The word "embiggen" - which was first heard on The Simpsons in 1996 - is added to Merriam-Webster.

The U.S. does not have an official language, but some states designate English as their official language. More than 350 languages are spoken in the U.S.

Critics of the space shuttle dismiss it as a costly failure, but its achievements were many

American musician and actor (1942–2008)

Clennon Washington King Jr., the first African American to attempt to attend the University of Mississippi and the first black man to run for president of the United States, spent five decades fighting for civil rights as a controversial and eccentric professor…

Los Angeles Lakers legend Shaquille O'Neal often called Shaq, is a familiar figure not only in sports but also in the arena of business and philanthropy. 

It is one of the darkest chapters of Aberdeen’s history, when around 700 children were kidnapped from the streets and sold into North America as slaves.

Vietnamese-American actress (1973–2001)

On February 28, 1986, Major League Baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth suspends 11 players. including some of the sport’s biggest names, for their involvement with illegal drugs. The suspensions are the most severe in the baseball since the infamous “Black…

It is the first time the Republic of Ireland's population has exceeded five million in a census.

book by Edgar Wallace

French supercentenarian, oldest human

"Old Time Rock and Roll" is a song written by George Jackson and Thomas E. Jones III, with uncredited lyrics by Bob Seger. It was recorded by Seger for his tenth studio album Stranger in Town. It was also released as a single in 1979. It is a sentimentalized…

American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)

Children who are given aspirin during the course of a viral illness can develop a rare but serious illness called Reye syndrome. Courtney Schmidt, PharmD, explains why you shouldn’t give aspirin to your child.

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An Indiana without white-tailed deer? Impossible! Yet it's true. Learn more in this month's Nature Notes from Kankakee Sands.

A tunicate is a marine invertebrate animal, a member of the subphylum Tunicata (/ˌtjuːnɪˈkeɪtə/ TEW-nih-KAY-tə). It is part of the Chordata, a phylum which includes all animals with dorsal nerve cords and notochords (including vertebrates). The subphylum…

A USA Today investigation into the Jared Foundation found that the organization, founded by Jared Fogle in 2008, has not issued a single grant.

These nations have the longest standing, codified, legal, national constitutions that are still effective as of March, 2016.