For a younger generation, the once-powerful protest symbol packs about as much of a punch as a smiley face.

The Grammy Award-winning singer said on Instagram that she was “starting to feel like the world doesn’t want me in it.”…

How long can a populist party support a libertarian Congress?

The ruling is expected to abolish a practice that has allowed the state’s Democratic and Republican political machines …

Guy Rivera killed Officer Jonathan Diller during a traffic stop, the police said. Mr. Rivera was also charged with atte…

Rowers in the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race this weekend have been warned of dangerously high levels of E. coli in the Riv…

The decision, which came after a legal challenge, throws into question the fate of dozens of similar measures across th…

The city’s dry gardens seem timeless, but as these relatively new versions show, their design is still evolving. They o…

But there are better ways to protect a bridge like the one that collapsed in Baltimore.

Lawmakers say preservationists held too much power over decisions on whether buildings should be demolished and what sh…

Tuff Torq Corp. of Morristown, Tenn., must pay a fine of nearly $300,000 and set aside $1.5 million in profits to compe…

A financial firm told an account owner that it had turned over her money to the state. When she filed a claim, somethin…

Pope Francis’ choice to skip the strenuous speech at the outset of Easter week immediately raised concerns about his he…

Public transportation is not necessarily more dangerous than other settings, but there are some ways that experts recom…

Well aware of how difficult conception or carrying a baby to term can be, some couples who hope to exercise a bit of co…

Prosecutors compare their new fight against Apple to the seminal case against Windows in the 1990s.

What will it take for a culture sick with its own wolfish appetite for self-exposure to try to get better?

Beyond the surface-level nonsense of the “great replacement” theory lies a more subtle issue.

There are unconfirmed reports of dead and wounded after gunfire from several attackers. Videos show people wounded on t…

A church Instagram post tapped into a long-running seam of discontent among some women, who have chafed at restrictions…

A week after agreeing to a brief delay, Manhattan’s district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, said his office’s criminal prose…

With the singer Harry Belafonte, she was one half of a celebrated (and sometimes denounced) interracial power couple wh…

Flora Steel, an art historian living in Rome, bought the brooch 36 years ago at an antiques fair. She realized its valu…

The studies, pulled because of copied data, illustrate the sluggishness of scientific publishers to address serious err…

The lawsuit seeks to overturn a system that has been under fire for years because it favors wealthier homeowners. If th…

The Apollo-Soyuz mission, amid the Cold War, broke new ground in space cooperation when an American capsule docked with…

Health care systems and affordable housing developers have a mutual financial interest in helping communities live heal…

For the Wild old Bunch of Alta, Utah, getting older means more time for the mountain. And anyone over 80 skis free.

The authorities lifted a shelter-in-place directive in Falls Township, Pa., on Saturday after the gunman fled to Trento…

The alligator, Albert Edward, had been with his owner for 34 years.

He was prolific and acclaimed, producing novels, journalism, essays, criticism, screenplays and, in a memoir, an accoun…

The island democracy urgently needs an internet backup. Mr. Musk’s total control over his Starlink service, which domin…

A large analysis in Canada finds that teenagers who had babies were twice as likely to die before age 31.

A roughly $1 billion bid from the former CNN chief Jeff Zucker and his Emirati backers raised concerns among lawmakers …

Days before the former television anchor’s new talk show debuted, his deal combusted after an interview with the site’s…

Munn said she was given the diagnosis last April, two months after negative results on a test that checked for 90 cance…

As the harm reduction approach to illegal drug use loses favor across the country, Nebraska legislators failed on Tuesd…

Nick Burks, 37, an avalanche forecaster and experienced backcountry skier, was killed while skiing in the Elkhorn Mount…

Marcia Fudge, who has led the Department of Housing and Urban Development since the early days of the Biden administrat…

Pocket-size forests filled with native plants have been embraced worldwide for their environmental benefits. Now one is…

The vote against the changes dealt a blow to a government that had hoped for an easy victory. But the outcome does not …

There’s another Middle East conflict going on, and U.S. soldiers are on the front lines of it.

The YIMBY movement isn’t just for liberals any more. Legislators from both sides of the political divide are working to…

Americans have long been attracted to the idea that we can shape reality with our will.

Liev Schreiber and Amy Ryan star in a revival of John Patrick Shanley’s moral head spinner about pride, the priesthood …

Daniel Ings has built a career playing charming, posh men. His latest role is a chaotic aristocrat in Guy Ritchie’s ser…

A new study of sinking and rising land along American coasts offers a more specific understanding of potential flooding…

The acclaimed author delves into a Modern Love essay about parenting, poetry and persistence.

With the release of Adam Sandler’s odd, middling and expensive new Netflix film, a look at space movie misfires of the …

Many artworks commissioned by the rich and powerful for their final resting places have rarely been seen by the living …

Legislators passed an amendment giving women the “guaranteed freedom” to end their pregnancies, which experts called a …

Centuries-old wooden temples, a graceful river and an unexpected chicken fixation make Lampang, in Northern Thailand, a…

It’s a showstopping kaleidoscope of bulgogi, shiitakes, bean sprouts, spinach, carrots and cucumbers, all drizzled with…

The penalty is part of a settlement of 27 cases involving safety concerns revealed during inspections of nearly two doz…

Exhibitions around the world are celebrating the art movement’s centennial and asking whether our crazy dreams can stil…

The Museo Bodoniano in Parma, Italy, is a mecca for one of the world’s most enduring, and ubiquitous, typefaces. Meet G…

Forecasters issued rare blizzard warnings as heavy, wind-driven snow began to halt travel and force ski resorts and Yos…

A big bipartisan vote in the House is the latest sign that nuclear power, a once-contentious source of energy, is now a…

The disruption followed an overnight slashing attack that wounded a conductor, and comes amid persistent complaints fro…

Voters enraged by a violent crackdown on protesters and disaffected by the failure of elections to yield substantive ch…