Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, New Jersey was arrested on Friday as he attempted to enter a new immigrant detention facility.

Yann Martel's 2002 novel, also made into a 2012 Ang Lee film, gets a stage adaptation that is wondrously dreamy and profound.

Mom, Dad, tell me a story.” It’s a request you’ve probably heard countless times. You might think that storytelling, an art ...

Netflix’s "Nonnas" is inspired by Joe Scaravella, who opened a Staten Island restaurant where grandmothers cook the meals.

Discovering the ways her great-grandfather’s rich life intersected with the hidden history of Zionism led to an unusually crafted new book, “Melting Point.” ...

The Bank of England cut interest rates on Thursday to tackle the expected hit from U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs but ...

Here are the books discussed in this week’s episode: “The Beast in the Clouds: The Roosevelt Brothers’ Deadly Quest to Find the Mythical Giant Panda,” by Nathalia Holt “A Marriage at Sea: A True Story ...

Eboni Booth's exploration of one man's struggle with connection is strengthened by powerful acting and compelling staging in ...

A federal judge has ordered the immediate release Turkish doctoral student who has been held at an immigration detention ...

President Donald Trump released a furious tirade Friday over coverage of his trade tariffs on MSNBC. The network is a ...

The main stage is cleared — and the scorecards are in. Here’s who walked away grinning, and who got left in the dust.

Before he passed away last year, comic strip creator, writer-turned-film director and producer Carlo J. Caparas laid down the ...