This article was featured in New York’s One Great Story newsletter. Sign up here. Right up until she lit the fire, some of Representative Nancy Mace’s own staff and advisers didn’t know what she was ...

Amanda Seyfried recently told The New Yorker that winning an Oscar is not important to her. She said that she’s “gotten this far” without an Academy Award, so “why would I need one now?” “Do you ...

Sarah Wells is an independent science journalist based in Washington DC. I am a doctoral student coming to the end of my degree studying engineering safety, and I feel I’ve been left to do my PhD ...

The Buffalo Bills’ playoff path is set. Buffalo will enter the postseason as the No. 6 seed in the AFC and face the No. 3 seed Jacksonville Jaguars in the wild-card round. The other games are: ...

Aptly-named snail mail might be getting even slower in 2026. The United States Postal Service has implemented new procedures for the new year, which could delay delivery. Among changes is the postmark ...

Following the San Francisco 49ers "Sunday Night Football" victory over the Chicago Bears, game information for Week 18 is officially set. The NFC West title and the conference's No. 1 seed will be ...

The 49ers clinched a playoff spot before they took the field on Monday night, but that didn’t take any wind out of their sails against the Colts. Brock Purdy’s five touchdown passes paved the way to a ...

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...

North Carolina is the only state in the country expected to enter the new year without a state budget. Instead of passing a full state budget, which was due to be agreed upon and passed by July 1, the ...

Your favorite latte at the local coffee shop could soon cost $5, $5.10 or $5.25—depending on how you pay. A settlement between Visa, Mastercard and U.S. merchants announced this week could usher in a ...

October's cold temperatures have crept in as the first frost has arrived for most of the Northeast and so has the time to look at your thermostat and turn on the heat in your home. You may be ...

Those who tried to patch dead spots in the lawn or seed a new lawn at the traditional prime time just after Labor Day had little success this year. Grass seed needs consistently damp soil to sprout, ...