The New York State Department of Labor has opened an inquiry into Shen Yun Performing Arts and the global dance group's treatment of the children and teenagers who stage its shows worldwide. The inquiry was opened after questions from The New York Times.

The nation’s northernmost town — Utqiagvik, Alaska — is about to descend into months of darkness.

Scientists have published the first detailed analyses of the historic cache of lunar soil and rock that China retrieved from the far side of the moon this year, and they suggest that the moon may have some new stories to tell

Ben Sasse promised a conservative overhaul at the University of Florida. But then he resigned, leaving controversy and an embarrassing drop in the U.S. News rankings.