Mario Puzo’s career began with a debt problem, a stubborn streak, and the type of confidence that makes a person say yes to a job they’ve never done before. The man behind The Godfather entered ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the M.G.’s at Stax Records and co-wrote the classics ...

A federal judge who issued a scathing dissent in a Texas redistricting case that attacked the majority for “outrageous” judicial conduct and “judicial activism” is no stranger to dramatic judicial ...

When we encounter an unfamiliar word in our daily lives, we instinctively turn to a dictionary or, with a simple click of a mouse, get right to consulting the Internet. We glance over its meaning and ...

Here's some news for the word nerds out there. Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher, is releasing a hefty, new Collegiate edition for the first time in 22 years. “So, the ...

Hollywood history is filled with notorious incidents in which an actor or actress was dismissed from their lofty perch in the world of television by their own actions. Fame, as most people know, can ...

Leave it to Grey’s Anatomy to kick off its season with a bang. After Season 21 ended on a cliffhanger that saw the hospital getting blown up (again), fans had been wondering all summer who could die ...

Maine Democrat Graham Platner now says he was "joking" in years-old Reddit posts where he identified himself as a "communist." Platner, who is seeking the Democratic nomination to unseat Sen. Susan ...

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 ...

A man on death row in South Carolina who taunted investigators with messages written with a victim's blood chose Friday to die by firing squad. Stephen Bryant, 44, will be the third man this year to ...

On October 28, DJ Akademiks took to X and made some claims about Stefon Diggs and K'yanna Barber, who apparently was the real "Kiki" in Drake's 2018 track In My Feelings. According to Akademiks, ...