A deal could undermine efforts in the United Nations to impose new sanctions on Iran.

The actors in “The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity,” a Pulitzer finalist coming to Second Stage, have to rehearse wrestling moves as well as their characters.

Sixteen years after the Rwandan genocide, efforts at reconciliation may have succeeded only in burying ethnic tensions just beneath the surface.

Once, headlines were meant to be clever or catchy or evocative. Now they are there to get search engines to notice.

As a new law in Arizona makes the failure to carry immigration documents a crime, a growing number of municipalities are issuing IDs to make the lives of illegal immigrants easier.

Authorities closed important airports in the Netherlands and British Isles, including Heathrow, Europe’s busiest.

Michael J. Hogan gave notice to the head of the university trustees by cellphone at 5:30 p.m. the day before his announcement.

Sharon Love sat in the stands wearing a blue-and-orange ribbon with angel’s wings, as Virginia took a 14-12 victory over Towson in its first game since her daughter Yeardley was found dead May 3.

In the fight over Gourmet magazine’s former readers, it’s the mass-market food magazines that seem to be thriving.

About 300 members of Boston University’s class of 1970 attended a graduation ceremony on Sunday, four decades after the original was canceled amid political unrest.

The winner of the Preakness Stakes, Lookin at Lucky, and the Kentucky Derby champion, Super Saver, will skip the third leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown.

Mr. Dio’s powerful, semioperatic vocal style and attachment to demonic imagery made him a mainstay of the heavy metal genre.

Mariano Rivera gave up a grand slam for the first time since 2002, and Minnesota ended a 12-game losing streak against the Yankees.

The narrow victory of the leading rival to Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki removes a stumbling block in the process of forming a new government.

In his latest display of clay court dominance, Nadal fended off a plucky Nicolas Almagro in the semifinals of the Madrid Open before defeating arch nemesis Roger Federer, 6-4, 7-6 (5), in their much-anticipated first meeting since last year's final.

Documents relating to Kagan's White House years under Clinton may factor in her upcoming confirmation hearings.