George Will misses the era when celebrities were real people. You know, when you could mail a letter to your favorite famous ...

In the late 19th century, a letter addressed to “Mark Twain, God Knows Where” was delivered to him. That was celebrity before ...

Ron Chernow traces the life of a profound, unpredictable and irascibly witty writer.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow is known for writing massive biographies of the country’s most enduring figures, ...

Samuel Langhorne Clemens may well have led a happier life if he had remained a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi. But then ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick is a new novel from Ocean Vuong, one of the country’s most admired ...

Allergy-inducing plants are those that rely on wind rather than bees or butterflies to spread their pollen. Ragweed, which ...

President Trump announced today that the U.S. would end its sanctions on Syria, which have effectively cut it off from ...

An Australian local government has decided against repairing an often-vandalized monument to renowned British explorer James ...

At least 22 children were killed in Gaza overnight Tuesday and early Wednesday in a punishing series of Israeli airstrikes on ...

The U.S. needs global trade. However, the country needs to be smart about the policies around it, including tariffs, one local expert says.

Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party is introducing a bill that would allow the government to monitor, restrict, and penalize organizations it deems a threat to national sovereignty. The measure is a ...