In Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, a sailor who shoots an albatross is forced to hang it around his neck as penance, with the bird becoming a heavy burden and a ...

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A group of Llano County, Texas, residents asked the county's library commissioner to remove 17 books from circulation in 2021. The books covered topics including transgender issues and slavery. A ...

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The birth of a nation is always a partial fable – a powerful tale we tell ourselves to make sense of rupture. We search for heroes. We yearn for an inspiring origin story of conflict, struggle and ...

SINGAPORE – Singapore’s separation from Malaysia in August 1965 was the result of a “bloodless coup” orchestrated by then Finance Minister Goh Keng Swee and then Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Tun ...

Display, design, connectivity, cost, and more: Here's all you need to know to land the best MacBook for your daily computing and commuting, now factoring in the MacBook Pro with the M5 processor. From ...

A dentist's chair. Cartoonish masks of old men. A landline phone with men's first names on speed dial. The images House Democrats released on Dec. 3 of Jeffrey Epstein's private island are making a ...

President Donald Trump has reportedly zeroed in on FBI deputy director Dan Bongino as the likely fall guy over the Epstein files fiasco. Bongino, 51, “could be out any day,” according to Rachael ...

Jake Rosen is a reporter covering the Department of Justice. He was previously a campaign digital reporter covering President Trump's 2024 campaign and also served as an associate producer for "Face ...

The Justice Department on Tuesday released thousands of new documents related to the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after acknowledging that its initial release of heavily ...

Fans eager to see how the television version of Heated Rivalry compares to Rachel Reid’s beloved novel can relax — the series remains highly faithful, capturing the slow-burn obsession, emotional ...