Search results
Can you spell these winning National Spelling Bee words? Test yourself with this interactive quiz
NBC Washington· 3 days agoAhead of the event, a word selection panel gathers to debate the words picked for the bee. As for...
"Wordle" #1,072 clues and answer for Sunday, May 26 game
Newsweek· 23 hours agoThe viral game, invented by Josh Wardle, a New York-based software engineer, is simple to follow. If...
Wheel of Fortune contestant goes viral with hilarious NSFW on-air blunder
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 days ago“Missed the mark,” another person said, adding a laughing emoji alongside a broken heart. The...
'Run for their money': Why do we say this, plus ‘par for the course’ and more? 3 fun origin stories
Fox News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe sports field has inspired many popular expressions today, including "par for the course" and "a...
Schuylkill spelling champ leaves Sunday, faces stiff competition in Scripps National Spelling Bee
Republican & Herald, Pottsville, Pa. via Yahoo News· 1 day agoFRACKVILLE — Seu Ming Kim’s advice to her 12-year-old son Daniel on how to become America’s greatest speller — think before you answer. Daniel, Schuylkill County’s top speller, and his mother ...
Opera brings to life the poignant fate of the Great Yiddish Dictionary
The Forward· 5 days agoThis is the story of Yudel Mark, who, along with his colleague and rival, Max Weinreich, saw this ...
'Tulsa World Curls the Hair on the Oklahoma Legislature' in 1913 | Only in Oklahoma
Tulsa World· 6 days agoThe Oklahoma House was "stirred" by an article in the Tulsa World, according to a big headline in...
Maddow Blog | House Democrat penalized after listing Trump’s legal crises
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAfter Rep. Jim McGovern listed a series of Trump scandals, House Republicans tried to silence the...
25 of America's most unexpectedly banned books
The Week via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIn 1987, for example, the Anchorage School Board banned the American Heritage Dictionary for its "objectionable" entries — particularly slang...
YMCA's Camp Shady Brook one of few in region to place campers in cabins based on gender identity
Colorado Springs Gazette· 20 hours agoWith school ending, summer camps are getting ready for weeks of raucous outdoor activities, campfire...