“The guiding spirit of Floyd’s operas is a studied, almost draconian pragmatism that makes them attractively easy to stage while limiting the heights to which they can aspire,” the Grove […]
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Back to news homeDead birds and fish wash ashore as 126,000-gallon oil spill reaches Southern California coast
The largest oil spill recorded in the waters off California, near Santa Barbara in 1969, spilled an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 barrels of crude oil over 10 days and killed […]
Gen. Milley hearing live updates: Milley says U.S. would have gone to war again with Taliban if it stayed in Afghanistan
By Aug. 11, McKenzie said, Afghanistan was in a precarious enough position that he ordered in reinforcements from the 82nd Airborne division to help with an evacuation that military leaders […]
3 big takeaways from the Mark Milley hearing
AUSTIN: Well, first of all, I know the president to be an honest and forthright man. And secondly —COTTON: It’s a simple question, Secretary Austin. He said no senior military […]
John Hinckley is now free, but I can’t forget the day he shot my father
Recently, a decision to recommend parole for Sirhan Sirhan divided the Kennedy family, as well as much of the public. A half-century has passed since 1968, one of the arguments […]
Our child-care system has been failing women (and men and kids). That may soon change.
Many providers, already financially fragile, shuttered. As of August, about a fifth of child-care centers nationwide remained either closed or at greatly reduced capacity relative to the same month two […]
Macron says Europeans need to stop being naive and assert independence from the United States
But the strategy could backfire, some cautioned. “For Europe to achieve strategic autonomy — in tech, in cyber, in intelligence, in military hardware — is a very, very elusive goal. […]
Lava burns through an island in the Atlantic as volcanic eruptions continue
The eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano began on Sept. 19, prompting the evacuation of some 6,000 people on the island of 85,000. No serious injuries or deaths linked to […]
Covid-19 live updates: Pfizer, BioNTech tell FDA vaccine trial had favorable results in young children
The pace has slowed despite a national vaccine vaccination drive that continues to hammer home the message for Americans to get their shots — in some cases, their third shots […]
Capital Gazette gunman sentenced to life in prison without parole for rampage that killed 5
Jarrod Ramos, the gunman who attacked the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis in 2018, will serve five consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole for the murders of Wendi […]