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WASHINGTON -- It’s been nearly four months since Congress let the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to auction spectrum lapse, potentially hindering the deployment of broadband or expanding 5G capabilities.

When shots ring out on the South and West sides of Chicago, Sam Castro and his team at the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago race to the scene of the shooting and to the hospital where emergency responders are treating the gunshot victim.

Reader Barb A. writes, “Thank you for the article you wrote about how it’s not just about what you eat, but when you eat it. I am 69 and had been slowly gaining weight the last few years. I struggled. I only ate two small to average meals a day,…

Maybe it’s time for Josh Hawley to get out of the history business.

In his July 4 ruling blocking the Biden administration from communicating with social media companies on issues of content, Louisiana Federal Judge Terry Doughty quickly showed himself to be a deeply unserious jurist, writing that the case “arguably involves the most massive attack against free speech in United States’ history.”…

The Supreme Court just acted to get rid of decades-long practices at colleges and universities that have been an illegal, unconstitutional, unprincipled means of discriminating against qualified applicants wanting entry as students. Some instead granted admission in accordance with skin color, which happened in this case to be black, the…

On hole 11 of Canal Shores Golf Course in Evanston, Illinois, nestled in a grove of old growth trees, sits a bright red telephone booth — fashioned after Britain’s red phone boxes, complete with glass doors and intricate gold royal crowns.

We commend Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. His recent choice to appear in a new ad for Bud Light could not have been an easy decision.

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm a homebuilder and have begun experiencing numbness and tingling in my hands. Sometimes I drop things because I can't get a good grip. A friend suggested I might have carpal tunnel syndrome. But doesn't that mostly affect people who use computers all day? Can you explain…