In many respects, COVID-19 is all the U.S. health care system can handle, and more. As of Thursday, 159,000 Americans had succumbed to the disease. Though enormous progress has been made since the pandemic first breached U.S. defenses last winter, challenges remain. Among them is processing ...

Russia and other foreign foes continue to probe election mechanisms and the political network in this country in attempts to find ways to commit mischief electronically, it is being reported. With the presidential election three months away, that comes as no surprise. The vast majority of ...

Mistrust of law enforcement has become widespread to the point of becoming dangerous. One need not be a defender of the tiny minority of “bad cops” to recognize that. Of course they need to be purged from police and sheriff’s departments. George Floyd’s brutal death at the hands of a ...

As researchers race to develop vaccines against COVID-19, the specter of rationing is being raised by some. Among the most intelligent strategies adopted by the federal government to battle the coronavirus is the one involving vaccines. Developing them safely yet quickly is a very expensive ...

About 40% of the Americans killed by COVID-19 have been residents of nursing homes. Many of the deaths occurred during the early weeks of the epidemic, before the need for extraordinary long-term care safeguards was apparent. Many others were the result of wrongheaded action by public ...

Not the right place One Fairmont City Council member announced her re-election campaign at the group’s meeting this week. Called out on this inappropriate self-promotion, she subsequently apologized. Which is good. Another council member, Tom Hawkins, seemed to think the situation was ...