As the Allies battled their way up the Italian peninsula in the summer of 1944, behind German lines reprisal killings became sickeningly common. In answer to partisan attacks, Italian civilians — men, ...

I don’t generally read novels. In fact, The Einstein Conspiracy, by former congressman Steve Israel, is the first novel I’ve read since Big Guns. But Steve Israel is a friend, and he is a superb ...

For some, it's the last real taste of innocence, and the first real taste of life.

In April 2025, HarperCollins published a study revealing that less than half of parents—41 percent—read aloud to their kids regularly, citing a lack of enjoyment in the routine. It’s a stunning ...

In bookshop owner and former Congressman Steve Israel’s third novel, "The Einstein Conspiracy" (Compass Rose, $23.95 or $34.95), the author brings to life the story of a Nazi plot to abduct Albert ...

And your turd can sing. Paul McCartney and his then-wife Linda McCartney reportedly mailed a music critic their baby daughter’s turd following a negative concert review in the early 1970s. Wings ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Highly acclaimed sportswriter and New York Times best-selling author Jeff Pearlman has covered a lot throughout his career. Through it all, the Mahopac, New York native has ...

When Sophie Fontaine, 29, of Richmond, Virginia, found what she thought was a book of baby memories in her mother's house, she wasn't prepared for the surprise inside. Fontaine stumbled upon the book ...

EXCLUSIVE: Ann M. Martin’s bestselling book series The Baby-sitters Club is being developed into a stage musical with a book by Kate Wetherhead (The Devil Wears Prada), music and lyrics by Mark ...

NICU nurse Victoria has seen a lot in her career — including bad baby names. One night, when she was “bored,” she posted a TikTok video asking others in her line of work to share the strangest ...

In a children’s book called “Superman’s Friends and Foes,” a tie-in for the movie, Baby Joey was confirmed to be the toddler son of Metamorpho, otherwise known as Rex Mason. In the New Earth or ...

In 1993 an appealing idea took new parents by storm. Playing classical music to babies would make them smarter, according to a paper published in the journal Nature. The study showed that a few dozen ...