British archeologists have completed conservation of rare wall paintings near the city of Petra, Jordan, that are more than 2,000 years old.

Native leaders are calling for an independent probe into the police shooting death in Seattle of a B.C. First Nations carving artist.

Dan Parent, who has drawn Archie comics for two decades, talks about why the time was right for the first gay character in the comic series.

Crass writing and dumb jokes spoil this relationship comedy,

A French skyscraper climber has pleaded not guilty in a Sydney court to charges of unlawful entry and risking the safety of another by climbing a buil

The journalists locked out by French-language daily the Journal de Montréal will start publishing a free weekly tabloid at the end of October.

The Montreal Symphony Orchestra's musical director, Kent Nagano, has extended his contract for another three years.

'Water for Elephants' author shows her affinity for animals again in her novel about humans and animals at a university research facility.

Cooler temperatures loom, and along with them plenty of cool books for fall. From a former president (George W. Bush) to a rock star (Keith Richards)

The American author, who lives in the U.K., is out with At Home: A Short History of Private Life in October.

Also recently released: fiction from Nick Hornby and an account of Hurricane Katrina survivors.

Chloe Moretz appears to be leading the hunt for Katniss Everdeen, and Kathy Reichs is out with her first young-adult novel.