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I lost both legs south of Kandahar in 2011. IED buried under a goat path. I don’t talk about it much. What I talk about […]

The city was shaken Monday evening after the heartbreaking death of 20-year-old Mariana Gómez, who was killed by a stray bullet during a violent shooting […]

The search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC’s “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie, has reached a harrowing and somber crossroads that has left […]

On my thirty-ninth birthday, my parents gathered us around the backyard table and announced, almost casually, that they had “resolved” the twenty-three acres of land […]

I spent ten years in Mr. Whitaker’s house, but I was never truly part of it—just “the nurse” to his children, the invisible presence moving […]

I was checking an empty warehouse on 4th Street when I walked into the trap. A man in a black ski mask stepped from the […]

Last weekend, I took my 92-year-old dad to the mall to buy him a new pair of shoes. Afterward, we stopped by the food court […]

I left for a month-long work trip trusting my neighbor and longtime friend Lisa to take care of my house. It was a routine we […]

For most of my life, I thought I was being helpful by taking on adult responsibilities for my parents and sister. However, when they encroached […]

I remember the exact words that shattered my relationship with my son. “She’s using you as an ATM,” I snapped. “Three kids, no father in […]