From the daily newsletter: an editor’s note from Daniel Zalewski. Plus: Jia Tolentino on Joan Didion on Martha Stewart; ...

A coroner has issued a warning to health bosses after the death of a 91-year-old woman who refused to go to A&E after a ...

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

"The last thing he said before passing was, 'I should have finished the job of drowning her and burning down the house.'" ...

The girl was unconscious when officers found her in a Brooklyn apartment Friday afternoon, officials said. A 6-year-old girl ...

Ebony McIntosh, 24 of England, and Nadine Raguse, 26, of Germany, both died after suffering from vomiting and nausea.

Two tourists have died from suspected pesticide poisoning after their hostel in Sri Lanka was fumigated for bedbugs, ...

In a shocking turn of events that sounds straight out of a Hollywood movie, Natasha Sokunbi went to the hospital with chest pains—only to die for 14 minutes and wake up as a mother. At 37 weeks ...

Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) is a deeply entrenched cultural practice that affects around 200 million women ...

We wrote a post about some of the wildest secrets people discovered about their families, and oh lordy, were they juicy. So ...

Pregnant women are trooping to hospitals to deliver in Turkana, thanks to a simple seat that respects the community's culture ...

When Brenda Andrew was on trial for murder in 2004 in Oklahoma, a prosecutor named Fern Smith turned to the jury and held up ...