The word Halloween seems like a good place to start. The Christian holiday All Saints' Day has been celebrated on Nov. 1 for over a thousand years. Another word for "saint" is "hallow" — as in ...

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In Brownsville, Texas, some families found a buzzy new school’s methods—surveillance of kids, software in lieu of teachers—to ...

In Japan, there’s a term for this phenomenon: tsundoku.

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The failed Fox sitcom Dads, starring Giovani Ribisi and Seth Green, received horrific reviews for many different reasons.

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A nine-letter social media post was all it took for the Department of Homeland Security to spark a torrent of backlash online ...

The Durango Montessori School has offered hands-on, child-led education to the region for 20 years – and according to Durango branch founder Mary Polino, the school has no plans to slow down. The ...

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