How to Recognize a Tennis Prodigy
You may have seen it if you’re a tennis fan. The ad begins with a young boy of 10 or 11, sitting in a humble apartment watching Venus Williams on…
Can’t Sleep? Try This Proven Alternative to Medication.
About one in four adults in the United States develop symptoms of insomnia each year. In most cases, these are short-lived, caused by things like stress or illness. But one…
The Race to Unlock a Vast Source of Clean Energy Beneath Our Feet
In a sagebrush valley full of wind turbines and solar panels in western Utah, Tim Latimer gazed up at a very different device he believes could be just as important…
Opinion | We Have Unfinished Business With These Three Killer Diseases
As with so many infectious diseases, lack of determination is the real stumbling block. The United States and other donor nations could argue that we already do more than our…
A Global Cyber-Scam Industry Is Booming in Plain Sight in Cambodia
Around the world, reports of cyber-scam schemes targeting unsuspecting victims online have proliferated rapidly. Southeast Asia has become a center of gravity for those criminal syndicates, often in remote and…
His Job Helping Drug Users Is Illegal. He Says He Does It to Save Lives.
During his afternoons at work, Bryan Ortiz wraps tourniquets around the arms of intravenous drug users to help them find a good vein. If asked, he will even insert the…
Democrats Want to Flip N.Y. House Seats. But There’s a Primary Problem.
Sipping iced coffee at a diner the other day, Liz Whitmer Gereghty looked every bit the dream recruit Democrats need to recapture this coveted suburban House seat north of New…
Hearings Set for Monday in Two Election Cases Against Trump
By the end of Monday, another piece could be put in place in the complicated jigsaw puzzle of the four criminal cases facing former President Donald J. Trump: A date…
AP-NORC Poll: Most US adults find Biden too old for office
According to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research there’s one thing Democrats and Republicans agree on when it comes to President Joe Biden: Majorities…
US Commerce Sec. Raimondo visits China
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo met with Chinese officials including her counterpart Wang Wentao on Monday in Beijing. (Aug. 28)