After Tom claims his Bible, the Sunday school teacher asks him to name the first two disciples of Jesus. When Tom shouts, “David and Goliath,” the narrating Twain mercifully says, “Let us draw the ...

You wouldn’t know it from these fresh-faced friends with artfully styled flyaway hair and flushed cheeks. Must be that ...

Boys’ reading struggles are not inevitable, research suggests, and addressing the deficit could improve outcomes in school and beyond. By Claire Cain Miller Claire Cain Miller is working on a series ...

One of the most shocking poems in Protestant hymnbooks is William Cowper’s “There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood.” A 1772 meditation about the crucifixion by a man who struggled with depression all ...

Costa Rica will, for the first time in its history, try for nominations for both best international feature and best documentary at the Oscars. A few weeks after having selected Juan Manuel ...

The 1985 film “The Falcon and the Snowman” chronicled the real-life story of two Palos Verdes men who sold United States secrets to the Soviets during the Cold War. From drug deals to espionage to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A local nonprofit that’s ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV spoke publicly about his childhood in Chicago for the first time as pontiff Thursday, recalling that from the age of six he used to get up early to serve as an altar boy at ...

Pope Leo XIV poses for a photo with a child and her drawing during a meeting with children participating in a summer camp at the Vatican and other children from Ukraine in the Paul VI Audience Hall ...

Eleven years ago, a documentary catapulted the name Joseph Kony onto the global stage. The controversial film Kony 2012 told the story of a Ugandan warlord whose forces are believed by the United ...

Super Meat Boy returned in all his gory glory at today's Xbox Games Showcase, in the unveiling of Super Meat Boy 3D. It's exactly what it sounds like: a 3D Super Meat Boy game, and it's coming to Xbox ...