I always like to think New Year’s Eve is for reflection, but in practice it is also when my willpower collapses and my wishlist wins. While everyone else is arguing over fireworks positions and ...

A 2-year-old boy was shot in the head on Christmas morning in Walker County. Authorities say the child survived emergency surgery and remains in critical condition. Investigators are working to ...

The University of Hawaii at Manoa’s English department has selected “analogue” as the 2025 Hawaii Word of the Year. Photo courtesy University of Hawaii at Manoa The University of Hawaii at Manoa ...

This story has been updated to correct the date of the shooting. A 2-year-old girl died after she was shot in a home on Columbus' Near East Side, and police believe the shooting was unintentional.

President Donald Trump is poised to head into the new year facing several political and economic headwinds that could hamstring Republicans in the coming midterm elections. As his poll numbers sag and ...

The trending political push to “gerrymander” voting districts, and the infuriating internet youth meme of “six seven” also finished amid the top eight terms the publisher shortlisted for its word of ...

Slop" was named Merriam-Webster’s 2025 Word of the Year, reflecting a surge in low-quality, mass-produced AI content. The choice mirrors public reaction to generative AI, as people encountered a flood ...

AI’s impact on our social media feeds has not gone unnoticed by one of America’s top dictionaries. Amidst the onslaught of content that has swept the web over the past 12 months, Merriam-Webster ...

The American dictionary defines slop as “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence.” The human editors of the publisher said that the slop ...

(AP) - Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word’s proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence, landed ...