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This image from CCTV video released by Saudi Arabia's Media Ministry shows passengers taking cover as flames and smoke fill part of King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during what authorities described as a strike at the airport on Oct. 10, 2026. (Saudi Media Ministry via AP)

Daniel DePetris: Resumption of war between Houthis and Saudis is bad timing for Donald Trump

By Daniel DePetris

October 12, 2026 at 1:27 p.m.

The attacks in Saudi Arabia come when Donald Trump is in a standoff over the...

Attorneys for Christa Pike hold a news conference after a judge ruled the Tennessee Department of Corrections must preserve all evidence related to the failed execution of Pike, on Oct. 7, 2026, in Nashville, Tennessee. (George Walker IV/AP)

Clarence Page: A botched execution shakes our death penalty presumptions

By Clarence Page

October 12, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The botched execution of Christa Pike offers a gross illustration of the cruelty that capital...

Chicago school board president candidates Jessica Biggs, Hilario Dominguez and Victor Henderson participate in a forum at the Copernicus Center on Sept. 29, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

David Greising: The race for Chicago school board president is about ideas — and character

By David Greising

October 10, 2026 at 10:01 a.m.

It will take savvy strategic thinking, backed by the character needed for leadership, to make...

Heidi Stevens at the finish line of the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 8, 2023.

Column: Lessons from a joyful, painful Chicago Marathon, which I’m definitely running again

By baiduhai

October 13, 2023 at 11:28 a.m.

I completed my first marathon this month. It was the hardest thing I've done, physically,...

Drivers race down Congress Plaza Drive during the NASCAR Cup Series in Grant Park in Chicago on July 2, 2023.

Column: Welcoming back NASCAR’s Chicago Street Race and hoping for a new course to showcase the city

By Paul Sullivan

March 11, 2024 at 3:06 p.m.

NASCAR fans are rejoicing over Mayor Brandon Johnson's decision to welcome the sport back to...

Evgenia Simanovich runs to the family home's reinforced concrete shelter, moments after rocket sirens sounded in Ashkelon, Israel, on Oct. 7, 2023.

Clarence Page: Another 9/11 surprise? Why Israel should give peace talks another chance.

By Clarence Page

October 10, 2023 at 5:21 p.m.

What? Again? Such was the stunning sense of surprise that rocked the world as the...

Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak during the 2023 Conservative Political Action Coalition Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, on March 4, 2023.

Clarence Page: When Donald Trump’s rhetoric comes straight from Hitler, he’s in trouble — or we are

By Clarence Page

October 8, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Have you heard about Donald Trump's latest remarks about immigrants? "No. I'm waiting to hear...

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who led the effort to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters outside the Capitol after the vote to oust McCarthy in Washington on Oct. 3, 2023.

Clarence Page: Kevin McCarthy is out. Now whose party is in disarray? It’s the GOP’s turn.

By Clarence Page

October 3, 2023 at 5:54 p.m.

The "clown show," as some call the power struggle among Republicans in the House, has...

San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein waves a motorman's hat while standing in Muni Railway Car 1 at the San Francisco Historic Trolley Festival in 1988.

Clarence Page: Sen. Dianne Feinstein offered a valuable voice in a divided Senate

By Clarence Page

September 29, 2023 at 5:28 p.m.

Amid the multitude of tributes that poured out after her death at age 90, one...

Failure can be a road map to a better, truer place than anywhere perfection would have taken us, writes Heidi Stevens.

Column: In an age of perfection, why failure may be the best thing that can happen to our kids

By Heidi Stevens

June 7, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

Michelle Icard has written a kind and important book about failing. "For kids to learn...

Clarence Page: How do we reduce the number of out-of-wedlock births? Strengthen families.

By Clarence Page

September 28, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Remember how the nation's official poverty rate fell to its lowest point on record during...

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 21, 2023.

Clarence Page: In defense of old-fashioned Senate dress rules

By Clarence Page

September 24, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Stop the presses! Or whatever other device to which you turn for news. Georgia U.S....

They don't tell you that you'll get glimpses of who they'll be at 18, all the way back when they're 1, 4, 7, 12, writes Heidi Stevens. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Column: What they don’t tell you about your baby turning 18. (And why I’m glad they don’t.)

By Heidi Stevens

June 7, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

When my daughter was a toddler, I used to hold her by her arms and...

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