Whopping Cough was once nearly extinct, but wealthy, often highly educated parents have brought it back under the influence of a pernicious form of fashionable thought.

A round-up of prominent reactions to the President’s speech from the Arab press.

Hundreds of Western jihadis were turned away—thousands more made it through. What happens when they head home?

France will blow past its deficit cap for a third time thanks to a weak economy and slow growth. This instability, even if only indirectly, will help the rise of the country’s far-right critics.

Following a long-running price dispute, Russia shut off gas flows to Ukraine in June. Now, Gazprom is reporting a 41 percent loss in first quarter earnings.

Technology giants and executives do a very good job of raising their kids to use technology responsibly and sparingly—all while they promote and profit from the public’s indiscriminate use.

Tuareg fighters, prominent in Qaddafi’s Libya and Mali’s Civil War, may have been discovered among Boko Haram militants in Nigeria.

The Department of Energy just gave the final go ahead for two new liquified natural gas export terminals in Florida and Louisiana. America’s shale gas is going global.

A federal minimum wage would impose a fixed standard on a country with significant variations in the cost of living. Doing so hurts businesses where it’s too high and workers where it’s too low.

The UN has responded to a 2008 Japanese territorial claim in disputed waters, calling for Tokyo’s control of a large area surrounding the remote Okinotori Island. On the same day, Chinese President Xi announced a major push to shore up China-U.S. relations. How he responds to the news from Japan will serve as an early test of how serious he is.