Despite the early skepticism, the 23-year-old Los Angeles Angels pitcher and hitter is exceeding expectations in just the first couple months of his major-league career.

Technology has pushed a vulnerable, largely immigrant, population into an economically precarious situation—even as its prospects of upward mobility dwindle.

Of all the events that were almost unimaginable before Donald Trump took office, the disinvitation of the the Philadelphia Eagles to the White House less than 24 hours before their scheduled visit has to rank high. Traditionally, NFL games feature pa

The first lady—and her extended withdrawal from public view—has been weaponized. To what end?

Having successfully positioned himself as the avatar of hardline immigration enforcement, he now wishes to distance himself from a directive that results in children being separated from parents.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller says the longtime Trump associate tried to tamper with witnesses while awaiting trial on conspiracy and money-laundering charges.

Half a century after the tropical craze of the 1960s, the modern age of escapism is taking cues—and inspiration for giant rum drinks—from the past.

Every year, the state of Illinois struggles to find a place for hundreds of children with serious mental-health issues—holding them in psychiatric hospitals for sometimes weeks or months even after they're cleared for discharge.

First Lady Melania Trump may have spent 24 days out of the public eye, but it was the 33rd first lady, Bess Truman, who said: “I am not the one who is elected. I have nothing to say to the public.” Truman gave exactly one press conference as first la

How does a Google-averse generation figure out how to deal with acne, fake friends, and boy trouble? On Instagram, of course.

Trump’s former campaign manager is living dangerously by allegedly attempting to contact potential witnesses while under indictment.

A futurist says the industry may have nowhere to go but down. What does the slide look like?

The president’s patriotic pageant renews a question dating back to the first White House visit by a champion sports team.

In Ho Chi Minh City, computer analysis of orbital images overlooks some urban communities. To represent them, cities will have to put boots on the ground.

The competition is getting a #MeToo-era makeover. But even if the bikini tops are on their way out, the biases will remain.

In a series of experiments, researchers show that when whites feel threatened, they oppose government assistance.

Their abilities could make it harder to stop Earth microbes from contaminating other worlds.

Activists managed to quash a video game called Active Shooter before it was even released to the public, the culmination of a public uproar over what critics described as the game’s normalization of violence and glamorization of death. This, as it tu

Past experience shows that economic pressure does change societies—but it mostly facilitates hardliners. Iran’s regime may be next.

Editor’s Note: This article is the second in a series about how the gig economy is shaping the future of labor and what that means for workers. When Terrence Davenport first heard about the so-called gig economy, he was working at a free-meal progra

The education secretary told senators that the group isn’t tasked with studying the role of firearms in campus violence.

The writer offered an expansive vision of Europe and “the Russian soul” that appeals to leaders seeking rapprochement.

Some struggling small-town hospitals have embraced a legally murky practice to stay afloat.

In the months before he was assassinated, the Democratic presidential candidate insisted that Americans confront their country’s shortcomings—and live up to its potential.

The company’s quickly abandoned stance against misbehavior is a sign that the record industry still doesn’t want to police the ethics of its stars.

Its pacifist tradition poses a dilemma for those charged with protecting the country from hackers.

Trump’s case for a presidential self-pardon. Plus: A threat from within North Korea, what it’s like to trip on a magic mushroom, and more.

Guppies have silver eyes, but when they’re ready for a fight, their irises go dark. An experiment with robots shows why.

Paul Stamets, a mycologist I had come to visit in Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula to go mushroom hunting, had a gift he wanted to give me. We were in his office, looking at some images on his computer, when he pulled off the shelf a small pile o