Massive columns of smoke rise over Tehran, the capital of Iran, following airstrikes carried out by US and Israeli forces targeting strategic installations in the city. Explosions hit areas including ...

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., predicted oil prices would "tumble" once the U.S. operation in Iran is complete. Oil prices spiked Monday as some countries in the Middle East cut oil ...

Rodney Mims Cooks Jr., the head of the Commission of Fine Arts, hinted that the panel might be considering replacing the Ionic columns in front of the White House with Corinthian columns. During an ...

Several years ago a couple of teachers sat next to us in a downtown Waterville restaurant, talking about their impending retirements. They were older than I. I asked how a person knows when it is time ...

Whichever one ends up winning, "One Battle After Another" and "Sinners" are movies that take the temperature of our moment. Courtesy of Warner Bros. The Oscar for best picture goes to the best picture ...

NEW YORK/LONDON, March 10 (Reuters) - Oil prices plunged by more than 11% on Tuesday, the steepest percentage drop of any session since 2022, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump predicted a quick ...

Michael B. Jordan in "Sinners," Leonardo DiCaprio in "One Battle After Another" (Credit: Warner Bros.) If you’ve seen “One Battle After Another,” you surely remember the “River of Hills” sequence near ...

I was recently sent a paper in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology that pulled me in for a closer look. OK, it was about colonoscopies, but the observations can be applied to a broader ...

After skipping two important precursor ceremonies, Sean Penn may not show up to the Oscars. Let’s hope he does — so that audiences don’t lose out on his brand of chaos. Penn, nominated for his ...

NEW YORK — Oil shot to its highest price since 2023 after surging again Friday because of the Iran war, and a weak update on the U.S. job market knocked stocks lower to cap Wall Street's worst week ...

The artificial intelligence company filed two lawsuits against the Department of Defense, saying it was being punished on ideological grounds. By Sheera Frenkel Reporting from San Francisco Anthropic ...

I had a great idea for a column this week. Unfortunately, this isn’t it. After about 20 minutes of deep soul-searching, it occurred to me that some of you might be wondering how I write these columns.