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Ebola continues to spread in West Africa. The latest figures from the World Health Organization cite 1,848 cases of the deadly disease across the region, and 1,013 deaths.

A traveler wins fans in an airport terminal — and online — by playing different versions of Beethoven's "Für Elise."

A mother seeks advice on how to get her ex-husband to keep their sons on his plan because it would be less costly than hers.

Also: a history of novels written entirely in dialogue; the subversiveness of Harriet the Spy.

No wonder we occasionally feel political deja vu.

In addition to carrying people belonging to the besieged Yazidi religious minority, the copter's passengers also included journalists from The New York Times.

Thomas Doyle tells stories with teeny frozen people. They aren't cold. They are frozen in time, but he freezes them with exquisitely suspenseful, Sherlock Holmes-like care.

From the aerospace sector to Silicon Valley, engineering has a retention problem: Close to 40 percent of women with engineering degrees either leave the profession or never enter the field.

Citing safety concerns, police in the St. Louis suburb where police shot and killed an unarmed black teenager Saturday say they won't release the name of the officer who fired the shots.

In Japan, kids under 10 take the subway alone. In Latin countries, they stay up until all hours. In Vietnam, mothers train kids to pee on command and take away the diapers before they turn 1.