The United States may soon see its prison population drop for the first time in almost four decades, a milestone in a nation that locks up more people than any other. ...more

December 19, 2009

Gripping. Haunting. Real. On Monday, moviegoers across the country can experience firsthand a guerrilla-style documentary as part of a program called "Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders Live with Elizabeth Vargas." ...more

December 13, 2009

Judges and lawyers in Florida can no longer be Facebook friends. In a recent opinion, the state's Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee decided it was time to set limits on judicial behavior online. When judges "friend" lawyers who may appear before them, the committee said, it creates the appearance of a conflict of interest, since it "reasonably conveys to others the impression that these lawyer 'friends' are in a special position to influence the judge." ...more

December 12, 2009

A publicist for singer Alexa Ray Joel, the daughter of pop star Billy Joel and supermodel Christie Brinkley, said she was hospitalized Saturday in Manhattan for an undisclosed condition. ...more

December 5, 2009

Before starting college in 2008, my sister, Ti-Anna, spent a year in Washington advocating for our father, Wang Bingzhang, a political prisoner in China. She accomplished a great deal: She met influential politicians and policymakers and even had an op-ed published in January. ...more

November 17, 2009

Diabetes increases the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease and may speed dementia. ...more

March 16, 2009

If you feel tired, lethargic or unmotivated during the day, try these pick-me-up tips from GoodElements.com. ...more

March 14, 2009

It is one thing when the best-paid people seem to be the smartest and the most accomplished. Those who make much less may not like it, but the differential seems understandable. It is another thing when those people are shown to have committed huge blunders that would have driven their companies out of business, and them into the unemployment line, but for government bailouts. ...more

January 24, 2009

Late on Christmas Eve, one last wish was sent, by e-mail: Please let NASA Administrator Michael Griffin keep his job. It was from his wife. ...more

December 31, 2008

The only obstacle between kids and their french fries: Mom. So here is Debra DeMuth, McDonald's global nutrition director, mounting a spirited defense of fries to five mothers of young children at a McDonald's in Baltimore. ...more

November 22, 2008