• Editorial cartoon Roundup for Friday, April 19, 2024

    Editorial cartoonists share views on the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump.

  • Weekend Roundup: Sound Off

    Thank you for supporting local news in D.C.Washington City Paper is reader-supported, and we’re counting on you! Home | Arts Guide | Best of D.C. More than 200 counties in […]

  • EDITORIAL — Secret deal

    Finally breaking his silence on a raging controversy, Rodrigo Duterte discussed reports that during his presidency, he had entered into a gentleman’s agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping that compromised Philippine sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea.

  • Crossword roundup: to fool or not to fool?

    How committed are puzzles to providing extra tricks on April Fools’ Day?In the sample clues below, the links take you to explainers from our beginners series. The setter’s name often links to an interview with him or her, in case you feel like getting to know these people better.Last year, late in April, we looked at 2023’s April Fools’ puzzles and noted something cheering. After years of apparent April Fools’ fatigue, setters had found still new ways of adding extra misdirection and short-lived...

  • Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: The aftermath

    Abbreviated Pundit Roundup is a long-running series published every morning that collects essential political discussion and analysis around the internet. We begin today with Annie Karni of The New York Times writing that House Speaker Mike Johnson now has a status within the Republican Party equivalent to former Vice President Mike Pence due to the House passage of funding for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan yesterday. When Mr. Pence refused former President Donald J. Trump’s demands that he...

  • Vermilion Parish baseball roundup

    The Kaplan Pirates got the win it needed to secure a playoff berth after crushing the Westminsters Crusaders earlier this week. Before this weekend, it was the 13th win of the season for Kaplan. The big stick in the game was Karter Meaux. He had three hits in three at-bats in Kaplan’s 11-1 win. He had a double in the first, second, and fourth innings. Kaplan scored five runs in the first inning. Remi Broussard doubled and scored Aiden Gaspard, tying the game 1-1 in the first inning. Hayes Mire...

  • LaDuke: Bayer, Roundup and the Nazis

    A column by Winona LaDuke, an Ojibwe writer and economist on Minnesota’s White Earth Reservation. She also is co-curator of the Giiwedinong Museum in Park Rapids, Minnesota.

  • Research Roundup: Searching the stars and the brain

    Recent research saw the construction of the world’s largest astronomical digital camera, the discovery of a possible new epilepsy treatment, and the development of AI models to assist patient health monitoring in hospitals.

  • Today in Denmark: A roundup of the news on Monday

    Police destroy Billund bomb threat object, fire services finish work at Børsen, cold nights likely to make roads icy this week and more news from Denmark on Monday.

  • Editorial: Lahaina report is chance to learn

    A report making a meticulous dissection of the timeline for the Lahaina fire disaster of Aug. 8 has been released by Hawaii’s attorney general, documenting the events of that tragic day and night. Developed from a comprehensive investigation by the Fire Safety Research Institute, it holds great value for Maui County and the entire state in detailing particulars of the fire’s spread, with its deadly consequences, and of the county’s haphazard response.

  • Today in Denmark: A roundup of the news on Friday

    Stock exchange façade collapses, police seize thousands of cars from reckless drivers, Copenhagen's Palads building closer to demolition and more news from Denmark on Friday.

  • EDITORIAL: Biden's internet power grab

    The Federal Communications Commission will vote next week on “net neutrality” rules designed to give the feds even more leverage than they already do over online platforms.