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Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In argued women hold themselves back at work. The backlash said the system holds them back. Inside one of 2013's fiercest debates.
A California preschool teacher was arrested after allegedly putting an over-the-counter sleep aid in toddlers' cups. What was reported at the time.
Italy told India its two marines facing trial for killing two fishermen would not return from home leave — setting up a diplomatic standoff.
Why do women still give up their names at marriage while men never do? On identity, history, and the quiet pressure behind the tradition.
Investors bought a dilapidated Long Island cottage for $300,000 — and found 70,000 forgotten paintings by Armenian-American artist Arthur Pinajian.
A Christmas story written by eight-year-old Nyssa Aftab: when Santa runs out of time, he's replaced by the villainous Mr.
Romance author Sonali Dev shares seven rules for keeping the love alive when you're losing your mind — from holding hands to yelling it out.
Zara founder Amancio Ortega was named the world's third-richest person in 2013 at $57 billion — yet the famously private billionaire rarely gives interviews.
A persistent TB strain unique to LA's Skid Row killed 11 since 2007; the CDC dispatched a team as officials tracked down 4,650 possibly exposed people.
Sreepathy's Retro Reel on Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men (1957): a single jury room, twelve men, and a masterclass in power, prejudice, and reasonable doubt.
Three young sisters, aged 11, 9, and 6, were found dead in a well in Maharashtra's Bhandara district in February 2013 — and police first called it an accident.
By 2013, China's leaders faced a shrinking workforce, 360 million elderly by 2030, and a 118-to-100 gender skew — and reformers said the one-child policy's
In February 2013, horsemeat labeled as beef turned up in burgers, lasagne, and spaghetti across Europe — exposing a food chain so tangled nobody could say
After Anoushka Shankar's revelation and a damning Human Rights Watch report, a 2013 TV panel confronted India's child sex abuse crisis — and the silence
On February 15, 2013, a meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, shattering windows across the city and injuring over a thousand people — mostly from
Every Tuesday at 2 a.m., a landline still registered to Katie Couric's late husband Jay Monahan was dialing 911 — and the NYPD had no idea why.
A Naperville book club takes on Aravind Adiga's Booker-winning 'The White Tiger' — and splits three ways over its brutal portrait of class and caste.
Sitarist Anoushka Shankar revealed she suffered sexual abuse as a child as she backed the One Billion Rising campaign after the December 2012 Delhi gang rape.
Author Anju Gattani on Walmart's India entry: why a retail giant's American playbook collided with Indian roads, kirana shops, and cultural walls.
A 2012 remark by a Karnataka High Court judge sparked outrage — but a national health survey found 54% of Indian women themselves said wife-beating could be