The Kremlin finally put our imprisoned colleague Evan Gershkovich on trial, and on Friday he was sentenced to 16 years in a high-security penal colony. The charge was espionage, but there was no public evidence…

An unprecedented strain of bird flu is spreading among dairy cattle in the U.S. An outbreak of a flesh-eating bacteria has infected more than 1,000 people in Japan. At least 13 communicable diseases including measles,…

In determining their annual budget, Allen County Commissioners Tuesday approved $24,000 for the local animal shelter by using funds received from the Prairie Queen Wind Farm.  Not only that, but commissioners said they would look…

The U.S. Supreme Court did everything it could to delay its fateful and dangerous decision on presidential immunity, ignoring a December request from Special Counsel Jack Smith for a quick resolution. And then when the…

Three Western leaders made big bets — overestimating their own political skills and underestimating the anti-incumbent mood — that appear to be backfiring in rapid succession. President Biden should study what’s happening in Paris and…

Julian Assange is free after agreeing to plead guilty to a felony under the Espionage Act. Maybe a sentence of time served is enough, given his five years in British prison and his seven years…

The Supreme Court on Friday issued the kind of ruling that would once have been viewed as so obvious as to be unnecessary: Yes, the court said, judges have the constitutional authority to deny firearms…

What began as a search for adequate ballfields for the Iola High softball and baseball programs ballooned into a comprehensive flood mitigation plan for Riverside Park Monday night. “You can’t have one without the other,”…

Peter Morgan’s play “Patriots,” which ended its Broadway run Sunday, tells the backstory of the rise of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The author of “The Crown” sees the story as the arrogant folly of post-glasnost…

In case you missed it, China this week stepped up its naval harassment of an important American friend in Asia — and we don’t mean Taiwan. A serious skirmish involving the Philippine navy is a…