Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season. Major League Baseball's 11-man competition committee recently approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the major leagues ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Deadpan is not so much a type of joke as a mode of delivery, a manner of address to an audience that often provokes nervous laughter. Comedian Nathan Fielder's persona is marked by ...

Detainees arriving at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as " Alligator Alcatraz " are given color-coded uniforms and wrist-bands, then segregated based on their criminal ...

A single mother who relied on federal food assistance lost her benefits in 2020 after Kentucky investigators concluded she'd committed fraud. The state alleged she had made multiple same-day purchases ...

With weeks to go in New Jersey's high-stakes governor's race, key members of Democrats' diverse coalition, including union and Black leaders, have been raising concerns — even when they're not ...

As Hurricane Maria roared over Puerto Rico in September 2017, Marena Pérez and Aureo Andino hunkered down inside their ballet studio. The couple never imagined that they, their daughter and Pérez's ...