February 10, 2013

Gabrielle Giffords, the former Democratic congresswoman from Arizona, is settling into the third act of her public life as she shifts to dedicate her career to reducing gun violence.

A Florida home for wayward boys was once synonymous with horrific conditions. Now, some are trying to discern what occurred by digging for bodies on the campus’s grounds.

A onetime critic of his predecessor, President Obama finds himself justifying muscular defense policies while detractors complain that he has sacrificed core values.

Expelling the Islamist militants may have been the easy part of retaking Malian towns. Now French forces are focusing on a harsh mountain range where many of those militants are hiding.

Though such a device has been lost to science fiction comics and spy movies of a pre-smartphone era, the smart watch might soon become a reality, in the form of a curved glass device made by Apple.

The match would create the nation’s biggest airline and concentrate even further a once-fragmented industry.

Carmelo Anthony scored only 4 of his game-high 42 points in the fourth quarter, allowing the Clippers to send the Knicks to their second loss in three games.

James Moses, a renowned handler of German shepherds, acknowledged his close ties to many competitors but said his critics were “crybabies.”

The title character of Roger Hobbs’s “Ghostman” is a career criminal named Jack who’s helped many bank robbers escape over the years and is an expert in “the business of disappearing.”

The playwright Lucas Hnath discusses “Isaac’s Eye,” his comedy about one of Isaac Newton’s more outlandish experiments.

The family of the former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno issued its own review, challenging claims that he helped conceal child sex abuse allegations against Jerry Sandusky.

Venice Baroque Orchestra coaxed unusual sounds from instruments like the soprano recorder and bassoon at Zankel Hall.