I have taught at George Washington University for 35 years, and I always read the anonymous reviews we get from students. This spring, one student wrote that the course I offer in feature writing ­— really storytelling — was the “hardest and the best” class they’d taken in ...

Nation New York Man falls to his death during MSG concert NEW YORK — A 51-year-old Connecticut man fell to his death from an upper deck of Madison Square Garden during a Goose rock concert Saturday night, police said. Officers responding to a 911 call around 9:51 p.m. found the man ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that federal authorities had made “multiple arrests” of people he said were vandalizing the Reflecting Pool as he struggled to explain why the $14-million-plus rehabilitation project he launched for the nation’s 250th ...

PARIS (AP) — France endured sizzling temperatures on Sunday, with trains, concerts and sports events canceled and authorities cracking down on drinking alcohol in public, as an exceptional heat wave unfurled across parts of Europe. Multiple drownings were reported as people sought relief in ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A spate of shootings in Chicago has led to at least seven deaths and 38 injuries since Friday evening, police say, prompting President Donald Trump to renew his call for a military intervention in the nation’s third-largest city. “Why isn’t Governor Pritzker calling me ...

Swiss voters went to the polls last Sunday and resoundingly rejected capping the country’s rapidly growing population at 10 million by limiting immigration. Congratulations to the Swiss for staging a national conversation over immigration -— something the United States urgently needs to ...