It's a holiday tradition for many Jewish families: ordering Chinese takeout on Christmas. How did this happen?

Environmentalists are criticizing the state's new 15-year energy framework for its continued reliance on natural gas and ...

The DEC will host guided First Day Hikes on New Year’s Day to celebrate the start of 2026 in nature.

Five North Country storytellers share tales of unforgettable holidays with their families - both joyful and disastrous.

As we look back at our international reporters' most memorable stories of the last year, we revisit a report from a remote corner of southeastern Syria near the border with Jordan. There some 7,000 ...

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Ten years after the acclaim and controversy of Alice Walker's The Color Purple and long before Girlfriends and Girls Trip, the Black women's ensemble feature was a rarity on American screens — until ...

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Also in theaters this week, Jack Black and Paul Rudd star in a meta reimagining of Anaconda, Amanda Seyfried in a Shaker origin story, and Ralph Fiennes plays a World War I-era choirmaster.

At the Plum Island Museum of Lost Toys and Curiosities, one-time treasures bring back memories and are a reminder of the eternal life of plastic waste.

DHS's handling of the incident raises questions about the department's oversight mechanisms to investigate employee misconduct.

Blue spotted salamanders have been seen walking across snow and new research suggests how they get by in the cold.