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Victor Navasky, an award-winning author and journalist who for years presided over the liberal weekly The Nation and wrote influential books on anti-Communist blacklisting and Robert F. Kennedy’s justice department, has died at age 90. Navasky’s death was confirmed Tuesday by a spokesperson at The Nation, who did not immediately …

While answering questions on his handling of classified documents, President Biden told reporters on Thursday: “There’s no there there.” But what does the saying mean? The phrase originates from author Gertrude Stein’s 1937 autobiography, “Everybody’s Autobiography.” Describing her childhood home, Stein wrote: “…what was the use of my having come from …

A Connecticut woman has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for suffocating her 8-year-old son and then setting their house on fire, New Haven State’s Attorney Office said Tuesday. Prosecutors said Karin Ziolkowski suffocated her son, Elijah, in their Meriden home on Nov. 14, 2016 and then used tiki …