After the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, leaders of both parties called for turning down the political heat. But that has given rise to a war of words, as some Republicans argue the rhetoric ...

Sophia Lillis reprises her and Jessica Chastain's role as Beverly Marsh in the 'IT: Welcome to Derry' Season 1 finale. HBO Max/Warner Bros. As Pennywise’s reign of ...

The Trump administration called on institutions to be more meritocratic in their admissions processes. But what merit is—and how exactly it should be used—remains a contentious topic in higher ed. One ...

Does your online grocery order ever feel fishy, like the prices just aren’t adding up? It turns out you’re right to be suspicious — and now we have compelling evidence. New research by a consortium of ...

Popular food delivery service Instacart has been using a shady algorithm that charges different prices to different customers on the same grocery items in the same supermarkets without telling them, ...

In case you missed it, global film superstar Tom Cruise won his first Oscar—almost three weeks ago. The Oscar wasn’t for a single performance. Rather, it was a lifetime achievement award given by the ...

Associate Dean and Feinstone Interdisciplinary Research Professor , University of Memphis AI slop – which can range from a saccharine image of a young girl clinging to her little dog to career advice ...

The Oxford University Press is shining a light on the more toxic side of internet culture by choosing “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year. Oxford’s language experts, who are the brains behind the ...

The Des Moines Public Schools forced an employee to resign or be fired after she reported a student’s use of a racial slur by using the same word while explaining the student’s conduct to disciplinary ...

Dictionary.com has crowned a set of numbers as its 2025 word of the year. It says it reserves that distinction for a word that reflects "social trends and global events that defined that year" and ...