More than ever, rich property owners are spending huge sums on full-grown oaks, palms and baobabs. They don’t have the time or patience to watch them grow.

The decision, which resulted from a hung jury, means the prosecution can decide whether to try her again. The defense failed to secure a stay of the decision from a higher court.

One easy trick to make yourself smarter.

Some Canadian websites, including for the federal government, displayed maps with Lake Ontario renamed as Lake America on Sunday, a day after Google Maps announced the change to align with an executiv...

Annie Lowrey, the author of “The Time Tax,” explains how the government steals Americans’ time — on purpose.

I’d walked through Boston's streets hundreds of times through the decades. But it was shocking how little I’d actually seen.