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Wimbledon takes over New York City as the tournament expands beyond UK borders
ABC News via Yahoo Canada Sports· 3 hours agoIt might not be as big as the British Invasion -- a cultural movement in the mid 1960s when all...
Romance Bookstores Are Booming, Dishing ‘All the Hot Stuff You Can Imagine’
New York Times· 5 hours agoLast summer, when Mae Tingstrom had the idea to open a romance bookstore in Ventura, Calif., the...
Writers & Writing: Hatten biography recalls baseball glory days
telegraphherald.com· 6 hours ago“Joe Hatten: Bancroft Major Leaguer,” by Gene E. Miller (Wasteland Press, ISBN 978-1-68111-58-0)
How has the spelling bee become cool?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoLET’S UNPACK THAT: How the American Revolution led to formal spelling contests – and the spelling bee started a revolution of its own, one that even AI...
On this day in history, July 7, 1930, Hoover Dam construction begins
AOL· 8 hours agoOn this day in history, July 7, 1930, construction of the Hoover Dam began. Ninety-six workers died during the construction of the dam from 1931 to 1936, according to a report from the U.S.
Opinion | Keep Political Beliefs Out of Medical Care?
New York Times· 1 day agoReaders discuss an article about how the Gaza war has been divisive at a hospital and medical...
A Mark of Shame for 900 Years. Until Now?
New York Times· 1 day agoA felony, as Associate Justice Clarence Thomas once wrote in a 1994 Supreme Court opinion, is “as bad a word as you can give to man or thing.” When...
2 teenagers die while swimming at New York’s Coney Island Beach
Toronto Star· 1 day agoFILE- Children play in the sand while others jog as a New York City Parks officer, center, walks the...
Two Teenagers Drown Off Brooklyn Beach
New York Times· 1 day agoIt was the second pair of drownings off city beaches in two weeks. Two teenagers drowned while swimming off Coney Island in Brooklyn as a thunderstorm...
A bench and a grandmother's ear: Zimbabwe’s novel mental health therapy spreads overseas
The Globe and Mail· 2 days agoAfter her son, the family’s shining light and only breadwinner, was arrested last year, Tambudzai...