“My name is Kovid and I’m not a virus,” Kovid Kapoor has been saying since the coronavirus crisis began. Read More

MOSCOW (AP) — The office of Kazakhstan’s president said Sunday that about 5,800 people were detained by police during protests that developed into violence last week and prompted a Russia-led military alliance to send troops to the country. President...

Prospects dim as US, Russia prepare to meet over Ukraine  Associated PressView Full Coverage on Google News Read More

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CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Nina Dobrev, 33; Kate Middleton, 40; Dave Matthews, 55; Jimmy Page, 78. Actor Nina Dobrev  (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)  Happy Birthday: You’ll meet with opposition if you use force this year. Do your homewo...

In my high-school yearbook, each student got to offer a few words of wisdom beneath his photo. One of my classmate’s contribution was this: “It’s not what you do, it’s what you get caught doing.” I suspect he may have wound up in politics. In today’s...

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A Rhode Island man was arrested in New York Thursday for allegedly selling or attempting to sell more than 100 guns that he produced at his home, according to the US Attorney's Office Southern District of New York. Read More

The last 12 months have been weird for me. I'm a pretty healthy 39-year-old marathon runner. And yet I had a heart attack, was subsequently diagnosed with a rare disease, and broke my right clavicle — all within months of each other, all unexpected a...

The Taliban’s spokesman says the group has arrested a popular university professor and outspoken critic of successive Afghan governments, including the new rulers in Kabul Read More