NEW YORK — Martin Cruz Smith, the best-selling mystery novelist who engaged readers for decades with “Gorky Park” and other thrillers featuring Moscow investigator Arkady Renko, has died at age 82.

"Ms." is an abbreviation of the honorific “Mistress,” which was the respectable equivalent of “Mister,” to be used regardless ...

Miss Manners chooses to believe that you only made an unfortunate word choice, not that you believe that it is an honor for a lady to be married, and that the title “Mrs.” reflects that.

She decides, for whatever reason, to retain her maiden name. She is still deserving of the married honorific, is she not?

One bridesmaid says she didn't have any input on the shower's size and scope, why should she have to help fund it?

Suppose Miss Jones marries Mr. Smith and decides, for whatever reason, to retain her maiden name. Is " Mr. Smith and Mrs. Jones," therefore, the proper form to put on an envelope, to be followed by ...

I had no input as to how big this shower has become, and being asked — no, told — to pay for it strikes me as inappropriate.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: All the bridesmaids for an upcoming wedding recently received a note from the bride’s mother stating that ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to the proper title for a married women who is ...

Miss Manners chooses to believe that you only made an unfortunate word choice, not that you believe that it is an honor for a ...

Charlotte Brandy Smith was arrested in Montgomery County and charged with first degree homicide, according to information from law enforcement. The Elizabethtown Police Department is leading the ...

It is 1981 and Daphne is 12 years old when the proverbial stranger comes to town, the opening incident of Lisa Smith’s ...