Even before they played their first note together, the YouTube Symphony Orchestra were listed as one of the world's most inspiring orchestras.Part publicity stunt by its producers, part vanity trip by its parti...

Women aged 25 are now more likely to have had a child than to be married. The latest landmark in the decline of marriage was uncovered yesterday in Social Trends, the annual snapshot of the nation by the Office...

The growing reluctance of Britain's 20- and 30-somethings to fly the parental nest was revealed today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in its annual report on the latest social trends.It said almost ...

Two years since the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, the classroom wing where a student methodically gunned down his victims has been transformed into a center to promote peace.But even the man who s...

Church worker Susan Boyle wows on "Britain Has Talent." Simon says he's pleased. ...

Not long ago, in the clinic, a fellow pediatrician and mother asked whether we were still teaching our sons old-fashioned elevator etiquette: stand back and let the ladies off first.We all protested that we don...

In a light-filled classroom in Sherman Oaks, gregarious teacher Jenna Zucker dons a straw hat and, in an exaggerated Southern drawl, invites the gathered first- and second-graders to an imaginary picnic.The chi...

They weren't goths or loners. The two teenagers who killed 13 people and themselves at suburban Denver's Columbine High School 10 years ago next week weren't in the "Trenchcoat Mafia," disaffected videogamers ...

Kelly Peña, or “the kid whisperer,” as some Hollywood producers call her, was digging through a 12-year-old boy’s dresser drawer here on a recent afternoon. Her undercover mission: to une...

Jobs are scarce. Money is tight. A speedy economic recovery seems unlikely. Yet none of that has stopped the Millennial Generation from helping othersYoung adults who grew up in the shadow of the 9/11 attacks a...