The involvement of a seemingly decent human being in the 2016 election campaign left American voters stunned and deeply bewildered on Saturday. The man’s evident failure to be the target of fraud lawsuits, sexual-harassment claims, or federal crimina ...

Instead, the IOC has called on sports federations to carry out assessments on individual athletes to determine whether they can compete, amid state-sponsored doping allegations.

Written in ancient Greece at a time of major political decay, Plato’s Republic is becoming increasingly relevant for anyone who cares about justice.

July 23rd marks the date of Grateful Dead keyboardists Keith Godchaux’s tragic death and Brent Mydland’s final show with the legendary band.

Central Park was conceived as “social salve” to ease tensions between existing residents and newcomers, a historian writes. Did it work?

Just as Snow White taught you, you should never trust a mirror. This piece of sorcery features a mirror that seemingly turns squares into circles, then vice versa. But interestingly, it's not strictly the mirror that is fooling you – it's a ...

At a recent Chicago show, the band, oddly humble, seemed to be at pains to show they weren't a joke anymore.

She needs to understand why many Americans don't regard her the way she regards herself.

The government is raising the limit on the number of patients a doctor can treat for opioid addiction using the drug buprenorphine to 275 from 100. The move expands office-based treatment options.

Do echinacea & Vitamin C kill colds? Will turmeric, goji berries or wheatgrass help you live to 150? See which health supplements are and aren't backed by science in this interactive chart.

Since Aristotle’s Metaphysics, Western philosophers and logicians have with few exceptions viewed contradictions as unacceptable, simply incapable of being true. But certain logical paradoxes demonstrate that some contradictions aren’t so easily dism ...

A street corner in California had been a seismologist pilgrimage site for decades.

The typical world map that hangs on the walls of classrooms is essentially obsolete, says the author of a new book.

About 100 people in the U.S. drown after being sucked out to sea in rips each year, and new research has experts arguing over how best to escape them.

Iqaluit shot to prominence in 1995 as the capital for a bold endeavour in Inuit self-government. But their fight to carve out a modern city that still pays tribute to ancient traditions had just begun.

The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, said on Tuesday that the F.B.I. was recommending no charges against Hillary Clinton for her use of a personal email server while secretary of state. Mr. Comey said that “no reasonable prosecutor” would bring a cas ...

The biggest question of the N.B.A. off-season was answered Monday when Kevin Durant, one of the best players ever to hit unrestricted free agency in any sport, agreed to join the Golden State Warriors. Durant’s decision to leave the Oklahoma City Thu ...

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Canada is often mistaken for a cultural monolith, full of hosers in toques clutching double-doubles. The reality, of course, is quite the reverse – so here’s a tongue-in-cheek guide to the different characters of its cities.

The most important—and nebulous—freedom that’s up for grabs in 2016 and beyond is this: the freedom not to be the exemplar of your race, gender, sexual orientation, political affiliation, hair color, height, gluten sensitivity, etc. In other words, t ...