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It is not considered a compliment to be called a pig in our world. And there are several cultures that frown on eating the flesh of the animal. But we…

After no one won the jackpot in a drawing on Friday night, the winnings surpassed the record $1.586 billion for the Powerball prize in January 2016. The next drawing will be on Tuesday night.

"The winners write the history books," goes the old saying. And it's a saying that has particularly grim implications right here in our country. Because…

Who ruled early farming? Women! Studies of ancient bones show that women's physical labor was crucial to driving the agricultural revolution in Europe.

The use of the word "they" as a gender-neutral singular pronoun is gaining wider acceptance, even among copy editors.

A California-based auction house is selling the old confections on June 23. One piece, from the 1981 wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, is expected to fetch up to $1,200.

Thomas Jefferson and Christopher Columbus both make appearances in a new book, but not in the manner you might expect. It turns out Jefferson's grandson…

Rabih Alameddine has much in common with the hero of his new novel: Both are gay, Arab writers in San Francisco. And both lost friends to the AIDS epidemic, and are angry that it's being forgotten.

The living-history museum in Virginia re-creates 18th-century recipes in its restaurants using ingredients grown in the traditional way onsite. But some modern palates aren't too keen on the taste.

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice opens in Montgomery, Ala., this week and is devoted to the victims of lynching. It reflects on the nation's history of racial terror, from slavery to the more than 4,000 African-Americans lynched between 1877 and 1950.