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Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese citizen, was recently released from Iran's notorious Evin Prison, where he served nearly four years.

Jonathan Aledda testified that he did not intend to shoot Charles Kinsey, a caregiver for a man with autism who the officer says he mistakenly thought was armed.

A Florida man bought real estate online, paying what seemed like a bargain: about $9,000 for what was advertised as a villa. It was a strip of land between two actual villas

Author Harriet Lye says her cousin in England told her colleagues that she wanted a Mariah Carey birthday cake. Instead, she got a cake featuring physicist and chemist Marie Curie.

The nationwide analysis has concluded that probation and parole violations amount to nearly half of admissions to state prisons. The majority of those violations were minor infractions.

CONTENT ADVISORY: Portions of these stories may not be suitable for some listeners/readersI. Innovative course teaches future social workers and lawyers…

Taffy Brodesser-Akner's debut novel seems like a Portnoy-esque tale of a lovable lout, but halfway through, the story shakes itself up and reorients itself in a completely different direction.

Vietnamese-American poet Ocean Vuong's words are mighty, teasing and overpowering in his autobiographical novel, written as a letter from a son to his illiterate mother.

A new film is inspired by the real-life story of Jimmie Fails, who hopes to reclaim his family's home in the gentrifying Fillmore District. It's also an ode to the city its creators used to know.

Even in our current climate, it's sobering to consider how the profession of architecture treated modernist pioneer Eileen Gray. This graphic history is a thought-provoking, if incomplete, reflection.