House passes Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill
The House on Thursday passed a Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill to renew funding for the agency for the next five years.
2023-07-20 22:52
6 Fascinating Facts About Geoffrey Chaucer
'The Canterbury Tales' author Geoffrey Chaucer's work spanned poetry and prose and ranged from the humorous to the scientific—but there's so much more to know about the "father of English poetry."
2023-07-03 20:21
A Rarely-Seen Maurice Sendak Story Will Finally Hit Shelves Next Year
'Ten Little Rabbits: A Counting Story With Mino the Magician' was originally part of a museum fundraiser.
2023-06-28 04:16
10 Facts About James Baldwin’s ‘Giovanni’s Room’
James Baldwin's novel 'Giovanni’s Room' was rejected by editors and publishers before it was eventually released in 1956.
2023-06-26 20:20
UPS workers authorize strike, seen as leverage for pay talks
(This June 16 story has been corrected to fix the date of contract expiration in paragraph 1) By Lisa Baertlein
2023-06-23 05:22
Lindsey Horan seals transfer from Portland Thorns to Olympique Lyonnais
Lindsey Horan, who was recently included in the 2023 Women's World Cup squad for USWNT, is headed to France to play for Lyon.
2023-06-23 04:24
30 Author Names You Might Be Mispronouncing
If you’ve been pronouncing Roald Dahl’s first name as “rolled,” you should read this.
2023-06-22 02:22
10 Fascinating Facts About Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson ('Treasure Island,' 'Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde') is one of Scotland’s foremost writers—and his life, like his most famous stories, was full of both adventure and misfortune.
2023-06-20 20:25
3 New England Patriots who have to take the next step this season
In 2023, there are at least three New England Patriots players who will feel unique pressure to take the next step at their positions.Even though the NFL is the world's premier professional gridiron football league, it takes time for its most talented athletes to develop into Hall of Fame l...
2023-06-19 20:15
Iceland Ireland told to recall UK products 'of animal origin'
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has directed the withdrawal of frozen foods of an animal nature.
2023-06-16 05:19
Collapse of a mountain peak in Austria amid thawing permafrost triggers a huge rockfall
Part of the summit of a mountain in the Austrian state of Tyrol has collapsed, sending more than 100,000 cubic meters of rock crashing into the valley below and triggering mudslides.
2023-06-14 23:51
Cormac McCarthy, among America's greatest authors, dies at 89
Cormac McCarthy, long considered one of America's greatest writers for his violent and bleak depictions of the United States and its borderlands in novels like "Blood Meridian," "The Road" and "All the Pretty Horses," died on Tuesday, according to his Penguin Random House publisher Alfred A. Knopf. He was 89.
2023-06-14 05:29