The Washington Post

Federal government researchers Thursday filled in a blank spot on the map of life's hazards -- the part occupied by Spot, Fifi, the leathery chewing pretzel and the water bowl....

Reese Witherspoon's kids are at the age where they discover a movie they like and proceed to watch it "over and over and over again." Her 9-year-old daughter, Ava, and...

April is the worst month for seniors applying to college. The month starts with news about which colleges accepted you and which didn't. By the end of the month you...

With her face wrapped in a pink veil, Suman Yadav squatted on the mud floor of her village home washing clothes, next to her family's gleaming new possession: a silver-gray,...

Jack Lorenz, who became a nationally prominent advocate for nature preservation during 18 years as executive director of the Izaak Walton League, and who developed a code of ethics governing...

What's Steve Harvey, a thrice-married, twice-divorced comic, doing hawking a lonely-hearts self-help book titled "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy,...

Jack Lorenz, who became a nationally prominent advocate for nature preservation during 18 years as executive director of the Izaak Walton League, and who developed a code of ethics governing...

The International Committee of the Red Cross concluded in a secret report that the Bush administration's treatment of Al Qaeda captives "constituted torture," a finding that strongly implied that CIA...

There were a lot of big movie releases on DVD this week -- most of them rated "R." Here's a roundup of some of the best. Cadillac Records (R, 109...

More than half the baby shampoo, lotions and other infant-care products analyzed by a health advocacy group were found to contain trace amounts of two chemicals that are believed to...