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The Booker-winning author on starting late as a writer, her clear recall of growing up in Cairo, and the TV programme that kept her going during lockdown Penelope Lively, the author of many novels and short story collect...

A world obsessed with women's hyper-visibility can dispatch them so swiftly to invisibility.

"I've learned a lot by going through what happened and why. I hope others do, too." The post Her unexplained jitteriness and weight loss were telling clues appeared first on Boston.com.

But many panel members said J. & J. recipients might also benefit from the option of a Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna booster, an action that an F.D.A. official said was possible.

Former president to remain in California hospital at least another night, his spokesperson said Friday The former US president Bill Clinton's health is improving but he will remain in a California hospital for at least a...

The "Modern Family" actor visited Patriot Place this week to kick off the cranberry co-op's harvest campaign. The post Jesse Tyler Ferguson visited Foxborough Ocean Spray bog appeared first on Boston.com.

Readers debate whether solar geoengineering, advocated in a guest essay, is a good way to address global warming.

Ken Kurson allegedly hacked into his estranged wife's online accounts during a bitter divorce.

An ethics group filed a complaint Friday accusing White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki of violating the Hatch Act by praising Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe on Thursday.

The man who died contracted the coronavirus while awaiting trial on weapons charges after being unable to post $100,000 bail, his lawyer said.

Police believe a bow-and-arrow attack that killed five may have been as a result of mental illness.

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder after a teenage student was fatally stabbed on a playing field in Twickenham, southwest London.

SubwayCreatures, a popular Instagram account, offers a voyeuristic look at New York's bizarre and wacky underground.

Ten people were mistakenly killed by the US military in a drone strike on the Afghan capital.

The two sisters were spotted near the United States-Mexico border holding a sign with their aunt's name and address attached.

Two of Africa's Covid experts are clearing out their desks and counting the hours as they prepare to take up new roles offered to them overseas.

Pentagon says it is also working to relocate any of those relatives to the US, almost two months after Kabul strike The Pentagon has offered unspecified condolence payments to the family of 10 civilians who were killed i...

President Biden raised eyebrows Friday when he praised former Senator Chris Dodd and inadvertently referenced an episode of alleged sexual assault involving Dodd and the late Sen. Ted Kennedy.

After four years of trade wars and 18 months of trashing various sectors of the economy in the name of "fighting COVID-19," all while cranking up the fiat currency printing press and handing out fat stacks of money to al...

The US has promised condolence payments to the relatives of 10 civilians killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan.

No charges have been filed, and speed is not believed to be a factor in the crash, according to police. The post Police: Car struck 12-year-old, seriously injuring boy appeared first on Boston.com.

Taiwan's Defense Minister, former general Chiu Kuo-cheng, stood in front of the island's legislature last week and made a dire prediction -- by 2025, China will be able to mount a "full-scale" invasion of Taiwan.