Easter and Passover arrive in spring like the California poppy, lupin and other wildflowers blooming across the state right now. Easter is the Christian holiday celebrating the belief in the ...

You know it must be Good Friday when the photos emerge from the Philippines of devotees submitting themselves to modern-day crucifixions. Catholic officials, as in years past, discourage the practice ...

The Daily Cartoon, Shouts, and other funny stuff from our Dept. of Hoopla. How to Write a New Yorker Cartoon Caption: Will Ferrell, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Zach Woods, and Zoe Chao Edition The “Downhill” ...

A video of Chasidic rabbis being interviewed by a Muppet is just one of the many Passover guides available on the Web this season. While many Jewish organizations offer at least a written explanation ...

Peter Kuper, the 2020-21 Jean Strouse Fellow at the New York Public Library’s Cullman Center, has been contributing to The New Yorker since 1993.

Gov. Rick Scott recently signed a bill limiting pain medication to a supply ranging from only 3 days to 7 days. Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran joined Scott at the ceremony. Corcoran admitted ...

Easter and Passover arrive in spring like the California poppy, lupin and other wildflowers blooming across the state right now. Easter is the Christian holiday celebrating the belief in the ...