NEW YORK — As a prominent advocate for human rights, the poet Rose Styron knew well the abuses in Fidel...
The famed dabbawalas of Mumbai are celebrating the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's baby with the Indian tradition of passing out sweets.
Luxury fashion is all about breaking codes, creating a new, irresistible message that captivates consumers. But some of the globe's top brands have raised eyebrows with designs that have racist connotations.
French author Patrick Modiano, 69, whose novel "Rue des Boutiques Obscures" — English title: "Missing Person" — won the prestigious Prix Goncourt in 1978.
How do you measure a chicken's happiness? Is it in the way it runs for food? How much time it spends preening?
Conceptual artist Charles Gaines is the winner of the Edward MacDowell Medal, an honor previously given to Robert Frost and Toni Morrison.
The Catholic Church makes saints to give the faithful role models. The process is cloaked in secrecy and open to criticism, given that it deals with science-defying miracles and notoriously politicized choices.
NEW YORK — Chewbacca never had it so good. The ultra-hairy “Star Wars” character isn’t known for his fashion sensibility,...
An Australian opera company is being criticized for banning as part of a sponsorship deal performances of "Carmen" for two years because the 140-year-old French opera depicts smoking.
A New Jersey man with a degree in accounting is this year’s World Series of Poker champion. Scott Blumstein won the series’ marquee no-limit Texas Hold ’em main event early Sunday in Las Vegas surrounded by dozens of supporters including relatives and college friends. He is now more than $8.1 million richer after eliminating Pennsylvania’s Daniel Ott on the 246th hand of the final table.
