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After Thurgood Marshall left for the federal bench, Greenberg became the Legal Defense Fund's second director. Greenberg argued some of the biggest civil rights cases in front of the Supreme Court.

A new study tests an intriguing strategy. Can a melodramatic movie change minds about a dangerous but longstanding ritual?

Michal Kapral is a top "joggler." Naturally, that means juggling while jogging. He already held the world record in joggling a marathon. Now, he's run one without dropping a ball even once.

A new report shows tuberculosis was one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide in 2015, and that the United Nations health body is not on track to meet its goals for reducing deaths from the disease.

The massively influential songwriter was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday. Sean Wilentz, author of Bob Dylan In America, says it's appropriate to consider Dylan's songs literary works.

Twitter and Facebook say they are cutting off bulk data access to a firm that scans vast amounts of public social media posts. Critics say the service enables police to conduct invasive surveillance.

The brakes were removed from the wreckage of the New Jersey Transit train by the National Transportation Safety Board and were tested. The agency says they worked as designed.

So far this year, more than 1 in 4 donations in New England are from people who died after a drug overdose — a much higher rate than in the U.S. overall, though it's not clear why.

The for-profit university chain has agreed to stop claiming that 90 percent of its graduates seeking employment found jobs in their field within six months of graduation. It was not able to prove it.

Tiny houses have become a big trend. Malinda Crichton's nearly complete 265-square-foot home with a loft was stolen. She later found it at a shopping center in West Sacramento, Calif.