NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyans are mourning the death of a beloved "super tusker" elephant whose long life in the wild came to symbolize the country's increasingly successful efforts to protect the mammals from ivory poachers. The bull elephant who died on Saturday was named Craig. He lived in ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — As residents across much of the country take down their holiday decorations, sobered by New Year's resolutions and a return to business as usual, in Louisiana people are ramping up for the biggest celebration of the year. Throughout the state residents are preparing for ...

It turns out, love may benefit from a little less labor. Couples who spend money on time-saving services — like getting takeout, hiring a house cleaner or calling a dog walker — report greater relationship satisfaction, especially during stressful periods, says Ashley Whillans, a ...

Leaders from four groups recognized as Abenaki by Vermont's state government have created a new school curriculum about their communities' history — but the material includes few references, they said, to two Abenaki nations centered in Quebec. The distinction is notable because leaders of ...

WASHINGTON — Flu is rising rapidly across the U.S., driven by a new variant of the virus — and cases are expected to keep growing with holiday travel. That variant, known as "subclade K," led to early outbreaks in the United Kingdom, Japan and Canada. In the U.S., flu typically begins its ...

• “The Emperor of Gladness” by Ocean Vuong — As always, reading a novel by Vuong (“On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous,” “Time is a Mother”) is an exercise in vulnerability, but it’s well worth the sweat. I cannot say enough about my favorite book of 2025, so I won’t say too ...