China will soon start collecting a value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and products for the first time in over three decades, a move aligned with Beijing’s effort to get families to have more ...

This season’s early snowfall shoveling might remind some of a relentless winter from almost 50 years ago when Chicago experienced its most snow ever: almost 90 inches of it.

Tennessee is preparing to execute Harold Wayne Nichols by lethal injection on Thursday for the 1988 rape and murder of Karen ...

Some of the most recognizable artwork depicting the American West is heading to auction at Christie’s, where dozens of pieces ...

After decades of political maneuvering through Congress and government agencies, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina may finally achieve federal recognition through the National Defense ...

Bust out the multicolored lights and mismatched bulbs — “tacky Christmas” is officially back, and it’s louder, brighter and ...

Chicago budget clash taken to airways, social media in latest push for resolution “A shutdown benefits nobody, least of all ...

Ordinary and universal, the act of writing changes the brain. From dashing off a heated text message to composing an op-ed, writing allows you to, at once, name your ...

Elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame more than 17 years after his final game, Jeff Kent couldn’t control his emotions.

The Environmental Protection Agency warns that idling contributes to air pollution and burns fuel without moving the car.

About a third of Hong Kong ‘s registered voters elected a new 90-member legislature Sunday, a turnout that avoided an ...

It used to be that there was a clear demarcation between a coupe and sedan: one had two doors, the other had four. But the ...