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As Paddington makes his West End debut in Paddington The Musical, playwright Jessica Swale reminds us why joyful stories are ...

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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is challenging a law that requires schools to display the Ten Commandments in ...

Hudson’s Detroit, the Motor City’s first new skyscraper in nearly half a century, is a symbol of Detroit’s transformation from bankruptcy to boomtown.

A jury is deliberating in the Justice Department’s assault case against a man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent, ...

The opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum comes with renewed calls for the restitution of the famous Nefertiti bust, which has ...