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The world’s largest and most powerful space telescope rocketed away Saturday on a high-stakes quest to behold light from the first stars and galaxies and scour the universe for hints of life. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope soared from French

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The decision to open The Tragedy of Macbeth in theaters on Christmas Day—like releasing a murder of anxious, captive crows into the sky—has to be one of the most perverse marketing strategies of recent years. It’s also brilliant and perfect,

Miami and New York City are racing to become the country’s next “crypto capital” at a time when many see virtual currencies as the future of finance. (Image credit: Lynne Sladky/AP; Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Much was made of the “death” of political comedy during the Trump years. Satire and parody, many argued, need foils of real-world respectability. And Donald Trump, the GOP’s new lodestar, has pretty much dispensed with the conventions of political decorum.

The pope, in his annual Christmas message, highlighted the social impact of the pandemic while reiterating his previous calls for equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines.

Mohammad Eslami insists Tehran will not further approach weapons-grade uranium should efforts to restore the 2015 accord collapse

The James Webb Space Telescope is set to take off from French Guinea around 7:20 a.m. ET on Saturday. The NASA mission is decades in the making and should reveal the earliest galaxies in the universe. (Image credit: ESA-M.Pedoussaut)

Once a hot spot of Covid-19 deaths, the region now leads much of the world in vaccinations, as health policy makers rush to shield their countries from new variants roiling other places.

To some who are steadfastly opposed to the shot, the evasiveness of the coronavirus has only reaffirmed their stance.