Millions of Americans tuned into the 2021 Emmy Awards, hoping to see their favorite TV and streaming programs take home the statuette. Tense dramas,...

Names, like fashion, change with the times, which explains why ever-shifting social trends and popular culture greatly influence the monikers parents give their children....

Back in the old days, band names were simple. Some were christened for their leaders, like Stan Kenton and His Orchestra or Bill Haley...

Recent public health crises, namely the COVID-19 pandemic and the opioid epidemic, have overshadowed a longer-standing problem in the United States -- obesity. Since...

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You might consider yourself a very rational person, but then something as simple as a calendar date or a number makes you feel differently...

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Food snobs and scholars may debate whether or not there’s such a thing as American cuisine. A distinguished Yale history professor has even written...

America is a huge country with immense variation in climate and topography and a diverse population drawn from hundreds of nations around the world....

The 16th Summer Paralympics -- officially the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games -- wrapped up recently in the Japanese capital with five-time Paralympian Matt Scott...