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For his VIP game, Sir Patrick Stewart is quizzed on the meanings of Shakespearean insults.

Sir Patrick Stewart talks about living in Brooklyn, becoming a knight, and his new show Blunt Talk.

An eponym is something that is named for a person. In this game, we pretend that some everyday words could be etymologically traced to a famous namesake.

The campus can be a laboratory of great experimentation — especially when it comes to American English.

A year ago, West Africa was reporting more than 500 new Ebola cases each week. This week, the region had just three. Could the epidemic finally be grinding to a halt?

Alt.Latino talks to a bandleader with deep roots in Cuban music and a role in current events. O'Farrill just released a new album called Cuba: The Conversation Continues.

Most of the dead were Afghan civilians and scores more were wounded in the attack on a convoy. The Taliban have denied any responsibility.

The Italian coast guard, assisted by a Norwegian vessel, has already rescued 1,200 migrants from a flotilla of vessels off the coast of Libya.

At a time when the U.S. hopes Turkey can be a solid ally against ISIS, the country is facing multiple crises of its own: new elections, Kurdish unrest and a migrant wave.

When human remains turn up at the bottom of the lake or in the trunk of a car, often its the bones that hold the answer. One of the best places to learn to read these clues is in Tennessee.