Every Day Is Jan. 6 Now  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.  It is separate from the newsroom.  —  One year after from the smoke and broken glass, the mock gallows and the very real bloodshed …

A Nation on Hold Wants to Speak With a Manager  —  In our anger-filled age, when people need to shop or travel or cope with mild disappointment they're “devolving into children.”  —  Nerves at the grocery store were already frayed, in the way of these things as the pandemic slouches toward its third year, when the customer arrived.

Official: Nearly 1K homes destroyed in Colorado wildfire  —  SUPERIOR, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado official says nearly 1,000 homes were destroyed, hundreds more were damaged, and that three people are missing after a wildfire charred numerous neighborhoods in a suburban area at the base of the Rocky Mountains northwest of Denver.

When They Warn of Rare Disorders, These Prenatal Tests Are Usually Wrong  —  Some of the tests look for missing snippets of chromosomes.  For every 15 times they correctly find a problem ...  After a year of fertility treatments, Yael Geller was thrilled when she found out she was pregnant in November 2020.

The New Political Cry in South Korea: ‘Out With Man Haters’  —  After slow gains in women's rights, the country is facing a type of political correctness enforced by young men angry at feminists, saying they undermine opportunity.  —  SEOUL — They have shown up whenever women rallied …

The Return of the Urban Firestorm  —  What happened in Colorado was something much scarier than a wildfire.  —  On Thursday afternoon, in the space of a few hours just a day before the new year, 100-plus mile-per-hour winds carried the most destructive fire in Colorado history through …

Many surprise medical bills are now illegal  —  Effective today, federal law bans many types of out-of-network medical bills and puts the onus on doctors and health insurance companies to resolve their payment disputes.  —  Why it matters: Consumers can breathe a sigh of relief because …

D.C. courts ‘sound the alarm’ on judicial vacancies as local officials demand movement in Senate  —  On its last day of business in 2021, the Senate confirmed dozens of President Biden's judicial nominees waiting to get to work.  —  Not a single one of them went to the local D.C. courts …

Shaken by the Jan. 6 attack, Capitol workers quit jobs that once made them proud … The House staffer quit after awakening one night and imagining a pack of Proud Boys amassing outside his apartment door.  Another left after questioning whether strangers he encountered had helped plot the insurrection.

In nation at war with itself, one town tries cup of civility  —  LOVETTSVILLE, Va. (AP) — When Maureen Donnelly Morris came from nearby Leesburg to open her café in Lovettsville, she got a warm welcome.  Neighbors rallied to her aid.  Divisions ripping at their town and their country were set aside.

The left is already looking to 2024.  Some want to see a Biden primary challenge.  —  When Joe Biden first came into office, progressives said he could be the next FDR.  —  Now, as Biden's relationship with the left has come under strain, liberals are talking about treating …

Who Won in Afghanistan?  Private Contractors  —  The U.S. military spent $14 trillion during two decades of war; those who benefited range from major manufacturers to entrepreneurs  —  The U.S. lost its 20-year campaign to transform Afghanistan.  Many contractors won big.

Republicans aim to sow outrage, Trump-style, with an eye on 2022 midterms  —  Republicans embrace the culture war battles Trump waged, as a strategy for winning back control of the House and Senate  —  The debate was ostensibly over a stop-gap spending bill that would avert a government shutdown.