One bettor's huge wager on Ole Miss cashed in for a million bucks. Patrick Everson has the scoop on that payout and more from ...

We were walking our dogs when Karen told me the mass-market paperback--the familiar 5-by-7-inch book you could slip into the ...

It was a super Saturday and so-so Sunday for oddsmakers in NFL Week 18. Patrick Everson reports on that and more.

As the new year approaches, many of us will be compiling our New Year’s resolutions, a tradition that dates back to 2000 B.C. in ancient Babylon. The Babylonians held their ...

--Scientists tell us that planet Mercury is so close to the sun that its daytime temp can get to 800 degrees. Then, because it has no atmosphere, when the planets turns around, its night side can get ...

Virtual outfit try-ons have become the modern equivalent of window shopping. Many online retailers find them helpful in ...

It was once called the War to End All Wars, but World War I dragged on year after year. Governments were shattered, lives were destroyed, and many more wars came ...

Emphasising India's own traditions and highlighting instances of strategy and statecraft in its scriptures, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said that Lord Krishna and Lord Hanuman ...

Amazon announced a new feature, called Ask this Book, a couple of months ago. Ask this Book lets you ask questions about the book you’re reading and receive spoiler-free answers. The feature answers ...

“We do one book after state testing, and we did ‘The Great Gatsby.’ … A lot of kids had not read a novel in class before.” — Laura Henry, 10th-grade English teacher near Houston “My son in 9th grade ...

If you're looking for gifts for readers, chances are you've seen the same gift recommendations again and again. This tends to mean that readers also receive the same gifts year after year — personally ...