US agency releases John F. Kennedy assassination document

WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden released secret documents Wednesday concerning the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) published...

Mourning after mass shootings isn’t enough – a sociologist argues that society’s messages about masculinity need to change

Today, Dec. 14, marks the anniversary of the tragic loss of children and teachers at Sandy Hook. After any mass shooting, Americans hear politicians make the...

Vast majority of American workers like their jobs – even as a record number quit them

Back so soon, La Niña? Here’s why we’re copping two soggy summers in a row

Last month was Australia’s wettest November on record, and summer in Queensland and parts of New South Wales is also expected to be soggy for the...

Tornadoes and climate change: What a warming world means for deadly twisters and the type of storms that spawn them

The deadly tornado outbreak that tore through communities from Arkansas to Illinois on the night of Dec. 10-11, 2021, was so unusual in its duration and...

Why the southern US is prone to December tornadoes

On the night of Dec. 10-11, 2021, an outbreak of powerful tornadoes tore through parts of Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee and Illinois, killing dozens of...

Professors’ free speech rights can clash with public universities’ interest in managing their employees as they choose

University of Florida officials in November blocked three professors from offering expert testimony in a lawsuit that challenged recently enacted state voting restrictions. But the university...

Appeals court says Trump has given ‘no legal reason’ to defy Congress’ demand for Jan. 6 documents, but Supreme Court may have final say

Former President Donald Trump has lost his latest legal battle over documents relating to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, in a case that tests...

Beijing Olympics: Canada, the U.K. and others join Biden’s diplomatic boycott, but it’s not enough

In ordering a diplomatic boycott, but not an athletic boycott, of the Beijing Winter Olympics, U.S. President Joe Biden effectively pulled his goalie from the net....

Bosnia’s endless crisis could be solved by letting it break apart peacefully

Bosnia is lurching toward crisis, once again. Milorad Dodik, the Serb member of Bosnia’s tripartite presidency, is threatening to withdraw the Serb-majority half of the country...