The new edition might remind people that a physical book from a source with a two-century-old pedigree might be more ...

Dictionaries are deceptively simple, and incredibly ambitious. NPR's Don Gonyea talks to Stefan Fatsis about his book, ...

A ribbon-cutting was held on Thursday morning at the Noah Webster House and Museum in West Hartford to celebrate a new ...

Nearly four years after they bought an out-of-service ferryboat for $280,100, their plans for a floating event space may be ...

A hero is defined by Webster's dictionary as "a man admired for his strength or ability." A heroine is defined as "a woman of ...

A critic faulted Webster’s Third in the 1960s for its “extreme tolerance of crude neologisms.” Similar complaints abound in the internet age.

Last year, it was all about Ninja’s Low Taper Fade (if you know, you know). This year, in case you don’t know, the kids are saying 6-7. They say it at home, they say it in the classroom, they say it ...

By the end of the 2023-2024 school year, PEN America had recorded 10,046 instances of book bans, with over 4,000 unique ...

In 20 years of hosting an annual gala, the Dick Vitale Pediatric Cancer Research Fund has raised $105.4 million.

The basic idea of music seems pretty straightforward — lyrics and sounds that often tell a story. Perspectives Staff Writer Eva Shauriki explains why music is deeper than it seems, and how it is the ...

The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary debuted in 1888; it was missing the word “bondmaid.” It took 50 years to include it.

A national chain stand-alone restaurant in a town of about 1,600 people will get an investment in its future. A larger, new A ...