It was fitting that when Pope Leo XIV was elected, the Italian Open tennis tournament was being played just up the road from ...

As US and China begin trade talks in Geneva, Trump's tariff hammer looks less mighty than he claims ...

Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, the ascetic bachelor and New Hampshire Republican who became a favorite of ...

Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass and ...

Chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks, a new study shows.

The new head of the federal agency tasked with responding to disasters across the country warned staff in a meeting Friday ...

A federal judge in Vermont on Friday released a Turkish Tufts University student detained in a Louisiana immigration center ...

A set of ancient wooden spears may be younger than scientists thought and wielded by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors.

For years, Ambrealle Brown was forced to put her dreams of becoming a nurse on hold due to a life-threatening kidney disease ...

Ndeye Lam visits the cemetery often, praying and gently touching the seashells laid out across her daughter's gravesite.

Three of Decatur’s most iconic and historic buildings are getting funding help from the state while Somerville is getting ...

Kurtistyne White with students who participate in Decatur Youth Services' tutoring program. "She inspires me to be a better ...