Ndeye Lam visits the cemetery often, praying and gently touching the seashells laid out across her daughter's gravesite.

Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, the ascetic bachelor and New Hampshire Republican who became a favorite of ...

Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass and ...

A federal judge in Vermont on Friday released a Turkish Tufts University student detained in a Louisiana immigration center ...

A set of ancient wooden spears may be younger than scientists thought and wielded by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors.

Chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks, a new study shows.

The new head of the federal agency tasked with responding to disasters across the country warned staff in a meeting Friday ...

For years, Ambrealle Brown was forced to put her dreams of becoming a nurse on hold due to a life-threatening kidney disease ...

Three of Decatur’s most iconic and historic buildings are getting funding help from the state while Somerville is getting ...

Long before he was of driving age, James Banks always looked forward to a visit from his uncle, who would arrive at his ...

A playdate between the world's tallest and smallest living dogs went the way of most dog park encounters despite the 3-foot ...

Throngs of dachshunds strut their stubby stuff in Hungary on Thursday as they tried to fetch a record for the country's ...