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Why does the U.S. keep shooting down UFOs?

IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF FEBRUARY, THE U.S. Air Force shot down four flying objects that had intruded on the skies over North America, a deployment of force unprecedented during peacetime.

Portrait of a Leader April 20, 1959

The World Is Now My Home

What's at stake in Nigeria's presidential election

NIGERIA—AFRICA’S most populous country, largest economy, and top oil producer—will hold a presidential election on Feb. 25. Incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, now finishing his second four-year term, is ineligible to run for reelection. Even if he could run, he probably wouldn't win.

WHERE WES MOORE COMES FROM

The Maryland governor may be the Democrats' most talented newcomer since Barack Obama

INSIDE THE BASEMENT WHERE AN ENTIRE UKRAINIAN VILLAGE WAS HELD CAPTIVE FOR 25 HARROWING NIGHTS

SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE INVASION OF UKRAINE, Russian troops entered the village of Yahidne. They forced the residents out of their homes and into the basement of the local school, which they had turned into their headquarters.

REAL ESTATE XENOPHOBIA

THERE’S A SPECTER supposedly haunting the globe’s expensive housing markets: the absentee foreign owner.

NEW LAWS STOP COPS FROM LYING TO KIDS

Maryland and Washington state already enforce such a rule. And in 2021, Illinois and Oregon became the first two states to ban police from lying to minors during interrogations.

THE BUDGET BATTLE BOOK

That job includes authoring, debating, and passing a budget for the astounding amount of discretionary federal spending that Congress is charged with managing each year—in this case, about $1.7 trillion.

TO FIX POLICING, PUNISH BAD COPS

Jordan took a lot of abuse for his remark, which was generally interpreted as boobish and nihilistic.

The Luddites' Veto

BEWARE OF ACTIVISTS TOUTING \"RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION.\" THE SENSIBLE-SOUNDING SLOGAN MASKS A REACTIONARY AGENDA.

Sen. Pat Toomey on Cryptocurrency and FTX's Collapse

Former Sen. Pat Toomey’s time in Congress, which began in 1999 after he won a House seat in eastern Pennsylvania, officially ended on January 3 when the new Senate session began.

Is Online Illness Culture Keeping People Sick?

WHILE THE FDA KEEPS EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENTS OUT OF REACH, THE SPOONIE WORLD MAKES A DIAGNOSIS INTO AN IDENTITY.

Ron DeSantis Is on Deck

DOES HE WANT TO LIMIT GOVERNMENT, OR DOES HE JUST WANT TO WIN AT ALL COSTS?

THE ZONING THEORY OF EVERYTHING

LAND USE POLICIES EXPLAIN THE BATTLES OVER EVERYTHING FROM RECESSION TO ABORTION TO DONALD TRUMP.

SHODDY RESEARCH REINFORCES ANTI-VAPING NARRATIVE

Three years later, the World Journal of Oncology published a study that claimed vapers face about the same cancer risk as smokers. The authors said “prospective studies should be planned to mitigate the risk.”

Struck on One Side

Society tells me to celebrate my disability. What if I don't want to?

IS AMERICA READY FOR A NEW AGE OF NUCLEAR POWER?

THERE'S NO WAY TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE WITHOUT IT.

PARTY OF TROLLS

Republicans need to stop being so obnoxious.

The Short King's

A maverick group of short sellers uses covert techniques to uncover fraud for profit. Now they're under investigation themselves. Are they the heroes of Wall Street, or the villains?

The Masterpiece No One Wanted to Save

Censored and then forgotten, Anatoly Kuznetsov's Babi Yar, about the Nazi occupation of Kyiv, is again painfully relevant.

Did George Washington Burn New York?

Americans disparaged the British as arsonists. But the rebels fought with fire too.

The Miraculous Salman Rushdie

His enchanting new novel is a triumph.

The Third Law of Magic

He spent the night making snow. He packed it tightly into balls of different sizes and stored them in the freezer to keep them stable.

DEATH BY NEGLECT

A lawsuit alleges an Arkansas jail allowed a mentally challenged man to die of dehydration and starvation behind bars. Who is accountable?

HOW TO CONQUER YOUR PRIMITIVE BRAIN

More than 40 PERCENT of everything we do-from washing dishes to spreading misinformation is HABITUAL. Science has some ideas about how to do BETTER.

Michigan's Bid to Be the Next Silicon Valley

Automakers and government are combining to make the state a hub of advanced technology

Right-Wing Rings of Power

Libertarian tech moguls and conservative politicians have taken inspiration from The Lord of The Rings. Did J.R.R. Tolkien have a free-market message?

Evangeline Lilly

NOWADAYS, IF YOU'RE CAST IN A MARVEL FILM, IT'S LIKE WINNING THE lottery. But it didn't start that way for Evangeline Lilly, who stars alongside Paul Rudd in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quintumnia (February 17). \"I was late to the Marvel game because I wasn't into superhero movies.\"

A New Era for Labor

Forget about quiet quitting.” This year will be all about loud layoffs”