The Lima Symphony Orchestra’s performance of “The American Songbook” promises to introduce Lima to the operatic vocals of Canadian soprano Tracy Cantin through familiar, cinematic hits in this ...

ELEUTHERA, Bahamas—On March 3, 1776 – 250 years ago next week – Commodore Esek Hopkins of the new U.S. Continental Navy sailed to the Bahamian island of New Providence, just 50 nautical miles due west ...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'baby' 9 February 2026 6 minutes Available for over a year Cookies or biscuits? Autumn or fall? Catherine and Doug discuss British and American English. Hear about ...

Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter have announced a rescheduled North American tour, with additional shows and venue upgrades in some cities.

Back in the 1980s, we blamed Aussie soaps Neighbours and Home and Away for reshaping the way teenagers spoke. Today, that ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show wasn’t just entertainment; it was a powerful statement about language, identity, and who ...

A news study captures self-reported shifts in speech and slang, and it shows the dialects fading across the country.

Frederick Wiseman, the celebrated director of “Titicut Follies” and dozens of other documentaries whose in-depth, unadorned movies comprised a un ...

Driver's license exams in Iowa would be offered only in English under a bill passed Thursday by the Iowa House, eliminating ...

It’s specifically that upper-crust English accent, the one that sounds like they went to fancy boarding schools and know which fork to use for the fish course. We don’t even have fish courses! That’s ...