The pitch from Andrew J. Collins worked over and over again. He portrayed himself as a sophisticated South Boston developer with strong local ties, poised to launch a sprawling real estate project ...

We all have miracles in our lives, and they happen every day. When I first began to study medicine, the intricacies of the human body and how it functions declared itself to me as one of G-d’s ...

Watching a child learn how to swim is like witnessing a great opera. The maestro of this emotional orchestra is Bill Marsh. Swimming is the closest human beings will ever get to flying. And there is ...

Austin, Texas — Fourth and fifth graders at Alpha School in Austin, Texas, aren't just learning — they're pioneering education's new frontier. Every click and every keystroke is guided by artificial ...

The disaster recovery nonprofit SBP began as a philanthropic effort to rebuild homes in St. Bernard Parish after Hurricane Katrina. Nearly 20 years later, the 100-person organization has expanded ...

The disaster recovery nonprofit SBP began after Hurricane Katrina by rebuilding homes in St. Bernard Parish. Nearly 20 years later, the 100-person organization has expanded nationwide to help ...

Des Moines, Iowa — In West Des Moines, Iowa, roughly 1,100 miles from Ground Zero, history teacher Ann Krois is tackling one of the most defining moments of the past half-century. "Teaching students ...

Texas A&M University President Mark A. Welsh III has directed his provost to remove a dean and department head from their administrative positions in the fallout of a viral video where a professor is ...

IMAGINE A COUNTRY where a polarising president lost his bid for re-election and refused to accept the result. He declared the ballot rigged and used social media to urge his supporters to rise up.

One of the biggest gripes I have about my academic field of social science is that it explains a lot about human behavior but is very short on prescriptions for how to live day to day. Even when it ...

On Tuesday, February 25, I was standing in Will Rogers International Airport in Oklahoma City when my grandmother, whom we affectionately called “MeMe,” told me over the phone that she’d like to be ...

One Idaho elementary school teacher is showing just how powerful a joyful classroom can be – and the internet is loving every minute of it Tereza Shkurtaj is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...