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Today's scams aren't like yesteryear's.

Future-oriented thinking, rather than careening from moment to moment, can help parents have more meaningful moments with their children.

Whether it was spent feasting or plotting escapes, the week between Christmas and the new year offered a rare opportunity for enslaved men, women and children to reclaim their humanity.

An extreme heating event may have interfered with scientists' attempts to figure out the Moon's age by dating lunar rock samples.

Activists are calling on city officials to bolster Philly's sanctuary city policies, as they fear retaliation from the incoming Trump administration.

The fall of the Assad regime marks a turning point in Syria's history. But it also opens a 'chapter fraught with peril' for the country's minorities, an expert on religious minorities writes.

Ted Bundy, the Menendez brothers and Bonnie and Clyde are other criminals who captivated observers because of their intriguing personal stories - and the violent nature of their crimes.

Trust in media is low, and more Americans are avoiding traditional sources of news. Instead, they are turning to social media influencers and trusted messengers in their own community.

The latest buzz phrase coming from technology companies is 'AI agents.' A computer scientist explains what that means - and how ChatGPT and your Roomba fit into the picture.

Some indictments have a bright side. Really.