WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats kept their promise to reject any Republican spending bill that didn’t extend or restore health care benefits, choosing instead to force a government shutdown. Now ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new report on book bans in U.S. schools finds Stephen King as the author most likely to be censored and the country divided between states actively restricting works and those ...

Kleinfontein has strict rules for who can live there (Picture: Per-Anders Pettersson for The Washington Post via Getty Images) In a private gated neighbourhood just half an hour’s drive from ...

It happens when you least expect it you are walking happily, and suddenly, something drops on you from the sky. At first, it feels disgusting. Then someone tells you, “It’s good luck!” This strange ...