In her determination to be interesting, the cellist Alisa Weilerstein has made herself perplexing. She is deeply immersed in “Fragments,” a multiyear mission in which she’s commissioning ...

In a thrilling, nail-biting finish, Olympic marathoner Conner Mantz shattered the long-standing American record in the half marathon, running 59:17 Sunday morning in Houston. The time betters Ryan ...

Conner Mantz made history Sunday by besting an American running record that had stood for 18 years. The former BYU runner finished the Houston Half Marathon in 59:17, 26 seconds faster than Ryan ...

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He still takes medicine but at lower doses, his blood pressure normal for the first time in years. “I’m thrilled.” About half of U.S. adults have high blood pressure, a major risk for heart attacks, ...

A nearly 100-year-old church camp in northern Chester County along French Creek has been preserved in a $1.6 million deal that closed Thursday. The move ensures some public access to the land, and ...

In Iran too, a country where the practice is rigorously upheld, ‘blood money’ varies with respect to religion and gender. A woman’s compensation is fixed at half of that of a man’s.

More than half say it's a bad idea; among those who think it's a good idea, the majority think it's unrealistic, according to an exclusive new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll. Of 1,000 people ...

Ahead of the biggest fight of his career thus far, Arman Tsarukyan has attempted to find an edge over Islam Makhachev during his UFC 311 training camp. In the UFC 311 main event this coming ...