And this means we might have been thinking about the origins of syphilis in an entirely wrong way. While the French ...

“Our results push back the association of T. pallidum with humans by thousands of years, possibly more than 10,000 years ago ...

In this image made from video provided by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, Russian soldiers prepare to fire a Pion self-propelled 203 mm gun towards Ukrainian ...

Last week, The Columbian launched an updated version of our app on the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store, and it is a huge upgrade to the experience. Available on your iPhones, iPads, Android ...

The Columbian’s newsroom made progress in many ways in the past year. Last January, we merged the Camas-Washougal Post-Record newsroom with The Columbian’s to create one centralized news team that ...

NEW YORK — The U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission wants to turn America’s 250th birthday celebration into the country’s single biggest year for volunteering. But America Gives, the program unveiled ...

A supermoon rises behind an observation deck in New York City as seen from Hoboken, N.J., on Nov. 15 NEW YORK — The year’s first supermoon and meteor shower will sync up in January skies, but the ...

Archie Bunker, on the sitcom “All in the Family,” gave his son-in-law Michael Stivic a nickname that Archie defined as “dead from the neck up.” Rob Reiner, who portrayed Michael on that show, was ...

Gift-exchange games are popular at Christmas, and for those brainstorming practical or prank gifts, magazines and craft-websites have compiled affordable options for this holiday season. If you've put ...

James Denaro works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) NEW YORK — Stocks rose in morning trading on Wall Street Monday at the start ...

White Elephant. Yankee Swap. Dirty Santa. The name differs from party to party, but the object of the game is the same: Give, swap and try to end the night with the best present. If you’re looking for ...

U.S.-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) is introducing stock trading and incorporating prediction markets, along with a slew of other new products and assets that aims to cement the ...