Catherine Putz is managing editor of The Diplomat. Catherine (Katie) Putz is managing editor of The Diplomat. She manages the monthly magazine as well as writing on Central Asia and Afghanistan.

Tim Walz—Minnesota’s flannel-wearing, video-rewinding, all-American dad—has always been the poster child for wholesome Midwestern values. You know the type: the guy who brings hot dish to every ...

LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) — A 78-acre site in Leander that was supposed to become a $1 billion mixed-use project centered around a four-acre lagoon sits empty today, nearly four years after plans ...

Health care Debra Sukin announced as new CEO over ... Education Amid statewide low math scores, Leander ISD ... Phase 1 of the Leander High School Master Plan Redesign will include adding and ...

LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) — A Leander bridal shop recently closed because of missing rent payments. The closure happened at the same time the business, Lace & Grace Bridal Boutique, received ...

Leander Smith died on July 23. He was 80 years old. He was preceded in death by his mother, Cynthia Archibald; father, Henry Smith Sr.; and son, Leander Smith Jr. He is survived by his daughter, ...

It's a temporary situation after her family's home on Cherry Hollow Crossing in Leander caught fire and was destroyed earlier this month. "It's just been a blur," Pamela Heiner said. "The place is ...

A Leander teenager was left behind as the sole immediate survivor of an Indian-origin family that died in a two-car wreck in Texas on August 14. A car crash in Central Texas this week killed five ...