Banned books is a contentious debate in courts, classrooms and libraries. Here's an overview of the national debate and the ...

During my childhood and adolescence, I saw my father face stereotypes time and time again. My father became a U.S. citizen in ...

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While Arizona's sizable Latter-day Saints members are overwhelmingly Republican, there is some erosion in their traditionally ...

Speeding the availability of language resources for endangered languages. Tools such as this have the power to shift how we think about endangered languages. Rather than perceiving them as being ...

The Claim There are widespread claims on social media that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Merriam-Webster Dictionary changed their definition of vaccine in 2021.

NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW WITH BREAKING NEWS. THAT BREAKING NEWS COMES FROM WEBSTER CITY, WHERE POLICE SAY EXTRA OFFICERS WILL BE AT SCHOOLS TODAY AFTER A REPORTED THREAT ONLINE. ACCORDING TO ...

Congressman Daniel Webster said he is pleased to see a suspension in the port strike which spurred panic buying in The Villages. The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and United States ...

Merriam-Webster has revealed the 200 new words they’ve added to the dictionary’s 2024 edition, including several slang words and terms beloved by the younger generations. “Our lexicographers ...

Merriam-Webster recently announced its latest slate of additions to the dictionary—some 200 new words and definitions that, as usual, are an eclectic blend of ones you probably assumed already ...

Food loving Scrabble players, your time has come. Merriam-Webster just added over 200 words to its dictionary, and several of them are common American food terms. “Our lexicographers monitor a ...