal bond prices continue to decline as Mayor Zohran Mamdani doubles down on his Marxist Third-Worldism, every minute of every day,...

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