Re “An American Pope” (front page, May 9): In an age of crises and confusion, it is no small thing to have a new pope. Humanity longs for a moral compass, and Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert ...

YA reads are a mood these days. The mood tends to veer between light and swoony and mysterious and sinister, with not a lot in between. We asked agents and editors what’s on the horizon for YA this ...

This is Avinatan. My student, Avinatan, is one of the 59 hostages still trapped in Gaza — one of those we are fighting to bring home. Avinatan was kidnapped and taken to Gaza together with his partner ...

Loren Ruch, the beloved head of content at HGTV and co-host of the network's House Party, sadly passed away on June 12, 2025, at the age of 55 after a courageous battle with acute myeloid leukemia.

LA-based, Spanish-born filmmaker Lucía Aleñar Iglesias discusses her feature debut Forastera, a tender ghost story of sorts ...

Have you ever stood by the sea and been overwhelmed by its vastness, by how quickly it could roll in and swallow you? Evidence suggests that we are suspended in a cosmic sea of dark matter, a ...

The Beast gets the series back to its roots, putting zombies and nighttime scares first, and with Kyle Crane returning.

NEW YORK -- Most of us are familiar with "The Diary of Anne Frank," which chronicled the life of a young Jewish woman and her family who hid from the Nazis during World War II, but you may not know ...