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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...

Writers Guild of America members walk the picket line on the first day of their strike in front of Sony Pictures on May 2, 2023, in Culver City, California.

Clarence Page: Against AI, political punditry can still do the write thing

By Clarence Page

May 21, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Striking Hollywood writers are nervous about artificial intelligence — also known as AI — and...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis before speaking at an event hosted by Peoria County Republicans in Peoria on May 12, 2023.

Clarence Page: Justice dies when politicians turn vigilantism into a campaign stunt

By Clarence Page

May 17, 2023 at 9:56 a.m.

On his way to see whether his expected presidential bid can play in Peoria, Florida...

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson, left, speaks with Fred Waller, his choice for interim police superintendent, during the St. Jude Police Memorial March on May 7, 2023, at Gold Star Families Memorial and Park on the Museum Campus.

Clarence Page: Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson’s ‘holistic’ ideas got him elected. Can they be enacted?

By Clarence Page

May 14, 2023 at 7:40 a.m.

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson barely had time to savor his victory before he was facing new...

Writer E. Jean Carroll leaves a Manhattan courthouse on May 9, 2023, after a jury found former President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s.

Column: E. Jean Carroll ruling sets progress into motion. That’s just as important as what it means for Trump.

By Heidi Stevens

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

Almost immediately after a federal jury found that former President Donald Trump sexually abused writer...

A memorial for Jordan Neely continues to grow on May 6, 2023, outside of the Broadway-Lafayette subway station where he died after a violent encounter with another subway passenger in New York City.

Clarence Page: Don’t jump to judgment in NYC subway chokehold death

By Clarence Page

May 10, 2023 at 9:54 a.m.

We should not rush to judgment too quickly in the case of Daniel Penny. Too...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot after a televised mayoral debate in downtown Chicago on Jan. 19, 2023.

Clarence Page: Mayor Lori Lightfoot wasn’t here to make friends—and that’s her loss

By Clarence Page

May 7, 2023 at 9:37 a.m.

Looking back at Mayor Lori Lightfoot's only term in office, it's hard to see past...

As consistently as we humans betray each other, disappoint each other, break each other, fail each other, we still feel pulled to share what's precious with each other. To connect our lives to each other's, writes Heidi Stevens. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Column: When a voice from the past reminds you of the power and pull of human connection

By baiduhai

May 5, 2023 at 10:09 a.m.

I've spent the last few weeks, maybe like a lot of you, scrolling through happy...

Talk show host Jerry Springer, a delegate from Ohio, applauds speakers during the Democratic National Convention in July 2004 at the FleetCenter in Boston.

Clarence Page: My surprisingly fond farewell to Jerry Springer

By Clarence Page

May 3, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Some television hosts might hang their heads in shame if their show was dubbed "Worst...

Airickca Gordon-Taylor, center in purple, and the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., both cousins of Emmett Till, speak outside Roberts Temple Church of God In Christ in Chicago on Aug. 28, 2015. They led a motorcade to Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the death of Emmett Till. Till's funeral took place at Roberts Temple in September 1955.

Clarence Page: Who is to be held accountable for Emmett Till’s death, now that the witnesses are gone?

By Clarence Page

April 30, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

The last survivor of the historical horror widely known as "the lynching of Emmett Till"...

Clinical psychologist John Duffy encourages parents to ask their kids what they want their futures to look like, and not necessarily around a career.

Column: I love everything about college rejection parties, except that they’re necessary. How parents can help.

By Heidi Stevens

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

One week before May 1 — National College Decision Day — the New York Times...

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