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Delegates at the World Economic Forum fear that the long period of peace and economic integration could be coming to a close.

The northbound I-5 Freeway is set to close due to the removal of two overhead signs scheduled for this week. 

Breaking out of a mindset is not easy, but this crisis, 10 years in the making, could have been avoided

Many tourist spots are shut down or blocked off during the World Economic Forum, yet there’s still plenty to do amid the clear air and mountain vistas.

“A book that profoundly moves or thrills you makes you a more sensitive person, and therefore a better one,” says the 2014 Nobel laureate, whose new book is “Scene of the Crime.” “That is its moral function.”

“A book that profoundly moves or thrills you makes you a more sensitive person, and therefore a better one,” says the 2014 Nobel laureate, whose new book is “Scene of the Crime.” “That is its moral function.”

Fully 16 years after The Road, an 89-year-old Cormac McCarthy has published two new companion novels, likely to be his last, in two months: The Passenger and Stella Maris. The very first sentence of The Passenger tells us that McCarthy is back: “It had snowed lightly in the night and her frozen hair was gold and crystalline and her eyes were frozen cold and hard as stone.” Death comes packaged in one of those commaless, conveyor-belt sentences. It is very much trademark McCarthy. But the reg...

Twilight Tubing is so popular that you need to reserve your time in advance to guarantee your place on the hill.

Twilight Tubing is so popular that you need to reserve your time in advance to guarantee your place on the hill.

Twilight Tubing is so popular that you need to reserve your time in advance to guarantee your place on the hill.