Life in Tokyo, whether business or pleasure, revolves around trains and rail stations. Experts say that's no accident.

In wheelchair fencing, two athletes sit in stationary chairs, positioned at an angle across from each other. Like in able-bodied fencing, parafencers compete in foil, épée and saber and aim to strike ...

President Donald Trump is a self-proclaimed expert on “the art of the deal.” But in the case of brokering peace in Ukraine, ...

Days after mayor Michelle Wu officially launched her bid for a second term, challenger Josh Kraft vowed to clean up the area ...

The Trump administration's tariffs are fueling concerns about a potential recession, with several major banks increasing their forecasts. What is recession and who declares one?

The business sector has tried to avoid criticizing Trump in public and welcomed his vows of lower taxes and deregulation, but the market sell-off appears to have loosened more tongues on Wall Street.

What began as a misquoted Fox News interview led to a flood of false and misleading posts on X. Before it was corrected, stock markets rallied then plummeted again.

Lawyers say the government is trying to gain a legal advantage as it tries to expel noncitizens over their pro-Palestinian activism.

An endorsement of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has provoked an angry outcry from anti-vaccine activists.

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Seventeen current and former international students from Harvard, UMass Boston and UMass Amherst had their visas revoked amid ...

Colon cancer is on the rise in younger people in the U.S. New research shows regular exercise can help survivors live longer ...