In Detroit, traditionalist Catholics were bracing for a crackdown. The promise of change in Rome offers them a sliver of hope.

Pope Francis is credited with addressing the issue more strongly than his predecessors did, but clerical abuse remains a ruinous issue for the Roman Catholic Church.

A new wave of “reasoning” systems from companies like OpenAI is producing incorrect information more often. Even the companies don’t know why.

The talk shows are one of the few TV genres that haven’t made the leap to streaming. Their future may instead look a lot like a podcast studio.

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa is a Vatican outsider, but his experience in a region sacred to three major religions may give him an edge.

Republicans in Congress are clashing over whether to repeal Biden-era clean energy tax credits that are a lifeline for some of their constituents.

Residents of an upscale enclave outside Austin, Texas, learned the hard way what it’s like when a multibillionaire moves into the mansion next door. Some of them have started a ruckus over it.

The administration has accused the university of lacking viewpoint diversity. Harvard is fighting its demands, but embracing the vague term.

Many of the current efforts to expand the powers of the White House build on the excesses of recent Republican and Democratic presidents.

Selection of jurors is to begin Monday in a federal case that accuses the music mogul of deploying his employees to help him commit crimes.

A push to rename streets and remove statues associated with imperial Russia is dividing Odesa, whose identity is tied up in its history.

The party and its related exhibition, about Black male style, land in a moment when anything to do with race and diversity is under added scrutiny.

The city owes at least $1 billion to nonprofits for more than 7,000 unpaid invoices, according to a new report. The organizations provide critical services to vulnerable New Yorkers.

The army chief, Gen. Syed Asim Munir, who usually works behind the scenes, has been shaping Pakistan’s tone in the crisis over Kashmir with his own tough talk.

Her free concert on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach was not disrupted. The police said a group had planned to attack it with improvised explosives.

As a U.S. tax loophole ends, the apparel makers that sell to America are forced to consider alternative markets or cheaper locations in and outside China.

A Patriot air-defense system is moving from Israel to Ukraine, and Western allies are discussing the logistics of getting Germany or Greece to send another.

We used to have a very different understanding of what it means to live well.