BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Political outsider Abelardo de la Espriella held a razor-thin lead in Colombia’s presidential election with nearly all the votes counted Sunday, in a runoff vote marked by people’s fears of...

I’ll give you the complex perspective. The point is that when you go into a war, or into anything else, you have to know how you start and you have to know where you...

At the time, the metaphor seemed to work because of the particular dilemmas posed by Brexit. Now it holds for other reasons, too. For the past decade, the British economy has flatlined, while its...

At the start of May, Lasher’s campaign launched something they called “Micah Mayhem.” “Mayhem” was a metaphor. Lasher’s argument for himself is fairly nerdy. When I asked him what set him apart from the...

Matthew Pitman started in the automobile-repossession industry as a teen-ager, coiling cables at a tow lot in his home town, Phoenix. This was the eighties. His boss went by Joker and wore a “badge”...

Wild Cargo Pets, situated just south of the intersection of Gun Club Road and Military Trail, in West Palm Beach, is a renowned local institution. During the past seventy-five years, the family-owned store has...

OBBUERGEN, Switzerland (AP) — High-level negotiations in Switzerland seeking a permanent end to the Iran war concluded early Monday, with lower-level talks planned for the rest of the week as Iran and the United...

LONDON (AP) — Counterterrorism detectives in Scotland were investigating after five people were injured in attacks in Edinburgh that appeared to target Muslims, police said Saturday.Police Scotland said that a 36-year-old man was arrested...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — Israeli strikes in Gaza on Saturday killed at least six people, including two children and a cameraman with broadcaster Al Jazeera, according to Palestinian health officials.Despite an October ceasefire...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A large fire almost completely destroyed a luxury resort in the Dominican Republic on Friday, forcing the evacuation of almost 1,700 tourists, authorities said.Local media reported an Italian...