George Frederick Kunz, whom I like to call America's first gemologist, in his 1908 masterpiece, The Book of the Pearl, states his belief that an ancient fish-eating tribe, perhaps along the coast ...

Donald Trump’s allies are freaking out about the death of a pet squirrel—and somehow, it’s Kamala Harris’s fault.

Quincy Jones, the jazzman, composer and tastemaker whose studio chops and arranging prowess connected the dots between the ...

Thecla, for the space of three days, will not move from the window not so much as to eat ... alone are God forever and ever. Amen. On her return, Thecla found Thamyris dead, but her mother living.

As “Jump” by Van Halen plays, vaporwave and ’80s and ’50s revival aesthetics pour over the screen, and Trump declares that ...

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When the police showed up at her door, Patience Frazier assumed the officers had come for someone else. As a woman in uniform ...

American director James Ivory and Indian producer Ismail Merchant have left an indelible mark on film history with movies ...

"Severe child food poverty" is on the rise, affecting 181 million young kids. Here's how families cope when their kids are ...

One of the biggest festivals of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Nepal is dedicated to the Sun God. Devotees ... Do not ...

The art-straunt is experiencing a giddy revival in Manhattan, and Iwan Wirth’s Manuela, stuffed to the brim with museum-quality works, is about to reset the standard.

Teri Garr, the quirky comedy actor who rose from background dancer in Elvis Presley movies to co-star of such favorites as ...