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Stressed out trying to decide what to pack for a big trip? Here's how you can create a capsule travel wardrobe that is as fashionable as it is efficient.

The U.S. had debated its growing 90,000 metric ton stockpile of spent nuclear fuel for decades. This radioactive “waste” in temporary storage contains untapped energy, enough to power the nation for ...

Following last season’s successful run at the Calder Cup, Linus Karlsson had one goal on his mind throughout the summer: it’s time to make the Vancouver Canucks’ roster. Training camp posed as an ...

Five incoming undergraduates on what they bring to campus and their hopes for the future. They want to change the world – whether it’s through advocating for children, bringing more empathy to ...

Five years after reports of a toxic workplace on her popular talk show derailed her career, Ellen DeGeneres is living quietly in England – and weighing a comeback.

Aaah, retirement! After working for 40 or 50 years, it’s easy to believe that retirement will be idyllic. Sitting by the pool, playing endless rounds of golf, or spoiling the grandchildren may be the ...

At over 4 billion years old, the Earth has seen civilizations come and go. While many of these civilizations have been studied, others have been swallowed up by the planet and nearly forgotten about.

Channing Tatum and Inka Williams made their red carpet debut, with the “Magic Mike” actor bringing along his daughter Everly along for the occasion. The actor, 45, stepped out for the red carpet ...

A win by Zohran Mamdani on November 4 would make the 33-year-old New York’s youngest mayor in a century. But even in a contest against men twice his age, Mamdani has begun to sound like the adult in ...

Once upon a time, a Charlie Sheen meltdown could control a whole news cycle: He’d freak out, he’d do a tell-all interview even more chaotic than whatever freak-out he’d had, there’d be lawsuits, and ...