In late June 1944, the Red Army delivered a shocking series of knockout blows that broke the German Eastern Front. Using a new, devastating tactical innovation called the rolling double barrage, ...

French MPs on Thursday voted to change the legal definition of rape to include any non-consensual sexual act, bringing France in line with other European nations that have introduced consent-based ...

Mariska Hargitay has clarified exactly how her name is supposed to be pronounced. During Tuesday’s episode of the Good Hang podcast hosted by Amy Poehler, the Law & Order actor opened up about the ...

Diwali, also known as the festival of lights, is a major five-day holiday celebrated by many South Asian religious communities. In 2025, the main day of Diwali falls on Monday, Oct. 20, with the ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Languages are either syllable-timed, where all the syllables in a word last for the same amount of time, even when syllables are stressed, or stress-timed, where stressed syllables are pronounced at ...

An analysis by language learning website Preply found that Massachusetts was the fifth hardest name for Americans to say correctly. It was also the fifth hardest state name to spell. The study found ...

We know this year has been anything but typical for educators. It’s been marked by uncertainty, from massive changes at the federal level to economic disruptions to looming questions about artificial ...

David Marriott, chairman of the board of directors at Marriott International, revealed we've been saying the name of the hotel chain wrong this whole time. Marriott was speaking during Marriott Bonvoy ...

President Donald Trump announced a new—and incorrect—way to pronounce a common biblical name on Monday. Speaking ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, Trump, ...

Indeed, the hotel’s chairman David Marriott revealed the correct way to pronounce the popular chain—and it seems customers need to work on their vowel placement. This correction stunned a few people ...

Marriott may be one of the most successful hotel chains in the world - but, according to the chairman, everyone's been pronouncing its name wrong this whole time. David Marriott, whose grandfather JW ...