For most politicians, winning elections is a pretty straightforward game of addition. They attempt to maximize the vote among people who agree with them while trying to persuade others to come into their folds. The…

At a civics class in a Soviet high school many years ago, a friend of mine asked the teacher, “Comrade Zubkevich, we have been speaking about the values and duties of citizenship, but which citizenship…

As the Democratic contest hurtles toward South Carolina and Super Tuesday, Democrats face a profound choice as to the direction of their party and the personal traits and policy positions of their nominee. In the…

A visiting mini-moon is circling Earth, according to astronomers who discovered the cosmic squatter in our planet’s orbit. The tiny asteroid, dubbed 2020 CD3, was spotted by astronomers in Tucson, Arizona, on Feb. 15. “BIG…

A juror in the Harvey Weinstein rape case said she hoped the women who testified can "move forward" with their lives after the landmark #MeToo-era trial that saw the once-powerful Hollywood mogul convicted of third-degree…

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Bernie Sanders would rather be right and president. In the most consequential moment of his political career to date, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination offered an undistilled version of his…

“Between the coffee table and the rug, you have an excellent place to build the seating area around,” Williams told NBC News. “A hearty piece ... can be a good place to start the narrative…

ROME — After months in a Rome jail, a pair of boyhood pals from California went on trial Wednesday, accused of murdering an Italian policeman during a summer vacation in Italy. The Carabinieri paramilitary officer,…