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You know what? Maybe we ought to reconsider this whole thing about looking for life on other worlds. It would be nice to find it, of course. But that doesn’t mean we could handle it—biologically, epidemiologically and most important, emotionally.

On March 2, 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin was sitting on a totally full bus in Montgomery, Ala., when the driver asked her and three black schoolmates give up the whole row so that a white woman could sit. According to

A deadly blast shattered a period of relative calm in Afghanistan on Monday, as the Taliban told fighters to resume operations against Afghan security forces — just days after signing a deal with Washington aimed at ushering in a new

Agnieszka Kurant’s lower Manhattan studio stands among a scattering of cultural outposts that represent some of the most recent efforts of the avant guard to grapple with our cultural moment. When I visited in late January, a gallery two doors

(Bloomberg) — Jack Welch, the champion of corporate efficiency who built General Electric Co. into one of the world’s largest companies and influenced generations of business leaders, has died. He was 84. His death was reported Monday by CNBC, which

A spokesman for the Taliban has announced its forces may resume attacks in Afghanistan. This comes after the U.S. announced a peace agreement with the group just this weekend.

The court said it would hear an appeal by 20 mainly Democratic states of a lower-court ruling that declared part of the statute unconstitutional and cast a cloud over the rest.

Eric Trump: My father would ‘destroy’ Joe Biden on the debate stage  Fox News Pete Buttigieg Drops Out of Democratic Presidential Race  The New York Times Dealing with Bernie doubt: My letter to a skeptical friend  Salon Goodbye, Pete Buttigieg. You were always

Supreme Court will decide the fate of the Affordable Care Act sometime next term, presumably after the election  CNN Supreme Court agrees to review ObamaCare challenge over funding mechanism  Fox News Supreme Court to Hear Obamacare Appeal  The New York Times Supreme Court

New York Gov. Cuomo says community transmission of coronavirus is ‘inevitable’ after confirming state’s first case  CNBC New York scaling up coronavirus tests after first reported case, Cuomo says  CBS This Morning Cuomo Reviews N.Y.’s First Coronavirus Case, Assures Public ‘It Is