In an unusual trial, the N.A.A.C.P. has sought to show a school board’s “racist intent” by proving that the names of Robert E ...

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

In her childhood, Virginia O'Hanlon penned a letter that would prove that meeting Santa is not the only way to determine if he is real.

The sweeping changes have affected everything from coal plant retirements to international diplomacy over shipping emissions.

If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities?

W arren Buffett has long been known and admired around the world for doing something that is, at its essence, mundane. He is ...

Donald Trump’s new national security strategy turns history on its head, dismissing a Europe it says faces “civilizational erasure” and praising far-right parties that Moscow supports.

Farms and cities use so much of the Colorado River's water that little remains for the river's own ecosystem. Will ...

America’s presence and the network of US bases across Europe are vital to NATO’s mutual defense guarantee, Washington’s ...

Chicago’s Mayor Brandon Johnson announced his plan to form a reparations task force ahead of the 2024 Juneteenth holiday. He called it “a pledge to shape the future of our city by confronting the ...

He was baseball’s ultimate slugger—and its biggest heel. Two decades after the steroid scandal that upended his career, ...

Uber posted an earnings beat, saw shares drop on AV worries, absorbed a $479M charge, guided in line, grew trips and users.