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: ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a new sex crime charge in New York, as he awaits retrial in his landmark #MeToo case. A new indictment charged the jailed ex-movie mogul ...

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, ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tupperware, the brand synonymous with food storage in American homes, has filed for bankruptcy after years of struggling with its business model and debt. The brand wrote itself into American culture ...

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 ...

The death toll has risen to 12 after electronic pagers belonging to members of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah exploded at the same time yesterday, according to the Lebanese health ministry.