Eastwood takes measured aim at the American justice system in a film that centers on a murder trial — and a juror who ...

In Heretic, Hugh Grant plays the villain. He tells Morning Edition that actors are drawn to the bad guys “rather than the ...

A group of former research chimpanzees in New Mexico that were previously deemed too frail or sickly to be moved to a federal ...

The presidential election is over, and the complicated two-month sprint has begun to hand over the levers of power from one administration to the next.

Broadway theaters will dim their marquee lights on Nov. 7 in honor of Dame Maggie Smith, who died in September. Smith began her acting career on stage and took theater roles well into her 80s.

Donald Trump’s first presidency was marked by near-constant turnover of senior personnel. For his second run, the focus seems to be on hiring loyalists who won’t challenge the president’s wishes.

On a rare undeveloped point of the California coast, scientists are trying to repopulate shorelines with an endangered marine snail. This type of experimental conservation is becoming more necessary.

Luke Durant, a researcher and amateur mathematician, has identified the largest new prime number known to humankind. The newly discovered prime number is 2 to the power of 136,279,841, then minus one.

With 23 short essays on creatures ranging from the wombat to the spider, Katherine Rundell's new book is essential reading ...

Donald Trump's return to the White House will have strong reverberations in China — a country that Trump says has ripped off America, but is led by a strongman who he openly admires.

Moliere’s satire Tartuffe is a classic of Western theater, focusing on a fraudulent, zealous intruder in a wealthy household.

The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates by a quarter percentage point Thursday, as expected — but the central bank may ...