In today's LTE Donald Plummer seems to have a defeatist attitude about great empires doomed to failure. A quick look at those he listed I found a common thread: corruption, weak leadership, ...

Denmark's state-run postal service is dismantling its iconic red mailboxes and will end letter delivery service on December 30. Henrik Petit / PostNord Denmark’s cheery, bright red mailboxes are an ...

Hooray for the Santa Barbara Historic Landmarks Commission’s measured criticism of the pink mixed-use project at 813 Garden St., as reported in the Dec. 17 article, “Santa Barbara Commission Deems ...

The institution has tried to work with the administration’s demands that it present a more uplifting view of American history. By Graham Bowley The Trump administration on Thursday scolded the ...

PBS sent a letter to the Arkansas Educational Television Commission Wednesday expressing surprise about the commission’s plan to drop PBS programming and are encouraging it to reconsider the decision.

The Toronto Blue Jays are coming off a World Series appearance and spent big this offseason to get back. They signed Dylan Cease to a seven-year, $210 million deal and added Tyler Rogers on a ...

Braydon Fisher wasn't supposed to be this good in his rookie season. The scouting reports on the 25-year-old right-hander always mentioned his power arm but questioned whether he could throw enough ...

To the editor: The fight over the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration reminds me of the unsuccessful battle to save the Ambassador Hotel (“Fixing this downtown L.A. building would cost $700 million, ...

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (WCBD) — The holiday season is here, and the City of Folly Beach is offering kids a direct line to the North Pole ahead of Christmas. A red mailbox has been set up at 106 W. Cooper ...

A man with a long history of arrests is now accused of killing a woman during a home invasion in a quiet San Francisco neighborhood, a case that is renewing scrutiny of California’s mental-health ...

Commendations and thanks are due to the young man who was staffing the customer service counter at the Eagle River Fred Meyer the morning of Nov. 29. As I was shopping, I noticed a man lying in one of ...