NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured yet another beautiful sight. While observing a series of interacting galaxies known as Galaxy AM 1045-325, Hubble spotted what looked like a celestial ...

The idea of a single precious object being passed from one person to another on a quixotic journey follows a plot device as old as fairy tales. In "A String of Pearls," currently at Artists Repertory ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Tracing an object through the years is not a new idea for writers, but playwright Michele Lowe has employed it again with some success in a likable one-act stage drama titled ...

Camille Billops has been documenting the lives of her extended family in Los Angeles since 1979; in this sixth installment (2001), codirected by her husband, James V. Hatch, she focuses on the men, ...

In the heart of the nation's capital, in a courthouse of the U.S. government, one man will stop at nothing to keep his honor, and one will stop at nothing to find the truth.

In a November 8 column, U.S. Naval War College Professor James R. Holmes (aka the Naval Diplomat) criticized a new National Defense University (NDU) report on Chinese overseas basing that I and a team ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — China has agreed to provide a loan of $989 million to Sri Lanka to build an expressway that will connect the island nation’s tea-growing central region to a China-run seaport on ...

The indicators of the real state of the Chinese economy aren’t only found in the debt, growth, and production output statistics released by the Chinese government. Indeed, a defining indicator of ...

String of pearls is a succulent vine that is typically grown as a houseplant or as an ornamental in outdoor hanging baskets. It's recognized by its charming pea-shaped leaves that grow on trailing ...