Carol Randolph, who spent 17 years as the host of morning and public-affairs programs aimed at African American viewers in the Washington TV market, died Aug. 5 at her home in the District. She was 82 ...

Stanford economic researchers estimate that ending poverty worldwide would cost $170 billion per year, establishing a concrete number for future policies. The study, published in December by ...

Reminiscing about influential people in her life, Countdown legend Carol Vorderman reveals it’s not just maths she’s mastered - she’s also ‘Queen of Wenglish.’ Growing up in North Wales, she says her ...

Think you know everything about Christmas? Let’s find out with this collection of Christmas trivia questions and answers. For instance, who wrote and recorded the classic holiday song “Wonderful ...

As the holiday season approaches, your mind may be filled with visions of a picturesque Main Street lined with white twinkling lights, decked-out Christmas trees and gently falling snow. Make this ...

Christmas is still over a month away, but that shouldn't stop you from enjoying classic Christmas movies right now. And is there anything more classic than Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas?

While important gains in reducing global poverty have been made steadily since 1998, the pace of this reduction had slowed considerably in recent years. It was becoming increasingly unrealistic to ...

Sub-Saharan Africa is the world’s second most unequal region after Latin America, with deep-seated structural sources of inequality not only limiting poverty reduction, but growth itself. The report, ...