No amount of alcohol is good for you. Alcohol is a carcinogen, and people who drink more are more likely to die of cancer, ...

Survivors of the bar fire in Switzerland on Jan. 1 share their harrowing escape stories. The fire killed at least 40 and ...

During a news conference on Jan. 2, officials said sparklers on bottles of champagne caused the fire that killed at least 40 ...

New Yorkers gathered in Washington Square Park on Dec. 30 to mourn the New York City transit system's MetroCard, which is ...

Schools, buffeted by post-pandemic politics, have become less strict in enforcing vaccination mandates, The Post found. Some ...

Denzel Washington, George Clooney and Keanu Reeves were just a few who made an impact on the box office in 2025.

Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, was sworn in publicly as the mayor of New York City on Jan. 1. He is the ...

President Donald Trump in mid-September quietly launched one of the biggest transformations to the White House in its ...

Every 66 seconds an American develops Alzheimer’s disease. By 2050, that frequency is expected to increase to one every 33 seconds. While the number of U.S. deaths from Alzheimer’s has doubled in the ...

Dozens were killed after a fire broke out during a New Year’s celebration at a ski resort in Crans-Montana, the heart of the ...

A new line of research has revealed a surprising finding about how the presence of wolves helps keep people safe.

Alisa Tang is an assignment editor for The Washington Post's local desk and editor of the Post Local newsletter. She ...