A fatwa expanding almsgiving to politicians and public policy campaigns stoked a debate on the fourth pillar of Islam.

Eighteenth-­century mental institutions employed a tactic called the bain de surprise, suddenly dunking their patients in cold water to jolt them out of their depression or psychosis. (Some doctors ...

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Many vaccines confer surprising knock-on, or indirect, health benefits when they have been put into widespread use.

Still, evidence from AI companies continues to show a bright future -- and that this AI growth story is far from over. With this in mind, here's the one AI stock I'd buy with my last $500.

The Mississippi Senate is giving it another shot to try and get bills to reform the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS ...

HOPE Day, the annual 24-hour match challenge day of giving to benefit Appeal 2026 in support of Catholic Charities of Buffalo and the Fund for the Faith, is Wednesday, March 18. The first $100,000 in ...

Giving to donor-advised funds spiked at the end of 2025, compared with the same period in 2024, according to several DAF ...

In a recent column, you mentioned that the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine prevents neck and head cancer in men. I am 75 and do not recall ever getting an HPV vaccine. Should I get one now? -- J.L.

The vaccine is best given before the person gets exposed to HPV (although there still may be some benefit in giving the vaccine to people who have already been exposed).

My two best friends in the literary world are Anna Karenina and Winnie the Pooh. One tells me continually that romantic love ...