Nation

Trump starts construction on long-held dream: A White House ballroom

Work crews have started cutting down trees, removing shrubs, and digging up parts of the South Lawn of the White House as they begin work on President Trump’s project to construct a $200 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom on a site just south of the building’s East Wing. Continue reading →

Nation

1 in 6 US parents say they skipped or delayed their kids’ vaccines, poll finds

The American parents who are choosing to skip or delay vaccines for their children are more likely to home-school their children, be White and very religious, identify as Republican or be under 35, according to a wide-ranging Washington Post-KFF poll that sheds new light on what drives vaccine hesitancy. Continue reading →

Nation

Oldest mummies in the world discovered

Researchers found human remains that were buried in crouched or squatted positions with some cuts and burn marks in various archaeological sites across China and Vietnam, and to a lesser extent, from the Philippines, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Continue reading →

World

Starving children eat animal feed in besieged Sudanese city

The city's last functioning hospital has been bombed more than 30 times. Between 30 and 40 severely malnourished children arrive every day, seeking help. There's nothing to give them but animal feed. Continue reading →

World

Angered by Israel’s attack in Qatar, Arab leaders weigh response

After convening for an emergency summit, Arab and Muslim leaders Monday vented their outrage at Israel for carrying out an airstrike last week in Qatar that targeted Hamas officials, but they failed to agree on any punitive measures to take in response. Continue reading →

World

Ex-British soldier goes on trial for 1972 Bloody Sunday killings in Northern Ireland

A trial has begun for the only person ever charged in the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland. Continue reading →

Columns

Don’t expect another ‘Morning in America’

The nation survived the 1960s. This time, the poisons run deeper. Continue reading →

Editorials

Call off the blacklists

Since the assassination of Charlie Kirk last week, conservatives have been trying to expose people who celebrated the killing in order to get them fired. It’s an unfortunate tactic. Continue reading →

Letters

Readers react to the Charlie Kirk editorial

"What [Charlie] Kirk offered was not courage but theater, and it cheapens the very idea of debate," writes one reader. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Dream of a girls’ school in Catholic tradition in Wenham ends in bankruptcy

Faculty and parents said they feel like they’ve been swindled with little hope for recove