Calendars have officially turned to 2026, which means the same thing to everyone and anyone, with no exceptions: The NBA ...

Puzzle 1: You are given nine gold coins that look identical. You are told that one of them is fake, and that this coin weighs ...

At the start of the year, people join gyms and fitness centres with an aim of better health, weight loss, and improved mental well-being, among others. Yet, a lot of them struggle to maintain their ...

This year’s top titles run the gamut and include an adaption of a Korean folk tale, a highly entertaining question-and-answer book and much more ...

Duah: Using puzzles, both at home and in classrooms, can restore the often-forgotten truth that learning happens in ...

‘Tis the season for reflecting on a well-read year. So, after all that reading, which books are we still thinking about now? The truth is, the best book of the year is deeply personal to every reader.

A quick, throwaway moment in lesson planning has turned into a full-body educator shudder online—the current school year is 2025–2026—which means next year is 2026–2027. Kayla Manigault, a 6th grade ...

Yolanda Davis will never forget when detectives knocked on her door to inform her that her 7-year-old granddaughter, Julissia Batties, had been found dead in the Bronx apartment where she’d been ...

There are a lot of older whiskeys on the market, and overall it’s kind of a mixed bag—some are very good, while others have spent a bit too much time in oak. A new release that happily falls into the ...

It’s that time of the year when PBS News Hour invites two of our regular literary critics, Ann Patchett and Maureen Corrigan, to highlight their favorite books of the year. Jeffrey Brown picks up the ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Exciting new books are on the way from Dave Eggers, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Kennedy Ryan and many more. Here are the books we're most ...

Another year, another stack of great books to read. Jeffrey Brown talked with Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air, and author Ann Patchett about their top picks this year. The Loneliness ...