The 74th annual Miss Universe pageant will be held in Bangkok on November 21. Over 100 women from around the world will be ...

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Gen Con, the biggest tabletop convention in the world, was stacked with exciting new board games. Keith Law runs down his ...

Members of the security forces belonging to Syria's new authorities and supporters of former dictator Bashar al-Assad ...

The Ripton writer, educator and environmentalist has spent decades warning us about an impending climate apocalypse. Now he offers a ray of hope in dark times.

Heretic, debater, wife-snatcher, subject of a posthumous cult: Pico della Mirandola certainly had a wild career. In this smart and rangy book, Wilson-Lee, a Cambridge don, paints a glorious portrait ...

Discover the best places in China for nature lovers, from misty mountains and tranquil lakes to ancient forests and dramatic gorges.

by Saenz F. Iction A dystopian sci-fi tale of Unit 734 (“Schema”), an AI built to enforce “peace” in the Levant by rewriting ...

The pristine white-sand beach at the foot of Ocean Avenue slopes gently into the Pacific, creating one of California’s most dog-friendly shores. Restaurants tucked into cottages and garden courtyards ...

Loudonville proudly claims the title “Canoe Capital of Ohio,” which tells you everything about the pace of life here—if your biggest claim to fame involves floating peacefully downstream, you’re doing ...

Christmas, New Year's Eve and other winter holiday season celebrations, plus more events in December in Sarasota, Manatee and ...

A video captured chaos in Washington, D.C., Halloween night, appearing to show National Guard members chasing after young people in the Navy Yard neighborhood — just hours before Mayor Muriel Bowser ...