May 28, 2012

Because of term limits, Tom Sherak, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is leaving a post that has emerged as one of the few bully pulpits in the film business.

In a city where not much of anything works, The Times-Picayune does, and nothing got print romanticists more dewy-eyed than the announcement of its reduced schedule.

Faculty at the United States Military Academy are debating what a counterinsurgency strategy achieved in Iraq and Afghanistan and whether the doctrine has a future.

Public pension funds in the United States are struggling to lower their assumed rates of return, which are criticized as too lofty in the current market environment.

As the number of species at risk of extinction soars, zoos are being called upon to rescue and sustain some animals in favor of others.

Running like a challenger, President Obama is increasingly consumed by a campaign that is shaping his schedule, his message and many of his decisions.

Any previous admission by Pedro Hernandez could be critical to bear out his confession that he killed Etan Patz.

Spain’s borrowing costs neared record highs amid concerns over the plan to bail out Bankia.

A conference at Kensington Palace in London considers the survival of the British monarchy in the modern age.

New research suggests the existing models of Earth’s core may not explain its complexities.

There is no single method for choreography to succeed in a musical, and this year’s Tony Award nominees take distinct approaches.

The New York Youth Symphony offered Mahler and a premiere of a work by a young composer in the final concert with its outgoing music director, Ryan McAdams.