The 60-something woman moves swiftly down the Rue de Rivoli, gray hair pulled back, looking like an iconic grandmother or retired grade school teacher. But as she runs a red light and speeds into a ...

Something strange was waiting for Jessica Means inside the mailbox she opened thousands of times over the 17 years she had lived at her house in Portland, Maine. Her July 14 stop at that mailbox ...

PARIS, FRANCE — Arriving here late last Friday evening, I had essentially a full Saturday with my family to see as much of this historic city as we could muster. I had never visited before. The ...

Paris, 1938: Coal mining began in the area in 1906, and over the next few decades some 37 privately owned mines produced thousands of tons of coal, mostly for northern markets, with the coal ...

PARIS — The immense volumes of Paris’s brand-new, 860-year-old cathedral are a transcendent marvel, repaired, restored and rebuilt to a high gleam. Killjoy critics have crankily suggested that the ...

Stopping in Paris for a few days on my way to the wine regions of France has become a ritual. There's usually a trip to Willi's Wine Bar on the Right Bank. Willi's has always served exceptional wine, ...