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Here's a guide to January's stone, including its namesake, history and more. Garnet is January's birthstone. Its name derives from the medieval Latin "granatus," meaning "pomegranate," according ...

On Rio de Janeiro’s fringes, partygoers have been dancing “charme” to the sounds of R&B for decades. Now, a new crop of dancers is reviving — and transforming — the scene. Marcus Azevedo ...

Re “Kennedy tailoring views for senators: Eases some GOP concerns on polio vaccine, abortion” (Page A1, Dec. 19): As a Peace Corps volunteer in 1987, I worked in a remote village in Sierra Leone.