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Death may be inevitable, but that does not lessen our fear of it. Mortician and author, Caitlin Doughty, looks to transform our fears of our own…

National Literacy Month might have you thinking about your favorite stories on the printed page, but for 32 million adults in the United States, that page…

It’s been three years since the suicide of Sasha Menu Courey, a student at the University of Missouri. But revelations and questions have come to light in…

A group of Aboriginal singers get their big break—but it means traveling into the midst of the Vietnam War.Two British girls find that the Cuban Missile…

The 85-year-old justice fell in her office at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday evening. She has been hospitalized for "observation and treatment."

The late Discworld author didn't want anyone else polishing his unfinished books and publishing them after his death. So he asked for them to be crushed — and his estate manager dutifully complied.

The National Endowment for the Arts on Wednesday announced nearly $82 million in funding for arts organizations across the country. Of the 1,071 grants…

Attorneys general from eight states and the District of Columbia have launched a probe into Facebook and its market dominance. The Justice Department has also launched an antitrust review of Big Tech.

An underwater volcano is thought to have produced a sheet of pumice that stretches 58 square miles.

The power outage in India this week, which darkened the lives of nearly 700 million people, brings to mind the time I spent there. It was nearly 50 years ago, when India was still a young democracy and power outages were as common as enjoying a cup of dark, sweet Indian tea.