They were described as the perfect family: Richard and Clair, married for 13 years and with two sons, Aaron aged one and Ben, nine. Only a few weeks ago they’€™d posed for a family portrait and smiling into the camera they appear the epitome of a happy suburban family. Friends said that they seemed to […]

The Occupy Boston movement plans to join a rally on Causeway Street Monday afternoon against federal housing policies. More than a week after the dismantling of the Dewey Square encampment, opinions vary on the effectiveness of the movement.

Creating campuses in multiple US states carries both risks and opportunities for private colleges, according to a report by Moody’s Investors Service.

Marion Jackson’s airy, light-filled studio is filled with Brazilian art and sculpture. It sits on the third floor of a five-story, 100,000-square-foot industrial building in downtown Detroit that opened in 1927 to house the service department for Pontiac. The Corvette was later designed there. But that was before the U.S. auto industry declined, and the […]

A new dropout crisis study reveals staggering statistics on economic gaps between those in Chicago and around state of Illinois with and without high school diplomas.

Many differences divide traditional North American and Asian food cultures — cooking methods, dining habits, famous recipes. They each have signature ingredients — think of soy sauce, ginger and sriracha in Southeast Asian food or butter and molasses in Southern food. But a new study from an international team led by Yong-Yeol Ahn and Sebastian […]

Things may be finally looking up for two major-league sports teams in Los Angeles, after years of taking their cue from the Avis Rent a Car ‘We Try Harder’€ playbook.

It’s a return trip nobody wants to take: You are discharged from the hospital, only to find yourself readmitted a few days later.

Travel search site Kayak, fighting against the current of controversy after companies stopped advertising on TLC’™s ‘All-American Muslim’€ TV show, yesterday acknowledged it handled its ad pullout ‘€œpoorly’€ but lashed out at the cable network.

The Massachusetts economy has been getting a lot of attention on the presidential campaign trail. During a recent Republican debate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry leveled this charge: Gov. Romney worked in the private sector and he did a great job. But when he moved that experience to government, he had one of the lowest job creation […]

Fan mail to Charles Manson rolls in from as far away as Germany, on postcards and stationery and folded notebook paper. In varying modes of legibility, all are seeking a personal audience with arguably the most notorious convict in American history.

Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell will deliver Northeastern University’€™s 110th commencement address in the spring, school leaders announced last night.