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A renaissance in Texas barbecue has transformed what was once a hidebound tradition into one of the country’s most dynamic vernacular cuisines, changing the landscape of American barbecue in the process —...

On a cold evening in March, a cement-floored warehouse in the gritty Paris suburb of Fontenay-sous-Bois played host to a different kind of couture fashion show. A model in a short-sleeved jacket...

Hands shaking as she covered her mouth, a woman looked toward a gaping hole in the side of a high-rise, the contents of apartments spilling out of its side.Standing alongside her was...

​​Last fall, my husband and I set our hearts on renting an R.V. for a road trip from Los Angeles to Florida. We imagined picnicking on mountaintops in New Mexico, sleeping under...

A roller coaster at an amusement park in Charlotte, N.C., was shut down on Friday after a visitor spotted a large crack in one of the ride’s pillars.The Carowinds amusement park said...

For two heritage jewelry houses, inspirations from the past are back in modernized versions at the high jewelry presentations this week in Paris.For Benoît Verhulle, the head of the jewelry atelier at...

Claire Choisne, Boucheron’s creative director since 2011, said she set out to break all the rules while she created the house’s new 30-piece high jewelry collection. Called More is More, it is...

He had some 20 jobs in his first two years out of college, first as a pattern maker and then at a blouse company. “Blacks were the largely invisible members of the...

Good morning. Purple finches have come to our bird feeder lately, eating after the cardinals have had their fill and before the red-winged blackbirds arrive. They whomp on the sunflower seeds and...

Not long ago, the high jewelry presentations on and around Place Vendôme brought the semiannual couture shows to a dazzling finale.This summer, however, many of the biggest fireworks already have happened, with...