Aussie kids are swapping pens and paper for something more high-tech leading up to Christmas — but not everyone is on board.

Banned Books Week has begun and new titles are dominating this year's top challenged list. Banned Books Week is Oct. 5-11 and this year's theme is, "Censorship Is so 1984. Read for Your Rights." The ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The U.S. government is shut down Wednesday after Congress failed to reach an agreement on a spending bill by the midnight deadline. The shutdown is having a big impact on ...

The Chris Pratt led Amazon Prime action thriller The Terminal List proved successful enough to expand into a franchise with the spinoff Dark Wolf. Taylor Kitsch steps into the spotlight in the prequel ...

Fitness band maker Whoop formally opened Whoop Advanced Labs for business on Tuesday. Some 350,000 people were on the waitlist after the service was previewed in May, the company told TechCrunch.

KPRC 2 has gathered a list of names from the medical examiner’s office of those who were found dead this year in Houston bayous. Houston Police Chief J. Noe Diaz confirmed there have been over a dozen ...

"Moby-Dick” by Herman Melville, John Grisham’s “A Time to Kill” and “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll may not seem to have much in common, but they can all be found on the reading ...

Other than their first names, Jimmy Kimmel and James Comey have little in common. But the late-night talk show host and the former FBI director are both in the news this week because President Donald ...

A petroleum-based solvent is reportedly lurking on our supermarket shelves. In a report published on September 22, 2025, Greenpeace warns of the presence of hexane in everyday foods, with potential ...

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