New York Times News Service

WHO PLEDGED LAST YEAR? Here's a breakdown of who pledged the $76 million that last year's "Idol Gives Back" received in donations: $7 million Corporations and foundations making direct or...

Rabbi Herbert Friedman, who as chief executive of the United Jewish Appeal raised more than $3 billion to support the fledgling state of Israel and led efforts to close the...

Dr. Charlotte T.C. Tan, who for many years was a driving force behind the testing of drugs that proved effective in treating children with leukemia and other cancers, died March...

Viewers of this season's "American Idol" competition have heard the program's "Idol Gives Back" charity promoted repeatedly by host Ryan Seacrest. With "Idol" gearing up for its second annual star-studded...

Tibet's fast-growing tourism industry has come to a screeching halt in the wake of violent protests that began with a March 14 riot in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, and...

Most of Noel and Holly Getch Clarke's 1890s Victorian is a colorful tangle of art and furniture, with a motley array of rescued pets loitering about the rooms. Walls and...

In New York City real estate, death is the ultimate leveler, evicting the residents of 16-room duplexes as well as those in fifth-floor walk-ups. It doesn't matter who you know....

For years, Johnson & Johnson obscured evidence that its popular Ortho Evra birth control patch delivered much more estrogen than standard birth control pills, potentially increasing the risk of blood...

Army leaders are expressing increased alarm about the mental health of soldiers who would be sent back to the front again and again under plans that call for troop numbers...

Wayne Frost, a hip-hop pioneer known as Frosty Freeze who helped inspire a worldwide break-dancing craze in the early 1980s as a member of the influential group Rock Steady Crew,...