UMass Amherst researchers will soon start tracking sleep patterns among people already at risk of Alzheimer's as a way to flag early signs of the disease. UMass biomedical engineer Joyita Dutta, lead ...

The Federal Reserve moved aggressively Wednesday to start cutting interest rates, as its single-minded focus on fighting inflation gives way to a growing interest in protecting the job market. The ...

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is not endorsing a candidate for president, in a move that breaks with decades of Teamsters precedent and sets them apart from other major labor unions.

PULWAMA, India — Men and women filed into gender-segregated lines, huddling in shawls early Wednesday morning in this Himalayan territory. Many prepared to do something that they’d never done before: ...

On a Friday afternoon in Washington, D.C., Yu Miao was busy preparing the first floor of his bookstore for a public lecture — an event that would be illegal in ...

As communities in southwestern Connecticut continue to recover from the historic August rainfall that damaged infrastructure, homes and businesses, and killed three people, a new study is calling on ...

The Department of Justice is suing the owner and operator of the container ship Dali, saying negligence and dangerous cost-cutting decisions led to the ship ramming into — and destroying — Baltimore’s ...

Veteran TV news anchor Connie Chung jokes that part of her success can be attributed to booze and bawdy humor. That's because when she was first starting out, she was often the only woman among the ...

Vermont’s largest taxidermy collection needs a new home. The owners of the more than 600 stuffed birds and animals lost the lease on the building where the specimens have been on display in Marlboro, ...

The nation’s largest offshore wind energy project is not easy to get a good look at. Vineyard Wind is 15 miles off Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. The project is still under construction, but began ...

“Hi Helen!” sing out a dozen Helen Ropers gathered at a bar called Sidetracks in Ypsilanti, Mich. They are mostly Gen X women, resplendent in colorful caftans, red curly wigs and clunky 1970s-style ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, and TEL AVIV, Israel — A fresh wave of explosions in communications devices struck Lebanon on Wednesday, leaving 14 people dead and 450 wounded, according to Lebanese health officials ...