NORTHAMPTON, Mass.  — Men from up and down the eastern seaboard are participating in a competition to see who has the best beard. The Beardhampton festival is scheduled for Saturday night at Diva’s Nightclub in Northampton. Whisker-wearers from as far away as Virginia and Maine will compete for prizes for best natural full beard and […]

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday night to secure and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile, a landmark decision aimed at taking poison gas off the battlefield in the escalating 2 1/2-year conflict.