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The blockbuster Netflix series returns with new episodes July 4

Ilana Jacobson and Abbi Glazer began as contemporaries of "Girls" but depart having made more space for women

Laura Billings weaves a delightful tale of a rug-bargaining session in Turkey that results in two purchases and some priceless insights.

There is nothing creepy about how Fox News responded to a viral video about leggings -- nothing creepy at all

Because of the surge, Saturday's anti-Iraq war rally in Washington included some new, mainstream faces.

Golding didn't see a place for women in savagery back in 1954. This show would have proven him very wrong.

The shooter reportedly wore a mask and camouflage gear

In 1975, Sheila and Kate vanished from a Maryland mall. A man was indicted last month for murder—what took so long?

The Boston Phoenix wins the "oops" award for a piece claiming that the gun-toting teen is a media myth -- one day after Littleton.

It's the worst thing about Christmas: Craigslist is suddenly overflowing with yuletide innuendo

The Texas governor rejected calls for gun control after the latest mass shooting, blaming mental health

As her murder case reopens in Italy, I can't stop thinking about my own reckless past and the dangers that I dodged

This isn't a "crime against Christianity" — committing hate crimes in a church creates a specific kind of trauma