With a couple of fairy tales under their belt, most children have a grasp of the basic formula. Danger appears, a solution arises, safety returns. Jack must escape the giant, Hansel and Gretel the witch. The real uncertainty, writes Rebecca Solnit in an essay on fairy-tale narratives, lies in the method: “You know, more or […]

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Now a freelancer after twenty-one years on the Times travel desk, Tom Chesshyre has written many books, mainly about train journeys, and explored far and wide – from Slough to the Siberian tundra via the jungles of Sri Lanka, the Australian desert, Peru, Iran, India and North Korea. For this, his twelfth book, he decided […]

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This story was originally published by Mission Local, a nonprofit newsroom covering San Francisco. You can donate to them here. At least two people arrested by federal immigration officers last Thursday at immigration court in San Francisco have been flown to Hawaii, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. They are now being held in the Federal Detention Center Honolulu, a federal prison, […]

Former NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas has been arrested along with several other people in connection with an alleged illegal gambling business. A federal indictment alleges the operation included high-stakes poker games held at a mansion in Encino that was owned by Arenas. The 43-year-old “a.k.a. ‘Agent Zero,’ of Woodland Hills, is charged with one count […]

In its first six months, the second Trump administration has weaponized government machinery to wage war on immigrants while dismantling constitutional protections. With more than 300 anti-immigrant executive orders and policies, the administration has proven that if some of us don’t have rights, none of us do.

Starvation is occurring in Gaza as food shortages caused by the Israel-Hamas war continue to worsen. Lives and hopes for peace will be lost if we don’t take action. The United Nations warns of emergency levels of hunger throughout Gaza with at least half a million people suffering in famine like conditions.

This time, the gun death came to New York.

The same ridiculous fiction is being sold to a gullible public that was trotted out after Sandy Hook, Las Vegas, Parkland, Buffalo and all the others: Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. What’s more pathetic than those who keep selling that myth is the ease with which so many Americans buy it.

Soto was 0-for-2 on the night, and 0-for-6 with a run scored in the series.

Dear Eric: My dad passed away three years ago. He lived about 10 hours away from me but near my sister. Sis and Dad have always been close. I had an OK relationship with both of them, though she and I have never been close. She took on most of his care and I tried […]

Public health experts are blasting a U.S. State Department plan to burn nearly $10 million worth of taxpayer-funded contraceptives intended for women in poor nations rather than dole them out or sell to someone who will.