On May 25, more than 100,000 Louisiana homes lost power — suddenly and without warning. As families celebrated Memorial Day, a brownout swept through neighborhoods. The culprit? Our overloaded power ...

Congratulations to all of the 2025 high school graduates, who have finished one phase of their lives and now are on the threshold of starting another.

The parable, ”The Blind Men and the Elephant,” tells of six blind men who touch different parts of an elephant; each forms a different and incomplete impression of the elephant. The parable ...

Newburyport, MA (01950) Today. Sun and clouds mixed. High 92F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph..

County has funds to pay workers. Great news. The Champaign County Board can now afford a dignified contract with AFSCME Local 900’s workers. This may come as a surprise because the county board ...

Syndicated columnist David Brooks wrote "How America Got Mean" for The Atlantic, saying we've become a mean-spirited culture, whether it’s toward a teacher at school or road rage on the ...

We voters have a right to expect the federal government — indeed, all government agencies — to eliminate waste, fraud and corruption.

To the Editor: Someday we hope to visit Washington, D.C. and see the many museums there, including the National Museum of African American History and Culture and science museums.

When I came to America it was a free country. I now find it is becoming a dictatorship. People are being deported without due process. Military units have been deployed to quell protests in Los ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An unusual request from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about Cuban medical brigades that operate worldwide and provide much needed help has roiled ...

In a chilling letter, the 48-year-old convicted paedophile said “the dropping of the investigation will hit the world like a bomb” Christian Brueckner, the prime suspect in Madeleine McCann ...