“T he art of life lies in taking pleasures as they pass,” said the ancient Greek philosopher Aristippus, “and the keenest ...

Dogs are so numerous in New York, indeed, that they have already become a nuisance,” the journalist Charles Dawson Shanly ...

Even the camera seems to fear the grunting, shadowy demon in Nosferatu.

The state raised the minimum wage for fast-food workers—and employment kept rising. So why has the law been proclaimed a ...

Depictions of a quiet, peaceful manger scene miss the point of Christmas.

New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have found a record-breaking distant galaxy observed just 290 million years ...

For centuries, eggnog has been a part of America’s Christmas festivities. George Washington was rumored to have his own ...

The protagonists of "Babygirl" and "Black Doves" are stuck in their “perfect” lives—and find illicit fulfillment outside them ...

The problems start with the New York Police Department. The nation’s largest police force, the NYPD numbers some 33,000 sworn ...

The president has commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row to life without parole, a historic move.

I’m typically quiet and mind my own business. But in recent weeks, I’ve been having conflicts with people over minor things.