Federal lawmakers are again taking up legislation to force video-sharing app TikTok to be sold or banned in the United States over national security concerns. This time, it may have an easier path to the president’s desk. Republican House leaders this week…

A referendum underway inside one New York condominium building has led to bitter divisions between once-friendly neighbors, who have handed out dueling information and lobbed accusations of wrongdoing back and forth as votes are tallied. At issue? Whether…

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Age 15+ Lots of shooting and explosions in semi-true World War II story. “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” is a lightweight, fast-paced Guy Ritchie-directed action movie set during World War II and based (loosely) on an actual secret mission to deprive…

The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision this week in favor of a St. Louis police sergeant was almost universally cast as a win for workers, who now have a lower bar for proving discrimination claims. But it’s also being held up by conservative activists intent…

The scene was heartbreaking: Nearly 50 cats were crammed into a hot car at a rest stop near Minnesota’s Twin Cities. The cats were piled from floor to ceiling inside an SUV, and police soon learned that their owner had been living inside the car with them.

I’m grateful to the Santa Fe bookseller who put Hampton Sides’s “Blood and Thunder” into my hands some years ago. With Kit Carson’s death-defying exploits at its center, the book revolutionized my concept of America’s westward expansion. Sides’s latest effort…

At the start of 1900, 10 days into the new century, a 17-year-old James Joyce delivered a lecture to the Literary and Historical Society at University College Dublin. His topic: “Drama and Life.” His conclusion: that ordinary experience is sufficient to yield…

In the blockbuster film “Barbie,” Ken gets big laughs when he says his job is “just … beach.” But face it: Not everyone is a beach pro. Some of you are actually very bad at beach. “I think going to the beach is an art,” said Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon, a Caribbean…

Q: The corner of one of the concrete steps leading to the front entrance of my building has broken off. It’s the top step of four. Is it possible to repair it without replacing the whole staircase? A: Yes, you can repair one step, or even several, assuming…

Jury selection is set to resume Friday morning in Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York. Twelve jurors have been picked to hear the case, along with one alternate. Five more alternates are still being sought, and opening statements are expected to begin…

The Biden administration on Friday moved to force polluters to clean up two of the most pervasive forms of “forever chemicals,” designating them as hazardous substances under the nation’s Superfund law. The long-awaited rule from the Environmental Protection…

If Nicole Eisenman were not there to make them acquainted, the paintings she makes in the morning wouldn’t recognize those she makes in the afternoon. Her artworks, the subject of a glorious career retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago,…

Here’s a wine for your spring and summer celebrations — a sublime splurge-worthy sparkling rosé from Austria. Winemaker Fred Loimer crafts his Brust Rosé Reserve with Austrian varieties and a dose of pinot noir into a joyful bubbly that will lift any special…

One of the first lines of poetry on Taylor Swift’s double album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” finds the singer crooning, “I was a functioning alcoholic ’til nobody noticed my new aesthetic.” The lyric could very well have been penned by the featured artist…

Russ Murphy was skeptical when a friend invited him to throw sharp metal objects for fun with a group of regulars at Axes and Os in Sterling on a random weeknight three years ago, but Murphy, with no other plans, showed up. He wouldn’t regret it. Like most…

We’re less than a week away from the opening night of the NFL draft, and it’s still anyone’s guess how the first five picks will unfold. Four quarterbacks are almost certain to make up picks 1-4, but good luck finding NFL executives who agree in what order…

Annie Nardolilli and Louisa Hall met at an Adams Morgan variety showcase in 2015. The musicians quickly found out they had strikingly similar songwriting sensibilities. Hall performed a song titled “Barista Boyfriend,” and Nardolilli performed her song “Hot…

The Israeli military carried out strikes on Iran early Friday, an Israeli official said, in retaliation for an Iranian barrage of missiles and drones launched last Saturday — but the scope appeared limited. Iranian state media said that Iran’s air defense…

Apple has removed several widely used communications platforms from its app store in China at the request of the Chinese government. The tech giant confirmed Friday that the Cyberspace Administration of China, a government censor and internet regulator, cited…