In December 2025, newspapers in India carried an arresting, dystopian image: scores of young people sitting obediently in rows on an airstrip in the eastern state of Odisha to take an exam. Over 8,000 ...

Two new books delve into our primal desire to feel valued and worthy of attention. By Jennifer Szalai THE MATTERING INSTINCT: How Our Deepest Longing Drives Us and Divides Us, by Rebecca Newberger ...

Grammy Award-winning singer Amy Grant joins Morning Joe to discuss her new single 'The 6th of January (Yasgur's Farm), written by Sandy Lawrence, and receiving an award from the American Heart ...

Ilya Sorokin stopped 21 shots for his NHL-best sixth shutout of the season and Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored two goals to lead the New York Islanders to a 4-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday ...

George Saunders is no stranger to unusual subject matter. From horror-themed amusement parks to morose 19th-century spirits, the 67-year-old Saunders has always managed to make the impossible seem ...

In Departure(s), Julian Barnes' playful new novel about several of his lifelong obsessions — mortality, memory, and time — the author announces that after publishing 27 books over the past 44 years, ...

As a snowstorm arrived, Mayor Zohran Mamdani reminded New Yorkers that they could access the romance series that inspired the TV show through their public library. By Liam Stack Liam Stack has watched ...

The title of Jesuit Fr. James Martin's new book is among the longest of the 20 books he has authored and edited so far, and that is no accident. Martin's life, as he tells it in Work in Progress: ...