Iran dismissed President Trump’s ultimatum to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz, saying it would consider electric plants and water facilities “legitimate targets” if its electrical grid were struck.

In “The Feather Wars,” James H. McCommons pays tribute to the nation’s first conservationists. By Joshua Hammer As his new memoir demonstrates, he himself would achieve fame as a visual artist, ...

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