The setting: 1938, winter, Central Washington farm country. The snow-covered wheat fields are fallow. A group of locals has picked up the skiing craze — ski jumpers have been launching into the air in ...

He made the uncanny cool for a kid like me, whose dollhouse contained a miniature Ouija board in the child’s room and a ghost made of Kleenex and cotton balls in the attic.

Some $200 million worth of art collected by Len Riggio will be sold at Christie's in New York in May. Major works abound.

Pope Francis' recent bout with pneumonia, which landed him in the hospital for the fourth time, fueled speculation in Rome.

The bomb shattered windows at a Jimmy John’s drive-thru, injuring one of the restaurant’s employees, the Okaloosa County ...

Arthur Miller, the preeminent American playwright of the 20th century, has so many unforgettable credits to his name, ...

Harvard economist Gregory Mankiw, renowned for his textbook, recently posted on his blog: “Value-added tax (VAT) is not a ...