While rare in English-language books, “xigua” (西瓜), pronounced “shee-gwah", is occasionally used in English dictionaries as ...

MUMBAI- Farhan Akhtar has revealed that a hand-written letter from Amitabh Bachchan, which the megastar sent him after watching ‘Dil Chahta Hai’, remains the most prestigious award for the filmmaker, ...

Some children focused on fewer parts of the object and spent less time studying its details. This suggests they used a ...

Emilia Sykes’ vote against condemning political violence is indefensible. When news broke that Charlie Kirk had been assassinated, the House of Representatives took a vote to formally condemn this ...

Sixty-five percent of homes in California are controlled by HOAs. People choose to purchase homes in HOAs because they want to live in well-kept communities with reasonable rules. The recent passage ...

You write to your elected officials about real concerns, and what comes back? A canned letter on some unrelated topic, filled with self-praise about how proud they are to represent you, while your ...

The mythical, 18th century philosopher-teacher Pangloss candidly proclaimed, “This is the best of all possible worlds.” However, that vision was destroyed by the wars created by the French Revolution ...

Nicki Minaj and Cardi B continue to escalate their feud, now directly targeting each other’s children in a disturbing new exchange of insults. Nicki Minaj and Cardi B dragged their ongoing feud into ...

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Many names have been used to refer to small-town Wisconsin serial killer and farmer Ed Gein in the 20th century, but the one that has seemed to stick since his crimes were discovered in 1957 is that ...

Sean “Diddy” Combs has filed a letter to the judge asking for mercy less than 24 hours before he’s set to be sentenced in his federal case. The mogul wrote a four-page letter to Judge Arun Subramanian ...