In a medical advance inspired by recessionary thinking, researchers from the Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City announced last month that ...

Justin Pagan, a seventh grader at the Lower Manhattan Community Middle School, “barely” liked reading, he said — until he discovered the Bluford series. With the Bluford books, Justin’s classmate ...

Let no one say male politicians do not experience sartorial scrutiny and criticism just as their female colleagues do. In the September issue of Glamour magazine, there is an interview with Hillary ...

For aficionados of political ads, the line “There’s a bear in the woods” still brings a shivery memory of a 1984 spot for Ronald Reagan that helped define his foreign policy of peace through strength.

The federal government’s decision to update food labels last month marked a sea change for consumers: For the first time, beginning in 2018, nutrition labels will be required to list a breakdown of ...

After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print. Those coolly authoritative, gold-lettered reference books that were once sold door-to-door by a fleet of traveling salesmen and ...

How do you describe Steven L. Rattner? Up until three years ago, he was typically referred to in these pages as a former journalist turned successful financier — the vice chairman of the investment ...

Community Health Systems, a publicly traded hospital operator based in Franklin, Tenn., said that personal data, including names, Social Security numbers and addresses, for 4.5 million patients had ...

Facebook has finally closed the book on its long-running, multi-front legal battle with the rival college social network ConnectU — but not before a new question was raised about Facebook’s supposed ...

Anxiety: We worry. A gallery of contributors count the ways. I was late as usual, weaving through the 72nd Street subway station, rushing down the stairs to catch a departing train, and managed to ...

Draft is a series about the art and craft of writing. This is the fourth in a series of writing lessons by the author, starting with the basics and leading to more advanced techniques. The word ...

When City Room last visited the bulky old telephone switching station at 375 Pearl Street in Lower Manhattan, it was poised to emerge — like a chrysalis — from its limestone shell and turn into a ...