The True Meaning of 'Xmas'
The snappy, shorthand name for Christmas isn’t a modern innovation but goes back centuries, with…
Mother of 6-Year-Old Who Shot Teacher Is Sentenced to Two Years
Updated Dec. 15, 2023 3:32 pm ET
The mother of the 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher…
Hamas’s Oct. 7 Attack Made Israel Stronger
Walter Russell Mead is the Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship…
How a $13.99 Snoopy Sparked a Gen-Z Craze
When Snoopy first appeared in the “Peanuts” comic strip in 1950, his creator Charles M. Schulz…
Six Students Convicted in Trial Linked to Beheading of French Teacher
PARIS—Six teenagers were convicted of helping the man who beheaded French schoolteacher Samuel…
There’s Life Yet in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The United Nations General Assembly approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Dec. 10…
U.S. Charges Four Russians With War Crimes in Ukraine
Updated Dec. 6, 2023 11:18 am ET
WASHINGTON—U.S. prosecutors accused four Russian military…
Can Washington Still Do Anything?
Can the United States government still act to solve problems and aid allies in the national…
North Carolina's Republican-led legislature overrode the governor's veto of a bill banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy.
North Carolina’s Republican-led legislature overrode the governor’s veto of a bill banning most…