This past week, many of us put up Christmas lights and wreaths -- an exciting ritual ushering in festivities and merriment marking the season of giving.
"A very tall young man with broad shoulders and a trim body... his grey/blue eyes sparkle on his perfectly symmetrical face and give him a touch of mischievousness when he smiles."
Reginald Jackson drove along the desolate streets of a once-vibrant African-American neighborhood, laying out long-established racial and behavioral codes perfected in this Midwestern city.
Baby-making seems easy. There is a lot of education, even anxiety, around preventing unwanted pregnancy once we become sexually active. But many couples dealing with infertility would dispute the notion that getting pregnant is as simple as shelving birth control. Dr. Jamie Grifo, program director for NYU's Fertility Center, sees struggling couples in his clinic every day.
In death, Laquan McDonald has countless defenders, people who want justice for him. They know him as the teenager in a police dashboard camera video who is seen walking away from a police officer who, in the span of 15 seconds, shoots him 16 times.
Randi Kaye meets Sean Smith, who is speaking out after he accidentally shot and killed his sister 26 years ago. This story was first published on The Trace.
Human trafficking happens behind locked doors in hotels across the United States. The hospitality industry is being taught to recognize the signs of abuse.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced major reforms to the state's child protection agency Monday after recent tragedies, including the case of Baby Bella, the toddler whose body washed up on the shore of Boston Harbor.
My mother used to tell me that sunlight is the best disinfectant. When you shut the doors to a courtroom, you shut out the sunlight that keeps our judicial system clean and honest. Americans should be deeply concerned at any effort to bar the public -- which includes the media - from knowing what's going on inside the courts.
Massachusetts teenager Michelle Carter faces charges of involuntary manslaughter after allegedly texting her online boyfriend and urging him to commit suicide.
Throughout the history of capital punishment in America, states have reviewed and revised execution methods in the interest of finding a more "humane" option.
Jacqueline and John F. Kennedy were one of history's power couples, a dashing Democrat and an elegant wife. Take a look at photos of the couple's love story.
Last week, we learned that hackers allegedly working for the Chinese government breached personal information of some 4 million current and former federal employees. This latest episode is shocking in its scope, but security experts have long known about China's military-level cyberoffensive capabilities, with reports of an entire division of its army being devoted to cyberattacks.
