March 9, 2013

“The Music of Prince” brought a wide range of performers, including Elvis Costello, Bilal and the Blind Boys of Alabama, to Carnegie Hall on Thursday evening.

This week ABC Family broadcast an entire episode of a show, “Switched at Birth,” in American Sign Language.

The Big Brother imagery conjured up by Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky during a filibuster this week has animated a diverse swath of political interests.

Republican senators have so far kept President Obama from filling any of the four vacancies on the nation’s most important appeals court, reviving talk of a change in Senate rules.

Research suggests that sports fans, even zealous ones, are less prone to depression and alienation than nonfans.

Because of recent incidents with the jet’s battery, an advanced feature allowing for new flight paths may not receive approval for months, which could dilute the jet’s appeal.

The vast majority of foreign aid is going to territory controlled by President Bashar al-Assad while the small amount reaching opposition-held areas is all but invisible.

While their Yankee teammates were on the other side of Florida, the aging stars Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte moved closer to playing together again.

The band Moshiach Oi!, part of an emerging strand of Jews defined by religion and rebellion, is in a documentary, “Punk Jews.”

Fears are high because of a recent spate of traffic deaths, but you are still more likely to be murdered in New York City than be killed by a car while on foot.

For a tournament that defined a conference and became synonymous with the Garden, the 1986 final provided the Big East with a blueprint.

The World Baseball Classic’s unusual tiebreaker rules, which value run differential, played a role in a bench-clearing brawl late in Canada’s victory over Mexico.