The Singapore Sling originated in 1915 at the Long Bar in Singapore’s iconic Raffles Hotel. Bartender Ngiam Tong Boon designed it to look like juice so women could discreetly drink alcohol in public.

Embedded in the oft-cited Articles of Faith, written by church founder Joseph Smith, is this statement: “We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly.” To the minds ...

Since almost the founding of their faith, English-speaking Latter-day Saints have stuck loyally by the side of the King James translation of the Bible, a version known for archaic and lofty language ...

The staff of the Book Review recommends unforgettable books that made our personal best-of-the-year lists. Credit...Photo illustration by Sebastian Mast Supported by By The New York Times Books Staff ...

In this Christmas season, Bibles around the world will be opened to the second chapter of Luke as people read that gospel’s account of the birth of Jesus. Kathy and I follow the tradition before we ...

Indiana football officially launched its Heisman Trophy campaign for star quarterback Fernando Mendoza on Monday. Featuring the hashtag #HeisMendoza, which started as a chant from IU's student section ...

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) approved a new translation of the Bible, which will be used for personal Bibles, the lectionary at Mass, and the text in the Liturgy of the ...

This tiny fragment belied a find of Biblical proportions. Archaeologists in Jerusalem have unearthed a 2,700-year-old Assyrian inscription in clay that could shine a light on key events detailed in ...

A Bible translation approved for private use by the US Catholic bishops' conference has drawn some objections over the wording of certain verses addressing same-sex relations -- but a Scripture ...

The Sega Saturn is a console that passed me by (oh, Joel – Ed). Maybe because I was an infant, born just two months before the doomed console. However, emulation and FPGA efforts have made it ...