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In 1919, Lena Goldberg turned an old, eight-room wooden house in Chelsea into a home. Ten elderly Jewish Chelsea residents with no place to go moved in. Today, the Chelsea [...]

Sheldon Petcher, 77, logs thousands of miles a year, and he refuses to let his wheelchair slow him down. From his base in Portland, Ore., the certified guide has accompanied [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis What should Sony Pictures Entertainment, reeling from an ongoing data hack, do after it recalls 'The Interview' after mounting pressure from the hackers themselves? On Wednesday night, [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis Now that the US and Cuba are reestablishing diplomatic relations, is it time for American tourists to book a 90-mile flight from Florida? The official US tourism [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis One young couple's break-up may make a lot of dreams come true. That's the aim, at least, of a new organization called A Ticket Forward, which plans [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis What happened when Texas City plumbers put a black pickup truck up for auction more than a year ago? This week, Mark Oberholtzer is among those trying [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis Derby the dog was born with small forearms and no front paws. Now, the 1-year-old dog runs several miles each day, thanks to his 3-D-printed prosthetic legs. [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis Oskar Groening, 93, has been charged with complicity to more than 300,000 counts of murder for his involvement in the Auschwitz concentration camp in the early 1940s. [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis Recent threats from the so-called 'Guardians of Fear,' a group that says it is responsible for the large-scale hack into Sony Pictures Entertainment data, warn Americans to [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis Capping off Twitter's 'year of the selfie'? An extendable arm -- it'll perfectly frame a quick self-portrait. A Bluetooth-enabled pole may be the greatest holiday gift that [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis Some Monday morning commuters found a welcome surprise on their way to work -- gas prices that had slipped below $2.00 per gallon. Prices in 22 states [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis Hollywood actors and producers are still on the defensive three weeks after hackers broke into Sony Pictures Entertainment's computer system. Information exposed includes employee Social Security numbers [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis Late Saturday night and early Sunday morning, streaks of white will light up dark skies. But to get the best views of the Geminid meteor shower, here [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis This holiday season, Facebook has hinted at a gift for its users -- a little negativity. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg tempted the masses on Thursday in a [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis This month, professional athletes have joined a national conversation on racial injustice. And while some coaches and league officials have supported these actions, some viewers have publicly [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis When a Lowell, Michigan, woman rolled down the window after a routine traffic violation, she expected a ticket. Instead, a police officer made her Christmas shopping a [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis In 2014, Facebook users celebrated athletic triumphs, mourned the loss of friends and celebrities, and discussed divisive issues online -- sharing, liking, and commenting to make their [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis Books by men and women split the bill in this year's New York Times Sunday Book Review's '100 Notable Books of 2014,' a list released on Tuesday. [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis The first headline, leading off a 2011 Philadelphia Tribune article, didn't even note her name. 'South Philly girl, 10, excels in several sports.' Three years later, Mo'ne [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis When Darren Wilson, the white police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown, a black teenager, spoke of the moments just before the shooting, he described a [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis In a video released this week, a man went to the University of California at Berkeley's campus, waving the black-and-white flag of the Islamic State and loudly [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis Even when a donation benefits scientific research, a potential giver might still need an incentive. That's why the London-based nonprofit Lunar Mission One aims to bring potential [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis Outside Applebee's on North Plainfield Road, men and women wearing embroidered hats waited with family and friends for a table on Tuesday afternoon. 'U.S. Navy Veteran,' read [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis Late last month, the city of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., passed a series of laws that restricted where organizations could feed the homeless. On Sunday, when a 90-year-old [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis One in four. That's how many British 16- to 24-year-old respondents said they never drink alcohol. It's also the largest demographic group to say that they abstained [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis On the third page of a new coloring book, children are asked to solve seven word jumbles. One spells 'justice,' another 'freedom.' Later in the packet, children [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis Michelle Obama has had a busy month. She's made campaign stops in nine states in October, NBC reported earlier this week. Her silly Vine video featured a [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis As lava crawls closer to houses and other buildings, residents of Pahoa, Hawaii, may soon have to evacuate the area. Many more citizens in the Puna district [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis Taylor Swift's full-on transition to pop with '1989' brings her into a network of stars who share the producers that have touched many of today's radio hits. [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis After a rapid-fire series of uncomfortable questions, Brad Pitt leaned over and spat his gum into Zach Galifianakis's eye. This week, 'Hangover' actor Mr. Galifianakis added Mr. [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is the latest city to place restrictions on feeding the homeless. The new regulations prohibit organizations from feeding the homeless outside within 500 feet [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis 'Please rise and remove your hats,' an announcer said Wednesday night as the silhouettes of red maple leaves stretched across the Pittsburgh ice. 'Ladies and gentlemen, tonight [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis If you're under clear North American skies, Thursday's partial eclipse could promise beautiful sights. But, before the moon slides between the sun and the Earth, leaving just [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis Oscar de la Renta's approach to fashion - as much as his stylistic grace - have been lauded since the designer's death on Monday. His customers have [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis On Monday morning, Keene State College Student Body President Bobby Graham sat in his econometrics class, one day after he had walked door to door apologizing to [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis In cutting his salary by $90,000, Kentucky State University interim president Raymond Burse joins Stanford University president John Etchemendy, who cut his own salary by 10 percent [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis Could the umbrella go by way of the Walkman and the fax machine? A Kickstarter-funded 'Air Umbrella' might one day replace the traditional umbrella, pushing air through [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis 'You may remember earlier this year the Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice found himself in a little bit of hot water when an Atlantic City casino [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis Could complaining to Comcast about your service end up costing you your job? That's what former Comcast customer Conal O'Rourke says happened to him. The California financial [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis Amazon Prime is warning its viewers that the 1940 cartoon 'Tom and Jerry' has 'ethnic and racial prejudices that...were wrong then and are wrong today.' This warning [...]

Byline: Lindsay Ellis A North Dakota high school assembly on the school dress code - stipulating that yoga pants and skinny jeans must be appropriately covered - was expected to [...]

When her mother lost her voice, Gail Twersky Reimer missed more than its sound. She also felt a rupture with the past. Natalia Twersky was a Polish Auschwitz survivor who [...]

If Lazar Lowinger makes the US team for the 19th Maccabiah Games, he hopes the grand masters' tennis division is played on the games' five new red clay courts. The [...]

For 19 out of its 50 years, Solomon Schechter Day School in Newton has enrolled a member of the Leifer family. This year's graduation ceremony saw the youngest of the [...]

Ask Frederick Lappin, president of Knollwood Cemetery Corp., about who he thinks cemeteries serve. He won't skip a beat. 'Cemeteries are for the living,' said Lappin, whom leads Sharon Memorial [...]

August poll question: In selecting the next president, how important to you is the candidate's policies on Israel?: A. Decisive B. Somewhat important C. Not very important D. Unsure Tell [...]

Anissa Lee learned facts and figures about the Holocaust while preparing to conduct her interview. Nervous, the 16-year-old Wellesley resident faced Elizabeth Dopazo, a Jehovah's Witness survivor of the Third [...]