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French courts may finally be taking years of complaints about sexual violence seriously, advocates and experts say.

A company dedicated to loss suffered a big one of its own last week: WW International Inc., better known as WeightWatchers, announced that, in an effort to shed $1.15 billion of unsightly debt, it was filing for bankruptcy. The company says it’s …

After our columnist inquired about a surprise bill for a whale-watching outing, Holland America changed the way it handles passengers wait-listed for excursions.

Boston won its first game of the series without star Jayson Tatum, who tore his Achilles in Game 4.

Best known for basketball success under John Calipari 30 years ago, UMass has won 26 football games in 13 years in the FBS. Can it change?

Saou Ichikawa is the country’s first severely disabled author to win a top literary prize. Her novel “Hunchback” is an angry cry against “ableist machismo.”

During a daylong hearing in Albany, state lawmakers heard from family members of men who died in New York State prisons in recent years.

The death of Valeria Márquez, 23, was the latest reminder of the rise in violence against women in the country.

An official report into last year’s yacht tragedy, which killed seven, found that the boat could easily capsize in high winds. Its towering mast made it more vulnerable.

A growing genre of work is defined not by its content but by its audience on social media.