One cannot blame the Turks for not wanting to be the world’s jailers for some of the most dangerous people on the planet. When Turkish forces invaded northern Syria to push back Kurdish separatists, they captured some facilities in which the Kurds were holding Islamic State terrorist ...

Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is raising eyebrows with a new book that provides her take on time in President Donald Trump’s administration. The volume, “With All Due Respect,” raises troubling questions about the political establishment. Haley left her post ...

This is the time of year when people will be called upon to help the most needy among us. Different groups will be holding food drives so struggling families can put fabulous holiday meals on their tables. Angel trees will be set up and people will be urged to make a dream come true for a ...

Today is Veterans Day, a day to honor all the men and women who have served in the military, whether in war or peace. Minot and a number of area communities along with others across the country will observe Veterans Day today with programs and other special ceremonies. Speakers will offer ...

Americans who leave our country to reside in another are outside the protection of our government in most ways. But the sheer horror of what happened in Mexico this week — nine women and children massacred, apparently by drug cartel terrorists — cries out for some meaningful reaction by ...

Just when you think it just may be possible that racism isn’t a problem anymore, the bigots remind us it is.     An Associated Press story this week covered two events involving the late Emmett Till.     Till was 14 when, in August 1955, he was visiting relatives in Mississippi. The ...