Critic Bethanne Patrick recommends 10 promising new titles — fiction and nonfiction — to consider in February.

MANILA, Philippines – The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a bill seeking to rationalize excise tax rates on tobacco and vapor products to curb the decline in tax ...

The reading skills of American students are deteriorating further, according to new national test scores that show no improvement in a yearslong slide. The 67% of eighth-graders who scored at a ...

Relentless goaltending, public pride, and goosebumps. The second game of the Ed Burns Coffee Pot Tournament’s Doherty ...

Reading alone is a deeply enjoyable activity ... of court for continuing to defame two Georgia election workers, the second such ruling against him this week. Other Big Stories U.S. employers ...

THE SENATE on Tuesday approved on second reading a bill that seeks to extend Manila Electric Co.’s (Meralco) franchise for another 25 years. Under House Bill No. 10926, Meralco will be allowed to ...

This will be the second day in a row of hearings for Kennedy, who faced tough questioning on Wednesday from members of the Senate Finance Committee. Kennedy, who has been under fire for his anti ...

President Donald Trump is kicking off his second tour of duty in the White House in a stronger polling position than during the start of his first administration eight years ago, a new national ...

Four Second Amendment petitions were distributed for the Court's conference on Friday January 10. I just posted on the merits of these cases. A dramatic development has just occurred showing ...

The Supreme Court has relisted two Second Amendment cases for its conference on Friday January 17. They include Snope v. Brown, which concerns whether Maryland may ban semiautomatic rifles that ...

The U.K. competition regulator said it could approve chip design software group Synopsys’sSNPS-2.55%decrease; red down pointing triangle $35 billion purchase of Ansys ANSS-1.12%decrease; red ...

Another day, another Strands puzzle to solve. The year is already zipping by, it seems, as February kicks off with not a hint of snow. Yesterday I went hiking and found myself altogether too warm ...