The former head of the U.S. Department of Education said he wanted to "express my frustration" over ICE detaining a high school student in his Connecticut hometown.

Church officials say a Nigerian Catholic priest who recently served the United States has been abducted by extremists along with other travelers in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state. Bishop John ...

Power, Orwell appreciated, allowed those who possessed it to create their own historical narrative. It also allowed those in power to silence or censor opposing narratives, quashing the possibility of ...

Together, these findings suggest that the brain is doing more than reacting to rejection or reward – it’s in fact learning from it. Each social interaction helps people update internal models of who ...

Very few people live beyond a century. So, if no one had babies anymore, there would probably be no humans left on Earth within 100 years. But first, the population would shrink as older folks died ...

Girls can still play baseball, but most are encouraged to eventually switch to softball if they want to pursue college scholarships. If they want to keep playing baseball, they have to constantly ...

Despite their trust in local news, many Americans are not willing to pay for it. Only 23% of Americans who say they pay for online news report paying for a local or regional newspaper.

After a lengthy litigation process, the NCAA has agreed to provide US$2.8 billion in back pay to former and current college athletes, while allowing schools to directly pay athletes for the first time ...

Over time, as school voucher policies grew in popularity, they evolved into subsidies for middle-class families to send their children to private and parochial schools. School choice policies have ...

A former Yale student who was recently released from a federal immigration facility after being tased and arrested in a ...

Offering 45 cozy cabins in Moodus, Postcard Cabins has nearly 30 locations around the country within two hours of major metropolitan centers. Its picturesque Connecticut site boasts 86 wooded acres ...