Technology now threatens progress as misinformation distorts our ability to tell fact from fiction and right from wrong.

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US lawmakers urged the Biden administration in a hearing on Wednesday to intensify efforts to secure the release of Americans allegedly unjustly detained in China. Representative Chris Smith and ...

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NASA’s Europa Clipper mission is scheduled for launch on October 10 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. NASA approved the ...

This fall is chock full of theater productions that tackle everything from love to memory loss to friendship. Theater critic ...