Interesting article by Tim Harford ( Spectrum, October 11) about the price of H-1B visas — particularly regarding the late ...

When the Financial Times uncovered the billion-dollar Wirecard fraud, it seemed like the story was over. But then the company’s Chief Operating Officer, Jan Marsalek, vanished – leaving ...

In 1799, the German adventurer-scientist Alexander von Humboldt set out on what would prove to be a five-year exploration of South America. Young, independently wealthy and almost absurdly ...

China’s President Xi Jinping has set out his country’s emissions reduction target for the next decade in a virtual address to the UN climate summit in New York. Here’s what you need to know. What has ...

Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news. This week: US President Donald Trump claims he has ended seven “unendable” wars. Is that true? Chancellor Rachel Reeves says the UK was the ...

Visit Harford, a nonprofit formerly in charge of Harford County’s tourism, spent more than $370,000 of county funds last fiscal year on “unjust expenses,” according to county officials, using the ...

Writer Douglas Adams, best known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, used science fiction and satire to warn us about potential dangers in our future, from artificial intelligence to social ...

Has Donald Trump ended seven 'unendable' wars? Is the world getting less miserable? Does half the UK get more in benefits than they pay in tax? Are 72% of prison inmates in Switzerland foreign? Are ...

Is the world getting less miserable? Does half the UK get more in benefits than they pay in tax? Are 72% of prison inmates in Switzerland foreign? Are millions of people getting Motability cars for ...

Detectives closed a 2007 cold case homicide in Harford County with new information from a witness.Deputies were called on Aug. 26, 2007, to Edgewood, where David Arnold Byrd Jr. was stabbed. He died ...

Tim McGraw is embracing his new look, and so is his wife, Faith Hill. The country music duo featured in a photo shared by their oldest daughter, Gracie, and fans would be forgiven for not recognizing ...

Tim Curry hasn’t lost his humor. The actor, 79, gave rare insight into his health condition after suffering a major stroke 13 years ago, but kept it light and cracked jokes along the way. Curry ...