"Hotty toddy" lets Mississippians know they've found their people, even far from home. According to the University of Mississippi, it's more than a chant. It's a feeling of shared joy and excellence ...

If you’ve ever wondered why the only holiday for which the typical American greeting doesn’t use the word “happy,” you’re not alone. Adding to the oddity of “Merry Christmas” as the American norm is ...

Every year on Christmas, Santa Claus flies into North American airspace from the Arctic—a matter of concern for NORAD, which is accustomed to expecting missiles from the same direction. The North ...

This Pew Research Center report examines religious switching in the United States, including the reasons people give for staying in or leaving their childhood religion. It also looks at social and ...

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Donald Trump has busied himself in Latin America this year. He tried and failed to use tariffs and sanctions to force Brazil to halt the trial of his ally, the right-wing former president Jair ...

I am lucky to have taken some incredible trips, including a recent one to “the end of the earth”: the island of Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost point of South America. In a week, we traveled by ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. For as long as most of us can remember, the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions have played games on Thanksgiving Day ...

Bleeding occurs when trauma damages a blood vessel. When that trauma involves your head—whether the scalp, skull, or brain—it’s considered a head injury. These head injuries range in severity from a ...

But why do they keep saying “clock tick”? Were the Wicked characters’ clocks born ticking, or did they have clock tick thrust upon them? I have a theory, and I’m sorry in advance about it. The idea ...

Pay attention to the dates, because the timing matters. Steve Witkoff spoke with Yuri Ushakov, a Russian official, on October 14. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting with President ...

What does it mean to be “smart” or “dumb”? Few questions are more deceptively complex. Most of us have strong opinions about what those words mean, but scratch the surface and it becomes clear that ...