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The study of World War II is part of every standard middle school and high school curriculum in the United States. The question is, how do you keep it interesting for these readers? These titles keep it mixed up, from a graphic novel recounting the incred...

This time around, our reviewers weigh in on new albums from Macy Gray and Madonna. While Gray covers classics in, well, Covered, Madonna may be creating some of her own on MDNA. I'm totally with our game reviewer-it's time for America's pastime, baseball!...

Like most good ideas I've gotten on the job, this one was inspired by failure—and by my savvy library director. Failure came in the form of dismal attendance at a summer video-game program. We didn't have the money to buy consoles or upgrade to gaming lap...

Facebook's stock was down more than 10 percent on Monday morning, to around $34 a share.

Dharun Ravi had used a webcam to watch Tyler Clementi in bed with a man, in a case that produced debate on suicide among gay teenagers.

Dozens are killed by a suicide bomber at a military parade rehearsal | The Rangers-Devils Stanley Cup semifinal series resumes on Monday night.

As steady full-time jobs with benefits are increasingly elusive, more men are reaching for a chance at the American dream in female-dominated occupations.

The Supreme Court will decide whether a challenge to a 2008 federal law that broadened the government’s power to monitor international communications may proceed.

The agreement to give the Afghans the lead role in securing their country next summer begins the end of the United States’s involvement in a decade-long war.

The Obama campaign insists that the full-throated assault on Bain Capital is a critique of Mitt Romney's claim to be a jobs creator. But much of the commentary describes Mr. Romney in highly personal ways.

A boy who, for pocket money, sells eggs hatched in the yard of his rural South Carolina home gained admission to a free, selective boarding school in the state.

Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase's chief executive, says the bank intends to keep its dividend of 30 cents a quarter unchanged.

Rashid F. Davis is principal of Pathways in Technology Early College High School, a new school that opened in Brooklyn with a unique six-year plan that offers students a high school diploma, as well as an associate's degree, upon graduation. "Every single day it’s a new fight," he says. "Every single day that they walk out of this building they’re tempted, and unfortunately there are many bad temptations for students. And so we push as hard as we do to counter those negative temptations."

Micah True became a mythic figure after being featured in the best-selling book “Born to Run.” Then, on March 27, he went for a run in the Gila Wilderness.

Lebanese factions supporting and opposing the Syrian regime fought in Beirut on Monday, leaving several people dead.

Dharun Ravi used a webcam to spy on his gay roommate, who soon after committed suicide. The case has gotten national attention.

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The Supreme Court said twins conceived from a dead father’s frozen sperm are not entitled to Social Security survivor benefits if they cannot inherit his property under state law.

As automakers increase their efforts to design vehicles that are more fuel-efficient, college engineering programs are likewise adapting their curriculums, preparing students to build vehicles increasingly powered by batteries.

As many public universities are facing budget cuts, executive pay has become a volatile issue in some states.

The city can start hiring new teachers and administrators to fill positions at 24 schools that will be closed and reopened by September, under a deal reached with the teachers' and principals' unions and announced late Friday. An arbitrator, meanwhile, will work quickly to decide whether the city's shuffling of staff violates the unions' contract. If the city loses the arbitration, its new hiring can be reversed.