Mario Vargas Llosa, a versatile and influential writer, explored realism and social issues in his vast body of work.

My dad grew up in communist Cuba under Fidel Castro. During the Cuban Revolution, the people thought Castro would bring about ...

Claiborne Pell, who was largely responsible for the Pell grant program for U.S. college students, died Thursday morning at his Rhode Island home, his family said. Pell, 90, "died peacefully in the ...