In Beijing after dark, strange wares for sale at a bustling ‘ghost market’
We had gone to bed at 8 p.m. and set our alarms for 1:50 a.m. Rising sleepily, my colleague and I stepped out into Beijing's smoggy darkness. We were off...
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Pennsylvania girl says she was thrown out of her prom for wearing a suit
For American high school students, prom is a rite of passage, an affair full of pomp and hormones and clumsy dancing. The eagerly awaited event is often dangled in front...
Target: Customers welcome in fitting rooms, bathrooms corresponding with ‘gender identity’
As states and school districts grapple with laws or allowances around transgender bathroom use, one retail giant has made its stance public. In a statement on its company website Tuesday,...
Georgia parents offended by the ‘Far East religion’ of yoga, get ‘Namaste’ banned from school
"We need to direct our attention inward and connect to the breath," yoga instructor Rachel Brathen writes in her New York Times best-selling book about the practice. "Focusing on our...
Shonda Rhimes and her leading ladies endorse Hillary Clinton
In Shonda Rhimes's world, a former first lady is running for president. While her husband occupied the Oval Office, it was revealed that he had an affair with someone who...
Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $72M in suit linking talcum powder, ovarian cancer
Jacqueline Fox passed away last fall, but her voice recently came alive in a St. Louis courtroom. In an audio deposition, the Birmingham, Ala., native who died at 62 recounted...
CDC investigating number of Palo Alto high school students committing suicide
In Palo Alto, Calif., the shrill horn of incoming trains bring a constant reminder of young lives lost too soon. For the last seven years, Caltrains have been the suicide...
Even Kate Winslet thinks Rose let Jack die in ‘Titanic’
It's considered one of the greatest love stories of the past century. A young man and woman of vastly different means meet in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean aboard...
Citadel cadets punished for holiday costumes resembling K.K.K. hoods
Freshmen cadets at The Citadel spent the days leading up to last month's holidays in all manner of costumes. At the Charleston, S.C., military college, it is a tradition for...
The largest taxi company in Uber and Lyft’s hometown prepares to file bankruptcy
"Hailing a cab" once meant stretching an arm out toward a city's open streets and attracting the attention of a ubiquitous yellow car. But the phrase and accompanying gesture have...