River dredging near Chernobyl could send radioactive waste into water table, scientists warn

How to help dogs and cats manage separation anxiety when their humans return to work

Hero pay for hero workers?

Congress passes a half-assed COVID relief bill

The D.C. political monopoly just does not get it

With primaries more than a year away, N.Y. Dem leader warns AOC: Don't challenge Schumer

Attorney for Blackwater murder victim: Trump's pardons "a slap in the face" to U.S. justice

Robert Reich on Trump’s vilest legacy

The final, desperate days of our psychopath in chief: How bad will it get?

Dreamy-smooth hummus from a kitchen oops

Ted Cruz defends push to help his wealthy political donors get pandemic relief money

Mitch McConnell blocks Bernie Sanders' attempt to vote on $2,000 stimulus checks

Are the Trumpers headed for history's dumpster? Don't count on it

More than 2,900 health care workers died this year — and the government barely kept track

Why I'm adding pickled shiso to — well, everything

Calling COVID-19 crisis a "wake-up call," WHO experts warn next pandemic could be even worse

Biden confirms his transition team's been hit with “obstruction” from Trump's White House, Pentagon

Searching for ethical sugar

In 2020, TV and film still couldn’t get abortion right

Trump is fuming at Melania, demanding her renovations at Mar-a-Lago be removed immediately: report

The Trump administration spent millions on border wall contracts to build on land it doesn't own

Little house of maybe: "American Masters" on fact, fiction and the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder

Best of 2020: Road trip to Powder Keg City — and the collapse of Seattle's autonomous zone

"Maternal hostility" may predict whether one mistreats their adult romantic partners