Four military servicewomen, all of whom have served tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, have filed a federal lawsuit that aims to end the Pentagon’s ban of women serving in position of direct combat, according...

NYU students are torturing each other via email, according to a recent blog post in New York Magazine. That is, “torturing” each other by blowing up each others’ email inboxes. That is, blowing up...

Like many other Californians, I expected going home for Thanksgiving break would be a vacation in heaven, away from the cold weather and the busy city vibe of Boston. I eagerly packed my luggage many days...

When Valdosta State University student Jasmine Benjamin was found killed in a study room on her campus recently, her parents learned of the news via a Facebook post. They are criticizing the school for...

A painting previously removed from an art exhibition in New York City as a result of the public disapproval it received is now on view at the Bunker Hill Community College Art Gallery, according The Boston...

This week’s column is a letter written from the point of view of renowned physicist Albert Einstein, based on the play, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, and addressed to David Fontana.   Dear Mr. Fontana: I...

HoboJacket is a project purportedly run by Massachusetts Institute of Technology students who were interested in spreading their animosity for their rival school, California Institute of Technology, according...

South Carolina native Sean Shevlino was 16 years old when he robbed his local Food Lion with the aid of a toy pellet gun. He is five years into a 10-year sentence at the MacDougal Correctional Institute...

A new law legalizing the sale of medical marijuana in Massachusetts will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2013. The law will allow 35 marijuana dispensaries to be opened in the state. Some communities are expressing...

I  hate text-message abbreviations. I’ll use them to be facetious or post-modern or if I’m seriously determined to not waste 0.004 seconds of my overcommitted life on a few superfluous members of...

The denigration of a single nation will not lead to peace as long as it involves neglecting facts and blindsiding the truth. This partial and vicious defamation of Israel has led to widespread misconceptions...

The issue of whether and when authorities can search suspects’ cellphones will receive attention from the U.S. Senate on Thursday, according to an article in The New York Times Sunday. A Senate committee...