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Free Press Opinion: Mexican president sends the wrong signal

A potential confrontation between the U.S. and Mexico is brewing.

Times Opinion: Trump is the real threat to fair US elections

Thursday night, Donald Trump launched into a primetime TV diatribe rehashing his obsession with the idea that the 2020 election was stolen from…

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Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for July 3, 2026.

Iran attacks Bahrain and Kuwait following US strikes and threatens to halt talks

Iran again launched drone and missile attacks targeting Bahrain and Kuwait on Sunday following new U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic Republic,…

Times Opinion: US military leaders are enabling Trump’s lawlessness

In January, the United States sent military forces into Venezuela, killing more than 50 people, to capture Nicolás Maduro to face federal charge…

More than half of Latin Americans deported from US to Congo are now back home

More than half of the 15 Latin Americans deported in April to Congo under the Trump administration’s widely criticized crackdown on migrants hav…

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Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for June 6, 2026.

Women are the first caregivers in this Ebola outbreak and the most at risk

Women in eastern Congo are often the first caregivers when family members fall ill. That puts them at high risk during this Ebola outbreak of a…

What to know about the New World screwworm fly and its reappearance in the US

The New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry for the first time in more than a half century, with an infesta…

City to donate former Airport Inn as homeless shelter, increase beds by 66%

The former Airport Inn is set to become a shelter, dramatically increasing the number of available beds for families experiencing homelessness i…

Free Press Opinion: A lesson in how to prosper for the likes of AOC

I am not an economist, but I do have some personal experience with the principles of economics and the rules that allow especially Americans to…

Florida sheriff identifies body found in Tampa Bay as 2nd missing student from Bangladesh

A body found in Tampa Bay has been identified as the second missing University of South Florida doctoral student from Bangladesh, a sheriff said…

Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi hospitalized after a health crisis in prison

Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been urgently transferred from prison to a hospital in northwestern Iran after…

Free Press Opinion: American blockade ramps up the pressure on Iran

Iran is again playing the four-corners stall game with its latest peace proposal -- a sign that American leverage is paying off. President Donal…

Palestinians vote in local elections in West Bank and part of Gaza

Palestinians voted on Saturday in the first elections held in part of Gaza in more than two decades, while tens of thousands of Palestinians cas…

$3.75M settlement reached over Chattanooga Heart Institute data breach

The Chattanooga Heart Institute will pay up to $3.75 million after agreeing to a settlement following a data breach and subsequent federal class…

Red Bank opens Godsey Ridge trail system

There were about as many bikes as there were cars parked outside Red Bank's community center as the city celebrated the opening of the Godsey Ri…

Erlanger partners with North River Future Ready Center to create nursing institute

Hamilton County high schoolers can now earn a licensed practical nurse certification through a new partnership with Erlanger Health at the North…