As an avid reader – and an author, too – I’m disheartened by frequent reports of a decline in reading for pleasure among young people. So when a friend recently asked me whether her daughter was ...

Reading clinched only their second League One victory of the season when they edged past Leyton Orient 2-1 at the SCL Stadium. In-form Jack Marriott gave the Royals a 1-0 half-time lead, Idris El ...

MISSOURI – Several new laws have taken effect in Missouri, including one aimed at combating organized retail theft. Missouri House Bill 495 targets individuals who commit a series of retail thefts, ...

Firefighters responded to a 2-alarm fire at a home in North Reading, Massachusetts.The fire started just after 5 a.m. Tuesday at 52 Abbott Road. Crews appeared to be focusing on a garage. North ...

Math and reading scores dropped to their lowest levels in more than two decades among high school seniors. That's according to the Nation’s Report Card put out by the National Assessment of ...

A person was found dead over the weekend near Baer Park and Northwest Elementary School, police said. Reading police said officer were called to Clinton Street near River Road about 6:30 a.m. Saturday ...

You don't need to know the difference between a three-card and a Celtic cross spread, to get the most out of a tarot card reading. All you need: your Sun sign! Here's what I do: Shuffle my tarot deck ...

The writing’s on the wall — if you can read it. Sobering national test results show more high school seniors are struggling with math and reading than at any point in recent decades, with Education ...

High schoolers’ reading and math scores dropped to the lowest level in decades, along with declines in science scores from eighth graders, according to the National Assessment of Education Progress ...

The reading and math scores of 12th graders has dropped to their lowest level in more than 20 years, according to results from an exam known as the nation's report card. The National Assessment of ...

The Education Department has released a new Nation's Report Card. High school students, especially 12th graders, are reading and learning math and science at historic lows, according to a new report ...