YouTube on Thursday launched the most extensive changes to its appearance, organization and function in its six-year history as the Internet’s top video site prepares for the fast-approaching time when people will expect to be able to watch the same video content on their living room TV, gaming console or smartphone that they once saw only on their laptop. The changes, which were expected to...

Adam Sandler’s Jack And Jill—a movie about Adam Sandler farting and then putting a wig on his fart, and then his bewigged fart farts—is currently enjoying a 4-percent “fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the critical consensus seeming to be “Stab yourself repeatedly in the face.” And as it ever was and ever shall be, that’s Armond White’s cue to explain why everyone has missed...

On Thursday night, I had the misfortune of trying to explain to my 11-year-old grandson the horrible events that have taken place at Penn State. The child sex abuse scandal is being talked about even at grade schools. I tried to make it clear to him that no matter what, if someone — man or woman — touched him in a way that made him uncomfortable, he is to tell on that person even if he looked up...

November 7, 2011 — A sudden drop in reported cases of tuberculosis (TB) in the United States in 2009 could be explained by the economic recession, which slowed immigration and reduced access to healthcare, researchers reported in an article published online today in BMC Public Health. “While a greater-than-expected decline in a deadly infectious disease is usually reason for celebration, our...