Each fall, golfers in cooler climates invoke the "leaf rule" to lobby for a free drop when they can’t find their ball under a pile of foliage. Some use it as a concession to appease a frustrated ...

Three decades ago, financial adviser Bill Bengen created a retirement principle called the 4% rule. It went viral. Now, the rule is getting an update. The 4% rule says you should plan to spend 4% of ...

Far from being a new debate brought on by current events, the discussion over extending home rule to Washingtonians has been around as long as the District of Columbia itself History of Now Meilan ...

President Trump on Monday announced he was taking federal control of D.C.’s police department and deploying the National Guard in the city in an attempt to fight crime. “Our capital city has been ...

Section 1. Crime is out of control in the District of Columbia. Washington, District of Columbia, is our Nation’s capital and home to the central institutions of American governance. Yet rising ...

Archaeologists in Poland discovered 5,500-year-old tombs dubbed “Polish pyramids.” The oversized graves feature earthen mounds in a trapezoidal shape, some stretching 656 feet in length. The scene ...

Do you remember a time when you felt a sudden urge to buy something just because it was on sale? But then you waited a few days and avoided that impulse buy that you might have regretted later? That ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

If a child has health insurance through both parents, the birthday rule determines which parent's coverage pays first and which pays second. The birthday rule for health insurance says coverage of the ...

This rhetorical concept posits that three is the lowest number where humans begin to recognize patterns. As such, it serves as the backbone for effectively conveying ideas and stories, whether it’s as ...

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On the final day of next week’s MLB Winter Meetings, all 30 teams will gather in a hotel meeting space for the most frenetic hour of the week — the Rule 5 draft. Last year, 10 players were selected in ...