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STOCKHOLM — Bob Dylan couldn’t make it to Stockholm to pick up his literature award or attend the Nobel ceremonies, but he’ll be here with his band in April for a few gigs.

The new documentary film 'The Eagle Huntress' underscores our ancient and medieval connections to birds of prey.

Every December, we gather excerpts from a few of the many poems published in The New Yorker during the preceding year. Among the selections from 2016, below, are several poems by newcomers to our pages—including Max Ritvo, who died of cancer, at the age of twenty-five, this past summer—and some by veterans, including Rita Dove and the late Seamus Heaney. Subscribers may read these poems in full by following the links, and can access the entire poetry archive here.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — The president of West Africa’s regional bloc says that Gambia could be plunged into violence by the president’s decision to reject election results in which he was defeated after 22 years in power.

Who knew over-the-counter drugs were so psychedelic?

South Africa's capital is now a global food hot spot. But the lack of restaurants serving traditional dishes of the continent speaks to larger concerns about what this post-apartheid society values.

In the modern age of the Internet, it’s easy to become jaded, but TNA star Matt Hardy is doing his best to make watching professional wrestling fun again. Over the last year, Hardy has been one of the top performers on Impact Wrestling and has created a general buzz around the [...]

Amazon Go’s new model may eliminate the jobs for many “courtesy clerks” around the country, however, the new platform is likely to become a source of rental revenue for many shopping center REITs as a means to fill up space and to drive more traffic into their parking lots.

In September, Adero Knott was out of school and out of work. Then she leveraged re:work training, a nonprofit I run out of BLUE1647, and in seven weeks earned a software sales job. Adero now makes over $60,000 annually, more than the average household in the U.S., and more than [...]

Next year, it’s been projected that the amount of mobile users will reach 4.77 billion. So, with 2017 just around the corner, it’s obvious that you need a phenomenal mobile presence, but how do you know if a mobile app is the right move for your brand?

There is a new group of women in the running to become America's Next Top Model, but is one of them plus size? Judge Ashley Graham is still on the hunt.  As fans of...

Believe it or not, there are only 19 days left of 2016, a year that has seen its fair share of high highs and low lows. So which celebrities fall into the category of having an enviable year of...

Mannequin challenge, choker necklaces and creepy clowns, oh my! 2016 has had its fair share of random, weird, and funny-while-it-lasted trends, but which ones are you hoping...

Mark Wahlberg can't help but think the United States will be OK when Donald Trump becomes president. "Being the positive person that I am, I have to hope so," Wahlberg says....

Officials initially put the death toll at 33, but after scouring the scene, rescue workers -- some in hazmat suits -- found six more bodies in the bush of people who tried to flee the scene.

A man who phoned police to tell them he had killed his wife was found soon afterwards decapitated in his car, an inquest heard.

A photograph by Michael Forsberg of sandhill cranes flying near the Platte River at sunset will be used for a U.S. postage stamp celebrating Nebraska’s 150th birthday as a state.

The sign of progress this winter will be “lots of bucket trucks” as the city moves to modernize intersections within nine priority arterial corridors.

Donald Trump uses the law very strategically and aggressively. According to Michael D'Antonio, the author of "Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success," Trump learned this legal style from "the king of intimidation," Roy Cohn.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court has held its first session Monday after the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye.

Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Bill Gates is heading a $1 billion venture fund that will invest in clean energy technology to combat climate change.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Bob Dylan couldn't make it to Stockholm to pick up his literature award or attend the Nobel ceremonies, but he'll be here with his band in April for a few gigs.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Bob Dylan couldn't make it to Stockholm to pick up his literature award or attend the Nobel ceremonies, but he'll be here with his band in April for a few gigs.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Bob Dylan couldn't make it to Stockholm to pick up his literature award or attend the Nobel ceremonies, but he'll be here with his band in April for a few gigs.