The founders of Emporia, Nebraska in Holt County had great hopes for this platted town to become the scene of commerce.

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Adam Aleksic, who posts as Etymology Nerd on social media, argues in a new book that algorithms are reshaping the English language.

The troublesome middle a in Nevada led to that state taking second place in the Preply survey. Given that the name can be ...

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Palm Beach County drivers scrolling through Google Maps this week may have done a double-take when a familiar roadway suddenly carried a new name.