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Homemade blackberry jam seemed to Northern California food writer Nicole Spiridakis the perfect parting favor for guests of her upcoming wedding. Picking berries and filling 103 jars with their summery essence took time but wasn't hard, she says.

This week, the members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians have an opportunity to cast their votes on two important referenda, including a measure that could make the Qualla Boundary the only place in North Carolina where marijuana can legally be purchased for recreational use.

At the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Lauren Mayberry announced herself as a solo star.

China has seen a series of disappointing economic data this year. UBS' Tao Wang explains what went wrong with the anticipated recovery after China's tough COVID restrictions, and what could come next.

Author Richard Rothstein says the housing programs begun under the New Deal were tantamount to a "state-sponsored system of segregation," in which people of color were purposely excluded from suburbs.

The 4th of July traditional hotdog eating contest got us thinking about why food and the holiday are so intertwined. Some experts have gone deep on the subject of competitive eating.

Chief Justice Roberts kept a firm grip on the court. He assigned himself four of the seven most important opinions, including affirmative action, and he won some more nuanced outcomes.

Shoes and accessories designed by Aurora James sell for hundreds, even thousands, of dollars. In Wildflower, James details how hard it was to get here and the imbalanced economics of high fashion.

Based on a play by Friederich Schiller, Verdi's drama is a complex story of one man's internal conflict, which is aggravated by his love for the wrong woman.

Japan suffered through a recession in the 1990s — a downturn they combatted with stimulus. As Japan's economy takes a turn for the worse again, what does that say about the U.S. stimulus plan? Adam Posen, deputy director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, talks about how Japan's current and past economic situations mirror our own.

Ahead of Saturday's presidential election in Zimbabwe, Heidi Holland, author of Dinner with Mugabe, explains her theory of how Zimbabwe's leader of 28 years went from hero to deluded dictator.

FX's limited series revival Justified: City Primeval offers the nostalgic return of a beloved character. But that alone isn't enough. We take a look back at reboots that worked, and those that didn't.

Ecologist Rob Dunn's new book describes the tiny life forms, helpful and risky, that live in different parts of the home, including on floors and in water faucets, basements and heating systems.

The controversial entrepreneur is seeking redemption and some people are ready for him to try. Tickets have sold out. But he still owes $26 million in restitution to the people he fleeced.

Growing up in the South, Faust rejected the narrative she was fed about slavery and the Civil War. She writes about her journey to activism and becoming the president of Harvard in Necessary Trouble.

The new book The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains In A High-Tech World makes the case for managing the tsunami of digital distractions to aid how we learn, absorb information and live.

Conservatives embraced their new leader at their pre-eminent annual gathering. Meanwhile, Trump's team was quick to draw comparisons between the new president and CPAC's longtime hero, Ronald Reagan.

Some lawmakers are considering a scaled-back health bill in place of the comprehensive legislation now stalled in Congress. But there's debate about whether popular insurance reforms, such as requiring insurers to accept applicants with health problems, can be successful without an unpopular individual insurance mandate.

The health law lays out a new and possibly less costly model to help health care providers care for patients and keep costs down. So just what are these Accountable Care Organizations and how would they work?

Producers have been saying for years that large Broadway orchestras are not financially feasible. In fact, the issue led to a strike 20 years ago. So why are some shows bringing them back?