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In the realm of horror, it was hard to beat the headlines last February that you were carrying around the equivalent of a plastic spoon’s worth of microplastics in your brain. The findings, reported in Nature Medicine, ...Read more

As the European Union ages, it’s increasingly dependent on migration to sustain its economies. Unfortunately, the bloc’s inability to manage this influx is warping its politics. Unless it can build a better system — ...Read more

A group of 19 states sued the Trump administration to block a $100,000 fee for any new applications for H-1B visas, which allow employers in the U.S. to hire skilled foreign workers.

The mostly Democrat-led states argue ...Read more

They clearly wanted attention and attention is what they got. Eight students at Branham High School in San Jose, Calif. posted photos of themselves on social media forming a human swastika -- and lest there be any doubt,...Read more

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Friday said President Donald Trump “just sits in the Oval Office and just hurls 1980s tropes about Baltimore” — the latest jab in a months-long feud between the two leaders.

Moore ...Read more

​WASHINGTON — Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee voted Thursday to recommend reinstalling Rep. Henry Cuellar as the ranking member of the panel’s Homeland Security subcommittee, after President Donald ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Brian Cahill had never been to a protest caroling event in his life, he admitted.

Cahill, who is 66 and lives in Fair Oaks, was among 45 people who walked around downtown Sacramento on a chilly ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The saga of a Los Angeles Army veteran who legally immigrated to the United States, was wounded in combat and self-deported to South Korea earlier this year, became a flashpoint during a testy congressional...Read more

LAS VEGAS — A handful of Las Vegas casino executives and the industry’s top Washington D.C.-based lobbyist recently met with a high-ranking congressional representative in a last-ditch effort to undo a provision in the...Read more

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dissolved parliament, setting the stage for an early election after a key political party backing his minority government threatened to withdraw its support.

Anutin said in a ...Read more

The last time I ordered a $12 coffee, the nice woman behind the coffee bar made me show her the money first.

"Yeah?" I said. "Then why don't you get those gay pride colored biscotti outta here, and the churros?"

Not ...Read more

Absorbing the news about the brutal treatment of detainees, to say nothing of the outright murder of "suspected" drug runners in the Caribbean, I think back to a conversation I had in February of this year. My interlocutor...Read more

One of the joys of living in flyover country is the annual state fair. It is a mix of traveling circus, amusement park, unbelievable food, live entertainment and serious competitions.

You see children (and adults) vying ...Read more

One of the most beloved holiday specials ever made doesn’t start with costumed pageants, joyful carols or snowmen come to life but with a self-aware declaration of seasonal depression.

“I think there must be something...Read more

Key members of Congress have seen with their own eyes how the U.S. military deliberately killed two men who survived a missile attack on their small boat.

What the video showed was either a war crime or simple murder. ...Read more

On most days, the words “Donald Trump” and “strategy” don’t fit in the same sentence. Combined, they’re an oxymoron in the truest sense. After all, strategy denotes a well-thought-out plan with concrete goals, ...Read more

On most days, the words “Donald Trump” and “strategy” don’t fit in the same sentence. Combined, they’re an oxymoron in the truest sense. After all, strategy denotes a well-thought-out plan with concrete goals, ...Read more

Every year on Dec. 1, World AIDS Day isn't just a time to look back, but it’s a call to action.

This year, that call echoes louder than ever. Even as medicine advances and treatments improve, support from political ...Read more

On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, a wealth manager named Michael Green published a Substack post arguing that a $140,000 income is the new poverty level for a family of four in America, where the official poverty line is ...Read more

A terrible irony of dementia — which can result in the inability to recognize people and places — is that the condition itself does not get the worldwide recognition it deserves.

Until now.

The United Nations ...Read more