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From the Scopes Trial to Today’s Classrooms, Supreme Court Upholds Parents’ Opt-Out for LGBTQ+ Books

The ruling caps a surge of state laws limiting LGBTQ+ curriculum, following reports of more than 10,000 books banned last school year.

Dalai Lama Empowers Trust to Select His Reincarnation, Defying Beijing

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Peacock’s Devil in Disguise to Spotlight Victims in John Wayne Gacy Drama

After the Spike Forecasts Population Peak as Global Fertility Remains Below Replacement

Critics Applaud Leviathan’s Emotional Core and Score Ahead of Netflix Debut

BritBox’s Outrageous Earns Praise for Bold Depiction of Mitford Sisters’ Extremism

Library of Congress Adds Stephen Sondheim Archive to Its Collection

North Korea Relaunches 5,000-Ton Destroyer as Top Officials Vanish From State Media

CIA Releases 1,450 Pages of Declassified RFK Assassination Documents

Frederick Forsyth, Architect of the Modern Espionage Thriller, Dies at 86

Dimitri Rassam to Produce Film Adaptation of Olivier Norek’s ‘Les Guerriers de l’Hiver’

US Penicillin Imports Shored Up British Medical Treatment on D-Day

Pilot Project Uncovers Potential Nazi-Looted Art in Rheinland-Pfalz Museums

Barbican Revival of Fiddler on the Roof Praised for Emotional Restraint

Susan Choi’s 'Flashlight' Charts Displacement and Trauma Across Generations

Norman Foster Turns 90 with Iconic Glass-and-Steel Designs

Etienne-Emile Baulieu, Inventor of RU-486, Dies at 98

Étienne-Émile Baulieu, Inventor of RU486, Dies in Paris at 98

Kehlmann likens Trump’s culture policies to Nazi Germany’s Gleichschaltung

Etienne-Emile Baulieu, Creator of RU-486, Dies at 98