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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...

Madonna speaks onstage during the Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 5, 2023, in Los Angeles.

Column: Aging is a game that women can’t win. Madonna should play by whatever rules she wants.

By Heidi Stevens

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

Madonna has been winning Grammys since the '80s, but this year it was her face,...

Constituents from the district of New York U.S. Rep. George Santos demonstrate during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 7, 2023. The Democratic representatives from New York and some of Santos constituents are backing a petition calling on Santos to resign from Congress.

Clarence Page: Is George Santos another frustrated millennial?

By Clarence Page

February 7, 2023 at 5:55 p.m.

In today's social media age, chock-full of internet-fueled celebrities, U.S. Rep. George Santos really stands...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks after being sworn in to his second term at an inauguration ceremony outside the Old Capitol in Tallahassee on Jan. 3, 2023.

Clarence Page: College Board AP course tests our racial politics, too

By Clarence Page

February 3, 2023 at 5:50 p.m.

Sometimes people who want to show you how clever they are only end up exposing...

Ameena Matthews yells with other activists on Jan. 30, 2023, in Chicago's Federal Plaza to protest the killing of Tyre Nichols. Nichols died after he was beaten by police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, on Jan. 7.

Clarence Page: Police brutality is not always white-on-Black

By Clarence Page

January 31, 2023 at 6:09 p.m.

Was anyone not shocked by the sickening video of Tyre Nichols' fatal beating by Memphis...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer arrive at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 25, 2023, to talk about the Republican bill called the Fair Tax Act.

Clarence Page: How a GOP tax cut plan became a gift to Democrats

By Clarence Page

January 27, 2023 at 5:11 p.m.

Remember how cameras followed Rep. Kevin McCarthy up and down the aisles of the Houseas...

"B.F.F.: A Memoir of Friendship Lost and Found" by Christie Tate.

Column: Envy, love, loneliness. ‘B.F.F.’ looks at the unexplored parts of friendship.

By Heidi Stevens

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

Christie Tate opens her new memoir, "B.F.F.," at a memorial service. She's delivering her first...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 24, 2022, in Orlando.

Clarence Page: Can Black History Month survive Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ‘anti-woke’ politics?

By Clarence Page

January 24, 2023 at 5:21 p.m.

Finally we are beginning to see some pushback against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' infamously cynical...

A gas-burning stove is offered for sale at a home improvement store on January 12, 2023 in Chicago. Consumers and politicians voiced concern after the commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently suggested that gas stoves were a health hazard, leading people to believe that they would be banned.

Clarence Page: How your gas stove was drafted into the culture wars

By Clarence Page

January 20, 2023 at 7:48 p.m.

Speaking of hot topics, have you heard that the federal government might ban gas stoves...

"You got everything?" can, indeed, mean, "You got everything?" It can also mean all the things that come rushing out of your heart — but never your mouth, certainly not in public, anyway — when your kid reaches an age you find bewildering and magical and, frankly, a little out of the blue, writes Heidi Stevens.

Column: ‘You got everything?’ When a simple question is its own love language.

By baiduhai

January 20, 2023 at 12:03 p.m.

My son had to be at school at 6:45 on a recent Saturday morning to...

President Joe Biden holds up a personalized Golden State Warriors jersey as Vice President Kamala Harris applauds on Jan. 17, 2023, in Washington during a visit from the 2022 NBA champions.

Clarence Page: President Biden’s document drama: Stick to the facts, Joe

By Clarence Page

January 17, 2023 at 6:07 p.m.

Well, that was fun while it lasted. President Joe Biden benefited mightily from the 15-ballot...

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