David Gauvey Herbert

Last week, Fox News anchor Sean Hannity reheated the long-cold conspiracy theory connecting the murder of Seth Rich, a 27-year-old staffer at the Democratic National Committee, to WikiLeaks’ publication of stolen DNC emails. As the controversy around the cruel, debunked story has swirled, most coverage has focused on Hannity, who aggressively promoted the story before retreating on May 23.

Western governments and NGOs have spent billions chasing Africa’s most wanted warlord. Joseph Kony has slipped away, and now the West is packing up its six-shooters. Were they just playing cowboys and Indians?

Undocumented immigrant from the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia or Dutch Antilles? A 2001 Supreme Court ruling says you’re in luck.

Canadians (and a few Americans) love Porter. Justin Trudeau and Air Canada want to shoot it down. Another glass of wine, eh?

Is a $15 electric kettle the key to luring Chinese tourists? A growing number of US hotel chains think so.

Kampala, Uganda

As Americans get ready to fire up the grill for the Fourth of July weekend, they might hop in their SUVs, park at the nearest big box store, roll a massive shopping cart through a wide aisle towards the meat case, compare the prices of packaged beef on display, and in the vein of Clara Peller, exclaim, “Where’s the cheap beef?”

BERLIN–Providing as many cabs to as many rain-soaked drunks as possible is the challenge at the heart of the taxi app wars. The much-maligned surge-pricing model favored by Uber and Lyft is designed to get more drivers on the roads when they are needed– or at least push thrifty or less-affluent passengers to other forms of transit.